BOULDER–The Colorado Buffaloes Track and Field program is heading to CSU Pueblo this weekend for the Spank Blasing Invitational.
The meet starts for the Buffs on Friday at 2:00 pm with the hammer throw and javelin.
Hammer throw competitors include Tyler Sconce, Matt Ward, Laurence Atkinson, Ames Newman, and Lucas Williams for the men, and Amanda Opp, Elena Opp, Jane Powers, Gya’ni Sami, Isabella Braun, and Obi Osafo-Mensah for the women.
Henry Carlson, Lars Atkinson, and Gustavo Alfonso will compete in the men’s javelin.
On Saturday, Lauren Whyrick and Meghan Whyrick compete in the women’s shot put, with Lucas Williams and Ames Newman representing the men.
Carlson, Ward, Atkinson, Newman, and Lucas Williams, will throw in the men’s discus and Amanda Opp, Elena Opp, and Osafo-Mensah will participate for the women.
In the long jump, Riley Burkey and Kara Lucyk will represent the women, and the men’s side features Aidan Christiansen, Jackson Meyer, and Nick Bianco.
Fresh off a first-place finish in Oregon, junior Allie Routledge, will compete in the high jump. John Swabik and Jackson Meyer are in for the men.
Bianco and Swabik will compete in the men’s 110-meter hurdles, while Reese Renz and Lucyk will take part in the women’s 100-meter hurdles.
Following a lunch break, the 400-meter dash resumes with Jaida Drame and Grace Jenkins racing for the women, while James Milholen, Nick Nuhfer, and Luke Dry will be in for the men.
In the men’s 100-meter dash, Ian Gilmore and Sam Beckham will be sprinting.
Cole Romig and Garrett Nelson will be participating in the 400-meter hurdles on the men’s side. On the women’s side, Renz, Abbey Glynn, and Emma Pollak are competing.
The 200-meter dash features Tyler Williams, Beckham, Milholen, and Gilmore for the men, and Drame, Jenkins, Routledge, and Burkey for the women.
The meet concludes with Romig, Nuhfer, Dry, and Nelson sprinting in the men’s 4 x 400-meter dash.
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