BOISE, Idaho—Taking advantage of an indoor meet prior to Christmas Break, a small contingent of Concordia track and field team members competed at the Jacksons Open hosted by Boise State University on Saturday.

A pair of Cavaliers won individual events at the Jacksons Indoor Track and the Idaho Center with Matthew Clowes edging a pair of runners from St. Martin’s to take the 3,000-meter crown in 8:32.84 and Junia Limage, fresh off of earning All-American honors in cross country, captured the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:58.43.

Both Clowes and Limage easily outpaced the NAIA automatic standard in their respective events and were joined by a pair of competitors in the women’s 3,000 as Lauren Moran and Gina Paletta went 3-4 with times of 10:06.72 and 10:10.31.

Seconds behind Clowes in the men’s 3,000, Andrew Landstrom crossed in 8:41.91 to garner provisional status in the event, missing the ‘A’ barrier by less than a second.

A final highlight if the meet came in the men’s 1,600-meter relay as the quartet of Edgar Vazquez, Matt Challender, Andre Washington and Jasen Brown placed second overall to Boise State to set a new school record with a 3:23.00. Taking down the previous mark of 3:34.59 which was set in 2009, the  group narrowly missed reached the NAIA ‘B’ standard.

Jackson’s Open
Boise State University
Nampa, Idaho
December 2-3

Men’s Results

400: 4. Edgar Vazquez, 50.99; 5. Andre Washington, 51.00; 6. Matt Challender, 51.25. 1,000: 6. Jasen Brown, 2:35.43. 3,000: 1. Matthew Clowes, 8:32.84; 4. Andrew Landstrom, 8:41.91; 7. Adrian Taylor, 9:04.54. 1,600 Relay: 2. Concordia, 3:23.00 (J. Ratliff, A. Washington, J. Brown, E. Vazquez).

Women’s Results

1,000: 1. Junia Limage, 2:58.43. 3,000: 3. Lauren Moran, 10:06.72; 4. Gina Paletta, 10:10.31.