Eastern's Liz Prouty, Keshun McGee and Central's HarLee Ortega & Braydon Maier post early season leading marks...
Prouty, the reigning Big Sky indoor champion in the event, set a personal best of 13-3.5 (4.05m), to eclipse her previous PR of 13-3 (4.04m) set while winning the Big Sky title.
Pending the results of meets from around the country in the first full weekend of the 2019 indoor track season, Prouty is the NCAA’s number two performer so far this season.
McGee had an impressive double, winning both the long and triple jumps with marks of 24-7.25 (7.50m) and 51-3.75 (15.64m).
Pending the outcome of other meets around the country this weekend, both of McGee’s marks are national leading marks.
In the team portion of the Candy Cane XI, which was a dual meet against the University of Montana, the Eagles defeated the Grizzlies in the men’s competition by a 60-26 count, while the women’s squad was edged by Montana 52-47.
The Eagle women won four individual events, while the men took seven events.
In Friday’s pentathlon, Erika McLeod of Montana won the event with a NCAA D1 national leading mark of 3891 points, while Central Washington’s HarLee Ortega finished second with an NCAA D2 leading mark of 3707 points.
Ortega ran 8.51 in the 55 hurdles, high jumped 5-2.5 (1.59m), threw the shot 35-7.75 (10.86m), long jumped 18-9.25 (5.72m), and ran the 800 in 2:25.28.
In the heptathlon competition that concluded Saturday, Central’s Braydon Maier scored a Division II leading score of 5132 points to take the victory.
Maier trailed Western Washington’s Seren Dances (2867) and Carroll’s Josh Malone (2851) at the end of Friday’s competition, scoring 2728 at the break.
However, Maier roared back by running 7.98 in the 55 hurdles, and took command by winning the pole vault with a best of 15-3 (4.65m), then finished with a best of 2:50.45 in the 1000 meters.
Ian Rinefort from Western Washington was second with a final score of 4805, while Dances hung on for third with 4771 points.
Rinefort’s mark is currently #4 in Division II, while Dances stands at #6 in D2 this season.
Complete results of the Candy Cane XI meet are available here (results of the multi-events are available by highlighting the pull-down menu under CANDY CANE INFO).
The 2019 TFRRS performance list for NCAA D1 is available here.
In Boston, Washington alum Aaron Nelson, who competes for the North Carolina based Reebok/Zap Fitness team, finished ninth in the fast section of the men’s 5000 at the Boston University Season Opener.
Nelson ran 14:07.47 as Amon Kemboi of Campbell ran 13:33.64 to take the early season NCAA D1 lead.
In the women’s 5000, former Husky Charlotte Prouse, now running for the University of New Mexico, ran 15:26.01, as her teammate and last year’s NCAA cross country champion Edna Kurgat won in 15:14.78.
Results of the Boston University Season Opener are available here.
NOTE: The sports information office of Eastern Washington, Central Washington, and Boston University contributed to this report.
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