Puyallup's Gero-Holt, UW's Rhoads, and Yelm's Nubbe earn top-3 finishes at NCAA D1s...
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas-- Puyallup native JaiCieonna Gero-Holt ( Illinois Athletics photo) won two events to finish second in the pentathlon to highlight day 1 action at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas. Gero-Holt started her day, running 8.58 in the 60 meter hurdles to finish tenth in the field. After that, the graduate of Emerald Ridge HS rattled off two straight event wins, taking the high jump at 6-0.5 (1.84m), and the shot put at 46-4 (14.12m) to lead after three events with 2831 points to Liisa-Maria Lusti of Oregon's 2631 points. Lusti moved into the lead after winning the long jump with a personal best mark of 21-9 (6.63m), while Gero-Holt jumped 19-6 (5.94m) to hold a 3680-3662 lead going into the 800. In the 800, Gero-Holt ran with Lusti, and was pulled to a personal best 2:21.46, while Lusti ran 2:20.38. Lusti hung on to take the victory with a final score of 4498 to Ger...
