MONMOUTH, Ore. --- The inclement weather at times Friday during Western Oregon John Knight Twilight didn't slow down times as WOU saw a pair of school top-10 performances.
 
In a competitive 800 in the pouring rain that saw WOU alum and Team USA representative for the 2024 Pan American Games Derek Holdsworth come away with the win at 1:49.13, Wolves freshman Isaiah Rodriguez took third at 1:50.53 – this sixth-fastest time in WOU history, a D-II provisional and the 10^th-fastest time in Division II this season. Fellow freshman Elwood Hosking would've made the WOU top 10 at No. 10 with his fourth-place time of 1:51.65 – but Rodriguez's time pushed him out.
 
Another freshman made the WOU all-time top 10 list as Marliyn Ramirez-Carmona won the shot put with a mark of 43 feet, 1.75 inches (13.15 meters) – good for seventh in school history.
 
GNAC champion Ujunwa Nwokoma won both the long jump (5.70 meters, 18-08.5) and the triple jump (11.45 meters – 37-6.75).
 
Tyler White also took first in the long jump on the men's side with a season-best mark of 6.73 meters (22-01).
 
WOU swept the top three spots in the javelin - Kaylee Wright (44.01 meters, 144-04 – a D-II provisional mark), Emillia Carpenter (36.79, 120-08) and Abigail Sanders (36.58, 120-00).
 
Riley Smith just missed a top-10 school mark in the 1,500 with a time of 4:38.93 to take third.
 
Caitlin Heldt won the 5,000 in 17:39.06 – a race the senior holds the school record in. Also winning John Knight Twilight tiles was Brennen Murphy (200 – 22.36), Amari Hendrix (season-best 48.80 in the 400) and Madeline Lambing (400 hurdles – 1:04.39).
 
WOU returns to action next week as they participate in a trio of events in Southern California as well as the Larry Byerly L&C Invite in Portland.