Track & Field has strong showing at Lewis & Clark

Wolves win pair of events at the mid-season invitational.

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Tim Miller

Track & Field | 3/23/2013 8:54:00 PM

LEWIS & CLARK INVITATIONAL - COMPLETE RESULTS

BEARCAT MULTI - COMPLETE RESULTS

FOREST GROVE, Ore. – During a weekend that saw the Western Oregon track & field team send a small contingent to the Lewis & Clark Invitational, WOU won a pair of events at the meet as Kody Rhodes captured the 110-meter hurdles title while Zachary Holloway won the men's steeplechase.

Running in his first collegiate steeplechase, Holloway came away with his first collegiate win as he finished the event in a time of 9:56.54, nearly eight seconds ahead of Clackamas' Austin Peila.

Meanwhile, Rhodes continues his strong outdoor season as the he captured the 110-meter title with a time of 15.57.

In the sprints, Jeff Howard picked up a pair of second-place finishes as he finished second in the 100-meters with a time of 11.08 while claiming a runner-up finish in the 200-meters with a time of 21.94.

The middle distance runners had a solid showing for WOU at the meet, including Stan Wester as he finished in second in the 400-hurdles with a time of 55.97.

On the women's side, Stephanie Stuckey led the Wolves in the 800-meters, finishing in third with a time of 2:21.41 while Holly Meler ran a 2:29.81 with Rachel Shelley finishing in a time of 2:31.62.

In addition, Rebecca Laible finished in fifth-place in the 100-hurdles with a season-best time of 16.36.

Finally, in the pole vault, Rebecca Hazel earned a third-place finish in the pole vault with a career best clearance of 10-02.00.

WOU also had a pair of athletes compete at the Bearcat Multi Invitational this weekend as Eric Gaines finished in fourth-place in the decathlon with a score of 5780 while Maylea Tooze finished in fourth in her first career heptathlon with a score of 3418.

WOU will return to action on Friday, March 29, when the Wolves travel to the Stanford Invite in Stanford, Calif.
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