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Credit: George Fox Athletics

Track & Field

Wolves track and field with several key performances this past weekend at three different events

The Western Oregon men's and women's track and field teams had some big performances in three different locations this past weekend - competing at the WSU Open in Spokane, the George Fox Indoor in Newberg and the Portland Indoor.

At the WSU Open (Thursday through Saturday), Jenelle Hurley took 12th in the pentathlon with 3,400 points - an NCAA provisional mark, Amari Hendrix set a personal best in the 200 of 22.35 (fourth in the GNAC this season) and Dominique Loggins ran a 6.94 in the 60 - second in the GNAC this season.

At the George Fox Indoor on Sunday for the men, Dayne Gordien won the shot put with a toss of 17.17 meters (56 feet, 4 inches) - another NCAA provisional and increasing his No. 2 mark in WOU history and No. 5 mark in GNAC history and Justin Conklin (the GNAC Male Track Athlete of the Week this week) won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.55 (his time of 8.50 in the prelims - good for sixth this season in the GNAC.

On the women's side, Maliyah Thompson (the GNAC Female Track Athlete of the Week this week) won both the 60 meters and the 60-meter hurdles as she ran 7.75 seconds in both the preliminaries and finals of the 60 meters, ranking fifth in the GNAC this season, and won the 60-meter hurdles in 9.05 seconds and ran 8.89 seconds in the preliminaries, a time that ranks second in the conference this season. Emillia Carpenter took second in the women's weight throw with a distance of 15.14 meters - fourth in the GNAC this season - while teammate Liliana Lyness-Morales took third in the event at 14.71 meters - sixth in the GNAC this season.

At the Portland Indoor, Natalie Perez set a personal record of 5:14.92 in the mile (11th in the GNAC this season), Ali Clifton (10:58) and Lindie Larson (10:58) and Olivia Flack (11:00) took fourth, fifth and sixth in the 3,000 (all top-20 times in the GNAC this season). For the men, Easton Pomrankey (8:46) and Dustyn McKenney (8:49) set 3,000 personal bests to finish sixth and 11th (14th and 16th-best times in the GNAC this season) and Rami Dear set a PR in the 800 at 1:59.21 - good for 14th in the GNAC this season.

The Wolves return to action Friday and Saturday at the Husky Classic in Seattle.
 
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Players Mentioned

Dominique Loggins

Dominique Loggins

5' 11"
Junior
FR
Dustyn McKenney

Dustyn McKenney

Junior
FR
Justin Conklin

Justin Conklin

Freshman
SO
Amari Hendrix

Amari Hendrix

Freshman
FR
Easton Pomrankey

Easton Pomrankey

Freshman
FR
Jenelle Hurley

Jenelle Hurley

Junior
SO
Lindie Larson

Lindie Larson

Sophomore
FR
Liliana Lyness-Morales

Liliana Lyness-Morales

Sophomore
FR
Maliyah Thompson

Maliyah Thompson

Sophomore
FR
Emillia Carpenter

Emillia Carpenter

Freshman
FR

Players Mentioned

Dominique Loggins

Dominique Loggins

5' 11"
Junior
FR
Dustyn McKenney

Dustyn McKenney

Junior
FR
Justin Conklin

Justin Conklin

Freshman
SO
Amari Hendrix

Amari Hendrix

Freshman
FR
Easton Pomrankey

Easton Pomrankey

Freshman
FR
Jenelle Hurley

Jenelle Hurley

Junior
SO
Lindie Larson

Lindie Larson

Sophomore
FR
Liliana Lyness-Morales

Liliana Lyness-Morales

Sophomore
FR
Maliyah Thompson

Maliyah Thompson

Sophomore
FR
Emillia Carpenter

Emillia Carpenter

Freshman
FR