Hurdles – Audrey Hellesto 1:06.37. Shot Put – Emmi Collier 13.71
– 44-11 ¾. Hammer – Emmi Collier 45.36 – 148-10. Javelin –
Amanda Short 43.88 – 143-11.
March 17-23 Anna Paradee, Western Washington
March 24-30 Corrie Holm, MSU Billings
Week-by-Week
UNLV Randall Cunningham Track Classic (March 7 at Las Vegas):
Men (UAA Winners): 100 – Darrion Gray 11.03. 200 – Darrion
Gray 22.04. 400 – Adam Commandeur 49.35. 800 – Nathan
Kipchumba 1:55.82. 1500 – Dominik Notz 3:54.09. 110 Hurdles –
Travis Turner 15.39. 400 Hurdles – Elliott Bauer 54.92. 4x100 –
Alaska Anchorage 43.14. 4x400 Relay – Alaska Anchorage
3:22.83. High Jump – Tevin Gladden 1.88.
Javelin – Franz
Burghagen 68.52 – 224-10. Women (UAA Winners): 1500 –
Tamara Perez 4:42.35. Triple Jump – Alexia Blalock 11.48 – 37-8.
UPS Five-Way Meet (March 7 at Tacoma): Men – Whitworth 232,
Puget Sound 99, Western Washington 95, Seattle Pacific 57, Lewis
& Clark 52. GNAC Winners: 110 Hurdles – Travis Milbrandt,
WWU, 14.71. Steeplechase - Matt Lutz, WWU, 9:24.73. Long
Jump – Rudy Mataya, WWU, 6.46 – 21-2 ½. Discus – Ryan
Macdonald, WWU, 48.63 – 159-6. Women – Whitworth 191,
Western Washington 120, Seattle Pacific 86 ½, Puget Sound 75,
Lewis & Clark 50 ½. GNAC Winners: 400 – Shawna Troupe,
WWU, 59.10. 1500 – Haley O’Connor, WWU, 4:37.26. 10,000 –
Alexandra Laiblin, WWU, 39:06.12. 100 Hurdles – Cheryl Hong,
SPU, 16.84. 400 Hurdles – Maliea Luquin, SPU, 1:04.62. 4x400
Relay – Seattle Pacific4:03.15. High Jump – Katelyn Wright, WWU,
1.57 – 5-1 ¾. Pole Vault – Anna Paradee, WWU, 3.50 – 11-5 ¾.
Shot Put – Sammi Markham, SPU, 12.09 – 39-8. Discus – Katie
Reichert, WWU, 48.51 – 159-2.
Week of March 3-9: Track – Haley O’Connor, Western
Washington (Sr., Sammamish, WA - Eastlake) won the
1500 meters at the UPS Five-Way meet with a meet record
time of 4:37.26, the best opening time of the season in the
conference. Field – Katie Reichert, Western Washington
(Sr., Longview, WA – Kelso) took the national lead in the
javelin with an automatic qualifying mark of 159-2. Last
spring, she finished second in that event at nationals with
a throw of 165-2, just one inch back of teammate Bethany
D rake, who is redshirting this spring.
Week of March 10-16: Track – Shannon Porter, Saint
Martin’s (Jr., Vancouver, WA - Hockinson), left the field in
her dust winning the 10,000 meters at the PLU Invitational
by 1 minute, 24 seconds. Her time eclipsed the provisional
national qualifying standard by 1 minute, 16 seconds and
was the eighth fastest in conference history. Field – Kali
Walker, Saint Martin’s (So., Lacey, WA – Northwest
Christian) won the javelin at PLU with a provisional
national qualifying performance of 141 feet, 11 inches.
Occidental Distance Carnival (March 13 at Los Angeles): Men
(Top 3): 800 – 1. Nathan Kipchumba, UAA, 1:51.25. 5000 – 2.
Dominik Notz, UAA, 14:15.61. 110 Hurdles – 3. Travis Turner, UAA,
15.51. 4x400 – 1. Alaska Anchorage 3:14.84. Triple Jump – 3.
Tevin Gladden, UAA, 13.16 – 43-2 1/4. Shot Put – 2. Grant George,
UAA, 13.43 – 44-0 ¾; 3. Tim Dommek, UAA, 13.40 – 43-11 ¾.
Women: 100 Hurdles – 2. Alexandra Scott, UAA, 15.39.
Steeplechase – 2. Bryn Haebe, UAA, 11:30.64. Long Jump – 3.
Alexia Blalock, UAA, 5.03 – 16-6. Triple Jump – 2. Alexia Blalock,
UAA, 11.21 – 36-9 ½.
Week of March 17-23: Track – Dani Eggleston, Central
Washington (Jr., Longview, WA) bettered the NCAA
Division II national qualifying standard in the steeplechase
at the Eastern Oregon Team Challenge winning the event
in a time of 11:00.27. That time ranks second in Division II.
