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Feb. 28, 2009

Complete Results

Seattle, Wash. - Western Washington University's Sarah Porter (So., Hockinson) was an automatic national qualifier in the women's 5,000 meters at the Seattle Pacific University Last Chance Indoor Track and Field meet Saturday at Dempsey Indoor on the University of Washington campus.

Porter's school-record and winning time of 16:56.07 bettered the NCAA Division II standard by nearly nine seconds. Last week at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships, she was an automatic qualifier in the mile with a time of 4:56.37.

The Vikings' Bennett Grimes (Jr., Pocatello, ID/Century) was a provisional qualifier in capturing the men's mile with a school-record clocking of 4:13.18. Teammate Anthony Tomsich (Jr., Fairbanks/West Valley) came within .33 of a second of the provisional standard, placing second in 4:13.63.

Western's Emily Warman (Fr., Sedro-Woolley) improved by nearly three inches on her provisional standard and school record in the women's long jump with a winning leap of 18-10. She also took the triple jump with a mark of 38-1 1/4.

The Vikings, who have bettered school records in 19 events this season, will learn next week how many competitors they will send to the NCAA II National Indoor Championships on March 13-14 at Houston, Texas.