PUEBLO, Colo.— The University of Wyoming Track & Field Teams opened up the outdoor season on Friday and Saturday at the Spank Blasing Invite hosted by CSU-Pueblo.
 
THROWS
Kaitlyn Disbrow opened up competition for the Cowgirls on Friday competing in the javelin. Disbrow got her outdoor season off to a strong start finishing third with a throw of 126-8.
 
The Cowboys put on an impressive display in the men's discuss led by Nathan Reid who finished first with a throw of 174-3. Tarique George joined Reid in the top three finishing third with a mark off 164-7. On the women's side, Cossette Stellern was the lone cowgirl to compete in the event finishing 10^thwith a throw of 126-8.
 
In the men's shot put, Cameron Burkett led the way for the Cowboys finishing seventh with a toss of 53-5.75. Gage Griffith posted a best toss of 47-11.75 to finish in 13^th.
 
SPRINTS
The Cowboys opened up the meet with a fourth-place finish in the 4X100 with the team of Jaymison Cox, Carter McComb, Remar Pitter and Wyatt Moore clocking a time of 42.37. The Cowgirls matched that finish with the team of Ashby, Elayna Chafee, Tay'Maro Powell-Peters and Haley Esser taking fourth with a time of 49.00.
 
Jaheim Ferguson was the lone Cowboy to compete in the men's 110M hurdles and he represented well finishing eighth with a time of 14.66. On the women's side Gabby Drube was the lone Wyoming competitor in the event finishing in sixth with a time of 14.60.
 
Ferguson was back at it in the men's 400M hurdles finishing in second with a time of 52.97 while Carson Kaminski crossed the line in sixth with a time of 55.02. On the women's side, Drube led the way finishing third with a time of 1:02.2 with Jenae Ramirez coming in fifth with a time of 1:03.04.
 
Cox put together a solid performance in the men's 200M, finishing in fifth amongst a field of 40 competitors with a time of 21.82. Darius Wiggnies clocked a time of 22.70 to finish in 14^th. For the Cowgirls, Esser also earned a fifth-place finish crossing the line in 26.22. Kiona Gibbs-Gonzalez finished inside the top 10 as well, taking eighth with a time of 26.49.
 
The team of Haley Esser, Gabby Drube, Jenae Ramirez and Tay'Maro Powell-Peters wrapped up the day with a win in the women's 4X400 relay posting a time of 3:57.16 to finish in first. The Cowboys capped off their day with a second-place finish in the 4X400 relay as the team of Darius Wiggins, Jaymison Cox, Carson Kasminski and Jahiem Ferguson clocked a time of 3:19.15 to earn the runner-up finish.
 
DISTANCE
Katelyn Mitchem got her outdoor season started in style, winning the women's 1,500M in dominant style, clocking a time of 4:29.25, coming in over five second ahead of the rest of the field. Kaylee Kearse and Madelyn Blazo finished inside the top ten as well taking fifth and seventh respectively. For the Cowboys, Jacob White set the pace finishing fourth with a time of 3:58.10 while Seth Bruxvoort crossed the line in sixth with a time of 4:00.87. Rounding out a trio of top ten finishers, Mac Zastrow came across the line in seventh.
 
In the women's 5,000M, Abigail Whitman led a surge of Cowgirls as she finished second with a time of 17:23.03 while the duo of Leah Christians and Hailey Uhre finishes third and fourth and respectively. In total, six Cowgirls finished inside of the top eight. On the men's side, Cooper Brown led the way, finishing eighth with a time of 15:26.45. Connor Zydek crossed the line in 18^thwhile Will Persin finished in 23^rd.
 
Ryker Holtzen came away with a runner-up finish in the men's 3,000M Steeplechase finishing second with a time of 9:40.55 with Josh Rodgers finishing just behind him in fourth place with a time of 9:45.42.
 
 
JUMPS
 
Aumni Ashby opened up the meet strong in the women's triple jump, finishing second with a leap of 40-2.75 while Emma Chafee finished just behind her in fourth with a mark of 39-0.25. Chafee's mark lands her eighth on the All-time top ten list while Ashby's mark ranks fourth all-time behind the third best jump in program history which also belongs to Ashby. On the men's side, Kaliff Guevara finished in 10^thwith a leap of 44-3.25.
 
In the men's long jump, Kareem Mersal got his outdoor season started with a win posting a mark of 23-2.75 to finish in first. The duo of Sage Coventry and Remar Pitter finished in 12^thand 14^threspectively. On the women's side, Joan Easter and Elayna Chafee led the way, finishing sixth and seventh with marks of 17-10.75 and 17-9.50 respectively. Sadie McMullen was also in action, finishing in 12^thwith a leap of 17-1.50.
 
Samuel Schneider made it another win on the day for the Cowboys in the men's long jump running away from the rest of the field clearing 6-6.75 to finish in first. Pete Mead also finished inside the top 10, taking seventh after clearing 6-2.75.
 
The Cowboys and Cowgirls will return to action on March 31-April 1 at the Jack Christensen Invite hosted by Colorado State.