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May 11, 2012

MONMOUTH, Ore. - Two Western Washington University women, Karis Anderson (Jr., Seattle/Roosevelt) and Emily Warman (Sr., Sedro-Woolley), won events with meet record marks Friday in opening-day action involving nine schools at the 11th Annual Great Northwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships being held at McArthur Stadium.

Anderson cleared 12-6 3/4 in the pole vault and Warman leaped 19-1 1/2 in the long jump. Warman competes in the triple jump Saturday, entering with a conference record mark of 40-5.

After seven finals in both divisions, WWU holds an 81-1/2 to 55 advantage in the men's competition over second-place Central Washington. In the women's competition, the Vikings are third (53) behind defending champion Seattle Pacific (64) and Alaska Anchorage (61).

"I believe we're in position to have a good shot at the men's title," said WWU coach Pee Wee Halsell (25th year), whose men won league championships in 2005 and 2010. "We're about where we thought we'd be."

A third event winner Friday for the Vikings was Michael Hoffman (Sr., Bellingham/Sehome) in the men's discus with a mark of 160-9. On Saturday he goes for his third straight victory in the hammer.

Placing second for WWU were Dak Riek (Jr., Everett/Mariner) in the men's 10,000 meters with a season-best time of 31:01.02, and Brett Watson (Fr., Ferndale) in the men's high jump (6-7).

Finishing third for the Vikings were Ryan Macdonald (R-Fr., Bellingham/Sehome) in the men's shot put (50-1 3/4), Shane Gruger (Sr., Shoreline/Shorewood) in the men's long jump (22-11) and Katelyn Steen (Fr., Sammamish/Eastlake) in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase, lowering her provisional national qualifying time to 10:50.32.

Eleanor Siler (Sr., Spokane/Lewis & Clark) improved her PNQ in the women's 400 with the top preliminary heat time of 55.86. The Vikings' Michelle Howe reached the PNQ standard as she was second in the women's 100 hurdle prelims with a 14.38 clocking.

WWU's Alex Tilley (Sr., Edmonds/Kamiak) had the best prelim time in the men's 100 (10.81) and the second-best effort in the 200 (21.89).

The Viking men got off to a good start when Alex Harrison (Sr., Edmonds/Edmonds-Woodway) won the decathlon 10 days ago at Ellensburg with a meet record point total. He also took the GNAC decathlon in 2010.

Action begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

Men's Team Scores (7 Events) - Western Washington 81 1/2, Central Washington 55, Northwest Nazarene 42, Western Oregon 30 1/2, Saint Martins 21, Alaska Anchorage 17, Seattle Pacific 13, Simon Fraser 10, MSU Billings 3.

High Jump - 1. Brennan Boyes, CWU, 2.06 - 6-9; 2. Brett Watson, WWU, 2.01 - 6-7; 3. Andrew Galbraith, NNU, 1.96 - 6-5; 4. Ethan Meikle, CWU, 1.91 - 6-3 1/4, and Karsten Schick, WWU, 1.91 - 6-3 1/4; 6. Lewis Meyers, CWU, 1.91 - 6-3 1/4; 7. Logan Myers, WWU, 1.91 - 6-3 1/4; 8. Brandon Roddewig, CWU, 1.91 - 6-3 1/4.

Steeplechase - 1. Ryan Brockerville, SFU, 8:56.13 (meet record, old, 9:02.79, Micah Chelimo, UAA, 2010); 2. Micah Chelimo, UAA, 8:56.20; 3. Dan Sprinkle, WOU, 9:09.80; 4. AJ Baker, SPU, 9:25.27; 5. Joshua Reiter, WWU, 9:35.32; 6. Eric Brill, WWU, 9:35.41; 7. Michael Gordon, NNU, 9:39.31; 8. Luke Hetirck, NNU, 9:41.42.

10,000 - 1. Barak Watson, NNU, 30:43.83; 2. Dak Riak, WWU, 31:01.02; 3. Jesse Baggenstos, NNU, 31:01.66; 4. Kyle Van Santen, SMU, 31:06.32; 5. Dylan Anthony, UAA, 31:23.12; 6. Yonatan Yilma, UAA, 31:31.81; 7. Jacob Parisien, UAA, 32:13.30; 8. Eric Brill, WWU, 32:35.37.

Long Jump - 1. Matson Hardie, WOU, 7.34 - 24-1; 2. Jake Hyde, WOU, 7.27 - 23-10 1/4; 3. Shane Gruger, WWU, 6.98 - 22-11; 4. Michael Glover, WOU, 6.93 - 22-9; 5. Manny Melo, CWU, 6.91 - 22-8; 6. Will Hallberg, CWU, 6.86 - 22-6 1/4; 7. Devin Bennett, CWU, 6.80 - 22-3 3/4; 8. Kyle Lane, WOU, 6.75 - 22-1 3/4.

