Track & Field | 2/17/2012 10:08:00 PM

NAMPA, Idaho - The Western Oregon women's track & field team set four school records Friday at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Indoor Championships.

Charlene Harber began the meet by taking second place in the pentathlon with 3,372 points to eclipse the Western Oregon record by 30 points. She won the shot put with a toss of 39-3 (11.96m) and took second in the long jump with a leap of 17-11.5 (5.47m). She also placed third in the high jump, fourth in the 800m and fifth in the 60m hurdles.

Ashley Potter initially claimed the Western Oregon record in the women's 60m hurdles with a time of 9.08 to beat the time of Kaitlyn Reid by a hundredth of a second. However, just three minutes later Janna Vander Meulen would knock Potter out of the top spot with a time of 9.06, making Potter's school record one of the shortest lived in history. Both times qualified the women for the finals in the event which will take place on Saturday.

Potter would not be too disappointed though as she set the school record in the long jump with a mark of 18-2.5 (5.55m). The mark earned her third place at the meet and garnered six team points for the Wolves.

Madison McClung broke her own school record which she set last season by .03 seconds in the 60m dash with a time of 9.81. She finished second in the qualifying heats and will run in the finals on Saturday.

Kody Rhodes highlighted the men's performances at the meet. He ran a time of 8.57 in the 60m hurdles to move to seventh on the Wolves' all-time top 10 list. He along with Bobby Alexander in the 60m dash both qualified for the finals in their respective races.

The Wolves were able to put 16 points on the board thanks to a trio of long jumpers. Matson Hardie took second place and eight team points with a mark of 23-1.75 (7.05m). Kyle Lane finished right behind him with a leap of 23-0.75 (7.03m) to take third and six team points. Jake Hyde took seventh and two team points.

At the end of the day the men were ranked fourth with 22.5 points, .5 points behind Montana State Billings for third place. The women sit sixth with 22 points, one point behind MSU Billings as well.

"We are just focused on controlling what we can do," said Western Oregon head coach Mike Johnson. "We organized our entries to maximize what we can do, and we will maximize those to conclusion.

"This is as competitive as I've seen our team," Johnson continued. "We have the heart and the human resources. We may not have as much depth as in the past but we are still very competitive."

The GNAC Indoor Championships will continue on Saturday, Feb. 18 beginning at 8:00 a.m.

Results

Women's Team Scores (5 events) - Seattle Pacific 41, Western Washington 34, Northwest Nazarene 32, Central Washington 23, MSU Billings 23, Western Oregon 22, Simon Fraser 15, Saint Martin's 4.

Distance Medley Relay - 1. Simon Fraser (Lindsey Butterworth, Michaela Kane, Sarah Sawatzky, Abbey Vogt) 12:11.42; 2. Western Washington (Mikhaila Thornton, Eleanor Siler, Miranda Lahman, Katelyn Steen) 12:26.09; 3. Seattle Pacific (Natty Plunkett, Allison Cutting, McKayla Fricker, BryAnne Wochnick) 12:36.04; 4. Western Oregon (Nicole Anderson, Meryl Butcher, Zoe Skordahl, Megan Everetts) 12:51.87; 5. Central Washington (Taylor Kartes, Seanna Pitassi, Connie Morgan, Kelsey Kreft) 12:54.87; 6. MSU Billings (Keri Clump, Justine Simons, Elizabeth Brown, Renae Hepfner) 13:10.10; 7. Northwest Nazarene (Keesha Brown, Christine Harwood, Morgan Weidmeier, Meagan Swenson) 13:15.03.

Long Jump - 1. Ali Worthen, SPU, 5.72 - 18-9 1/4; 2. Emily Warman, WWU, 5.68 – 18-7 ¾; 3. Ashley Potter, WOU, 5.55 – 18-2 ½; 4. Charlotte Crombeen, SFU, 5.52 – 18-1 ½; 5. Tasia Baldwin, SPU, 5.48 – 17-11 ¾; 6. Charlotte Harber, WOU, 5.48 – 17-11 ¾; 7. Katy Gross, SPU, 5.35 – 17-6 ¾; 8. Emily Walters, WWU, 5.28 – 17-4.

