CLOVIS, Calif. — Facing arguably the some of the longest events in track & field to open the championships, the Lobos showed they were up to the task.
The University of New Mexico track & field team opened up competition at the 2016 Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships with strong performances in the 10,000-meter runs and combined events on Thursday.
Calli Thackery led the way with a dominant win in the women's 10000, while the Lobos' crew of multi-event athletes tallied a pair of scoring efforts in both the decathlon and heptathlon on day two of the four-day meet
Daniel Lam and Beau Clafton placed second and sixth, respectively, in the decathlon, while the duo of Samantha Bowe (fourth place) and Kyra Mohns (eighth) scored in the heptathlon at Veteran's Memorial Stadium in Clovis, Calif.