A week earlier she had a PNQ of 17:11.79 in the 5,000
meters at Pacific Lutheran and currently ranks third
nationally in that event. Field – Anna Paradee, Western
Washington (Fr., Tacoma, WA - Decatur) earned a
provisional national qualifying mark of 12-0 ½ in winning
the pole vault at the Rose City Preview.
CSU Fullerton (March 13-14 at Fullerton): Men (Top 3): 800 – 2.
Nathan Kipchumba, UAA, 1:52.58; 3. Jesse Miller, UAA, 1:53.36.
Discus (Flight B) – 1. Grant George, UAA, 42.01 – 137-10. Javelin –
2. Franz Burghagen, UAA, 6566 – 215-5. Women (Top 3): 1500
(Flight B) – 3. Mariah Burroughs, UAA, 4:47.67. Discus (Flight B) –
1. Dakayla Walters, UAA, 34.27 – 112-5.
Week of March 23-30: Track – Jamie Ashcroft, Alaska
Anchorage (So., Shawnigan Lake, BC) and Shannon Porter,
Saint Martin’s (Jr., Vancouver, WA – Hockinson) … Ashcroft
ran a pair of provisional national qualifying times in
winning the 100 and 200 meters at the Willamette
Invitational. Her times of 11.86 in the 100 and 24.50 in the
200 currently rank 7th and 5th, respectively, this spring in
NCAA Division II. Porter ran the second fastest 5,000
meter time this spring in Division II in winning the event at
Willamette. Her time of 16:37.99 ranks sixth in GNAC
history. She now has PNQs in both the 5K and 10K. Field
– Corrie Holm, MSU Billings (Sr., Billings, MT - West)
finished third in the discus in the University of Montana Al
Manuel Invitational with a throw of 144-4. That mark
ranks sixth in GNAC history and missed the NCAA national
qualifying standard by a scant .01 meters.
Pacific Lutheran Invitational (March 14 at Tacoma): Men – 1.
Central Washington 144, Puget Sound 111 ½, Pacific Lutheran 97,
Saint Martin’s 86 ½, Trinity Lutheran 66 ½. Individual (GNAC
Winners): 200 – Jordan Todd, CWU, 22.08. 400 – Darren Arndt,
CWU, 50.89. 1500 – John Wojtech, CWU, 4:03.94. 10,000 – Rudy
Spencer, CWU, 32:44.04. 4x100 Relay – Central Washington
42.57. 4x400 Relay – Central Washington 3:27.74. Pole Vault –
Andrew Andrada, SMU, and Zane Irvine, CWU, 4.22 – 13-10.
Hammer – Mitch Wilkens, SMU, 48.50 – 159-1. Javelin – Brian
Chalkey, SMU, 62.59 – 205-4. Women – Central Washington 219
½, Pacific Lutheran 159, Saint Martin’s 98, Olympic 63, Puget
Sound 61 (13. Western Washington 3).
Individuals (GNAC
Winners): 400 – Jayna Inderbitzin, CWU, 58.39. Steeplechase –
Erin Chinchar, CWU, 11:23.04. 5,000 – Dani Eggleston, CWU,
17:11.79. 10,000 – Shannon Porter, SMU, 35:39.79. 4x100 Relay
– Central Washington 4:02.77. Hammer – Angel Rodgers, SMU,
45.87 – 150-6. High Jump – Moriah Bentley, CWU, 1.48 – 4-10 ¼.
Javelin – Kali Walker, SMU, 43.25 – 141-11. Shot Put – Quiana
Lawrence, SMU, 11.63 – 38-2. Triple Jump – Kelly Cronic, CWU,
11.15 – 36-7.
PREVIOUS GNAC OUTDOOR T&F RESULTS
Willamette Opener (March 7 at Salem, OR): Men – Western
Oregon 117, Willamette 82, Portland 39. WOU Winners: 100 –
Cody Warner 10.68. 200 – Cody Warner 21.51. Long Jump – Cody
Warner 6.42 – 21-0 ¾. Discus – Kenny Klippel 41.26 – 135-4.
Javelin – Justin Larson 61.22 – 200-10. Women – Western Oregon
159, Willamette 110, Portland 7. WOU Winners: 100 – Laura
Patrick 12.63. 400 – Suzie Van De Grift 59.91. 800 – Stephanie
Stuckey 2:15.58. 100 Hurdles – Rochelle Pappel 14.69. 400
Mt. Hood Saints Open (March 14 at Gresham): Men (Top 3): 800
– 1. Josh Hanna, WOU, 1:54.14. Steeplechase – 1. Zach Holloway,
WOU, 9:32.71. Women (Top 3): High Jump – 3. Sam Moore,
WOU, 1.52 – 4-11 ¾. Shot Put – 1. Emmi Collier, WOU, 13.10 –
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