Karamitsos among four Vikings under 30 minutes for 10000 at Oregon Preview...
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| George Karamitsos, Andrew Oslin, Jeret Gillingham & Kevin McDermott of Western Washington all dipped under 30 minutes for 10000m Friday (WWU Athletics photo) |
Here's the highlights of a very busy first full weekend of the collegiate outdoor track season for eight of the state's nine Division I and II schools:
OREGON PREVIEW
In Eugene, the most impressive performance at the Oregon Preview at Historic Hayward Field hosted by the University of Oregon actually happened Friday night when the 10000 meter races were run.
Western Washington's George Karamitsos finished sixth and led three other Vikings under 30 minutes with his NCAA Division II leading time of 29:40.69 to break the WWU school record of 29:41.91 set two weeks earlier by Andrew Oslin.
Oslin finished one place behind in seventh in 29:45.88, followed by Kevin McDermott in eighth at 29:48.23, and Jeret Gillingham was ninth in 29:44.66.
As of this writing, the Vikings occupy five of the top seven spots in the 10000 in the current NCAA D2 descending order list, joined by Ryan Clough, who ran 29:55.94 two weeks ago at the Ed Boitano Invitational in Tacoma.
In the Saturday portion of the meet, Washington State alum Emmanuel Wells won the men's 100 in 10.46.
Eastern Washinton's Bobby Say was a double winner on the day, taking both the long (24-2.25/7.37m wind aided) and the triple (48-2.75/14.70m) jumps. Eastern's Liam Bracken won the 400 in 47.51. The Eagles also won the men's 4 x 400 relay in 3:21.05, while Western Washington's Jonah Bloom won the 800 in a conference leading 1:52.59.
Seattle University's Gus Harquail won the 2000 steeplechase in 5:44.84.
Women's winners on the day included Western Washington volunteer coach Haley O'Connor in the 800 (2:10.68); Monroe HS grad Hannah Ganashamoorthy of the University of Oregon in the long jump (18-11.75/5.78m); Eastern Washington's Hally Ruff in the pole vault (13-3.5/4.05m); and Eastern's 4 x 400 meter relay team in 3:52.96.
GCU INVITATIONAL
The most impressive mark of the day belonged to the Cougars' Jared McElvey (photo courtesy WSU Sports Information) in the 400 hurdles, as he ran to an early season collegiate leading time of 50.90.
The other men's winner on the day for Washington State was Zach Stallings in the 800 in 1:51.53.
On the women's side, Washington State got wins from Skyler Walton in the 100 (11.73); Jasneet Nijjar in the 400 (53.87); Mackenzie Fletcher in the 400 hurdles (61.10); Cristina Molteni in the 1500 (4:26.12); and Anna Rodgers (18-10/5.74m) in the long jump.
The Cougars also won the women's 4 x 100 relay in 44.70.
Mountlake Terrace native Chinne Okoronkwo won the women's pole vault with a clearance of 13-0.25 (3.97m).
SAM ADAMS CLASSIC
At the Sam Adams Classic hosted by Whitworth University in Spokane Saturday, Gonzaga men's and women's track tallied seven event wins highlighted by Jasmine Nguyen in the women's 3000 and Wil Smith in the men's 5000.
The Zags' Kate Donaldson, Alicia Anderson and Ellie Armbruster all left as victors in their first meet back in Spokane.
Nguyen began the meet running 10:26.97 in the women's 3,000-meters. Donaldson cruised to an easy win in the women's 2,000 steeplechase, running 7:31.04.
Anderson led a 1-3 sweep for the Zags in the women's 1,500, running 4:30.37, while Armbruster picked up her second individual win of the season, winning the women's 800 in 2:15.66.
Gonzaga also won the women's 4 x 400 relay in 4:11.27, while former Zag Elisabeth Danis won the women's 5000 in 18:05.05.
Smith clocked a winning time of 14:23.12 in the men's 5,000 to lead seven Zags to finish in the top 10.
Gonzaga picked up two other wins on the mens side from from Cullen McEachern in the 2000 steeple (5:47.00), and Carp Mukai in the 1500 (3:54.97).
Washington State winners on the day included Caden Hottman in the mens discus (147-6/44.96m); Laura Lindquist in the women's javelin (138-0/42.07m); and, Justin Sands in the men's long jump (22-1.5/6.74m).
DORIS HERITAGE TRACK CLASSIC
In Renton, strong performances by Central Washington's men's and women's sprint corps were the theme of the day at Saturday's Doris Heritage Track Classic, hosted by Seattle Pacific at Renton Stadium.
On the day, the Wildcats won the women's 100 and 200; the women's 100 hurdles, the men's 110 hurdles, and the men's 400.
For good measure, the Wildcats swept all four relays, and also earned wins in the men's 800, mile, javelin, both long jumps, and the men's pole vault.
Western Washington got wins from Jaden Johnson in the mens 200 (22.46), and Emmy Kroontje in the women's 800 (2:18.76).
Host Seattle Pacific's victories came from on the women's side from Marissa Crane in the 400 (58.57), Libby Michael in the mile (5:08.73), and Lizzy Daugherty in the pole vault (12-0.75/3.68m).
Best marks of the day came from NCAA indoor qualifiers E'Lexis Hollis in the 100 (11.95) and Lauryn Chandler (14.44) in the 100 hurdles, and Braydon Maier (15-5.5/4.71m) of Central Washington in the pole vault.
LEWIS & CLARK SPRING BREAK
In Portland, a handful of athletes from Saint Martin's made the trip south to the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open meet hosted by Lewis & Clark University.
Gabriela Cintron won the women's 100 hurdles to highlight the day for the Saints, running 15.15.
Cassidy Walchak-Sloan was second in the women's 1500 in 4:36.03, and NCAA cross country qualifier Alauna Carstens was second in the 5000 in 17:50.13.
Isaac Cortes was the only Saint on the men's side in the top 3, taking third in the 5000 in 15:23.52.
NOTE: The sports information offices of Washington State, Grand Canyon, Gonzaga, Eastern Washington, Western Washington, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific, and Central Washington along with Athletic Timing contributed to this report.
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