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Cougars' Maribel Caicedo continues to roll in winning the 100 hurdles at NCAA West Regionals...


FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas--Now would be a good time for track and field fans in the Pacific Northwest to jump on the Maribel Caicedo (Paul Merca photo) train.

The Washington State grad student motored down 100 meters and ten hurdles to win the event on the final day of the NCAA West Prelims at John McDonnell Field on the campus of the University of Arkansas Saturday afternoon.

The native of Guayaquil, Ecuador, who broke her own national record with a clocking of 12.49 in Thursday's first round, ran 12.38 in the third and final heat of the day to earn an automatic qualifying spot to the NCAA finals in Eugene in two weeks. Unfortunately, she ran it with a trailing wind of +3.1 meters per second, well above the allowable reading of +2.0.

Had the wind been legal, that would have been the fastest time in the world this season.

Courtesy of the NCAA and Washington State, here's video of Caicedo's run:


Nonetheless, she heads into Eugene as one of the favorites to win the NCAA title in two weeks.

In the previous heat, her Brazilian teammate Micaela De Mello finished second in a time of 12.82 to punch her ticket to Eugene, and threaten the Olympic standard of 12.77.

Like Caicedo's mark, it too was wind-aided (+2.4 mps).

In the 1500 meters, Sophie O'Sullivan of the Washington Huskies, who has not raced much this spring, finished second in her heat in a season best 4:09.61 to earn an automatic berth to Eugene.

Chloe Foerster of the Dawgs was third in her heat of the 1500 in 4:17.63 to join O'Sullivan.

Eastside Catholic grad Kate Jendrezak of UCLA and Wilma Nielsen of Washington both got their qualifying tickets to Eugene in the 800 meters.

Jendrezak finished second in heat 2 of the 800, running 2:02.46, while Nielsen was fourth in the same heat in 2:03.11.

Nielsen had to sweat out the results of heat 3, but earned her ticket to Eugene as the first of the three time qualifiers 

In heat one, Samantha Friborg of Washington was seventh in 2:07/49. while Maya McCabe of Washington State finished eighth in 2:16.34.

Lake Stevens native Taylor Roe of Oklahoma State, already the winner of the 10000 two days earlier, added a qualifying spot in the 5000 meters, finishing second in her heat in 15:58.07.

In the same heat, Washington State's Zenah Cheptoo, who was in contention for one of the five automatic qualifying spots, finished seventh in 16:09.45.

Former Husky Sarah Carter of Colorado State, already qualified in the 10000, was 15th in 16:57.84, just one spot ahead of Gonzaga's Willow Collins, who ran 17:01.33.

Heat two of the 5000 saw Rosina Machu of Gonzaga, who already qualified in the 10000, finished eighth in 16:08.93, and Washington's Julia David-Smith finish in 11th at 16:18.72.

Washington State's 4 x 100 relay team finished fifth in their heat with a time of 44.58.

In her heat of the 3000 steeplechase, Washington State's Caroline Jerotich was seventh in 10:22.08, while Gonzaga's Jessica Frydenlund was 11th in a separate heat in 10:53.69.

On the field, Washington's Beatrice Asomaning threw 181-0 (55.16m) in the discus for 16th, while teammate Kaia Tupu-South spun the platter 178-10 (54.52m) for 21st.

In the triple jump, Eastern Washington's Egypt Simmons finished 31st with a mark of 41-10.75 (12.77m), while Washington's Lauren Heggen was 44th with a best of 40-6.25 (12.35m).


MARKEZICH BEGINS NCAA TITLE DEFENSE IN LEXINGTON...

In Lexington, Kentucky, Woodinville native Olivia Markezich began her defense of her NCAA title by winning her heat of the steeplechase at the NCAA East Prelims.

Markezich ran 9:35.33 to comfortably win the heat by 12 seconds over her Notre Dame teammate Sophie Novak, who ran 9:47.57.

Alabama's Doris Lemngole had the fastest time of the day at 9:28.91.

Markezich joins twin sister and UW graduate Andrea on to Eugene, as Andrea qualified on Thursday for the national championships in the 10000.


CENTRAL'S JOHAN CORREA FINISHES FOURTH IN NCAA D2 800, WHILE SEATTLE PACIFIC'S ANNIKA ESVELT EARNS ANOTHER ALL-AMERICA HONOR IN 5000...

In Emporia, Kansas, Central Washington's Johan Correa earned a fourth place finish in the men's 800 to highlight the final day of competition at the NCAA Division II track and field championships at Welch Stadium on the campus of Emporia State University Saturday.

Correa set his second straight personal best, running 1:49.35, as Wes Ferguson of Nebraska-Kearney won in 1:47.84.

Seattle Pacific's Annika Esvelt, who was second in the women's 10000 Thursday, finished seventh in the 5000 to earn her second All-America certificate of the meet.

Esvelt went the distance in 16 minutes, 54.06 seconds for 12.5 laps around the gold oval, despite being knocked down early in the race.

"At the trip part, I was just trying to stay on my feet again, But since it was so packed, you trip over someone's leg, then you try to stand up and you trip over someone else's leg," said Esvelt, who came in as the No. 11 seed in the field of 22. "I wasn't really that far off (the lead), so I was just trying to get back up there."

As she did on Thursday in the 10000, Florence Uwajeneza of West Texas A&M gradually pulled away to win, clocking 16:33.00 to get the distance double.

Central Washington's freshman high jumper Emy Ntekpere cleared a best of 5-5.25 (1.66m) to tie for 17th.


NOTE: The NCAA and the sports information offices of the University of Arkansas, University of Kentucky, University of Washington, Washington State University, Gonzaga University, Central Washington, and Seattle Pacific contributed to this report.

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