Shot Put - 1. Sam Washington, SMU, 16.82 - 55-2 1/4; 2. Mike Jensen, CWU, 15.62 - 51-3; 3. Ryan Macdonald, WWU, 15.28 - 50-1 3/4; 4. Nelson Westlin, WWU, 15.09 - 49-6 1/4; 5. Michael Hoffman, WWU, 14.94 - 49-0 1/4; 6. Jake Swan, MSUB, 14.47 - 47-5 3/4; 7. Jordan Fenters, NNU, 14.45 - 47-5; 8. Greg Cruise, NNU, 14.44 - 47-4 1/2.

Discus - 1. Michael Hoffman, WWU, 48.99 - 160-9; 2. Kevin Rima, NNU, 47.24 - 155-0; 3. Sam Washington, SMU, 47.08 - 154-5; 4. Ryan Macdonald, WWU, 46.81; 5. Nelson Westlin, WWU, 46.25 - 151-9; 6. Greg Cruise, NNU, 46.20 - 151-7; 7. Mike Jensen, CWU, 44.29 - 145-4; 8. Alex Harrison, WWU, 42.58 - 139-8.

Prelim Qualifiers:

100 - 1. Rimar Christie, NNU, 10.67; 2. Alex Tilley, WWU, 10.81; 3. Shane Gruger, WWU, 10.82; 4. Edd Brown, SMU, 10.84; 5. Brock Steffen, WWU, 10.93; 6. Kendale Hamlett, WOU, 10.93; 7. AJ Allen, UAA, 10.95; 8. Dennis Nicolas, SFU, 11.02.

200 - 1. Alex Tilley, WWU, 21.89; 2. Nathaniel Schmidt, WWU, 22.00; 3. Andrew Curtis, NNU, and Shane Gruger, WWU, 22.09; 5. Brock Steffen, WWU, 22.09; 6. Josh Moore, WOU, 22.22; 7. Kendale Hamlett, WOU, 22.26; and Edd Brown, SMU, 22.26.

400 - 1. Ethan Hewitt, UAA, 48.37; 2. Landon Burningham, WOU, 48.43; 3, Jonathon Poolman, WWU, 48.58; 4. Anthony Yakovichm WOU, 49.27; 5. Scott Morrison, CWU, 49.56; 6. Nathaniel Schmidt, WWU, 49.77; 7. Jason Nokes, WWU, 49.83; 8. Josh Moore, WOU, 50.58.

800 - 1. Chris Olsen, WOU, 1:52.23; 2. Adam Reid, SFU, 1:52.73; 3. Frank Krause, SMU, 1:53.03; 4. Braden Timpe, WWU, 153:04; 5. Ryan Hansen, WOU, 1:53.67; 6. Drew Larsen, WOU, 1:53.94; 7. Nathan Seely, SPU, 1:54.09; 8. Yubai Liu, SFU, 1:54.16; 9. Isaac Kangogo, UAA, 1:54.21.

110 Hurdles - 1. Kody Rhodes, WOU, 15.05; 2. Maurus Hope, NNU, 15.05; 3. Brett Campbell, WOU, 15.17; 4. Andrew Venema, CWU, 15.28; 5. Logan Myers, WWU, 15.33; 6. Karsten Schick, WWU, 15.34; 7. Rimar Christie, NNU, 15.39; 8. Alex Harrison, WWU, 15.41.

400 Hurdles - 1. Maurus Hope, NNU, 52.81; 2. Kody Rhodes, WOU, 54.16; 3. Shaun Ward, UAA, 54.18; 4. Gabriel Morales, WWU, 54.60; 5. Nick Blackburn, UAA, 55.14; 6. Ryan Endresen, SPU, 55.19; 7. Colin Alexander, CWU, 55.44; 8. Jeff Sloat, WWU, 55.51.

Women's Team Scores (7 Events) - Seattle Pacific 64, Alaska Anchorage 61, Western Washington 53, Central Washington 24, Western Oregon 20, Northwest Nazarene 20, Simon Fraser 19, MSU Billings 9.

Steeplechase - 1. Susan Tanui, UAA, 10:24.44 (meet record, old, 10:50.62, Courtney Olsen, WWU, 2010); 2. Hallidie Wilt, UAA, 10:47.41; 3. Katelyn Steen, WWU, 10:50.32; 4. Robyn Zeidler, SPU, 11:09.78; 5. Haley O'Connor, WWU, 11:17.37; 6. Kelsey Kreft, CWU, 11:23.06; 7. Katie Krehlik, UAA, 11:29.35; 8. Bryn Haebe, UAA, 11:31.84.

10,000 - 1. Ruth Keino, UAA, 36:37.97; 2. Miriam Kipng'eno, UAA, 36:44.96; 3. Natty Plunkett, SPU, 36:55.54; 4. Heidi Laabs-Johnson, SPU, 37:42.56; 5. Jaymi Bethea, UAA, 38:05.00; 6. Mary Rogers, WWU, 38:47.83; 7. Shoshana Keegan, UAA, 39:12.44; 8. Arielle Walton, WWU, 40:08.74.

