POCATELLO, Idaho – In his first time competing in the event, Justin Krabbenhoft broke the school record in the heptathlon during the Mountain State Games in Pocatello, Idaho this weekend.

Krabbenhoft finished with a score of 4,320, breaking the score of 4,257 that was recorded by Ryan Rosenau in 2012. Krabbenhoft, who won the long jump portion of the competition with a jump of 6.58 meters, finished 8^th in the event.

"It was the first time he ever did it, which is awesome," head coach Tony Arntson said. "I was very happy and proud of him. He competed hard and got a glimpse of what the decathlon will look like in the spring. It was very exciting."

National Qualifier Jillian Sanchez had another solid performance on the weekend, finishing 2^nd in the women's weight throw with a mark of 16.42 meters. Allyson Conner finished 9^th with a throw of 14.03 meters. In the shot put, Kathryn Evans stole the show for the team, finishing 9^th at 11.62 meters. On the men's side, Rico Pryor finished 7^th in the weight throw with a mark of 15.51 meters.

"Our throwers did solid today," Arntson said. "I was very impressed with Kathryn's throw in the shot put yesterday. She did a good job."

Shane Girres also stood out for the team in the jumps, finishing 4^th in both the long jump and the triple jump. He recorded a mark of 6.65 meters in the long jump and 12.33 meters in the triple jump. His long jump was a personal record.

The meet wraps up the indoor season for the team, who will now transition their focus to the outdoor season. Jillian Sanchez and Rico Pryor will continue training for the NAIA National Championships, which begins on March 3 in Brookings, South Dakota.

"We got a couple of competitions in for indoor," Arntson said. "Now we have a month to start training and conditioning in the outdoor season. I thought our improvement was solid. We weren't really anticipating doing a lot of indoor and these guys wanted to go get some competitions in. We made some strides here in the past couple of weeks and that sets us up real nice going into the outdoor when we can start getting everyone involved."