RENO, Nev. – Jessup's final trip to Reno has come and gone, as the indoor season wrapped up with the Warriors competing in the Nevada Invitational. The three-day meet was highlighted by a new program record, as the Warriors now shift their focus to outdoor competition.
The highlight of the meet came in the 60m dash, as
Erica Waseq broke the Jessup indoor record with her time of 8.02. The time edges past a mark of 8.03 Waseq posted at the Silver State Invitational in December.
Another big moment came out of
Paloma Baumert, improving her to second all-time in program history with her time of 8.06 in the 60m.
Holly Burghardt is now top-five in the event, running a time of 8.16 in the 60m.
Both Waseq and Baumert also set new season-best times in the 200m dash. Waseq ran a time of 27.84, and Baumert edged past her at 27.12.
Karsyn Leikauf also had a new season-best time in the 60m hurdle, running 10.68
The weekend began with multi-event competition on Thursday, as
Jocelyn Pedretti and
Jaylee Hameister were in competition. Pedretti placed a score of 2,828 in her first pentathlon with the Warriors. Three of her events moved her into the top ten on the indoor record book. Those events were the 60m hurdle, high jump, and shot put.
Pedretti's pentathlon score puts her third in program history. Hameister ended the pentathlon with a score of 1,983.
The first outdoor meet of the season comes on February 20, when the multi-event athletes compete in the Chico Multi-Event Classic. The full team will be in action on February 20 at the Sunbird Invitational, hosted by Fresno Pacific.
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