Pole Vault - 1. Kati Davis, CWU, 3.80 – 12-5 ½; 2. Karis Anderson, WWU, 3.80 – 12-5 ½; 3. Terra Schumacher, SPU, 3.60 – 11-9 ¾; 4. Stacey Pitt, MSUB, 3.40 – 11-1 ¾; 5. Jamie Larsen, CWU, 3.40 – 11-1 ¾; 6. Samantha Hull, SMU, 3.30 – 10-10; 7. Cheyanna Finley, WWU, 3.20 – 10-6; 8. Hannah Swigart, CWU, 3.05 – 10-0; 9. Loreah Winlow, WWU, 3.05 – 10-0; 10. Brittany Aanstad, SPU, 3.05 – 10-0; 11. Tiffany Thomas, MSUB, 3.05 –10-0; 12. Amy Jo Puckett, WWU, 2.90 – 9-6 ¼; Amy Rovira, WWU, no height.

Weight Throw – 1. Joy Warrington, NNU, 16.18 – 53-1; 2. Anica Knispel, MSUB, 15.27 – 50-1 ¼; 3. Alicia Hedrick, NNU, 14.83 – 48-8; 4. Leeza Henry, MSUB, 14.46 – 47-5 ¼; 5. Kaylee Baumstark, CWU, 14.34 – 47-0 ¾; 6. Lindsay Wells, WWU, 13.99 – 45-10 ¾; 7. Caitlin Curtis, NNU, 13.80 – 45-3 ½; 8. Carly Dranginis, NNU, 13.74 – 45-1.

Pentathlon –1. Katy Gross, SPU, 3469 (meet record, old, 3297, Gross, 2011); 2. Charlene Harber, WOU, 3372; 3. Jill Bennett, NNU, 3150; 4. Marie Smith, NNU, 3014; 5. Brooklyn Holton, WWU, 2972; 6. Maliea Luquin, SPU, 2784; 7. Leah Berry, MSUB, 2648; 8. Hannah Scholter, SMU, 2626; 9. Siri Berg, CWU, 2424.

60 – Smith 9.11, Gross 9.17, Luquin 9.20, Bennett 9.55, Harber 9.91, Scholter 10.15, Holton 10.38, Berry 10.50, Berg 10.93.

High Jump – Gross 1.62 – 5-3 ¾, Bennett 1.59 – 5-2 ½, Harber 1.59 – 5-2 ½, Holton 1.56 – 5-1 ¼, Berry 1.50 – 4-11, Berg 1.50 – 4-11, Smith 1.47 – 4-9 ¾, Scholter 1.47 – 4-9 ¾, Luquin 1.35 – 4-5.

Shot Put – Harber 11.96 – 39-3, Gross 11.00 – 36-1 ¼, Holton 9.18 – 30-1 ½, Luquin 9.16 – 30-0 ¾, Bennett 8.82 – 28-11 ¼, Berry 8.45 – 27-8 ¾, Scholter 7.57 – 24-10, Berg 8.75 – 28-8 ½, Smith 7.08 – 23-2 ¾.

Long Jump - Gross 5.57 – 18-3 ¼, Harber 5.47 – 17-11 ½, Smith 5.16 – 16-11 ¼, Holton 4.99 – 16-4 ½, Bennett 4.84 – 15-10 ½, Luquin 4.77 – 15-7 ¾, Berry 4.56 – 14-11 ½, Scholter 4.47 – 14-8. Berg 4.47 – 14-8.

800 – Bennett 2:32.67, Holton 2:37.10, Smith 2:37.97, Harber 2:40.23, Scholter 2:41.00, Berry 2:43.29, Gross 2:44.67, Luquin 2:48.20, Berg 2:57.81.

Men's Team Scores (4 events) - Central Washington 41, Western Washington 31 1/2, MSU Billings 23, Western Oregon 22 1/2, Simon Fraser 14, Saint Martin's 12, Northwest Nazarene 11, Seattle Pacific 1.

