Emma Bates placed 32nd out of 78 runners in the women’s 5,000 meters at the FloTrack Husky Invite in Seattle on Friday in 16 minutes, 53.29 seconds. That mark smashed the former Boise State school record of 17:19.35 set by Becky Guyette in 2007.
• At the Boise State Team Invite in Nampa, Mele Vaisima (65 feet, 0.5 inches) and Trevor Kraychir (66-6.5) earned wins in the women’s and men’s weight throw. Chris Manuele earned a win in the men’s pole vault, clearing (16-0.75). The meet continues Saturday.
BSU SOFTBALL: Senior pitchers Aubray Zell and Allie Crump each delivered three-hit shutouts to lift the Broncos to wins over Loyola Marymount (3-0) and Nevada (4-0) at the Aggie Stampede in Davis, Calif. Crump also starred at the plate, driving in a run in each game and collecting three hits on the day. Tara Glover had three hits and two runs scored in BSU’s first games of the season.
BSU MEN’S TENNIS: Scott Sears, Garrett Patton, Nathan Sereke, Erk Sheldon, Filipp Pogostkin and Aiden Reed earned singles victories as the Broncos swept Idaho State 7-0 at the Boas Indoor Tennis Center. Earlier Friday, BSU defeated Montana State 6-1.
BSU WOMEN’S TENNIS: Sonia Klamczynska, Marlena Pietzuch, Manuela Pietzuch, Sandy Vo, Morgan Basil and Fiona Mok all recorded straight-set wins in singles as the Broncos swept Eastern Washington 7-0 at the Boas Indoor Tennis Center.
BSU GYMNASTICS: The Broncos posted their second-best score of the season (196.025) and placed second at the IGI Chicago Style Invite behind No. 7 UCLA.
COLLEGE OF IDAHO MEN’S BASKETBALL: Krispin Banks posted the first double-double of the season for the Coyotes (9-18, 4-12 CCC) with 18 points and 11 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to prevent visiting Eastern Oregon from procuring a 78-60 win.
C OF I WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Felicity Jones drained a 10-foot jumper with 26 seconds left as the Coyotes scored a 44-40 victory over No. 15 Eastern Oregon. The C of I (17-8, 12-4 CCC) improved to 7-0 in conference home games this season and won its 34th-straight game when holding an opponent to less than 50 points. Tina Fakahafua had 11 points and six rebounds for the Coyotes.
C OF I SOFTBALL: The Coyotes played a tripleheader Friday, grabbing wins in Redding, Calif., over Holy Names (7-4), Simpson (11-1) and William Jessup (6-0).
C OF I TRACK: The Coyotes women’s distance medley relay team won at the Boise State Team Invite, breaking the school record and running the second fastest time in the NAIA this season. The team of Hillary Holt, Jasmine Sibert, Kayloni Perry and Sarah Johnson ran a time of 12:07.6. Three other school records fell in the heptathlon, as Austin Basterrechea broke the indoor record in the high jump (6-6.5) and the long jump (22-3), with Mike Hurd breaking the 60-meter dash mark (7.11).
NORTHWEST NAZARENE BASEBALL: Starting pitcher Zeb Sneed struck out 11 and didn’t allow a hit in six innings to lead the Crusaders to a 5-1 win over Minot State in Nampa. Alex Barbee went 2-for-3 with two RBIs as NNU completed a doubleheader sweep with an 8-4 triumph.
