BOZEMAN, Mont. — The halfway point of the 2024 Big Sky outdoor championships has been crossed and Eastern Washington University has already found its way onto the podium. Eastern grabbed two medals with
Caitlin Simmons winning the long jump and
Cody Teevens taking silver in the decathlon.
"She did it again! The Jump Queen shows up when the lights come on! I loved seeing Egypt [Simmons] back up her indoor long jump title with the outdoor one!", Director of Track and Field Erin Tucker said. "I loved seeing Tuti [Smith] get fifth in the LJ for her first time scoring in the Big Sky! Coach Jo's group has been cooking this weekend!"
Simmons continues to separate as the top jumper in the Big Sky, winning the long jump today after a 6.18m mark. The junior now has the outdoor and indoor long jump title after winning the latter back in February.
Kimberly Smith posted a 5.91m jump to place fifth in the long jump as well.
Madelyn Knight improved her personal best in the 100m hurdle preliminaries, finishing fifth with a time of 13.76. The senior topped her previous mark by .14 seconds and improved her spot at second on the EWU all-time performance lists. Knight also moved up on the 400m hurdles top-10 list, finishing with a time of 1:00.70 in the event prelims. She now holds the fifth-best time in program history.
"Madi the Magnificent is on to the finals in the 100HH and 400IH with two PR's so tomorrow will be exciting!" Tucker emphasized.
Dyvhine Fonoti placed sixth in the hammer throw with a 52.36m toss. She added another sixth-place finish in the shot put with a 13.57m mark.
"What a day Vhine had today wow! She was sixth in both the Hammer and SP. I loved that for her and Coach Maj for sure," Tucker said.
In the 3000m steeplechase, Kaylin Sheley placed sixth with a time of 10:56.95 minutes.
"Hats off to Kaylin ending her Steeplechase career at Eastern with a 5th place finish. What a way to close it out!" Tucker described.
Thursday Results
Teevens gave the Eagles an opening statement in the decathlon, placing second with a 6184 total score to secure the all-conference honor.
The senior scored in the event with wins in the 100m (11.07 seconds) and the 110m hurdles (15.07 seconds). Teevens added second-place finishes in the long jump (6.53m), discus throw (30.25m) and javelin (47.12m). He placed third in the 400m (52.34 seconds) and pole vault (3.79m).
Colin Hughes won the 1500m race in the decathlon with a time of 4:37.66.
Tucker talked about Teevens and Hughes performance this week, "What a way to end your career! My man Cody has been third the last two Big Sky meets and ends his career with second place and his best finish ever in college at a conference championship! I loved to see it and I am happy for Coach Jo as well, her and Coach Jake have done an amazing job with the multis this year! Speaking of which, Colin Hughes in the first decathlon in his life gets seventh to follow up his indoor seventh place finish in the conference. Great start to his career at Eastern, the future is bright! Watching these guys fight the last two days, during four different seasons, was encouraging for the rest of the team. The grit they showed with all the weather changes was awesome to see and inspiring for the rest of the squad! It is time to rock and roll, Go Eags!"
Up Next
Eastern closes out the Big Sky Championships tomorrow, with events starting at 9 a.m. Pacific Time.
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