FULL WILLAMETTE INVITATIONAL RESULTS
 
SALEM, Ore. – In its fifth outdoor meet of the season, the Western Oregon University Track & Field team returned to Charles Bowles Track for the 2016 Willamette Outdoor Invitational. Multiple personal records were set while WOU took five event victories.
 
On the women's side, Suzanne Van De Grift placed first overall out of 17 runners in the 800m, producing a time of 2:13.04 which earned the sophomore a NCAA Nationals provisional qualifier. Stephanie Stuckey finished third in the same event with a time of 2:13.53.
 
The women's hammer event saw senior Emily Wetherell win the 24-person competition in her third attempt with a throw of 162-11 (49.65m). She beat out two Oregon State throwers who finished second and third.
 
In her first outdoor event, sophomore Sheila Limas De La Cruz notched a NCAA provisional mark in the javelin in her last round. She posted a mark of 135-1 ½ (41.18m), besting her previous round effort by nearly four meters.
 
In the 200m, Megan Rose came in second in 58 seconds even and Olivia Woods was fourth (58.19).
 
Western Oregon's relay teams also had solid event. The 4x400 team of Laura Patrick, Bailey Beeson, Van De Grift and Rose had the best time of NCAA Division II teams, finishing in second by less than a second to OSU. The 4x100 relay crew came in third.
 
The sprinters on the men's side had a pair of victories. Cody Warner bested 18 competitors in the 200m with a time of 21.55 after he finished second in the 100m. Aaron Whitaker continued his strong running in the 400m after winning the event in a time of 49.08.
 
David Cornish won his section of the 1500m race in a time of 4:00.85. David Ribich came in second in a tough 30-person 800m race at 1:52.65. He was followed by Josh Dempsey in third and Josh Hanna in fifth.
 
In the field events, Jeremy Moore became the first WOU thrower since 2011 to throw over 50 feet in the shot put with his fifth-place effort of 51-0 ½. Moore also placed third in the hammer and fifth in discus.
 
Kaleb Dobson took second in the 110m hurdles and third in the 400m hurdles.
 
The men's 4x400m relay team (Hanna, Depmsey, Sam Naffziger, Ribich) ran second in a time of 3:24.77.
 
WOU continues its outdoor season in the Bay Area next weekend with the San Francisco State Distance Carnival and the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto on April 1-2.
 
NCAA WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Willamette Invitational
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Charles Bowles Track / Salem, Oregon
 
Team scores – Not kept
 
RESULTS
100: 3. Laura Patrick 12.60, 9. Madeline Bernard 13.13, 15. Lindsey Fletcher 13.25, 19. Natalie Legras 13.36
200: 9. Laura Patrick 26.16, 23. Madeline Bernard 28.22
400: 2. Megan Rose 58.00, 4. Olivia Woods 58.19
800: 1. Suzanne Van De Grift 2:13.04#, 3. Stephanie Stuckey 2:13.54, 14. Amanda Ditzhazy 2:27.26
1500: B SECTION 7. Kennedy Rufener 4:50.48, 8. Grace Knapp 4:52.92
5000: B SECTION 16. Emily Gillett 20:02.57
100m hurdle: 7. Natalie Legras 16.55
400m hurdle: 7. Natalie Legras 1:06.31, 9. Felecia Covey 1:06.46, 11. Sara Madden 1:07.27
4x100m relay: 3. Western Oregon (Legras, Sears, Bernard, Patrick) 50.30
4x400m relay: 2. Western Oregon (Patrick, Beeson, Van De Grift, Rose) 3:53.62
Long jump: 10. Kathryn Pitts 15-2 ¼ / 4.63m
Triple jump: 10. Kathryn Pitts 34-11 ¼ / 10.65m
Shot put: 2. Emmi Collier 44-4 ¼ / 13.51m
DIscus: 4. Rachael Huffman 135-11 ¾ / 41.42m, 9. Cheyanne Auchard 115-4 ½ / 35.16m, 21. Alecia Falck 99-4 / 30.27m
Hammer: 1. Emily Wetherell 162-11 / 49.65m, 5. Emmi Collier 154-8 ½ / 47.15m, 8. Alecia Falck 138-5 ¾ / 42.20m, 12. Sylvia Dean 129-10 ½ / 39.58m, 18. Cheyanne Auchard 117-3 ¼ / 35.74m, 21. Rachael Huffman 115-5 ¼ / 35.18m
Javelin: 6. Sheila Limas De La Cruz 135-1 ½ / 41.18m#, 13. Emilee Silbernagel 116-7 ¾ / 35.55m
 
NCAA MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Willamette Invitational
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Charles Bowles Track / Salem, Oregon
 
Team scores – Not kept
 
RESULTS
100: 2. Cody Warner 10.78, 10. Wesley Gray 11.30
200: 1. Cody Warner 21.55, 5. Aaron Whitaker 22.33, 14. Jacob Contreras 23.03, 15. James Vettrus 23.12
400: 1. Aaron Whitaker 49.08, 7. James Vettrus 50.08
800: 2. David Ribich 1:52.65, 3. Josh Dempsey 1:52.68, 5. Josh Hanna 1:53.79. 9. Sam Naffziger 1:54.28, 21. Joe Soik 1:58.83
1500: B SECTION - 1. David Cornish 4:00.85, 8. Zach Holloway 4:11.53, C SECTION – 5. Tyler Jones 4:05.34
110 hurdles: 2. Kaleb Dobson 14.98
400 hurdles: 3. Kaleb Dobson 56.55
3000m steeplechase: 36. Kyle Ruhlin 10:30.94
4x400 relay: 2. Western Oregon (Hanna, Dempsey, Naffziger, Ribich) 3:24.77
Triple jump: 8. Carson Cook 40-4 / 12.29m
Shot put: 5. Jeremy Moore 51-0 ½ / 15.55m, 8. Kenny Klippel 45-6 / 13.86m, 14. Josh Brown 40-7 ¼ / 12.37m, Brandon Bowen foul
Discus: 5. Jeremy Moore 149-11 / 45.69m, 8. Kegan Allen 136-0 ½ / 41.46m, 10. Brandon Bowen 134-5 ¾ / 40.98m, 11. Kenny Klippel 134-1 ¾ / 40.88m, 12. Josh Brown 131-1 ½ / 39.96m, 19. Zach Smith 109-7 ¼ / 33.40m
Hammer: 3. Jeremy Moore 159-3 ¼ / 48.54m, 8. Kegan Allen 143-8 ¼ / 43.79m, 9. Kenny Klippel 141-10 ¼ / 43.32m, 12. Josh Brown 123-7 ¾ / 37.68m
 
# NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark