Track and Field to compete at Air Force Invitational

PROVO, Utah -- BYU men's and women's track and field will compete in the Air Force Invitational at the United States Air Force Academy's Cadet Field House near Colorado Springs, Colorado Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 20-22. 

Meet Information

• Live Results
• Schedule
  • Thursday: 1-6 p.m. MST - Pentathlon and heptathlon
  • Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. MST - Completion of pentathlon and heptathlon with field events and heats for jumps and sprints
  • Saturday: 12-4:25 p.m. MST - Field events continue with finals for sprints and distance
• Fans are allowed to attend with no admission charged Thursday or Friday. On Saturday, spectators will be charged admission to the Air Force vs. Colorado State men's basketball game. 
  • According to current Defense Department and Air Force Academy rules, all individuals are required to wear a mask inside Academy facilities. All individuals who have not been fully vaccinated must wear masks outside on military installations.

Cougars in the meet record books
BYU track and field athletes hold four all-time meet records at the Air Force Invitational. 

Just last season, Michael Bluth, Eli Hazlett, Cortez Ruiz and Colten Yardley combined to set the its men's mile relay record with a time of 3:12.87. 

Chase Dalton (heptathlon, 2014), Ada Robinson (high jump, 2011) and Kenneth Andam (60m, 2000) have also etched their names in Air Force Invitational history.

Last time out...
BYU seized 11 first-place finishes at its second home indoor meet on Jan. 13-15 at the Smith Fieldhouse. Gretchen Hoekstre, Dallin Vorkink and Rebekah Ross stole the show with some of the top individual performances in program history.

Hoekstre won the women’s shot put with a mark of 17.10/56-1.25, good for No. 2 all-time at BYU, passing a mark set by Kartsi Leppaluoto in 1991. Hoekstre is currently tied with Nebraska’s Axelina Johansson for the fourth-best shot put mark of the season.

Vorkink won the heptathlon with the program’s fifth-best all-time score at 5500 points. With his Jan. 14 score, Vorkink leads all Division I heptathletes on the season. 

Rebekah Ross cleared 4.11m/13-5.75 to win the women’s pole vault and pass Nicole Naatjes for No. 7 in program history. Ross’s personal-best clearance also currently ranks top-25 nationally in 2022.