CORVALLIS, Ore. – Caitlin Heldt had a race to remember Friday night at the Oregon State High Performance Meet. Not only did she set the new school record in the 5,000, she smashed her previous season-best time by over 70 seconds when she crossed with a time of 17:08.22. She finished second overall in the event going against 28 total in the field and just beat out Kennedy Rufener's previous program top time of 17:08.51. Heldt's time is also an NCAA Provisional Mark.

"I truly wasn't expecting that time going into the race, which made it even more exciting," Heldt said. "Afterwards, I was like, woah okay, I have so much more inside me and I am extremely motivated for more."

Hunter Hutton improved his time again in the 1,500 coming in with a time of 3:48.57 to move to fifth on the all-time program list in the event. He competed in the invitational coming in fifth overall.

Justin Crosswhite moved to ninth on the program all-time list in the 1,500 when he crossed with a time of 3:50.61 to come in second. He finished just .33 behind the top finisher. It was a big field with 29 total competitors in the event.

Jenelle Hurley continued to improve her season-best and personal-best marks in the long jump when she hit a distance of 18-01.50 to put her into 10^th on the WOU all-time program list in the event. Overall, she placed seventh on Friday.

Bailey Smith was close to breaking into the top-10 in program history in the 3,000-meter steeplechase coming in first with a time of 9:18.34.

Ashley Hauger set a new season-best in the 1,500 when she crossed at 4:55.75 to place seventh.

Jalon Fields had a strong finish in the long jump when he reached a distance of 22-10 to come in sixth. Deshaun Stevens nearly hit his season-best in the event coming in 10^th with a distance of 21-05.25. Marlon Harrison placed 18^th in the event.

Michaela Yonkman set a new season-best in the 400-meter hurdles when she crossed at 1:04.75 to place 10^th. Ana Popchock also entered in the event for the Wolves coming in 12^th with a time of 1:06.05.

Karsten Collins set a new season-best throw in the hammer with a distance of 155-09 to come in 10^th. He also competed in the discus hitting a mark of 141-11 to come in 13^th.

Sam Cole also entered in the hammer throw hitting a distance of 152-06 to come in 12^th.

Owen Collins entered in the discus throw hitting a mark of 142-06 to come in 12^th.

Aaron Hanible was just behind his season-best time in the 400-meter hurdles crossing at 56.25 to come in fourth.

Dustyn McKenney came in 10^th in the 1,500 Open.

Lauren Berry and Amity Deters also competed in the long jump with Berry coming in 15^th and Deters in 21^st.

Also competing in the 1,500 main race was Timothy Rambo coming in 13^th and Adam Alnazer in 29^th.

Dominic Giordano and Keanu Daos also competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with Giordano coming in fifth and Daos in sixth.

Miguel Villar entered his first 5,000 of the season coming in 18^th.

Moana Gianotti came in 18^th in the discus and 21^st in the hammer throw. Liliana Lyness-Morales also competed in the hammer coming in 23^rd.

Following what was a very busy Friday, WOU will return to Corvallis to compete in the second day of the Oregon State High Performance on Saturday morning with events starting around 11 a.m.