Friday, February 15, 2013
NAMPA, Idaho - Katy Gross of Seattle Pacific won her third straight title Friday in the pentathlon at the 10th annual GNAC Indoor Track & Field Championships at Jacksons Track.
Gross broke her own meet record in the event scoring 3,505 points. She also tied the meet record for the best high jump mark in a pentathlon with a leap of 5-4 1/2. Hannah Borden of Northwest Nazarene set the pentathlon meet record in the 800 with a time of 2:23.83.
Gross is the ninth female athlete in meet history to win the same event three times.
Two other GNAC women estabished meet records Friday.
Becki Duhamel of Central Washington set a meet record with a winning throw of 54-2 in the weight throw, while Emily Warman of Western Washington tied the meet record of 18-9 3/4 in winning the long jump. It was Warman's second career win in the long jump. She also won the event in 2010.
Duhamel and Warman's records broke and tied two of the three oldest remaining women's meet marks. Duhamel eclipsed the record of 53-9 1/4 set by Kristin Hepler of Western Oregon in 2004, while Warman tied SPU's Danielle Ayers-Stamper's 2005 record.
Two meet records also fell in Day 1 of the heptathlon as Cody Thomas of Alaska Anchorage set a new standard in the 60 meters (7.13) and Ethan Meikle of Central Washington set a multi-event record in the high jump (6-4 1/4). Thomas is the Day 1 heptathlon leader with 2,775 points.
Western Washington took the first-day team lead in both divisions.
The Viking women, who got wins from Warman and Karis Anderson in the pole vault (12-4), lead Alaska Anchorage by 15 1/2 points. Northwest Nazarene is third with 33 points and nine-time defending champion Seattle Pacific is fourth with 31.
Western Washington leads five-time champion Western Oregon 46-39 in the men's division. Alaska Anchorage is just 10 points back in third place with 36 points.
The Seawolves, competing in their first GNAC indoor championship meet, won three events Friday. Susan Tanui and Micah Chelimo swept the 3,000 meter races in times of 9:54.95 and 8:29.35. Both events were being contested for the first time. UAA also won the men's distance medley relay in a time of 10:06.58. That was just two seconds off the meet record.
Other winners Friday included Logan Myers of Western Washington in the men's high jump (6-7), WWU's Kevin Yates in the long jump (23-4), Tanner Rottrup of MSU Billings in the shot put (52-8 3/4) and Simon Fraser in the women's distance medley relay (11:47.86). Rottrup won the shot for the second year in a row.
2013 GNAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 15-16 at Nampa, ID)
Women (6 Events) – Western Washington 63 ½, Alaska Anchorage 48, Northwest Nazarene 33, Seattle Pacific 31, Central Washington 23, Simon Fraser 20, MSU Billings 10, Western Oregon 4, Saint Martin’s 1 ½.
Friday's Finals:
3,000 – 1. Susan Tanui, UAA, 9:54.95 (1st year event); 2. Ruth Keino, UAA, 9:54.98; 3. Kirsten Allen, SFU, 10:18.83; 4. Mirian Kipng’eno, UAA, 10:20.88; 5. Katie Thralls, SPU, 10:21.01; 6. Christi Schmitz, UAA, 10:21.76; 7. Bryn Haebe, UAA, 10:22.50; 8. Jaymi Bethea, UAA, 10:26.57.
Distance Medley – 1. Simon Fraser (Butterworth, Desch, Michaela Kane, Crofts) 11:47.86; 2. Alaska Anchorage (Bick, Lloyd, Pahkala, O’Guinn) 11:56.39; 3. Seattle Pacific (Johnson, Wochnick, Fricker, Decker) 12:19.15; 4. Western Washington (O’Connor, McDonald, Lahman, Reiter) 12:27.32; 5. Northwest Nazarene (Bradshaw, Wiedmeier, Harwood, Powell) 12:34.83; 6. Central Washington (Kreft, Inderbitzin, Morgan, Eggleston) 12:50.28; 7. Western Oregon (Schafer, Beeson, Copenhagen, Nicole Anderson) 12:50.32; 8. MSU Billings (Owen, Cadwell, VanVoast, Hepfner) 14:25.73.
