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Men's Track & Field

Wolves in Seattle, Boston in final prep for GNACs

Western Oregon at David Hemery Valentine Invitational 
Friday-Saturday | Boston, MA

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Western Oregon at Husky Classic
Friday-Saturday | Seattle, WA

Live Results THE WOLVES HEADING INTO THE WEEK ...
WOU heads into its final tuneups before the GNAC Championships (Feb. 19-20) coming off a strong performance at a trio of meets last weekend.

Highlighting the weekend was senior Ujunwa Nwokoma as she broke her own school record in the indoor long jump with a mark of 19 feet, 0.75 inches - 0.75 inches longer than her previous record at the Geroge Fox Indoor Meet #1 on Saturday in Newberg. It's an NCAA provisional mark for the Clackamas, Oregon, native and ranks No. 26 in Division II this season.

A pair of WOU throwers improved their school top-10 marks Friday at the Riverfront Invitational & Multis in Spokane, Washington, as Mark Warren hit a PR in the weight throw with a distance of 57-6 (17.53 meters) - increasing his No. 7 mark all-time at WOU (No. 6 is 57-7.75).  In the women's weight throw, Liliana Lyness-Morales PR'd and improved her WOU top-10 mark in the event at 50-5.25 (15.37 meters) - the No. 8 mark in school history.

Entering the all-time top 10 in WOU history Josie Lavato who finished the 60 meters in a time of 8.04 seconds at the Portland Indoor #2 on Sunday - tied for ninth on the all-time WOU list. Teammate Maliyah Thompson won the event at George Fox with a season-best 7.70 (her all-time best is 7.61, second in WOU history). Thompson also hit a season best in the 60 hurdles at 8.90 seconds.

WOU ALL-TIME TOP-10 INDOOR MARKS REACHED/IMPROVED
MEN
  • Mark Warren, Weight Throw: 57-6 (Feb. 2, 2024) - 7th at WOU
  • Isaiah Rodriguez, 800: 1:53.18 (Jan. 27, 2024) - 10th at WOU
  • Caleb Ness, Heptathlon: 4,133 points (Jan. 20, 2024) - 6th at WOU
  • Justin Conklin, High Jump: 6-6.75 (Dec. 9, 2023) - T-8th at WOU
WOMEN WOU NCAA QUALIFYING MARKS - INDOOR
MEN WOMEN
WOLVES NOTES FOR 2024 SEASON
TRIO OF WOLVES SNAG GNAC TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS (FEB. 5) | RELEASE
Western Oregon nearly pulled off a conference weekly award sweep as Ujunwa Nwokoma earned GNAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week, Maliyah Thompson was selected GNAC Women's Track Athlete of the Week and Mark Warren was named GNAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week when the conference announced the awards Feb 5.
 
Nwokoma broke her own school record in the indoor long jump with a mark of 19 feet, 0.75 inches  at the Geroge Fox Indoor Meet #1 on Saturday in Newberg - 0.75 inches longer than her previous record. It's an NCAA provisional mark for the Clackamas, Oregon, native and ranks No. 26 in Division II this season. Warren hit a PR in the weight throw with a distance of 57-6 (17.53 meters) Friday at the Riverfront Invitational & Multis in Spokane, Washington  - increasing his No. 7 mark all-time at WOU (No. 6 is 57-7.75). Thompson won the 60 meters at George Fox Indoor #1 with a season-best 7.70 (her all-time best is 7.61, second in WOU history). She also hit a season best in the 60 hurdles at 8.90 seconds - the second-fastest time of the event.

WOLVES' CONKLIN NAMED GNAC FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (Dec. 11) | RELEASE
Western Oregon's Justin Conklin was named the GNAC Field Athlete of the Week on Dec. 11 after winning the high jump at the Spokane Invitational with the best indoor mark for the Wolves since 2013. Conklin's height of 6 feet, 6.75 inches that won Saturday's event is tied for eighth-best in WOU history and the best mark since Matson Hardie's height of 6-7 set in 2013. The WOU high jump record is 7-0.5 set in 1998 by A.J. Acker.
 
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Players Mentioned

Macy Clemens

Macy Clemens

Junior
Josie Lavato

Josie Lavato

Junior
Liliana Lyness-Morales

Liliana Lyness-Morales

Senior
Ujunwa Nwokoma

Ujunwa Nwokoma

Senior
Maliyah Thompson

Maliyah Thompson

Junior
Justin Conklin

Justin Conklin

Senior
Caleb Ness

Caleb Ness

Freshman
Isaiah Rodriguez

Isaiah Rodriguez

Freshman
Keeton Sanchez

Keeton Sanchez

Junior
Mark Warren

Mark Warren

Junior

Players Mentioned

Macy Clemens

Macy Clemens

Junior
Josie Lavato

Josie Lavato

Junior
Liliana Lyness-Morales

Liliana Lyness-Morales

Senior
Ujunwa Nwokoma

Ujunwa Nwokoma

Senior
Maliyah Thompson

Maliyah Thompson

Junior
Justin Conklin

Justin Conklin

Senior
Caleb Ness

Caleb Ness

Freshman
Isaiah Rodriguez

Isaiah Rodriguez

Freshman
Keeton Sanchez

Keeton Sanchez

Junior
Mark Warren

Mark Warren

Junior