Utah's 4x400-meter relay of Chelsea Shapard, Haley McAlister-Birkeland, Ashley Patterson and Whitney Wellington turned in a time of 3:41.16 to break the NCAA's regional-qualifying time in the event.

Shapard also registered an NCAA Regional qualifying mark with a time of 58.18 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles to take second place in the overall results. Chelsey Kaplar took third place with a season-best 1:00.01 effort.

Senior Chelsea DiGrazia took the lead after the first lap in heat two of the 1,500-meter run, creating a large gap en route to the win with a time of 4:37.86. Janett Ern finished in second-place overall in the event with a time of 4:42.98.

The Utes took the top two spots in the hammer throw with Sarah Grimm and Josefin Berg taking first and second place, respectively. Grimm turned in an effort of 194 feet, 11 inches, while Berg secured second place with a mark of 192-5.5.

Lucy Yates now ranks second in the school's all-time 800-meter list by setting a new personal record with her first-place finish and a time of 2:12.41.

BASEBALL: The Utah baseball team closes out the regular season over the next two weeks, beginning with a three-game series against No. 15 TCU on Friday.

The Utes are coming off a strong weekend against Air Force, and have won six of their last eight games, including a five-game winning streak.

Utah (19-24, 6-12 MWC) went 1-2 against TCU in their first meeting, March 20-22, winning the final game of the series in extra innings, 9-8.

"We have a chance to play a really good team again and match up against them," head coach Bill Kinneberg said. "Now is the time we hope to make a push to be playing our best baseball for if and when we get to the tournament.""

TCU is ranked in every major poll and is ranked as high as 15th by Baseball America. Chris Ellington leads the Horned Frogs with a .357 batting average, including 17 doubles, a triple and five home runs. Seven players are batting over .300 for TCU.

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