Oliver Is MWC Athlete of the Week!

Big congrats to Oliver for being conference athlete of the week. Oliver opened up well this last weekend in San Diego and is going to have an amazing season! Good job O!

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 22, 2011) - BYU senior Oliver Whaley has been selected as the Mountain West Conference Men's Outdoor Track & Field Co-Athlete of the Week. Whaley shares the honor with Air Force junior Robert Drye.

The product of Kayenta, Ariz., won the hammer throw title at the Aztec Invitational last weekend in San Diego, Calif. In his first competition of the outdoor season, the senior recorded a throw of 62.21m (204-01) in the event.

The mark is the best in the Mountain West this season and also ranks seventh in the NCAA in 2011, according to the website TFRRS.org.


links-
http://www.themwc.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/032211aab.html
http://www.byucougars.com/Filing.jsp?ID=15360

Also.....this past weekend a lot of the throwers opened up their seasons and threw well. Results from the San Diego Invite can be found here....
http://www.tfrrs.org/results/18763.html

National Championships

This weekend the NCAA Indoor Championships were held at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. Leif competed in both the shot put and the weight throw. Leif threw a new pr of 19.92m in the shot put and won the competition. This is is first national championships. Leif threw 20.45m in the weight throw and got 9th place. The team ended up in 3rd place which is the best it's ever placed.

Results-

Shot Put-
1 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 19.92m 65-4 ¼
2 Mason Finley SO Kansas 19.75m 64-9 ¾
3 Eric Werskey SR Auburn 19.64m 64-5 ¼
4 Stephen Saenz FR Auburn 19.32m 63-4 ¾
5 Hayden Baillio SO Texas 19.11m 62-8 ½
6 Luke Pinkelman JR Nebraska19.00m 62-4
7 Jacob ThormaehlenJR Texas 18.83m 61-9 ½
8 Robert Golabek SR Buffalo 18.71m 61-4 ¾

weight-
1 Walter Henning SR LSU 22.16m 72-8 ½
2 Alexander ZieglerSO Virginia Tech 21.27m 69-9 ½
3 Adonson Shallow SR SE Louisiana 21.19m 69-6 ¼
4 J.C. Lambert JR Southern Illinois21.07m 69-1 ½
5 Lonnie Pugh SO Michigan State 21.06m 69-1 ¼
6 Alec FaldermeyerFR UCLA 20.81m 68-3 ¼
7 Mike Zajac SR South Carolina 20.71m 67-11 ½
8 Micah Hegerle SO Minnesota 20.67m 67-9 ¾
9 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 20.45m 67-1 ¼

MWC CHAMPS

The men's team won the MWC indoor champs this past weekend. Here are the results from the throwing events-

Event 29 Men Shot Put
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NCAA Auto: A 19.30m
MWC Meet: M 65-04 2/28/2004 Niklas Arrhenius, BYU
MWC All-Time: C 66-10 2/2/2001 Jim Roberts, BYU
ABQ Conv Ctr: F 69-08.25 2010 Ryan Whiting, Arizona State
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals

1 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 18.80m 61-08.25 10
18.26m 18.69m 18.74m FOUL 18.80m FOUL
2 Ian Lettow SR Colo St. 16.91m 55-05.75 8
16.23m 16.55m 16.87m FOUL 16.91m 16.45m
3 Robert Drye JR Air Force 16.74m 54-11.25 6
FOUL 16.15m FOUL 16.74m 16.43m 16.73m
4 Sean Tabor SO TCU 16.60m 54-05.50 5
FOUL 16.37m 16.08m 16.60m FOUL 16.50m
5 Joe Riccio JR Wyoming 16.18m 53-01.00 4
16.18m FOUL 15.64m FOUL FOUL FOUL
6 Sean Herbison JR Air Force 16.11m 52-10.25 3
15.59m 15.90m 15.96m 15.52m 15.51m 16.11m
7 Colby Barber JR BYU 15.98m 52-05.25 2
15.57m 15.98m FOUL 15.56m FOUL FOUL
Event 31 Men Weight Throw
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NCAA Auto: A 21.50m
MWC Meet: M 74-01.75 2/25/2000 Jason Gervais, Wyoming
MWC All-Time: C 74-01.75 2/25/2000 Jason Gervais, Wyoming
ABQ Conv Ctr: F 82-00 2010 A.G. Kruger, Nike
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals

1 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 20.19m 66-03.00 10
20.19m FOUL FOUL FOUL 19.61m FOUL
2 Oliver Whaley SR BYU 19.52m 64-00.50 8
17.92m 17.78m 18.70m 19.52m FOUL FOUL
3 Cameron Carter SR Colo St. 19.06m 62-06.50 6
16.86m 17.75m 18.41m 18.48m 18.23m 19.06m
4 Ian Lettow SR Colo St. 18.50m 60-08.50 5
18.50m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL
5 Robert Drye JR Air Force 18.48m 60-07.75 4
FOUL FOUL 17.88m 18.48m 17.40m FOUL

