PORTLAND, Ore.—Taking advantage of the calm day in the Willamette Valley, the Western Oregon track & field teams captured three event wins and recorded more than a dozen lifetime bests while competing at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open on Saturday.
Picking up event wins for the Wolves were
Hailey Sears in the women's 100-meter dash,
Trey Reed in the men's 400 and
Justin Crosswhite in the men's 800.
Just .03 off her career best, Sears topped the field in the 100 with a 12.90. Crosswhite set a career best in the 800 with a 1:54.80 to shave .35 off his previous best while Reed won the 400 with an all-time best 50.99.
Moving to the 1,500,
Parker Marson led a contingent of Wolves with a runner-up result time of 3:57.31. Making his debut at the distance,
Curt Knott clocked a 4:01.13 for fifth place and was followed by
Hunter Mosman (4:01.54),
Stephen Fey (4:03.44) and
Adam Alnazer (4:03.72). Fey, Mosman and
Zach Kanelis (16th, 4:08.57) all flirted with career bests in the race.
Highlighting action in the throws,
Moana Gianotti tossed a lifetime best in the discus with a 136-10 (41.71m). The distance gave Gianotti a third-place finish and moved the sophomore into No. 7 on WOU's all-time outdoor performance list.
On the men's side,
Owen Collins posted a career day in both the shot put and discus. Collins marked a 47-7 1/4 in the shot for more than a full foot improvement while his 138-0 in the discus bettered his former best by more than six feet. Adding to the team's tally,
Karsten Collins upped his career mark in the discus by eight feet with a 143-4 to place third overall.
Taking silver,
Halie Korff launched a season best in the javelin with a 132-8 (40.44m) for a four-foot improvement from her toss at the Pacific Preview last week.
In the sprints,
Codi Blodgett added two more runner-up results for the Wolves with an 11.25 in the 100 and 22.41 in the 200.
Ana Popchock set season best times in both hurdles races. Placing fourth at both distances, Popchock recorded a 15.60 in the 100-meter hurdles and a 1:06.68 in the 400-meter version.
Natalie Legras also turned in a PR in the 100 hurdles with a 15.97 while
Michaela Yonkman led the WOU hurdles with a third-place result in the 400 hurdles and a lifetime best of 1:06.34.
In the men's jumps,
Mitchell Kruse matched his career best in the high jump at 5-8 1/2 while his long jump of 20-8 1/2 was under three inches shy of a lifetime best
WOU will return to action on March 23 when they travel to Salem for the Willamette Invitational.
Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open
Lewis & Clark College
Eldon Fix Track
Portland, Ore.
March 16, 2019
WOU Men's Results
100: 2.
Codi Blodgett, 11.25. 200: 2.
Codi Blodgett, 22.41; 7.
Gabriel Campos-Davis, 22.89. 400: 1.
Trey Reed, 50.99; 10.
Mitchell Kruse, 54.58. 800: 1.
Justin Crosswhite, 1:54.80; 2.
Neal Cranston, 1:57.45; 4.
Simon Walsh, 1:59.68. 1,500: 2.
Parker Marson, 3:57.31; 5.
Curt Knott, 4:01.13; 6.
Hunter Mosman, 4:01.54; 7.
Stephen Fey, 4:03.44; 8.
Adam Alnazer, 4:03.72; 11.
Hunter Hutton, 4:05.25; 16.
Zach Kanelis, 4:08.57. Steeple: 8.
Sawyer Heckard, 9:55.56. Long Jump: 3.
Mitchell Kruse, 20-8 1.2 (6.31m). High Jump:
Mitchell Kruse, 5-8 1/4 (1.74m). Shot: 3.
Owen Collins, 47-7 1/4 (14.51m); 5.
Karsten Collins, 45-1 1/2 (13.75m); 6.
Sam Cole, 45-1 (13.74m); 7.
Chris Steffey, 44-10 3/4 (13.68m); 11.
Mitchell Kruse, 33-3 (10.13m). Hammer: 3.
Karsten Collins, 143-4 (43.69m); 5.
Owen Collins, 138-9 (42.30m); 6.
Chris Steffey, 138-6 (42.23m). Javelin: 4.
Kyle Wells, 173-3 (52.80m).
WOU Women's Results
100: 1.
Hailey Sears, 12.90; 4.
Natalie Legras, 13.25. 200: 6.
Taryn Wilson, 26.18; 7.
Hailey Sears, 26.23. 800: 5.
Grayson Burke, 2:19.69; 7.
Bethanie Altamirano, 2:22.98; 10.
Rachel Bayly, 2:26.14; 12.
Kendra Zimmerdahl, 2:31.36. 5,000:
Kaylin Cantu, 18:34.42. 100 Hurdles: 4.
Ana Popchock, 15.66; 5.
Natalie Legras, 15.97; 6.
Michaela Yonkman, 16.03; 11.
Sarra Soladey, 17.21. 400 Hurdles: 3.
Michaela Yonkman, 1:06.34; 4.
Ana Popchock, 1:06.68; 5. Nicole Niskanan, 1:07.56; 7.
Sarra Soladey, 1:11.82. Steeple: 5.
Cassie McKinney, 11:49.12. Long Jump: 4.
Darian Wilson, 16-7 (5.05m); 6.
Lauren Berry, 16-0 1/4 (4.88m); 14.
Meghan Drader, 12-0 1/2 (3.67m). Shot: 6.
Moana Gianotti, 39-11 1/4 (12.17m); 10.
Mariah Gronbach, 32-10 1/4 (10.01m). Discus: 3.
Moana Gianotti, 136-10 (41.71m); 5.
Halie Korff, 116-8 (35.57m); 6.
Mariah Gronbach, 113-7 (34.62m). Javelin: 2.
Halie Korff, 132-8 (40.44m).
