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Feb. 17, 2012

NAMPA, Id. - Western Washington University's Karis Anderson (Jr., Seattle/Roosevelt) tied a school record, clearing 12-5 1/2 to place second in the women's pole vault on Friday at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships being held at Jackson's Track.

Anderson, who was beaten on misses by Central Washington's Kati Davis, improved her NCAA Division II provisional national qualifying season-best mark by five inches.

The Vikings head into final-day action Saturday (8 a.m.) second in both divisions among the eight competing schools. The WWU men trail Central Washington, 41 to 31-1/2, after four events; and the women are second to Seattle Pacific, 41-34, after five events.

The Seattle Pacific women are looking for their ninth straight league title, and the Western Oregon men, currently fourth with 22-1/2 points, are seeking their fifth consecutive championship.

WWU had four placers among the top eight in the men's high jump. They were led by Logan Myers (Fr., Olympia/Capital) and Brett Watson (Fr., Ferndale), who were second and third, respectively, both clearing 6-8.

Emily Warman (Sr., Sedro-Woolley) was runner-up for the Vikings in the women's long jump, improving on her PNQ season-best by leaping 18-7 3/4.

Both of WWU's distance medley relays placed second, the men in 10:06.80 and the women in 12:26.09.

The Vikings' Brooklyn Holton (Jr., Arlington) finished fifth in the pentathlon with 2,972 points.

Seattle Pacific's Ali Worthen became the all-time leading women's point scorer in the history of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field championship meet Friday finishing first in the long jump with a leap of 18-9 1/4.

Worthen, who won the long jump for the third time (2009, 11-12), increased her all-time career point total to 82 breaking the mark of 76 set by SPU's Jessica Pixler between 2007 and 2010.

She was one of three individual record-setters Friday at Jackson's Track in Nampa, Idaho, along with Brennan Boyes of Central Washington and Katy Gross of SPU. Simon Fraser's men's distance medley relay team also set a meet record.

Boyes won his second high jump title in three years setting a meet record with a winning mark of 6-9. He took the title in a jump-off with Logan Myers of Western Washington after both athletes had cleared 6-8.

Boyes, who won his first title in 2010, broke the meet record of 6-8 3/4 set five years ago by Cameron Bailey of CWU.

Gross won the pentathlon with a meet record score of 3,469 points, improving on her winning score last year of 3,297, which was the first year for the event.

Joy Warrington of Northwest Nazarene, Kati Davis and Manny Melo both of Central Washington, Tanner Rottrup of Montana State Billings and both of Simon Fraser's distance medley relay foursomes were also winners.

Warrington, who also finished first in 2010, won the women's weight throw with a toss of 53-1.

Melo took the title in the long jump with a leap of 23-2 3/4, edging out two former WOU long jump champions - Matson Hardie (2010) and Kyle Lane (2011) who finished second (23-1 3/4) and third (23-0 3/4), respectively.

Davis won the women's pole vault with a mark of 12-5 1/2 winning on fewer misses over Karis Anderson of Western Washington.

Rottrup won the men's shot with a put of 50-2 capping the best day in MSUB history at the conference meet.

Rottrup became the first Yellowjacket to win a title in the meet's history and MSUB's men's point total of 23 was more than their previous best of 16 in the 2010 meet.

Its women also scored 23 points, which already is its second highest total trailing only the 30 1/2 points it earned at the 2011 meet.

MSUB finished Day 1 of the two-day meet in third place in the men's division, trailing only Central Washington (41) and Western Washington (31 1/2).

The 'Jacket women are tied for fourth with Central Washington behind nine-time defending champion Seattle Pacific (41), Western Washington (34) and Northwest Nazarene (32).

Simon Fraser won the two distance medley relay events. Ryan Brockerville, Stuart Ellenwood, Keir Forster and Yubai Liu won the men's race in a meet record time of 10:04.56, while Lindsay Butterworth, Michaela Kane, Sara Sawatzky and Abbey Vogt won the women's relay in a time of 12:11.42.

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, Yubai Liu) 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 - 47-09; 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; 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.