SAN FRANCISCO – "It's a great day to be a Seawolf," said assistant track and field coach Chas Davis.
The University of Alaska Anchorage track and field teams posted 12 top-10 performances at a trio of meets in the Bay Area.
Ty Elliott ran 14:08.40 in the 5,000, the fifth-fastest time in school history, and John Peckham ran 8:57.34 in the steeplechase, the fifth-fastest mark all-time.
Vivien Liessfeld gave the school record in the long jump on her way to a score of 4,946, the third-best total in school history. She jumped 5.89/19-4 in the long, only 1.25 inches shy of the best mark in program history. Liessfeld ran 14.91 in the 100 hurdles (854 points) and 25.63 in the 200 (830 points).
Sarah Dittman scored 4,345 points in the heptathlon, ninth-best in program history. She scored 726 points in the 200 with a time of 26.83.
The Seawolves ran a pair of top-10 times in the 1,500. Charlie Hulbert ran 3:47.77 in the men's race, the fourth-fastest time in school history. Ryann Smith ran 4:31.76 in the women's race, the 10th-best mark in school history.
Tobin Schmidtke scored 6,428 in the decathlon, the fourth-highest score in school history. He scored 750 points in the long jump (6.73/22-1), 734 in the 400 (51.79), 727 in the 110 hurdles (16.05) and 702 points in the pole vault (4.30/14-1.25). His pole vault mark ranks fourth all-time at UAA.
Anders Larsen set three top-10 marks, clearing 1.83/6-0 in the high jump (seventh), 49.36/161-11 in the javelin (eighth) and 12.21/40-0.75 in the shot put (10th).
In the 1,500, Ethan Ackroyd ran 3:49.13, Stephen Zukowski 3:57.39 and Tony Ruiz 3:57.85.
Henry O'Neal ran 9:43.85 in the men's steeplechase, and Lilli Lindner ran 11:38.03 in the women's.
Matt Rongitsch ran 15:08.45 in the 5,000, and Daisy Macias scored 3,342 in the heptathlon.
The Seawolves track & field teams will compete again Saturday in the Bay Area.