Distance Medley Relay - 1. Simon Fraser (Ryan Brockerville, Stuart Ellenwood, Keir Forster, Adam Reid) 10:04.58 (meet record, old, 10:05.58, SFU, 2011); 2. Western Washington (Nick Abraham, Jonathon Poolman, Braden Timpe, Chip Jackson) 10:06.80; 3. Western Oregon (Drew Larson, Kody Rhodes, Connor Kasler, Dan Sprinkle) 10:17.78; 4. MSU Billings (Tyson Vanderby, Lewis Polkow, Chase Robinson, Brian Potter) 10:23.40; 5. Saint Martin's (Devon DeMoss, Spencer Hunt, Frank Krause, Joseph Patti) 10:28.95; 6. Northwest Nazarene (Luke Hetrick, Benard Ngeno, Ben Heidegger, Jesse Baggenstos) 10:32.46; 7. Central Washington (Jon Swanson, Kyle Fremd, Zach Armstrong, Nathan Minor) 10:33.13; 8. Seattle Pacific (Jordan Wolfe, AJ Baker, Alex Horton, Ryan Endresen) 10:45.41.

High Jump – 1. Brennan Boyes, CWU, 2.06 - 6-9 (meet record, old, 6-8 ¾, Cameron Bailey, CWU, 2007); 2. Logan Myers, WWU, 2.03 – 6-8; 3. Brett Watson, WWU, 2.03 – 6-8; 4. Lewis Meyers, CWU, 1.98 – 6-6; 5. Karsten Schick, WWU, 1.98 – 6-6; 6. Nick Kozub, MSUB, 1.93 – 6-4; 7. Tommy Sheriff, CWU, 1.88 – 6-2; 8. Elrycc Berkman, WOU, and Slater Hirst, WWU, 1.88 – 6-2.

Long Jump – 1. Manny Melo, CWU, 7.08 – 23-2 ¾; 2. Matson Hardie, WOU, 7.05 – 23-1 ¾; 3. Kyle Lane, WOU, 7.03 – 23-0 ¾; 4. Taylor Firestone, MSUB, 6.88 – 22-7; 5. Dennis Nicolas, SFU, 6.83 – 22-5; 6. Shane Gruger, WWU, 6.82 – 22-4 ½; 7. Jake Hyde, WOU, 6.66 – 21-10 ¼; 8. Bryan Mack, CWU, 6.62 – 21-8 ¾; 9. Maurus Hope, NNU, 6.57 – 21-6 ¾; 10. Eric Gaines, WOU, 6.41 – 21-0 ½.

Shot Put - 1. Tanner Rottrup, MSUB, 15.29 - 50-2; 2. Sam Washington,SMU, 15.29 - 50-2; 3. Eric Holmstrom,CWU,14.55 - 47-9; 4. Mike Jensen, CWU,14.23 - 46-8 1/4; 5. Greg Cruise,NNU, 14.22 - 46-8; 6. Reid White, NNU, 14.02 - 46-0; 7.Nelson Westlin,WWU,14.00 - 45-11 1/4; 8. Jesse Korb,NNU,13.70 - 44-11 1/2; 9. Michael Hoffman,WWU,13.55 - 44-5 1/2; 10. Jake Swan MSUB, 13.41 - 44-0; 11.Quinton Agosta,CWU, 12.79 -41-11 1/2.

Heptathlon (After 4 of 7 Events) – 1. Jake Hyde, WOU, 2709; 2. Nate Johnson, SPU, 2558; 3. Jason Caryl, CWU, 2551; 4. Scott Hunter, CWU, 2545; 5. Brandon Roddewig, CWU, 2507; 6. Greyson Kilgore, NNU, 2482; 7. Tim Greene, NNU, 2197; 8. Michael Stralser, WWU. 2134; 9. Michael Holland, SMU, 2057; 10. Colin Alexander, CWU, 2030; 11. Brock Steingruber, MSUB, 2023; 12. Mark Wade, NNU, 1864.

60 – Hyde 7.34, Caryl 7.38, Johnson 7.40, Kilgore 7.45, Stralser 7.54, Holland 7.54, Greene 7.58, Roddewig 7.59, Hunter 7.65, Alexander 7.94, Steingruber 7.96, Wade 8.26.

Long Jump – Hyde 6.83 – 22-5, Hunter 6.45 – 21-2, Johnson 6.22 – 20-5, Roddewig 6.14 – 20-1 ¾, Caryl 6.00 – 19-8 ¼, Kilgore 5.93 – 19-5 ½, Greene 5.72 – 18-9 ¼, Steingruber 5.59 – 18-4 ½, Alexander 5.55 – 18-2 ½, Stralser 5.46 – 17-11, Holland 5.36 – 17-7, Wade 5.19 – 17-0 ½.

