WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Keshun McGee adds triple jump to Big Sky long jump title, plus WAC & GNAC recap...
In Billings, Montana, Keshun McGee (above/photo courtesy EWU Athletics) added the triple jump to the long jump title he won Friday at the BIG SKY CONFERENCE championship meet, as he bounded 50-11 (15.52m).
Larry Still of the Eagles won the men’s pole vault on fewer misses, clearing 16-5.5 (5.02m), with teammate Bailey Aiello third at 15-9.75 (4.82m).
Madison Doepker added a third place finish in the women’s hammer to her javelin title, spinning the hammer 193-2 (58.89m), while teammate Dominique Butler was third in the triple jump at 39-8.75 (12.11m).
Eastern Washington’s release is here, while results are available here.
In Orem, Utah, junior Michelle Newblom, freshman Regie Grady, senior Caylah Lunning and sophomore Michaela Moore ran 46.85 in the 4x100m relay, beating their own school record by 0.90 seconds, to provide the main highlight of the day for the Redhawks Saturday at the WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE championship.
The link to their release, which includes a link to complete results, is available here.
In Monmouth, Oregon, the Western Washington men’s team and the Seattle Pacific women’s squads took home the team titles Saturday at the GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE championships hosted by Western Oregon University.
Led by hurdler Cordell Cummings, who opened his day by repeating as the 110-meter hurdles champion with a time of 14.91 seconds, then won the 400-meter hurdles by over a second, running a time of 51.77 seconds that surpassed the meet record of 52.12 seconds set by Simon Fraser’s Vladislav Tsygankov last year.
To top it off, Cummings ended the day as part of the Vikings’ winning 4x400-meter relay team, which won in a time of 3:15.54. The trio of winning performances earned Cummings selection as the Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet.
Western Washington ran away with the team title, its first since 2015, with a score of 173 points. Central Washington placed second with 122 points while Concordia was third with 116 points.
Led by a meet-record performance in the 4x100-meter relay and a repeat title by junior Grace Bley in the 200 meters, Seattle Pacific claimed its second consecutive conference title.
The quartet of Peace Igbonagwam, Jenna Bouyer, Bley and Julia Stepper led from start to finish, crossing the line in a time of 46.32 seconds that bettered the Falcons’ own record of 46.60 seconds set last year. Bley, meanwhile, earned her second consecutive championship on the 200 with a time of 24.56 seconds.
The performances helped outdistance the Falcons in a close race with Central Washington for the team title with 166 points. The Wildcats were second with 162 points while Alaska Anchorage finished third with 119.5 points.
Central Washington senior HarLee Ortega was named the Female Field Athlete of the Meet. After winning the heptathlon last week with an NCAA Championships automatic qualifying score of 5,212 points, Ortega went on to win the long jump on Friday with a mark of 18 feet, 11.25 (5.77m), and won the high jump on Saturday with a clearance of 5 feet, 5.75 (1.67m).
Wildcats’ sophomore Sidney Trinidad earned the Performance of the Meet award for her GNAC record time of 58.22 seconds in Friday’s preliminaries of the 400-meter hurdles. The time bettered her own conference record by a second and automatically qualified Trinidad for the NCAA Championships. She proceeded to place second in the final to teammate Erykah Weems, who won her second consecutive title in a time of 59.08 seconds.
The GNAC recap is available here, along with a link to results.
NOTE: The Great Northwest Athletic Conference, and the sports information offices of Eastern Washington University and Seattle University contributed to this report.
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