OGDEN, Utah The Weber State men's and women's track and field team continued to improve on their road to the Big Sky Championships later this month. The Wildcats picked up two more Big Sky qualifying marks and had three athletes that entered the all-time top 10. lt;br /> lt;br />Payton Jordan lt;br />Jamie Stokes ran the third-fastest 1,500-meter time in school history as she placed fourth in her heat. Her time of 4:22.38 was a two second improvement and moves her ahead of Shawna Cox, who ran 4:22.98 in 1994. Ellie Child ran a personal-best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 10:25.58. lt;br />Mike Hardy ran the 10th fastest 3,000-meter steeplechase in school history in a time of 8:41.44. Trevor Ricks took seventh in his heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 8:52.02. lt;br />"I was really happy with the way that Jamie ran this week as she didn't look good last week," Associate head coach Paul Pilkington said. "She is coming off a sickness and I was impressed how quick she was able to recover. She is only going to run faster as the season goes on. Mike ran well for his second steeple of the season. He has some things to work on and is only going to get faster. It was a good day as three of the four had personal bests, it was a good day for us." lt;br /> lt;br />Idaho-Utah Borderclash lt;br />On the women's side, Natasha Powell and Alex Van Halder both picked up Big Sky qualifying marks. Powell had the third best discus mark in school history with 179-00. She also had the sixth best shot put mark in school history with her throw of 56-09.00. Van Halder took fourth in the 200-meters in a time of 24.51. She also took fifth in the 100-meters in a personal best ime of 11.98. lt;br />Emily Morgan took third in the 100-meters in a time of 11.85. Katherine Wishmeyer picked up her second consecutive victory in the 400-meters in a time of 55.74. Michaella Hillstrom took third in the personal-best time of 57.04. Tawnie Moore