Results from Air Force

Men Shot Put Open
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Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Mason Finley SO Kansas 20.71m 19.89m 65-03.25 10
2 Niklas Arrhenius unat (Provo) 19.75m 18.74m 61-05.75
3 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 18.98m 18.71m 61-04.75 8
4 Cody Hunt JR Chadron St 18.62m 18.30m 60-00.50 6
5 Kyle Schwochow JR Air Force 16.99m 17.66m 57-11.25 5
6 Max Alonso JR Fort Hays St 18.10m 17.53m 57-06.25 4
7 Tyson Williams unat (Ft Collins 18.80m 17.49m 57-04.75
8 Brian Bishop SR Kansas 16.59m 15.93m 52-03.25 3
9 Robert Drye JR Air Force 16.82m 15.91m 52-02.50 2
10 Jeff Conner FR Wichita St 15.15m 15.91m 52-02.50 1
11 Zachary Stetler FR BYU 16.58m 15.84m 51-11.75

Men Weight Throw Open
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Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 21.56m 21.06m 69-01.25 10
2 Robert Drye JR Air Force 18.97m 18.61m 61-00.75 8
3 Mitch Sahlfeld SR Fort Hays St 19.03m 18.60m 61-00.25 6
4 Cameron Carter SR Colorado St 18.02m 17.74m 58-02.50 5
5 Oliver Whaley SR BYU 19.78m 17.25m 56-07.25 4

Results of New Balance Invite in New York

Colby and Zach threw shot today in New York....here are the results-

The Armory - Site License
New Balance Collegiate Invitational - 2/4/2011 to 2/5/2011
The New Balance Track and Field Center

Event 79 Men Shot Put Championship
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Finley, Mason Kansas 20.40m
2 Garrett, Richard Utsa 18.77m
3 Thormaehlen, Jacob Texas 18.42m
4 Baillio, Hayden Texas 18.37m
5 Elardo, Vincent Monmouth 17.62m
6 Barbas, Michael Duke 17.42m
7 Alleman, Mike Connecticut 17.34m
8 Jones, Nick Abilene Christian 17.01m
9 Kwiatkowski, Dan Pittsburgh 16.93m
10 Hickey, John Unattached J16.93m
11 Schallmo, Mike Duke 16.85m
12 Drenon, Brandon Texas 16.84m
13 Stetler, Zachary Byu 16.24m
14 Grace, Bobby Youngstown St. 15.99m
15 Rodriguez, Daniel Utsa J15.99m
16 Krause, Joel Kansas 15.98m
17 Barber, Colby Byu 15.91m

Updated MWC rankings.....

Here are the rankings for the conference as of today....We are looking pretty strong and I expect all of us to move up in the rankings throughout the rest of the season....

Shot Put (Men)

1 Arrhenius, Leif SR-4 BYU 61' 0.75" 18.61m 2011 BYU Cougar Indoor I... 01/06/11
2 Schwochow, Kyle JR-3 Air Force 55' 9" 16.99m Air Force Don Barrett Du... 01/29/11
3 Riccio, Joe JR-3 Wyoming 55' 3.75" 16.86m Wyoming Power Meet 12/04/10
4 Drye, Robert JR-3 Air Force 55' 2.75" 16.83m Air Force Don Barrett Du... 01/29/11
5 Stetler, Zachary FR-1 BYU 54' 4.75" 16.58m Snake River Open 01/14/11
6 Barber, Colby JR-3 BYU 54' 2" 16.51m Snake River Open 01/14/11
7 Tabor, Sean SO-2 TCU 53' 4.5" 16.27m Texas A&M Reveille Invit... 12/11/10
8 Lettow, Ian SR-4 Colorado St. 53' 3.75" 16.25m Potts Indoor Invite 2011 01/21/11

Weight Throw (Men)

1 Lettow, Ian SR-4 Colorado St. 61' 11.75" 18.89m Air Force Don Barrett Du... 01/29/11
2 Sparks, Mark SO-2 Wyoming 61' 11.5" 18.88m Wyoming Power Meet 12/04/10
3 Plante, Joe JR-3 Wyoming 61' 4" 18.69m Wyoming Power Meet 12/04/10
4 Whaley, Oliver SR-4 BYU 60' 4" 18.39m New Mexico Cherry & Silv... 01/21/11
5 Drye, Robert JR-3 Air Force 60' 1.75" 18.33m Air Force Don Barrett Du... 01/29/11
6 Riccio, Joe JR-3 Wyoming 59' 5.5" 18.12m Wyoming Power Meet 12/04/10
7 Carter, Cameron SR-4 Colorado St. 58' 9.5" 17.92m Air Force All-Comers 01/14/11
8 Henry-Marshall, Matthew SR-4 New Mexico 55' 7.75" 16.96m New Mexico Collegiate In... 01/28/11

Jackson Invite In Boise

There was a meet this weekend and Zach was the only thrower to attend. Here are the results of the meet-

Men Shot Put College/Open
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Venue: V 21.00m 2/29/2008 Russ Winger, Idaho
DI Auto: A 19.30m
Name Year Team Seed Finals Points
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1 Ryan Crouser Unattached 16.76m 19.48mA 63-11.00
2 Chase Sexton Boise State 16.87m 16.72m 54-10.25
3 Zachary Stetler Byu 16.58m 16.26m 53-04.25

New boys in town

4 throwers have joined us this semester after returning from missions. The throwers are from left to right Kyle Baker, Aaron Clark, Billy Matthews, and Winston Wilkonson. Kyle, Aaron, and Winston were all freshmen back in 2008. Kyle and Winston were regional qualifiers, Billy is from Moses Lake, and Aaron is like a caged lion ready to be let lose. Looking forward to training and competing with these great young men.

videos from the meet

New Mexico Cherry And Silver Invite

Here are the results from this past weekend in New Mexico.

