FULL RESULTS (TFRRS)

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A 17-year school record fell as senior Aaron Whitaker became the first Western Oregon runner to break the 48-second barrier in the 400 meters Saturday at the Oregon State High Performance Meet at Whyte Track and Field Center.
 
In addition, the Wolves had one event win that included an improvement on a school record and NCAA automatic qualifying mark, and six others nabbing provisionals.
 
Whitaker ran in the fastest heat of the 400 meters against Division I and high-level Division III competition, finishing second. His time of 47.96 broke the Western Oregon school record of Dante Betha set back in 2000. Whitaker eclipsed his previous personal best by over four-tenths of a second and now sits number seven all-time in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in the 400.
 
David Ribich maintained his perch atop the Division II qualifying list at 1,500 meters by finishing first among collegiate and track club competitors. Ribich lowered his WOU school and GNAC record time to 3:41.45. In the heat preceding Ribich's run, Dustin Nading ran a personal best time of 3:47.17 to finish 11^th overall and remain number three on the WOU all-time list.
 
Freshman Codi Blodgett finished in the top half of the results in both the 100 meter (10.97, 8^th) and 200 meter races (22.27, 6^th).  
 
On the women's side, the terrific trio of Olivia Woods, Megan Rose and Suzanne Van De Grift continue to post provisional qualifying effort. On Saturday, Woods posted the fastest Division II time of the meet at 800 meters at 2:08.65, finishing 14^th. Two spots behind, Rose ran a career best 2:09.05 and Van De Grift finished 18^th with a time of 2:09.47.
 
In the field events, Sheila Lima De La Cruz took eight in the javelin posting her best mark in her third attempt, a provisional qualifying mark of 44.41m (144-10) that was also her career best. Wesley Gray took second with a 14.69m effort in the triple jump while Alani Troutman had a jump of 7.03m to take fourth place in the long jump. Kegan Allen nearly had a two meter improvement in the hammer, taking third in the event at 53.06m.
 
The Wolves are scheduled to send split squads to a pair of events on Friday, May 5 – the Oregon Twilight in Eugene and the Ken Shannon Invitational hosted by the University of Washington in Seattle.
 
 
Women's Individual Results
100 meters
1. Genna Settle (Portland State) – 11.74
9. Laura Patrick – 12.64
 
200 meters
1. Genna Settle (Portland State) – 23.71
11. Laura Patrick – 25.84
22. Hailey Sears – 27.43
 
800 meters
1. Grace Annear (unattached) – 2:04.17
14. Olivia Woods – 2:08.65 +
16. Megan Rose – 2:09.05 +
18. Suzanne Van De Grift – 2:09.47 +
 
5,000 meters
1. Kinsey Gomez (Sketchers Performance) – 15:52.79
19. Nicole Maurmann – 17:30.29
 
400H
1. Darhian Mills (Washington) – 58.84
8. Sara Madden – 1:03.84
12. Nicole Niskanen – 1:05.92
 
4 x 100 Relay
1. Eastern Washington – 47.47
4. Western Oregon (Patrick, Bernard, Madden, Sears) – 50.17
 
Shot Put
1. Maddie Rabing (Oregon) – 15.28
13. Rachael Huffman – 12.18m
 
Discus
1. Melissa Ausman (unattached) – 51.79m
13. Mariah Gronbach – 38.32m
-. Rachael Huffman - Foul
 
Hammer
1. Onyie Chibuogwa (Washington) – 60.04m
12. Sylvia Dean – 47.08m
15. Alecia Falck – 42.00m
16. Mariah Gronbach – 41.80m
 
Javelin
1. Destiny Dawson (unattached) – 49.60m
8. Sheila Limas De La Cruz – 44.14m +
17. Rachael Huffman – 39.58m
 
Men's Individual Results
100 meters
1. Joe Morris (unattached) – 10.40
8. Codi Blodgett – 10.97
 
200 meters
1. Joe Morris (unattached) – 21.19
6. Codi Blodgett – 22.27
 
400 meters
1. Kaizer Gillispie (Idaho) – 47.35
2. Aaron Whitaker – 47.96 (WOU School Record)
13. Devonte Woods – 51.98
 
800 meters
1. Nick Harris (Colorado) – 1:49.69
12. Michael Chin – 1:52.76
25. Curt Knott – 1:56.28
27. Parker Marson – 1:57.13
 
1,500 meters
1. David Ribich – 3:41.45 ! (WOU School Record)
11. Dustin Nading – 3:47.17 +
30. Thomas Normandeau – 3:56.15
36. Justin Crosswhite – 4:03.31
 
5,000 meters
1. Jeramy Elkaim (Bowerman TC) – 13:59.01
24. Tyler Jones – 14:54.95
 
3,000 Steeplechase
1. Zach Perrin (Colorado) – 9:07.45
11. Alan Ekanger – 9:30.90
 
High Jump
1. Kei-Jian Buckley (unattached) – 2.14m
-. Connor Reinke - NH
 
Long Jump
1. Josh Gordon (Washington) – 7.22m
4. Alani Troutman – 7.03m
 
Triple Jump
1. Tristan James (Lane CC) – 14.76m
2. Wesley Gray – 14.69m +
9. Kolton Koenig-Rohde – 13.02m
 
Shot Put
1. David Pless (Iron Wood TC) – 19.45m
9. Brandon Bowen – 15.40m
 
Discus
1. Scott Miller (Eastern Washington) – 54.33m
13. Brandon Bowen – 43.81m
 
Hammer
1. Max Lydum (Oregon) – 59.44m
3. Kegan Allen – 53.06m
14. Logan Barker – 37.13m
 
+ NCAA Provisional Mark
! NCAA Automatic Mark