Ledes from the Land of Enchantment

NM State Heads to the Duke City for the Don Kirby Tailwind Open

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LAS CRUCES, NM – After competing in a whirlwind of meets last weekend in Los Angeles, the NM State track & field team returns to the Land of Enchantment for the Don Kirby Tailwind Open, hosted by the University of New Mexico on Thursday, April 23rd at the Great Friends of UNM Track Stadium.

Last weekend, the Aggies put together a multitude of strong performances against some of the stiffest competition in the nation at the Mt. SAC relays/Bryan Clay Invitational/Beach Invitational/Pacific Coast Invitational.

Phetisang Makhethe dominated the hammer , crushing the school record by nearly three meters with a throw of 63.78m. This mark places her atop the NCAA Mountain Region leaderboard for the event and 15th in West Region Qualifiers.

Other Aggies who’s performances this past weekend placed them in the top-ten of the Mountain Region include Valissa Brown (9th, 13.76) and Aliyah Logan (10th, 13.82) in the 100m dash, Terice Steen (8th, 59.65) in the 400m hurdles , Makiya Moore (10th, 50.87m) in the discus, Emily Hernandez (7th, 56.90m) in the hammer throw and Mariah Humphrey (9th, 46.29m) in the javelin toss.

Below is a breakdown of which student-athletes will be competing.

Thursday

200m dash
Victoria Veserra

400m dash
Victoria Veserra

1500m run
Leah Clark

long jump
Victoria Veserra

Shot put
Rebecca Green
Mariah Humphrey
Makiya Moore
Kaitlyn Ward

Disc throw
Bailey Beene
Rebecca Green
Makiya Moore
Kaitlyn Ward

Hammer throw
Kaelyn Window Maker
Rebecca Green
Emily Hernández
Phetisang Makhethe
Makiya Moore
Iysis Tellez Briggs
Kaitlyn Ward

javelin
Bailey Beene
Kaelyn Window Maker
Mariah Humphrey

Men’s 800m run
Micah Too

Men’s 1500 runs
Micah Too

Men’s 5000m run
Dilan Sanchez

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