Completed Event: Track and Field at UNM Don Kirby Elite on February 13, 2026 ,
Track & Field
at UNM Don Kirby Elite
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, February 9
Albuquerque, N.M.
Grand Canyon
at
Don Kirby Invitational
Photo by: Nathan Peters
Hodge's vault mark highlights regular-season finale
2/10/2024 10:45:00 PM | Track and Field
GCU seeks WAC indoor titles next to extend program's dynasty
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Grand Canyon track and field team closed out the indoor regular season Saturday at the UNM Don Kirby Invitational with strong efforts by multiple athletes.
With many Lopes staying home to rest for the WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb.19-20, the GCU team that traveled set numerous personal and season bests, led by Jack Hodge in pole vault. The graduate student became the WAC leader with a mark of 5.27 meters and a season best.
Lopes freshman Gretchen Kuffel finished the 3,000-meter race with a season-best time of 10 minutes, 19.33 seconds. On the men's side, freshman Emmanuel Corral of Tucson, Arizona, ran his season best with a time of 8:50.10.
GCU freshman Aaron Johnson ran well in the 200 with a personal-best time of 21.69.
The Lopes' Hannah Blood, a senior, tied her season best in the weight throw with a distance of 18.13 meters.
Sophomore Kane Duong added a personal best in shot put with a mark of 14.07.
Next up for the GCU track and field team, the Lopes will return to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships from Feb. 19-20, when they will look to add to the men's seven consecutive WAC indoor titles and the women's five titles in the last seven conference meets.
Results from the weekend can be found here.
With many Lopes staying home to rest for the WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb.19-20, the GCU team that traveled set numerous personal and season bests, led by Jack Hodge in pole vault. The graduate student became the WAC leader with a mark of 5.27 meters and a season best.
Lopes freshman Gretchen Kuffel finished the 3,000-meter race with a season-best time of 10 minutes, 19.33 seconds. On the men's side, freshman Emmanuel Corral of Tucson, Arizona, ran his season best with a time of 8:50.10.
GCU freshman Aaron Johnson ran well in the 200 with a personal-best time of 21.69.
The Lopes' Hannah Blood, a senior, tied her season best in the weight throw with a distance of 18.13 meters.
Sophomore Kane Duong added a personal best in shot put with a mark of 14.07.
Next up for the GCU track and field team, the Lopes will return to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships from Feb. 19-20, when they will look to add to the men's seven consecutive WAC indoor titles and the women's five titles in the last seven conference meets.
Results from the weekend can be found here.
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