It was the last regular-season outdoor meet for the Wolf Pack, and the athletes did not disappoint as multiple school all-time marks were earned and plenty of personal best marks were broken.
One athlete who had tons of those marks today was junior Emily Costello. The junior's first mark of three was earned in the 200 meter dash, where she finished in third place with a time of 23.62. This improving her old second all-time Nevada mark of 23.83.
The rest of the Pack athletes who competed in the event also earned personal bests. Sophomore Lillian Gregg finished the event with a time of 24.71. This beating her old personal best mark of 25.14. Junior Carolyn Ross would improve her personal best from 26.30 to 24.85 during the meet. Also earning personal bests would be sophomore Sarah Marske (25.35), senior Hanah Smrt (25.52), and sophomore Kylie Burton (25.60).
The next event Costello would earn a new all-time mark in was during the 100m dash, where she finished with a time of 11.61. This mark would move the junior into fifth all-time at Nevada in the event, passing Kashae Knox's 2013 time of 11.67.
All other sprinters competing in this event would also earn personal bests. Gregg would improve her mark from 12.42 to 12.13. Earning both marks this season. Ross would improve her mark from 12.47 to 12.33. She earned her first mark during her time in Kansas City. Marske would earn a collegiate first time of 12.42. Finally, Burton would improve her time from 12.72 to 12.62.
The last mark for Costello was during the 4x100m relay. Her relay team, which included junior Rayven Nealey, Gregg, and Marske, finished with a time of 46.32. This time moving them up to eighth all-time in the event. For Nealey and Marske, this is a personal best.
A couple other Nevada all-time marks were earned during the triple jump. With her fifth place jump of 12.30m, junior Maria Milani would move up to seventh all-time. This beating her old mark of 12.03m and would pass Dezirae Pennington's 2018 mark of 12.28m. Senior Gabby Fraser would move up to ninth all-time with her seventh place mark of 11.98m. This would beat out her old distance of 11.88m and pass Aurelia Houston's mark of 11.96m.
The last all-time mark of the day was set by freshman Camrin Dolcini, who earned a height of 3.80m in the pole vault. She would move to ninth all-time with her eighth place mark, this passing Alicia Echevarria's 2010 mark of 3.77m.
Freshman Shayla Pedersen would earn a personal best in the event with her mark of 3.35m. This would beat her old mark of 3.20m. Sophomore Samantha Irwin and freshman Hannah Watson were both .01m away from tying their personal bests of 3.36m.
Two other women throughout the day earned personal bests. Freshman Alia Minoletti would earn a personal best in the javelin with her mark of 31.59m. Sophomore Marena Middleton earned a personal best in the 5000m run with a time of 18:10.07
On the men's side, there were plenty of personal bests to go around. In the 1500m, junior Daniel Sayo competed in his event for the first time at Nevada and earned a time of 3:55.95. Freshman Alfonso Parsare would earn a personal best in the event, improving his time from 4:06.20 to 3:58.94. Freshman Sergio Mazon (4:01.82), freshman Ryan Petzing (4:02.59), and sophomore Kylie Elias (4:07.53) all earned personal bests in the event.
The last event for the men was the 5000m. Junior Adam Sjolund finished with the best time in the team with his mark of 14:29.83. Just a couple seconds off his personal best. Just a second behind Sjolund was junior Carson Leavitt, who finished with a time of 14:30.95. With the second fastest time in his heat, junior Andrew Ribeiro finished with a time of 14:39.55.
Freshman Soma Baligad earned a personal best in his second time competing in the event with a time of 15:04.14. Junior Alex Mendoza's time of 15:12.13 was also good for a personal best.
Competing in their first collegiate 5ks included freshman Sergio Mazon, who finished with a time of 15:34.21. Another athlete competing in the event for the first time was freshman Ryan Petzing, where the freshman would finish with a time of 15:43.44. Freshman Pierce Simpkins also competed in his first 5k, where he earned a time of 15:49.50.
The Nevada track and field team will look to compete in the Mountain West Outdoor Championships later this month from May 12-14.