Long Jump – 1. Emily Warman, WWU, 5.73 – 18-9 ¾ (ties meet record, Danielle Ayers-Stamper, SPU, 2005); 2. Tanya Bjornsson, WWU, 5.69 – 18-8; 3. Tasia Baldwin, SPU, 5.62 – 18-5 ¼; 4. Katy Gross, SPU, 5.44 – 17-10 ¼; 5. Emily Walters, WWU, 5.42 – 17-9 ½; 6. Karolin Anders, UAA, 5.42 – 17-9 ½; 7. Mercedes Rhode, SFU, 5.40 – 17-8 ¾; 8. Marie Smith, NNU, 5.38 – 17-8.
Pole Vault –1. Karis Anderson, WWU, 3.76 – 12-4; 2. Jamie Larsen, CWU, 3.61 – 11-10; 3. Cheyanna Pinley, WWU, 3.51 – 11-6 ¼; 4. Stacey Pitt, MSUB, 3.31 – 10-10 ¼; 5. Amy Rovira, WWU, 3.16 – 10-4 ¼; 6. Bethany Graham, WWU, 3.01 – 9-10 ½; 7. Amy Puckett, WWU, and Samantha Hull, SMU, 3.01 – 9-10 ½.
Weight Throw – 1. Becki Duhamel, CWU, 16.51 – 54-2 (meet record, old, 53-9 ¼, Kristen Hepler, WOU, 2004); 2. Carly Dranginis, NNU, 15.80 – 51-10; 3. Lindsay Wells, WWU, 14.68 – 48-2; 4. Alicia Hedrick, NNU, 14.61 – 47-11 ¼; 5. Jasmine Warrington, NNU, 14.25 – 46-9; 6. Vessie Umu, NNU, 13.87 – 45-6 ¼; 7. Ryley Carr, SFU, 13.76 – 45-1 ¾; 8. Dorothy Moore, CWU, 13.58 – 44-6 ¾.
Pentathlon – 1. Katy Gross, SPU, 3505 (meet record, old, 3,469, Gross, SPU, 2012); 2. Karolin Anders, UAA, 3458; 3. Katie Reichert, WWU, 3144; 4. Laura Pridgen, NNU, 2949; 5. Leah Berry, MSUB, 2922; 6. Hannah Borden, NNU, 2844; 7. Maylea Tooze, WOU, 2816; 8. Julianna Joy, CWU, 2639; 9. Lexi Sarver, NNU, 2466; 10. Kathryn Curtis, NNU, 2242.
Pentathlon Events:
60 Hurdles – Gross 9.19, Borden 9.38, Pridgen 9.58, Anders 9.69, Tooze 9.83, Reichert 9.95, Berry 10.11, Joy 10.18, Curtis 10.60, Sarver 10.87.
High Jump –Gross 1.64 – 5-4 ½ (ties meet record, Rachelle Barnett, SFU, 2011), Anders 1.61 – 5-3 ¼, Reichert 1.58 – 5-2 ¼, Pridgen 1.55 – 5-1, Berry 1.52 – 4-11 ¾, Sarver 1.49 – 4-10 ½, Joy 1.43 – 4-8 ¼, Tooze 1.37 – 4-6, Borden 1.34 – 4-4 ¾, Curtis 1.34 – 4-4 ¾.
Shot Put – Gross 11.11 – 36-5 ½, Anders 10.66 – 34-11 ¾, Reichert 10.50 – 34-5 ½, Berry 9.63 – 31-7 ¼, Sarver 8.86 – 29-1, Tooze 8.65 – 28-4 ½, Pridgen 8.30 – 27-2 ¾, Borden 7.46 – 24-5 ¾, Joy 6.86 – 22-6 ¼, Curtis 6.39 – 20-11 ¾.
Long Jump – Gross 5.42 – 17-9 ½, Anders 5.37 – 17-7 ½, Tooze 5.16 – 16-11 ¼, Reichert 4.80 – 15-9, Pridgen 4.78 – 15-8 ¼, Joy 4.76 – 15-7 ½, Berry 4.55 – 14-11 ¼, Borden 4.49 – 14-8 ¾, Sarver 4.41 – 14-5 ¾, Curtis 4.10 – 13-5 ½.
800 – Borden 2:23.83 (meet record, old, 2:26.78, Jennifer Pike, SPU, 2011), Anders 2:29.12, Reichert 2:34.01, Berry 2:34.27, Joy 2:38.10, Gross 2:40.04, Curtis 2:40.91, Pridgen 2:41.16, Tooze 2:42.27, Sarver 2:52.64.
Prelims
60 (Qualifiers for Finals) – 1. Kishia Mitchell, SPU, 7.80; 2. Christabel Leonce, NNU, 7.83; 3. Tanya Bjornsson, WWU, 7.85; 4. Veronica Ivancic, WWU, 7.87; 5. Madison McClung, WOU, 7.89; 6. Tasia Baldwin, SPU, 7.92; 7. Sydney Coffey, WWU, 7.97; BryAnne Wochnick, SPU, 7.99.
