Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships
Feb. 23-24 | Seattle, Wash. | Dempsey Indoor (University of Washington)
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SEATTLE, Wash. – The University of San Francisco track and field team heads to Seattle for the fourth and final time this season to compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships held at Dempsey Indoor.
 
Kicking off the meet on Friday will be several USF runners participating in the 200-meters and the distance medley relay. The team of Lea Meyer, Samantha Lind, Alena Ulrichova and Frederique Latraverse will hit the oval for the entertaining DMR. The team will look to improve on the school record set earlier this season.
 
School-record holder in the 200m, Asaundra Dalton, will take to the oval in that same event on Friday evening. This is the senior's marquee event. In her last race at the Washington Invitational, Dalton posted a mark of 25.14, which was the team's fastest time on the day.
 
Saturday will see a full slate of runners from USF compete in multiple events. Lind will compete in 400m for the third time of this indoor season. Lind holds the school record in the event, posting a mark of 55.78 in her first race as a Don in the UW Preview.
 
After setting a school record in the 3,000m (9:10.95) at the Husky Classic, Marie Bouchard will change events to compete in the one mile against the country's best in that distance. Joining Bouchard will be freshman Meyer who will look to build off her race in the 3,000m at the Husky Classic, which saw her post a personal best time of 9:25.00.
 
Emma Stahr and Ulrichova will compete in their signature event, the 800m, for the second time in the indoor season. The last time out, in the Husky Classic, both Stahr and Ulrichova put in solid races, finishing with marks of 2:12.17 and 2:10.28, respectively.
 
Competing in the 4x400m event will be the team of Lind, Dalton, Stahr and Ulrichova. This veteran team will look to top the school record of 3:51.28, set two weeks ago at the Husky Classic.
 
COACHES QUOTES
Head coach Helen Lehman-Winters
"We have made some significant progress in the last couple weeks, and we are looking forward to how it translates over to competition. This is a phenomenal opportunity for our team to compete with the country's best and will provide us with a last chance opportunity for individuals to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships."
 
WHAT'S NEXT
Saturday will be day two of the MPSF Championships, which will see the Dons compete in the 400m, 800m, one mile, 3,000m and the 4x400m relay.
 
USF Schedule
Friday:
200m; heats beginning at 6:20 p.m.
Asaundra Dalton (Sec. 13)
Grace McKenna (Sec. 20)
Alia Mahuna (Sec. 22)
 
Distance medley relay; heats beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Lea Meyer, Samantha Lind, Alena Ulrichova and Frederique Latraverse (Sec. 1)
 
Saturday:
One mile; heats beginning at 11 a.m.
Victoria Almanza (Sec. 1)
Lea Meyer (Sec. 3)
Marie Bouchard (Sec. 4)
 
400m; heats beginning at 11:50 a.m.
Samantha Lind (Sec. 4)
Maya Reynolds (Sec. 13)
 
800m; heats beginning at 12:50 p.m.
Emma Stahr (Sec. 5)
Alena Ulrichova (Sec. 6)
 
3,000m; heats beginning at 1:25 p.m.
Josephine Brysting (Sec. 1)
Magdalena Dias (Sec. 1)
Kelsey Nielsen (Sec. 1)
Frederique Latraverse (Sec. 2)
 
4x400 meter relay (W); heats beginning at 2:25 p.m.
Samantha Lind, Emma Stahr, Asaundra Dalton and Alena Ulrichova (Sec. 2)