PROVO, Utah — Quincy Bonds ran for two school records with the team totaling four on Saturday at the BYU Cougar Invitational at Smith Fieldhouse. Joining Bonds atop the record books are Ella Hopper and Mo Guled, with several other Wolverines contesting PRs and taking first place in their events.
Bonds tied a 17-year-old school record in the 60-meter dash, tying Mariama Salifu with a time of 7.51 seconds. She broke her own 60-meter hurdles record in the prelims of that event, running in 8.42 seconds. Bonds then later took first place in 8.68 seconds with Kali McEuen and Whitney Fisher also advancing to the finals and taking seventh and eighth, respectively.
Hopper set the 400-meter school record with her race-winning time of 55.01 seconds. She broke former Wolverine Larissa Dabb’s previous record. Dabb’s sister, Gabriele, was fifth in the 400 on Saturday with a time of 59.77 seconds.
Guled, who is coming off of a banner fall season in cross country, set the new 3,000-meter indoor record with a time of 8:03.60 while also finishing first. Jason Hoffman also notched a personal best and the No. 5 mark in the 3k, finishing in 8:11.42, two day after he set the 1,000-meter school record. UVU had seven program indoor records matched or broken this week. Alyssa Logan (weight throw) and Aiden Garnett (high jump) also set new school records earlier in the week.
The Wolverines also had two top 10’s in the women’s 3,000, with Allie Warner and WAC cross country champion Anna Martin both running well. Warner won the race in 9:43.32, which slots her eighth in the record book while Martin takes over the No. 10 spot after her finish (9:46.84) put her in third place on Saturday. Oakley Olson was second in the 3k, while Caila Odekirk fourth, Agnieszka Lubowska fifth, Kelsi Lindley sixth and Ari Trimble seventh, as the Wolverines had the top seven finishers. Jennaveve Bingham took second place in the women’s 800-meter run with her adjusted time of 2:14.01 putting her seventh at Utah Valley in the record book.
In the women’s pole vault, Grace Williams and Jocelyn Phillips each bested 3.75 meters to move into the No. 2 spot in the program’s top 10. The feat is just shy of Maysen Rollo’s 3.76-meter school record.
Isaiah Archer also set a PR in the men’s 400-meter dash with a time of 48.69 seconds to move into third in the top 10. He was seventh in the race with Cameron Franklin, the school-record holder taking sixth in 48.43 seconds. Sprinter Matthew Maclennan rounded out the Wolverine top 10 marks on Saturday with the No. 7 mark in the men’s 60-meter hurdles, finishing in 8.26 seconds.
Other Utah Valley athletes also had solid days. Defending WAC Indoor 60-meter champion Gabe Remy won the event (6.72), followed by Kade Thompson (6.81) in second and Gavin Stafford in fourth (6.89). Former Wolverine sprinter and now assistant coach, Ryan Tenn, also competed unattached and was third (6.87).
Also among distance runners with standout performances were Elisabeth Ferrell and Liz Zwahlen, who finished second and third in the women’s mile. Abdulsalam Farah was second in the men’s mile, just barely off of his PR and program record. The Utah Valley women took first in the 4×400 relay behind Hopper, Dabb, Fisher, and Makaylie Roberds.
Utah Valley is scheduled to compete next at Utah State’s Speed & Power Meet on Saturday, Feb. 1 in Logan.