Northern Colorado's Kiana Van Haaren won a bronze medal with a personal-best distance in the long jump at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Van Haaren, a junior from New Braunfels, Texas, jumped 6.16 meters, or 20-2 feet, to finish third at the University of Northern Arizona's Walkup Skydome on Day 2 Friday of the three-day meet. Van Haaren's jump ranked 58th in women's NCAA Division I this season.
On the men's side, sophomore Ryan Pollyea finished fifth in the heptathlon. The heptathlon is a seven-event contest in the: 60-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1,000-meter run.
Pollyea scored 4,477 points. Montana State's Nicola Paletti won the event with 4,982 points. Pollyea's best finishes were second in the long jump (6.63 meters, 21-9 feet), third in the 1,000 meters (3:05.24) and tied for fourth in the high jump (1.80 meter, 5-9 feet).
Summer Olson, Craiesha Johnson, Shantell Hafner and Regina Mpigachai finished fourth in the distance medley relay in 12:02.37. The distance medley relay is a race with a leg of 1,200 meters, followed by legs 400, 800 and 1,600 meters.
Zander Cruzan qualified for the 200 and 400-meter finals with the fastest times in each event. Cruzan ran a personal-best 21.21 seconds in the 200 preliminaries. The time is the third best in program history. Cruzan qualified for the 400 with a time of 46.44.
Jerome Campbell reached the finals in the 60 meter and 60-meter hurdles. Campbell qualified first in the 60 meters at 6.72 seconds. He qualified second in the 60-meter hurdles at 7.81.
Mpigachai qualified third for the 800 meters in 2:12.20. Wendira Moss will run in the finals in the 200 and 400 meters. Moss qualified fifth in the 200 in 24.06 and sixth in the 400 in 54.73.
The women's team was in eighth place of nine teams after Friday. The men were eighth of 10 teams following the second day.