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Jason Enes
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The ISU men’s and women’s track teams both finished fourth in the Big Sky Conference indoor track and field championships held this past weekend at Holt Arena.
Idaho State’s Cassie Merkley won two championships on day one of the meet and propelled her Bengal women teammates to first place at the end of day one.
Merkley’s win in the pentathlon was a record breaker. She broke her own Big Sky Conference record that was set last year by scoring 3894 points a score that was also the fifteenth best score posted in the nation this year. Merkley’s teammate Sydney Wendt finished second in the pentathlon and the high jump behind Merkley. On the men’s side the only title on day one was in the Distance Medley Relay and the men finished the day with 29.5 points.
Day two of the event saw the Bengals nab eleven all conference selections led by Saheed Kahn who picked up two silvers in the mile and the 800 meters and a gold in the Distance Medley Relay with teammates Eric Stroud, Zac Barnett and John Ricardi.
Brad Sylvester won the heptathlon by 11 points over Sacramento State’s Robert Brazier and ISU’s Levi Keller finished third in the heptathlon and the pole vault. Levi’s brother Jacob also won a bronze medal by tying for third in the high jump.
The winners of this year's Big Sky indoor championships were the Sacramento State Hornets. The Hornets won the title on the men’s side in very close fashion by eclipsing Weber State by one point. The women won by a considerable margin.
The Bengals will now look forward to a last chance meet this weekend before the NCAA Championships March 14-15 in Fayeteville Arkansas.