RENO, Nev. - There's a new name atop the Nevada Wolf Pack track & field all-time list Friday night. Redshirt freshman Morgin Coonfield, running the 10,000 meter at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, clocked a time of 34:45.86 to break the program record.
"It felt like absolute death," Coonfield said when asked how she felt after the race.
Leading for 15 laps until being passed by Southern Oregon's Jessa Perkinson, Coonfield was cooking around the track. It wasn't until 4 and a half laps to go that Perkinson made her move. Coonfield, slipping back, hit the jets in the final 800 meters, expending any of the energy she had left after the 30-plus minute race. Chasing the SOU runner until the end propelled Coonfield to her record-time finish of 34:45.86 to become the most dominate 10,000 meter runner in Nevada Wolf Pack history. The previous record, set by All-American Emily Myers in 2015, sat at 34:58.09.
Junior Marissa Suan ran a 17:31.31 in the 5000 meter Friday night, the second and final race of the meet for Nevada.
The Pack will travel to San Diego next week for the Mountain West Challenge, hosted by San Diego State on April 6.