Men Shot Put
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NCAA Auto: A 19.30m 2011
Conv Ctr: T 63-11.75 2007 Noah Bryant, USC
Name Year School Finals
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1 Leif Arrhenius BYU 18.39m 60-04.00
FOUL 18.39m FOUL FOUL 18.33m FOUL
2 John Ybarra Unattached 18.21m 59-09.00
FOUL 18.21m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL
3 Geoffrey Tabor Stanford 17.30m 56-09.25
16.93m FOUL 16.83m 16.55m 17.30m 16.59m
4 Jeremy Hines Stanford 16.62m 54-06.50
FOUL FOUL 16.46m 16.62m 16.00m 15.89m
5 Robert Gire Arizona 16.39m 53-09.25
16.39m FOUL 16.00m FOUL FOUL FOUL
6 Colby Barber BYU 16.32m 53-06.50
FOUL 16.32m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL
7 Zachary Stetler BYU 16.12m 52-10.75
16.12m FOUL 15.77m FOUL FOUL 15.76m
Men Weight Throw
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NCAA Auto: A 21.50m 2011
Conv Ctr: T 71-02.50 2007 Egor Agafonov, Kansas State
Name Year School Finals
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1 Pascal Tang Northern Arizona 19.20m 63-00.00
18.17m FOUL FOUL 19.20m 18.57m 18.85m
2 Carter Wells Stanford 18.88m 61-11.50
17.44m 18.20m 18.36m 18.71m 18.88m 18.49m
3 Oliver Whaley BYU 18.39m 60-04.00
18.39m FOUL FOUL FOUL 18.11m FOUL

NEXT WEEK MOST OF THE THROWERS WILL BE HEADING TO BOISE TO COMPETE. CHECK BACK LATER THIS WEEK FOR MORE VIDEO AND PICTURES.

SNAKE RIVER OPEN

Zach and Colby competed this weekend at the Snake River Open held at Idaho State University. Both of them threw season bests with Zach throwing a pr. Here are the results of the meet....


1 Lloyd, Zack Unattached 19.29m 63-03.50
2 Stetler, Zachary Brigham Young University 16.58m 54-04.75
3 Barber, Colby Brigham Young University 16.51m 54-02.00
4 Parry, Zach Weber State 15.65m 51-04.25
4 Harrebomee, Derek Weber State 15.65m 51-04.25
6 Best, Aaron Utah Valley University 15.44m 50-08.00

pictures and videos will be posted shortly....also early next week we will have more thrower bios and a new meet preview....

BYU INDOOR INVITE RESULTS

Here are the results from today's meets-

Shot PUT-
1. Zack Lloyd Open Unattached 19.33 63-05


2. Leif Arrhenius SR Brigham Young University 18.61 61-00.75


3. Colby Barber JR Brigham Young University 16.24 53-03.25


4. Zachary Stetler FR Brigham Young University 16.09 52-09.50


5. Aaron Best SO Utah Valley University 15.33 50-03.50


6. Chris Johnson FR Southern Utah University 14.69 48-02.25

7. Mitchell Swensen Fr Unattached 14.13 46-04.25


8. Tyler Anderson FR Southern Utah University 13.54 44-05.00


9. Phillip Bettis SR Brigham Young University 13.08 42-11.00


10. Chase Kallas FR Utah Valley University 12.82 42-00.75


11. Tanner Brown FR Utah Valley University 12.81 42-00.25


Oliver also won the weight throw with a throw over 60'

BYU INDOOR DISCUS INVITE

Last night we had our 2nd annual BYU indoor discus competition. It was a great competition with a great thrower and spectator turn out. The meet is getting bigger and better every year. Today the meet will continue with shot put and weight competitions. Here are the results of the discus comp-

1. Leif Arrhenius SR Brigham Young University 58.10 190-07.50


2. Carlos Valle Open Unattached 54.12 177-06.75


3. Zachary Stetler FR Brigham Young University 52.18 171-02.25


4. Colby Barber JR Brigham Young University 42.22 138-06.25


5. Clint Prestwich Unattached 41.10 134-10


6. Aaron Best SO Utah Valley University 41.08 134-09.25


7. Mitchell Swensen Fr Unattached 40.28 132-01.75


8. Aaron Clark So Unattached 35.56 116-08


9. Tanner Brown FR Utah Valley University 34.34 112-08


10. Billy Matthews Unattached 32.26 105-10


Chase Kallas FR Utah Valley University FOUL FOUL

First Meet Of The Year

The first meet of the year is this weekend. Here is a link to info-http://runnercard.com/e/runner.Main?meet=2953