Eastern's Cort Gebbers pulls off one of the biggest upsets of NCAA West meet in the discus...
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas-- In one of the biggest upsets of the NCAA West First Round meet at John McDonnell Field on the campus of the University of Arkansas, Eastern Washington sophomore Cort Gebbers (EWU Athletics photo) picked the right day for a personal best, as he threw the discus 186-6 (56.86m) on his final attempt to finish eleventh and move on to the national championships in Eugene. Gebbers, who was one of the last qualifiers accepted into the meet, was seeded 50th before declarations, but moved up to 47th in the regional meet seedings after scratches from athletes above him on the final descending order list. Throwing in the first of four flights, Gebbers, a graduate of Brewster HS who came into the meet with the number 90 mark in NCAA Division I, set a personal best in the first round, throwing 183-0 (55.79m), beating his previous best of 181-2 (55.22m) set at the Cougar Classic in Pullman on April 24th. After throwing 178-1 (54.29m) in round two, Gebbers let it fly 186-6 (...