Pole Vault - 1. Karis Anderson, WWU, 3.83 - 12-6 3/4 (meet record, old, 3.76 - 12-4, Ally Studer, SPU, 2003); 2. Kati Davis, CWU, 3.73 - 12-2 3/4; 3. Terra Schumacher, SPU, 3.53 - 11-7; 4. Jamie Larsen, CWU, 3.53 - 11-7; 5. Cheyanna Pinley, WWU, 3.23 - 10-7; 6. Bethany Graham, WWU, 3.08 - 10-1 1/4.

Long Jump - 1. Emily Warman, WWU, 5.83 - 19-1 1/2 (meet record, old, 5.81 - 19-0 3/4, Danielle Ayers-Stamper, SPU, 2005); 2. Kelsea Johnson, UAA, 5.68 - 18-7 3/4; 3. Tasia Baldwin, SPU, 5.55 - 18-2 1/2; 4. Mercedes Rhode, SFU, 5.53 - 18-1 3/4; 5. Ali Worthen, SPU, 5.52 - 18-1 1/2; 6. Trinna Miranda, SPU, 5.43 - 17-9 3/4; 7. Molly Reid, NNU, 5.41 - 17-9; 8. Brooklyn Holton, WWU, 5.39 - 17-8 1/4.

Discus - 1. Jade Richardson, SFU, 42.53 - 139-6; 2. Leeza Henry, MSUB, 42.53 - 139-6; 3. Joy Warrington, NNU, 40.35 - 132-4; 4. Caitlin Curtis, NNU, 39.38 129-2; 5. Carly Dranginis, NNU, 39.22 - 128-8; 6. Kaylee Baumstark, CWU, 37.99 - 124-8; 7. Maggie Roe, WWU, 37.71 - 123-9; 8. Anica Knispel, MSUB, 36.21 - 118-9.

Javelin - 1. Amanda Schumaker, WOU, 46.97 - 154-1; 2. Brittany Aanstad, SPU, 44.05 - 144-6; 3. Seabre Church, WOU, 41.87 - 137-4; 4. Katy Gross, SPU, 41.53 - 136-3; 5. Michaela Farner, SPU, 40.93 - 134-3; 6. Michelle Stuart, SFU, 40.18 - 131-10; 7. Trishi Williams, WWU, 38.68 - 126-11; 8. Kirstin Stewart, SFU, 38.66 - 126-10.

Prelim Qualifiers:

100 - 1. Grace Morgan, UAA, 12.09 (meet record, 12.11, Latasha Essien, SPU, 2010 prelims); 2. Madison McClung, WOU, 12.19; 3. Kishia Mitchell, SPU, 12.20; 4. Tasia Baldwin, SPU, 12.34; 5. BryAnne Wochnick, SPU, 12.39; 6. Aisha Klippenstein, SFU, 12.42; 7. Dianne Chong, UAA, 12.47; 8. Sydney Coffey, WWU, 12.50.

200 - 1. Grace Morgan, UAA, 24.74; 2. Myisha Valentine, SPU, 24.90; 3. Madison McClung, WOU, 24.96; 4. Kishia Mitchell, SPU, 25.03; 5. Eleanor Siler, WWU, 25.13; 6. Tasia Baldwin, SPU, 25.14; 7. Melissa Grammer, NNU, 25.62; 8. Ali Worthen, SPU, 25.62.

400 - 1. Eleanor Siler, WWU, 55.86; 2. Myisha Valentine, SPU, 56.36; 3. Haleigh Lloyd, UAA, 56.78; 4. Jasmine Johnson, SPU, 57.00; 5. Emily Quatier, SPU, 57.28; 6. Seanna Pitassi, CWU, 58.12; 7. Kelsea Johnson, UAA, 58.26; 8. Lexi Pola, WOU, 58.46.

800 - 1. Sarah Sawatzky, SFU, 2:12.98; 2. Michaela Kane, SFU, 2:12.99; 3. Janelle Everetts, WOU, 2:13.01; 4. Ivy O'Guinn, UAA, 2:13.13; 5. McKayla Fricker, SPY, 2:13.84; 6. Abby Vogt, SFU, 2:14.01; 7. Joscelyn Minton, SMU, 2:14.16; 8. Natalie Evans, NNU, 2:13.19; 9. Susan Bick, UAA, 2:15.15.

100 Hurdles - 1. Haleigh Lloyd, UAA, 14.31; 2. Michelle Howe, WWU, 14.38; 3. Ali Worthen, SPU, 14.47; 4. Janna Vander Meulen, WOU, 14.64; 5. Aisha Klippenstein, SFU, 14.71; 6. Maliea Luquin, SPU, 14.84; 7. Andrea Abrams, SFU, 15.01; 8. Chelsea Genther, CWU, 15.03.

400 Hurdles - 1. Haleigh Lloyd, UAA, 1:02.23; 2. Natalie Nobbs, SPU, 1:04.83; 3. Amber Dodd, WWU, 1:05.12; 4. Michelle Howe, WWU, 1:05.57; 5. Alexandra McDonald, WWU, 1:05.99; 6. Janna Vander Meulen, WOU, 1:06.49; 7. Ali Mosher, WOU, 1:06.86; 8. Miranda Lahman, WWU, 1:07.21.