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Track & Field

Plenty of WOU top 10s reached by Wolves this weekend in Bay Area, Forest Grove

The Western Oregon track and field team was in both the Bay Area for the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (San Francisco) and the Stanford Invite while others were at the Pacific Open in Forest Grove.
 
At the Mike Fanelli, the 3,000 steeplechase saw two WOU top-10 marks in Olivia Flack improving her time by 13 seconds to 11 minutes, 16.96 seconds while Katie Chapman entered the top 10 at 11:41.91 – seventh on the list.
 
Riley Smith also entered the top 10 in WOU history in a distance event as she moved into the No. 9 spot in the 5000 with a time of 18:04.13 (teammate and 5000 WOU record holder Caitlin Heldt ran a 17:42.49 at the event).
 
Freshman Elwood Hosking just missed the WOU top 10 by .09 seconds in the 800 with a time of 1:51.83 – taking 15th out of 213 competitors.
 
The Wolves had a strong showing in the hammer throw as well as on the women's side Emillia Carpenter took second at 47.22 meters while Liliana Lyness-Morales took fourth (46.60). On the men's side, Mark Warren took third in the hammer at 56.57.
 
At the Pacific Open, Kalulusno Ngaida made the No. 10 spot on the WOU triple jump list at 11.58 meters (38 feet) to win the event.
 
The Wolves return to action Friday as they host the John Knight Twilight.
 
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Players Mentioned

Emillia Carpenter

Emillia Carpenter

Senior
Katie Chapman

Katie Chapman

Junior
Olivia Flack

Olivia Flack

Junior
Caitlin Heldt

Caitlin Heldt

Senior
Liliana Lyness-Morales

Liliana Lyness-Morales

Senior
Kalulusno Ngaida

Kalulusno Ngaida

Senior
Riley Smith

Riley Smith

Sophomore
Elwood Hosking

Elwood Hosking

Redshirt Freshman
Mark Warren

Mark Warren

Junior

Players Mentioned

Emillia Carpenter

Emillia Carpenter

Senior
Katie Chapman

Katie Chapman

Junior
Olivia Flack

Olivia Flack

Junior
Caitlin Heldt

Caitlin Heldt

Senior
Liliana Lyness-Morales

Liliana Lyness-Morales

Senior
Kalulusno Ngaida

Kalulusno Ngaida

Senior
Riley Smith

Riley Smith

Sophomore
Elwood Hosking

Elwood Hosking

Redshirt Freshman
Mark Warren

Mark Warren

Junior