COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Colorado State University Pueblo men's and women's indoor track and field teams completed competition here Saturday on the second day of the Colorado Running Company Pre-Holiday Invitational and Multi held at the Mountain Lion Field House on the campus of UCCS.

Overall, for the two day event, the ThunderWolves competed in a total of 22 events (10 for the men, 12 for the women). Along the competing in a total of 22 events, the Pack also recorded a total of seven NCAA provisional indoor marks.

In addition, the Pack also claimed six individual events on the weekend.

On Friday, the Pack women claimed a win by sophomore Jadyn Herron-Jonap (Queen Creek, Ariz./Casteel) in the 800-meter run with an NCAA provisional time of 2:15.37 that was altitude adjusted to 2:12.61 and set an NCAA provisional time in the 3,000-meter run by senior Margot Thomas-Gatel (Chapet, Ile-de-France, France/Notre Dame Oiseaux) as she finished second with a time of 10:16.60 which was altitude adjusted to 9:49.31.

The other five individual event wins came on Saturday.

On the women's side, the Pack took home three wins on Saturday as senior took home a win in the mile run with a time of 5:05.18. In addition to Thomas-Gatel, Herron-Jonap was second with a time of 5:16.05, while sophomore Elodie Hebert (Sherbrooke, Quebec/Cegep de Sherbrooke) was fourth with a time of 5:20.58 and sophomore Delaney Gilfillan (Denver, Colo./George Washington) was eighth with a time of 5:44.10.

In the high jump, junior Mikayla Jones (Aurora, Colo./Vista Peak Prep) was first in the event with an NCAA provisional mark of 1.71 meters (5-7.25").

The other event win on Saturday for the Pack came in the shot put as junior All-American Katherine Higgins (Mead, Colo./Ponderosa) finished first with a mark of 15.22 meters (49-11.25"), while sophomore Febe Wessels (Pretoria, South Africa) was second with a mark of 14.94 meters (49-0.25") and junior Olivia Mikaelian (Albuquerque, N.M./El Dorado) was seventh with a mark of 11.78 meters (38-7.75").

In addition to the three event wins on Saturday, the Pack also finished second in two events on Saturday as freshman Danaya Kinnard (Colorado Springs, Colo./Mesa Ridge) finished second in the finals of the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.68. In addition to Kinnard, freshman Janise Everett (Colorado Springs, Colo./Mesa Ridge) was seventh in the event finals with a time of 7.96 and sophomore Gabrielle Dunich (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo Central) was eighth with a time of 8.00.

The other second place finish came in the 5,000-meters as sophomore Sarah Renberg (Fresno, Calif./Edison) was second with a time of 18:24.66, while sophomore Crystal Armijo (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo East) was third with a time of 19:01.13 and freshman Sophie Kretschmer (Aschersleban, Germany) was fourth with a time of 19:23.53.

The Pack also competed in the 4-x-400 relay on Saturday as the 'A' relay team was third with a time of 4:03.20 and the 'B' relay team was fourth with a time of 4:14.17. The members of the 'A' relay team were Kinnard, Herron-Jonap, sophomore Mary Scoggins (Rangely, Colo./Rangley) and Dunich, while the 'B' relay team members were Everett, Jones, Thomas-Gatel and Hebert.
Kinnard also finished fifth in the 200 meter run with a time of 26.09 and Jones was eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 11.17 meters (36-7.75").

Meanwhile, on the men's side, the Pack won two events on Saturday as graduate student Matisse Virey (Lyon, France/Lycee Charlie Chaplin) won the mile run with an NCAA provisional mark of 4:16.93 that was altitude adjusted to 4:05.70. In addition to Virey, freshman Jon Sweepe (Peoria, Ariz./Liberty) was second in the event with an NCAA provisional time of 4:17.06 that was altitude adjusted to 4:05.82.

The other event the Pack won came in the shot put as graduate student Justin Jenks (Helena, Mont./Helena Capital) recorded a first place NCAA provisional mark of 18.34 meters (60-2"). In addition to Jenks, sophomore Xavier Freeman (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo East) was second in the shot put with a mark of 15.61 meters (51-2.75"), while junior Lukas Moran (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo West) was third with a mark of 15.13 meters (49-7.75") and sophomore Felipe Castro Engel (Santiago, Chile/Mount Mercy) was fourth with a mark of 14.28 meters (46-10.25").

Virey also recorded an NCAA provisional time on Friday in the 3,000-meter run as he was second in the event with a time of 8:36.07 that was altitude adjusted to 8:11.73.

In the high jump, sophomore Keith McInnis (Denver, Colo./Denver North) was eighth in the event with a mark of 6.83 meters (22-5").

The Pack also competed in the 4-x-400 relay as the Pack's 'A' and 'B' relay teams finished third and fourth overall with times of 3:32.18 and 3:36.68 respectively. The members of the 'A' relay team were freshman Grant Young (Dallas, Texas/Shelton), freshman Nathan Swalley (Colorado Springs, Colo./Fountain-Fort Carson), McInnis and sophomore Joseph Kirwan (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain), while the 'B' relay team members were sophomore Cesar Sanchez Acosta (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo East), Sweepe, sophomore Evan Johnson (Aurora, Colo./Grandview) and freshman Mekhi Hubbard (Fountain, Colo./Mesa Ridge).

CSU Pueblo's indoor track and field teams will now take time off for finals, the holidays and the New Year and will return to action on Jan. 26-27 as they compete at the UNM Team Open in Albuquerque, N.M.