MEET RESULTS

SEATTLE – The Western Oregon men's 4x400 relay team finished second while numerous personal bests and school records fell as the Wolves opened up the 2016 indoor season in the UW Preview, held at Dempsey Indoor.
 
In all, 18 personal bests went down and two school records were rewritten on the day.
 
The relay team of Aaron Whitaker, Badane Sultessa, AJ Holmberg and Josh Hanna ran a combined time of 3:21.55, the highest Division II mark in the race was good enough to finish behind the top team from the University of Washington.
 
In the 600 meters, Sultessa finished eighth with a school-record time of 1:19.95. Aaron Whittaker ran a time of 1:22.04 (third all-time) in the same race to place 18^th.
 
David Ribich ran a time of 2:28.83 and Sam Naffziger posted 2:29.33 in the 1000 meters. Both times bested Josh Hanna's WOU school record posted back in 2014.
 
Kaleb Dobson won his preliminary race in the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.43 seconds, the sixth best time in WOU history. He followed with a time of 8.70 to just miss the finals. Cody Warner also won a prelim race, this time in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.99 seconds. His 7.05 time was fourth best in his semifinal heat.  Both of Warner's times place him in the all-time top-10.
 
In other men's races: Holmberg was the top WOU runner in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.99 seconds. Hanna and Dempsey were in the top-20 in the 800-meter run with times of 1:57.00 and 1:57.54 respectively.
 
Jeremy Moore led the Wolves in the shot put with an effort of 48 feet, 9.25 inches; with Kenny Klipple hitting 44 feet, 2.75 inches. Moore had the WOU best mark in the weighted throw at 46 feet, 4.25 inches.
 
On the women's side, Emmi Collier broke her personal best in the weighted throw with a ninth place effort of 53 feet, 6.5 inches. That was the third best throw in school history. Collier also placed 14^th in the shot put.
 
Cherise Kirkpatrick cleared her first two jumps in the high jump, clearing four feet, nine inches.
 
Laura Patrick ran the 60-meter dash in a time of 8.09 seconds, a tie for eighth best in the all-time records. A trio of runners broke into the top-10 of the school record books in the 600-meter race: Megan Rose placed 14^th with a time of 1:39.46, Suzanne Van De Grift followed in 15^th place at 1:39.60 and Bailey Beeson placed 17^th with a time of 1:39.88.
 
Stephanie Stuckey ran the 800-meter race in a time of 2:19.44 to place 16^th. Amanda Ditzhazy ran the third best WOU time in the 1,000 meters at 3:07.21. Nicole Maurmann now sits in seventh place in the WOU record books after a time of 5:11.62 in the mile. Grace Knapp ran a sixth-best time in school history in the 3,000-meter race with a time of 10:36.84.

The Wolves will return to competition in two weeks when they return to Seattle for the University of Washington Invitational on Jan. 29.