PORTLAND, Ore.—Taking advantage of spring conditions in the metro area, the Western Oregon track & field squads established more than a dozen season- and career-best marks on Friday while competing at the Portland Twilight. 
 
Responsible for two of those career-best times, freshman hurdler Ana Popchock broke into the school's all-time top 10 in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute, 3.80 seconds. Popchock took second place overall in the event and entered the school's outdoor performance list at the No. 7 position. 

In addition to her one-lap race, Popchock scored a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdle competition with a lifetime best of 15.28.
 
Popchock's second-place finish was one of three runner-up performances by the Wolves. The women's 1,600-meter relay quartet dipped below four minutes with a season-best 3:55.79 to take silver while men's sprinter Codi Blodgett unleashed a career-best 10.90 in the 100-meter dash for a second-place result.
 
Already a national qualifier, Olivia Woods established a new season's best in the 800 with a 2:07.93. Woods shaved nearly two seconds off her previous 2019 outdoor best and moves into the No. 7 spot on the NCAA DII performance list with the finish. Woods holds the school record in the 800 with a 2:05.91 set at last year's national championships. 
 
In the field events, the WOU duo of Mont Child and Sam Cole finished 3rd and 5th overall in the hammer throw with personal records of 165-7 (50.48m) and 161-6 (49.24m).
 
The Wolves will continue action this weekend with competitors at the Linfield Open on Saturday, May. 4.

Portland Twilight
Lewis & Clark College
Eldon Fix Track & Griswold Stadium
Portland, Ore.
May 3, 2019 

WOU Women's Results
100:11. Hailey Sears, 12.93; 12. Logan Jackson, 13.04; 13. Natalie Legras, 13.05. 200:10. Taryn Wilson, 26.27; 11. Hailey Sears, 26.39; 14. Sarra Soladey, 26.81; 15. Logan Jackson, 26.86; 18. Bethanie Altamirano, 27.36. 400:16. Sarra Soladey, 1:00.96; 18. Rachel Bayly, 1:02.20. 800:7. Olivia Woods, 2:07.93; 29. Shayla Solomon, 2:18.83. 1,500:46. Cassie McKinney, 4:59.61. 100 Hurdles:4. Ana Popchock, 15.28; 5. Natalie Legras, 16.22. 400 Hurdles:2. Ana Popchock, 1:03.80; 7. Michaela Yonkman, 1:05.27; 8. Grayson Burke, 1:05.51; 12. Nicole Niskanen, 1:07.52. 1,600 Relay:2. Western Oregon, 3:55.79 (Altamiano, Burke, Popchock, Woods); 3. Western Oregon B, 4:09.07 (Bayly, Popchock, Soladey, Zimmerdahl).

WOU Men's Results
100:2. Codi Blodgett, 10.90. 400:5. Gabe Arce-Torres, 49.77; 12. Issac Burgett, 53.19. 800:5. Max Carmona, 1:53.07; 7. Zach Kanelis, 1:54.31; 8. Curt Knott, 1:54.45; 12. Trey Reed, 1:55.16; 14. Adam Alnazer, 1:55.95; 41. Simon Walsh, 2:01.79. 1,500:18. Justin Crosswhite, 3:52.41; 21. Parker Marson, 3:52.64; 45. Hunter Mosman, 3:59.95; 55. Stephen Fey, 4:06.03. Hammer:3. Mont Child, 165-7 (50.48m); 5. Sam Cole, 161-6 (49.24m).