ALAMOSA – Adams State University track and field program had a stellar weekend at home in the ASU NCAA Qualifier, and in Seattle, Washington, in the annual Husky Classic. School records, national-leading times and personal bests filled the days, even when a majority of the team was battling illness.
 
Arguably the best performance weekend of the year came from Sydney Gidabuday. The distance star opened up with a sub-14 minute 5,000 and a sub-8 minute 3,000 in the same weekend. Both his times (13:50.29/7:59.81) are automatic qualifying marks for the National Championships just more than a month away. His 5,000 is the fastest time in the nation thus far, while his 3,000 time is second in the country.
 
The other unbelievable performance came from Roisin Flanagan in the women's mile. Flanagan ran 4:41.95 to break Jenna Thurman's school record in the mile set last year at the same event. Despite that, she is oddly second in the nation behind Thurman's time last weekend in Boulder. Her time would've been ninth in D2 history if it hadn't been run on an oversized track.
 
This wasn't the only school record to drop. Chris Cutcher ran 7.99 seconds in the 60 hurdles to break the school record and place himself ninth in the country.
 
On the sprint side of things, Dianna Johnson opened up her season by winning the 60 meter dash at home. The defending champ won the race in 7.55, punching her ticket with the fifth-fastest mark in the nation. She was joined by
 
There were eight more top-12 national performances this weekend. On the distance side of things, Chandler Reid ran 8:01.94 in the 3,000 for a six second personal record. This mark gets him fifth in country as well as fifth in school history. Kale Adams also ran 8:05.44 in the event, good for eighth in the country. All three 3,000 marks are automatic qualifying marks. George Kelly rounded out the 3,000 meter performances with the 11^th fastest time in the nation.
 
The other notable performances came from Malena Grover in the women's 5,000. The senior kicked things off for most of the distance runners in Seattle, running the third fastest time in school history (16:39.29) in the event and putting herself sixth in the nation.
 
Joshua Joseph also put himself ninth in the 5,000 this weekend, while Elias Gedyon ran 4:01.10. Though this didn't help his national standing, his time is fifth in school history, making him the fastest Grizzly to run the mile and not break the 4-minute barrier.
 
For the field events, Sam Reid threw an outstanding 58-feet, 8¾-inches in the shot put, good for eighth in the nation.