WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Igbonagwam & Eager shine in Ellensburg; Oregon Relays recap...

ELLENSBURG--Eastern Washington athletes earned nineteen wins, while host Central Washington got six wins at the Central Washington Wildcat Invitational meet Saturday.

However, Seattle Pacific's Peace Igbonagwam (photo courtesy SPU Athletics) and Washington State alum Brock Eager produced the two best marks of the meet on a sunny day at the CWU Recreation Sports Complex, which will host the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship meet in a few weeks.

The Seattle Pacific senior soared a career-best 19 feet 8.5 (6.00m) to win the competition. In the process, she put herself tenth nationally on the NCAA D2 descending order list.

"It was so amazing – it was so good. I felt like a jumper again. I felt really good jumping, and it felt like I was back."

"I really think it did help just to have to focus on the long jump and think about how I was running and the runway," Igbonagwam said. "That helped a lot with the mental part."

Eager, a US Olympic Trials finalist last year, threw a season best 237-1 (72.26m) in the third round to put himself tenth on the US list for the moment.

Three athletes earned double victories Saturday, including Saint Martin's Josh Schulz in the long and triple jumps (23-6.5/7.18m & 45-11.25/14.00m); Eastern Washington's Garrett Peoples in both the shot and discus (54-3.75/16.55m & 161-3/49.16m); and Eastern Washington's Katie Petsch in the 100 & 200 dashes (12.03/25.05).

Complete results of the Central Washington Wildcat Invitational are available here.

BROOKS BEAST MARTA PEN FREITAS WINS 800 AT OREGON RELAYS...

In Eugene, Portuguese Olympian Marta Pen Freitas of the Brooks Beasts opened up her outdoor campaign by winning the invitational 800 at the Oregon Relays at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus.

Pen Freitas won in a time of 2:05.17.

Her Beasts teammate Brannon Kidder finished third in the men's invitational 800, running 1:48.30 as Western Oregon alum Derek Holdsworth won in 1:47.59.

Gonzaga's James Mwaura broke the school record in the 5000 meters with his fourth place finish in the invitational section Friday night.

Mwaura, an NCAA & Olympic Trials qualifier last year, ran 13:30.02 in a race won by Wisconsin's Olin Hacker in 13:19.34. Club Northwest's Tom Anderson was second in 13:28.07, while Evan Bates of Gonzaga was eighth in 13:45.04.

Washington State alum and Olympic Trials qualifier Sam Brixey won the 110 hurdles in 13.57, with fellow Olympic Trials qualifier and Eastern Washington alum Parker Bowden second in 13.79. Cougar grad Nick Johnson was third in 13.95, while SeattleU's Lucas Milne was sixth in 15.33.

Complete results of the Oregon Relays are available here.

NOTE: The sports information offices of Eastern Washington, Central Washington, Seattle Pacific, and Gonzaga University contributed to this report.

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