SEATTLE --- It was an exciting weekend for the Western Oregon track and field team at the UW Indoor Invitational as a school record was broken (the third school record to be broken already this season), provisional times were hit and numerous PRs were achieved.
Here is a link to
Western Oregon's results. Here are some highlights:
- WOU's
Bailey Smith broke the school record in the 5,000 Friday, with a time of 14:32.41 - breaking the old record by Chris Reed in 2010 by 0.25 seconds.Â
- The men's distance relay team Friday of
Keeton Sanchez,
Gabe Arce-Torres,
Emmett Klus and
Hunter Hutton ran a 9:46.23 - the No. 3 mark at WOU all-time and was an NCAA provisional mark (and for reference, it was a qualifying time for nationals last season).
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Hunter Hutton also individually ran an NCAA provisional Saturday in the mile, finishing with a time of 4:05.31 - a PR and No. 4 on the all-time WOU list.
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Caitlin Heldt in the 5,000 ran a personal best 17:40.44 to improve her No. 3 mark all-time at WOU as she took 17th in the race.
- Marley Harrison set a PR in the triple jump set a PR of 13.81 meters to take fifth place.
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Riley Smith in the women's one-mile ran a 5:03.28 - moving into fifth place on the WOU all-time list.
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