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Wildcats perform well in Washington and Idaho

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OGDEN, Utah The Weber State men's and women's track and field teams returned to the track for their second meet of the season this weekend. There were many outstanding performances across the board for the Wildcats. A school record fell and five new qualifying marks were achieved. lt;br />"The runners who went to Washington did exactly what we wanted them to do," Director of track and field Dan Walker said. "They competed well against some elite competition and we had some great results. The athletes who competed in Idaho did great as well. They are continuing to improve and all the hard work is paying off." lt;br /> lt;br />Washington Invitational lt;br />In one of the most anticipated indoor meets of the season, the Wildcats performed well against some of the best competition in the nation. Jamie Stokes set a new school record in the mile run with a time of 4:43.86. She was the fastest collegiate runner in her meet. She surpassed the 4:44.09 set by Amber Henry last year. lt;br />Trevor Ricks ran a new personal-best in the mile, 4:06.18, which is the seventh-fastest time in school history. He surpassed Doug Friedli who ran 4:06.85 in 1980. Ellie Child placed ninth in her heat of the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:35.75. That is the fifth fastest time in school history and moves her ahead of former Olympian Lindsey Anderson. lt;br />Tip Worob finished 10th in the 5,000 meters with a new personal-best of 14:45.21. Anthony Gregory took third in the high jump with his mark of 6-10.75. Jazmin Porter improved on her personal best in the shot put with a mark of 47-04.50, which moves her into a tie for fourth in school history. Her mark of 56-06.75 in the weight throw was good enough for seventh place. lt;br /> lt;br />Mountain State Games lt;br />Tony Osheku Jr. moved his name up in the record books this weekend in the 60-meter dash. His placed second in a time of 6.98 seconds which moved him up to eighth in Wildcat history. Osheku took thir



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