UTEP Track & Field Eyes the CUSA Indoor Championships Feb. 23-24

2/22/2024 1:52:00 PM

EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners will look to capture a league title at the 2024 Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Lynchburg, Va., at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex on Friday and Saturday.

The two-day meet will start Friday 10 a.m. ET/8 MT with combined events (heptathlon, pentathlon). The field events will start at 11 a.m. MT with the women's pole vault, while the track events will commence at 1 p.m. MT with the women's mile trial. Saturday will begin with the conclusion of the combined events at 8:30 a.m. MT, while the field events will start with the women's shot put at 10 a.m. MT. The track events will start at noon MT with the women's mile final. The meet will conclude at 3:15 p.m. MT with the men's 4x400-meter relay.

CUSA ITF CHAMPIONSHIPS INFO – FEB. 23-24
Live Results | ESPN+ Day 1 | ESPN+ Day 2 | Meet Schedule

Making the trip on the men's side are Jakub Belik (high jump), Oleksandr Blonskyi (high jump, pole vault, heptathlon), Xavier Butler (60m, 200m, 4x400), Jalen Cadet (200m, long jump, high jump, heptathlon), Stephen Carreto (400m, 4x400, DMR), Karon Dean (60m, 200m, DMR), Joshua Hill (400m, 4x400), Aleks Hristov (shot put, weight throw), Noah Jirgens (weight throw), Maxwell Kipkosgei (800m, DMR), Julio Pacheco (400m, 4x400), Oriade Rashid (60m, 200m, 4x400, DMR), Aron Tanui (800m, mile, 4x400), Alejandro Tarin (3000m, DMR), Zacarias Velasquez (long jump), and Jordani Woodley (60m H).

Competing for the women are Ra'ianna Artmore (long jump), Loubna Benhadja (400, 4x400, DMR), Niesha Burgher (60m, 200m, 4x400), Asia Hodge (60m, 200m), Ruth Jerubet (mile, DMR), Joyce Kemboi (3000m, 5000m), Vallary Kiplagat (mile, 3000m, DMR), Salma Licon (3000m, DMR), Sandra Maiyo (3000m, 5000m), Zani Meaders (400m, 4x400, DMR), Arianne Morais (shot put), Natalie J. Murillo (weight throw), Esther Osisike (shot put, weight throw), Alla Parnov (pole vault), Marisa Simpson (60m H), Rejoice Sule (60m, 200m, 4x400, DMR), Princess Uche (400m, 4x400) and Karen Villa Medina (pentathlon).

THE LAST TIME
The UTEP men's team last won the CUSA Indoor title during the 2014 season, while the women captured the 2019 indoor championship.

CUSA RANKINGS – UTEP WOMEN
60m
5^th Sule – 7.40
6^th Burgher – 7.41

200m
1^st Burgher – 22.90
2^nd Sule – 23.37

400m
1^st Burgher – 54.28
3^rd Uche – 54.64
4^th Benhadja – 54.84

Mile
3^rd Kemboi – 4:52.92

3000m
1^st Kemboi – 9:29.37

5000m
1^st Kemboi – 15:43.43

60m H
1^st Simpson – 8.11

4x400m
1^st UTEP 3:37.73 (Burgher, Benhadja, Meaders, Uche)

Pole Vault
t-2^nd Parnov – 4.15m (13-7.25)

CUSA RANKINGS – UTEP MEN
60m
5^th Butler – 6.72

200m
1^st Butler – 20.96

400m
1^st Pacheco Estrada – 47.45

800m
1^st Tanui – 1:48.76

60m H
2^nd Woodley – 7.73

4x400m
1^st UTEP – 3:10.58 (Hill, Dean, Tanui, Butler)

High Jump
1^st Belik – 2.15m (7-0.5)

Long Jump
3^rd Cadet – 7.16m (23-6)

Shot Put
7^th Hristov – 15.38m (50-5.5)

Weight Throw
3^rd Hristov – 19.05m (62-6)

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