Coming off a meet in Moscow, Idaho last weekend, the Eastern Washington University men's and women's track teams will travel again to Moscow for the University of Idaho Team Challenge this Saturday (Jan. 29) at the Kibbie Dome.

Live results can be found here.

The meet will begin with field events at 10 a.m. with the women's weight throw. The running events will start at 11 a.m. with the men's 60-meter hurdle prelims.

"The Idaho Team Challenge is historically a preview of things to come at the indoor championships. With Eastern, Idaho and Montana being the key teams, there will be several marquee events as each team sports conference champions and all-conference performers," explained head men's coach Stan Kerr.  
 
At last weekend's meet on Saturday (Jan. 22) the Eagles won five events and set six new all-time top-ten marks at the McCluskey Open in Moscow, Idaho.
 
Two women set new all-time top-ten marks and two men set new all-time top-ten marks.
 
Daniel Gaik and Bobby Say each set two all-time top-ten marks. Gaik got a first-place finish in the 200-meters, with a time of 21.48 which is the third fastest time in EWU history. He also competed in the 60-meter finals finishing third with a time of 6.88 which is the sixth-fastest time in EWU history.
 
Say placed first in the triple jump with a mark of 50-3 1/4 which is third all-time in Eastern Washington University history. He also competed in the long jump and finished second with a distance of 23-10 which is 10th all-time in EWU history.
 
Katrina Terry placed first in the pole vault with a mark of 12-11 1/2 which is the eighth-best mark in EWU history. Katie Petsch placed first in the women's 60-meter dash finals with a time of 7.67 which is fifth all-time in the Eastern record book.
 
Joe Gauthier placed first in the men's 60-meter dash prelims with a time of 6.88.
 
In the women's weight throw Vernice Keyes placed first with a throw of 56-8.
 
"Last weekend's meet showed we're making solid progress and that this upcoming meet will show more of our depth across all event areas," Kerr stated.   
 
"Idaho does a great job putting on their indoor meets so it is always fun to compete there.  We had a mixed bag of results this past weekend. Whether the athletes got personal records or didn't do quite as well as they had hoped, they will have another opportunity to do better in a good facility.  I am looking forward to getting our crew back there and watching them improve on last weekend's marks," explained head women's coach Marcia Mecklenburg.

Following this week's competition, Eastern will have a meet in Spokane, Wash. at The Podium for the WSU Invitational on Friday (Feb. 4) and Saturday (Feb. 5).
 
Big Sky Conference Best All-time Marks
 
With a month to go till the Big Sky Conference Track and Field Indoor Championships on Feb. 24-26, in Bozeman, Mont., the following athletes rank inside the top-ten in the Big Sky in their respective events.
 
Men 60-meter
1. Joe Gauthier with a time of 6.77 at the Spokane Invitational
7. Daniel Gaik with a time of 6.88 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open
 
Women 60-meter
6. Katie Petsch with a time of 7.67 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open
 
Men 200-meter
1. Daniel Gaik with a time of 21.48 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open
 
Women 200-meter
9. Katie Petsch with a time of 25.47 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open
 
Men 400-meter
3. Daniel Gaik with a time of 48.74 at the Spokane Invitational
 
Men Mile
10. Justin Roosma with a time of 4:07.70 at the Cougar Classic Open
 
Men 3,000 meter
5. Justin Roosma with a time of 8:19.08 at the Spokane Invitational
 
Women 60-meter Hurdles
10. Madelyn Knight with a time of 9.02 at the Spokane Invitational
 
Men 4 x 400 Relay
5. Eastern Washington with a time of 3:22.02 at the Cougar Classic Invitational
 
Women 4 x 400 Relay
6. Eastern Washington with a time of 4:08.03 at the Cougar Classic Invitational
 
Men High Jump
4. Alex Bishop with a mark of 6-8 3/4 at the Cougar Classic Invitational
 
Men Pole Vault
2. Zach Klobutcher with a mark of 16-6 3/4 at the Spokane Invitational
8. Brayden Freitag with a mark of 15-1 at the Spokane Invitational
 
Women Pole Vault
1. Katrina Terry with a mark of 12-11 1/2 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open
2. Morgan Fossen with a mark of 12-9 1/2 at the Spokane Invitational
4. Hally Ruff with a mark of 12-5 1/2 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open
9. Rosalie Folger-Vent with a mark of 11-9 3/4 at the Cougar Classic Invitational
 
Men Long Jump
2. Bobby Say with a mark of 23-10 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open
 
Women Long Jump
10. Maggie Nelson with a mark of 17-11 at the Spokane Invitational
 
Men Triple Jump
2. Bobby Say with a mark of 50-30 1/4 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open
 
Women Shot Put
6. Carissa Stovall with a mark of 43-5 1/4 at the Spokane Invitational
9. Kaitlyn Paller with a mark of 42-11 3/4 at the Lauren McCluskey Open
 
Men Weight Throw
10. Colton Kautz with a mark of 56-3 3/4 at the Cougar Classic Invitational
 
Women Weight Throw
3. Vernice Keyes with a mark of 58-4 3/4 at the Spokane Invitational
8. Kaitlyn Paller with a mark of 53 3/4 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open
 
Women Pentathlon
2. Maggie Nelson with 3,446 points at the Candy Cane Multi
 
Men Heptathlon
3. Elijah Conley with 4,366 points at the Candy Cane Multi
5. Chris Homen with 4,286 points at the Candy Cane Multi
7. Parker Wubbena with 4,195 points at the Candy Cane Multi