Reynolds Wins Shot Put Title with School Record Throw, Nine Earn Team Points

CLOVIS, Calif. (May 16, 2025) – The University of Wyoming track and field program earned four podium finishes, including a shot put title, while nine Pokes posted team points on day two of the Mountain West Outdoor Championships on Friday.

Cowboys are currently in third with 49 team points after recording 38 on the day. Cowgirls sit 10th after day two with 10 team points.

HEPTATHLON

Freshman Avery Navest scored team points in her first outdoor championships when she placed seventh with 4,800 points in the heptathlon. 

Navest kicked off day two in the long jump, where she placed 11th with a leap of 16’ 8” (5.08 meters) for 581 points. In the final two events of the heptathlon, she posted personal bests in the javelin throw and 800 meters. In the javelin, Navest threw to 11th again with a distance of 94’ 4” (28.75 meters) for 453 points and to close, she ran a time of 2:26.44 in the 800 meters for 738 points. Her point total was just three shy of her personal best that holds the No. 3 mark in school history.

FIELD EVENTS

Junior Remar Pitter earned the first podium of the day for Wyoming in the long jump. With a jump of 24’ 5” (7.44 meters), Pitter earned his first MW Championship podium with a third-place finish. He added six team points for the Cowboys.

The Cowgirls earned their first team points in the shot put since the 2022 outdoor championships thanks to senior Allyson Fertig and junior Kais Kimuli. To close her throwing era, Fertig took sixth place and added three team points with her final throw reaching a distance of 47’ 9 3/4" (14.57 meters). This officially ends Fertig’s Wyoming career, cementing her as one of the Cowgirl greats as a basketball star and a Top-10 shot putter in school history. 

Kimuli picked up one team point with her eighth-place throw of 46’ 4 1/4" (14.13 meters), coming on her first throw of the finals.

Senior Daniel Reynolds came out swinging and won the men’s shot put with his first and only fair throw, sweeping the indoor and outdoor MW titles. His put of 64’ 1 3/4" (19.55 meters) was a new outdoor school record and a personal best. At the time of this posting, this throw is now the No. 15 mark in the nation this season.

Junior Cam Burkett finished in second behind Reynolds with his throw of 61’ 3” (18.67 meters) on his penultimate put. Freshman Charles LaFore threw to seventh with his best toss reaching a distance of 55’ 9” (16.99 meters). These three Pokes earned 20 team points only with Reynolds gaining 10, Burkett with eight and LaFore securing the final two.

Also in the shot put competition was junior Gage Griffith finishing ninth in the finals with a throw of 52 1 3/4" (15.89 meters) while freshman Quinn Lindsay took 11th with his best put at 47’ 5” (14.45 meters).

In the final event to finish on day two, freshman Taliah Morris left all she had for the team. In her final attempt in the long jump, she broke through to finish fifth with her jump of 19’ 8” (5.99 meters). She tallied four team points for the Cowgirls.

TRACK EVENTS

In the first track event of the night, freshman Carly Norman ran in her first championship 100-meter hurdles. In the race, she finished 18th overall with a time of 14.78.

In the men’s 110-meter hurdles, senior Jaheim Ferguson picked up his second finals qualifying spot. With a time of 14.58, he placed fourth in his heat and eighth overall. Ferguson will now run in both hurdle events on Saturday.

First for Wyoming in the women’s 1,500 meters, junior Libby Berryhill-Worshek, ran a time of 4:31.32 while freshman Hanan Aldelemy finished in 20th with her time of 4:33.11.

Junior Mac Zastrow qualified for the men’s 1,500-meter final with a time of 3:48.32 for 11th overall. Two other Cowboys ran in seniors Mason Norman and Trevor Stephen. Norman finished 13th with a time of 3:51.27 while Stephen took 17th, crossing the line at 4:38.20.

In the women’s 400 meters, freshman Eva Dellorco finished in 17th with a time of 57.25 in her first championships.

For the men, freshman Bradley Ekstrom earned his first finals appearance. His time of 47.75 was good for seventh overall and third in his heat. Three other Cowboys ran in the 400 meters in junior Darius Wiggins, sophomore Cody Hape and freshman Logan Brown. Wiggins ran to 11th with his time of 48.33, Hape took 15th and crossed the line at 49.03 and Brown finished in 16th at 49.05.

Morris added to her championship final slate in the 100-meter dash. She won her heat for the automatic qualification with a time of 11.58, a personal-best time and the third-fastest in the prelims.

Two Cowgirls ran in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to close the women’s track on day two. Senior Abigail Whitman finished in ninth, one place away from scoring team points, with her time of 10:49.20. Junior Rozlyn Slichko took 11th, crossing the line at 10:54.70.

Senior Ryker Holtzen picked up the day's final podium for Wyoming with his second-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. His time of 8:38.46 broke the previous meet record and added eight points for the Cowboys.

Senior Albert Steiner ran to fifth and added four team points when he crossed the line at 8:50.31. Sophomore Austin Akers took 12th with a personal-best time of 9:16.32 in the race.

UP NEXT

The last day of the Mountain West Outdoor Championships will start in the evening with field events at 4 p.m. Action on the track will start at 6:35 p.m. with the 4x100-meter relays. All events on Saturday will be finals with awards to immediately following each event’s completion.

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