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SEATTLE, Wash.—Returning to venue where they opened their indoor season two weeks ago, the Western Oregon University track & field teams combined to tally seven NCAA DII Indoor National Championship qualifying marks at the UW Invitational.

Senior David Ribich was a part of two auto qualifiers after anchoring the men's distance medley relay on Friday and returning with a sub-4 minute mile on Saturday. Ribich shattered his own record with a time of 3:58.88 to place third overall behind Nike's Yomif Kejalcha (3:56.95) and Northern Arizona's Andy Trouard (3:58.01).

The result moves Ribich into the No. 2-ranking in NCAA DII history according to USTFCCCA and the fastest time by a NCAA DII runner in over 30 years. Kip Cheruiyot, competing for Mount St. Mary's, established the NCAA DII record with a 3:56.74 during the 1986 season.

Dustin Nading, Aaron Whitaker and AJ Holmberg joined Ribich to win the event title in the distance medley with a time of 9:47.56 seconds. WOU, the defending NCAA DII national champions in the event, finished with more than a three-second spread over runner-up Stanford University (9:51.26) as Pac 12 programs took the next three positions

The women's relay turned in a school record time of 11:48.58 for an eighth-place result. Suzanne Van De Grift, Megan Rose, Olivia Woods and Kennedy Rufener combined to tour the track in time for a provisional qualifier but a shade under the former school record of 11:50.03 that the same group turned in a year ago.

Individually, Nading, Woods and Van De Grift clocked provisional qualifiers in their respective events. Nading tackled the early field in the men's mile with a time of 4:04.50 while Woods and Van De Grift placed 11th and 17th in the 800-meter run with times of 2:10.62 and 2:11.80.

Nading's time cut .72 off his career best in the event and remains No. 2 all-time in school history with a 4:02.30 holding as the school indoor record. Van De Grift's time fell shy of her own school record of 2:09.10. Moving to the women's 3,000, Rufener turned in a 9:56.05 to dip under the 9:59.49 provisional barrier. 
 
The Wolves will return to Seattle next week by competing at the Husky Classic/Husky Open at the Dempsey Indoor on Feb. 10-11. WOU will then head to the GNAC Indoor Track & Field Championships held at Jacksons Track in Nampa, Idaho on Feb. 16-17.

UW Invitational
University of Washington
Seattle, Wash.
Dempsey Indoor
Jan. 26-27
 
WOU WOMEN'S RESULTS
200: 100. Hailey Sears, 28.08. 800: 11. Olivia Woods, 2:10.62; 17. Suzanne Van de Grift, 2:11.80; 32. Megan Rose, 2:15.68; 49. Grayson Burke, 2:20.79; 52. Shayla Solomon, 2:22.26. Mile: 39. Nicole Maurmann, 5:09.93. 3.000: 35. Kennedy Rufener, 9:56.05. Long Jump: 26. Darien Wilson, 16-7 1/4 (5.06m). Shot: 44. Moana Giantotti, 33-5 3/4 (10.20m). Weight Throw: 39. Mariah Gronbach, 47-1 (14.35m); 44. Sylvia Dean, 44-4 (13.51m). 1,600 Relay: 20. Western Oregon, 4:07.29 (Grayson Burke, Nicole Niskanen, Sara Madden, Nicole Maurmann). Distance Medley: 8. Western Oregon, 11:48.58 (Suzanne Van De Grift, Megan Rose, Olivia Woods, Kennedy Rufener)

WOU MEN'S RESULTS
60: 23. Devon Fortier, 7.22; 27. Codi Blodgett, 7.31. 200: 29. Devon Fortier, 23.07. 800: 37. Neal Cranston, 1:56.30; 38. AJ Holmberg, 1:56.41; 53. Thomas Normandeau, 1:58.53. Mile: 3. David Ribich, 3:58.88; 16. Dustin Nading, 4:04.50; 51. Tyler Jones, 4:15.43 60 Hurdles: 20. Aaron Hanible, 9.06. Long Jump: 14. Alani Troutman, 21-11 (6.68m). Triple Jump: 15. Jalon Fields, 43-7 1/4 (13.29m). Shot: 28. Brandon Bowen, 42-8 3/4 (13.02m). Weight Throw: 26. Nick Sieber, 42-11 3/4 (13.10m). 1,600 Relay: 7. Western Oregon, 3:23.31 (Aaron Hanible, Aaron Whitaker, Trey Reed, Curt Knott). Distance Medley: 1. Western Oregon 'A', 9:47.56 (Dustin Nading, Aaron Whitaker, AJ Holmberg, David Ribich); 8. Western Oregon 'C', 10:14.26 (Tyler Jones, Codi Blodgett, Curt Knott, Justin Crosswhite); 11. Western Oregon, ''B, 10:26.68 (Parker Marson, Trey Reed, Neal Cranston, Thomas Stephen Fey).