Central Washington and Saint Martin's head east to Boise for Jackson's Open indoor meet...

A select group of athletes from Central Washington and Saint Martin’s will head east to Boise, Idaho for the Jackson’s Open indoor track & field meet Saturday at Jackson’s Indoor Track, hosted by Boise State University.

Among those who are competing are NCAA Division II decathlon All-American Kodiak Landis (above/photo courtesy Great Northwest Athletic Conference) of Central Washington, who is entered in 60 meter dash & hurdles, and the long jump.

Landis is coming off a successful 2018 season where he finished third indoors in the heptathlon and fifth in the decathlon at the NCAA championship meet, in addition to being the third man in GNAC conference history to score 7000 points in the decathlon.

Also competing are defending GNAC indoor & outdoor hurdles champ Mariyah Vongsaveng, who will open over the 60 hurdles and the 200.

The Wildcats’ HarLee Ortega, who was second at the Candy Cane pentathlon last week in Cheney, is entered in the 4 x 400 relay, long jump, shot put, and triple jump.

Ortega was the national leader in the pentathlon at 3729 points until being overtaken by Kaija Crowe of UC-Colorado Springs Thursday, when she scored 3770. Ortega is currently tied for #6 in the country in Division II so far this season at 18-9.25 (5.72m).

2017 GNAC 400 hurdles champ Emily Bland, who redshirted the 2018 outdoor season, is entered in the 400, and 60 hurdles.

The start lists for the Jackson’s Open is available here.

The link to live results is available here (will go live on meet day).

NOTE:  The sports information offices of Boise State University and Central Washington University contributed to this report.