Shot Put – Kilgore 12.52 – 41-1, Caryl 11.78 – 38-7 ¾, Wade 11.52 – 37-9 ½, Hyde 11.52 – 37-9 ½, Johnson 11.21 – 36-9 ½, Roddewig 10.84 – 35-6 ¾, Hunter 10.20 – 33-5 ¾, Greene 10.03 – 32-11, Strasler 9.66 – 31-8 ½, Steingruber 9.10 – 29-10 ¼, Holland 8.71 – 28-7, Alexander 8.43 – 27-8.

High Jump – Hunter 1.88 – 6-2, Roddewig 1.85 – 6-0 ¾, Johnson 1.79 – 5-10 ½, Caryl 1.79 – 5-10 ½, Hyde 1.76 – 5-9 ¼, Alexander 1.73 – 5-8, Kilgore 1.70 – 5-7, Steingruber 1.67 – 5-5 ¾, Greene 1.64 – 5-4 ½, Strasler 1.64 – 5-4 ½, Holland 1.64 – 5-4 ½, Wade 1.49 – 4-10 ½.

Women's Prelims

60 (Top 8 advance) – 1. Kishia Mitchell, SPU, 7.79; 2. Madison McClung, WOU, 7.81; 3. Sydney Coffey, WWU, and Christabel Leonce, NNU, 7.94; 5. Tasia Baldwin, SPU, 7.97; 6. Taylor Swanson, CWU, 8.17; 7. Shanai Campbell, WOU, 8.18; 8. Melissa Grammer, NNU, 8.20; 9. Chelsea Genther, CWU, 8.21; 10. Emily Pieren, WOU, 8.27; 11. Alicia Wolf, SMU, 8.32; 12. Adaligza Medina, SMU, 8.50.

60 Hurdles (Top 8 advance) – 1. Ali Worthen, SPU, 8.82; 2. Janna Vander Meulen, WOU, 9.06; 3. Ashley Potter, WOU, 9.08; 4. Andrea Abrams, SFU, 9.12; 5. Marie Smith, NNU, 9.13; 6. Terra Schumacher, SPU, 9.21; 7. Aisha Klippenstein, SFU, 9.28; 8. Maliea Luguin, SPU, 9.31; 9. Alexandra McDonald, WWU, 9.44; 10. Ali Mosher, WOU, 9.56; 11. Jill Bennett, NNU, 9.59; 12. Katy Gross, SPU, 9.61; 13. Brooklyn Holton, WWU, 9.65; 13. Amber Dodd, WWU, 9.65; 15. Courtney Schroeder, NNU, 9.71; 16. Chelsea Genther, CWU, 9.77.

Men's Prelims

60 (Top 8 advance) – 1. Rimar Christie, NNU, and Bryan Mack, CWU, 6.96; 3. Edd Brown, SMU, 7.00; 4. Alex Tilley, WWU, 7.07; 5. Mark Pangilinan, WWU, 7.09; 6. Michael Davis, SMU, 7.11; 7. Bobby Alexander, WOU, 7.14; 8. Dennis Nicolas, SFU, 7.16; 9. David Ferguson, SPU, 7.27; 10. Erik Lee, CWU, 7.31; Ty Phillips, WOU, and Shane Gruger, WWU, false starts.

60 Hurdles(Top 8 advance) - 1. Brett Campbell, WOU, 8.45; 2. Maurus Hope, NNU, 8.49; 3. Kody Rhodes, WOU, 8.57; 4. Logan Myers, WWU, 8.58; 5. Darnell Harris, CWU, 8.62; 6. Rimar Christie, NNU, 8.65; 7. Karsten Schick, WWU, 8.65; 8. Brandon Roddewig, CWU, 8.66; 9. Andrew Venema, CWU, 8.66; 10. Ty Sissel, SMU, 8.74; 11. Kevin McCurdy, WOU, 8.83; 12. Reilev Winebrenner, MSUB, 8.90; 13. Corey Pfeiff, WWU, 8.92; 14. Andrew Gray, WWU, 8.94; 15. Andrew Galbraith, NNU, 9.08; 16. Nick Kozub, MSUB, 9.22.