60 Hurdles (Qualifiers For Finals) – 1. Tanya Bjornsson, WWU, 8.84; 2. Haleigh Lloyd, UAA, 8.90; 3. Rosie Smith, UAA, and Andrea Abrams, SFU, 8.91; 5. Maliea Luquin, SPU, 8.97; 6. Marie Smith, NNU, 9.01; 7. Alexandra McDonald, WWU, 9.18; 8. Hannah Borden, NNU, 9.37.
Men (5 Events) – Western Washington 46, Western Oregon 39, Alaska Anchorage 36, MSU Billings 25, Central Washington 18, Simon Fraser 11, Saint Martin’s 11, Northwest Nazarene 6, Seattle Pacific 3.
Friday’s Finals:
3000 – 1. Micah Chelimo, UAA, 8:29.35 (1st-year event); 2. Dylan Anthony, UAA, 8:34.76; 3. Jacob Parisien, UAA, 8:37.58; 4. Robert Peterson, MSUB, 8:37.79; 5. Tabor Reedy, WWU, 8:38.07; 6. Brady Beagley, WOU, 8:43.51; 7. Kevin Rooke, UAA, 8:45.11; 8. AJ Baker, SPU, 8:48.02.
Distance Medley Relay – 1. Alaska Anchorage (Isaac Kangogo, Hewitt, Day, Alfred Kangogo) 10:06.58; 2. Simon Fraser (Forster, Ellenwood, Reid, Young) 10:16.91; 3. Western Oregon (Wilson, Leep, Hanna, Naffziger) 10:20.05; 4. MSU Billings (Robinson, Weidler, Galahan, Choquette) 10:24.15; 5. Western Washington (Lutz, Sloat, Nima, Bursell) 10:25.27; 6. Saint Martin’s (Pattoi, Grossaint, DeMoss, Morgan) 10:29.02; 7. Seattle Pacific (Alcantara, Ferguson, Avischious, Horton) 10:39.37; 8. Northwest Nazarene (Capell, Bertram, Ngeno, Gordon) 10:50.37.
High Jump – 1. Logan Myers, WWU, 2.01 – 6-7; 2. Matson Hardie, WOU, and Brett Watson, WWU, 2.01 – 6-7; 4. Lewis Meyers, CWU, 2.01 – 6-7; 5. Garrett Hardie, WOU, 1.96 - 6-5; 6. Kevin Yates, WWU, 1.96 – 6-5; 7. Andrew Venema, CWU, 1.91 – 6-3 ¼; 8. Andrew Galbraith, NNU, 1.91 – 6-3 ¼.
Long Jump – 1. Kevin Yates, WWU, 7.11 – 23-4; 2. Matson Hardie, WOU, 7.07 – 23-2 ½; 3. Jake Hyde, WOU, 6.76 – 22-2 ¼; 4. Brett Watson, WWU, 6.64 – 21-9 ½; 5. Michael Glover, WOU, 6.54 – 21-5 ½; 6. Jerry He, SFU, 6.54 – 21-5 ½; 7. Stephen Larlee, NNU, 6.53 – 21-5 ¼; 8. Eric Gaines, WOU, 6.38 – 20-11 ¼.
Shot Put – 1. Tanner Rottrup, MSUB, 16.07 – 52-8 ¾; 2. Sam Washington, SMU, 16.05 – 52-8; 3. Mike Jensen, CWU, 15.14 – 49-8 ¼; 4. Jake Swan, MSUB, 15.06 – 49-5; 5. Eric Holmstrom, CWU, 15.04 – 49-4 ¼; 6. Frank Catelli, WWU, 14.81 – 48-7 ¼; 7. Reid White, NNU, 14.51 – 47-7 ¼; 8. Quinton Agosta, CWU, 14.23 – 46-8 ¼.
Heptathlon (4 of 7 events) – Cody Thomas, UAA, 2775; 2. Scott Hunter, CWU, 2519; 3. Eric Gaines, WOU, 2518; 4. Nate Johnson, SPU, 2511; 5. Ethan Meikle, CWU, 2393; 6. Greyson Kilgore, NNU, 2376; 7. Luke Conklin, NNU, 2106; 8. Michael Holland, SMU, 2068; 9. Dylan Gordon, WWU, 1881.
Heptathlon Events:
60 – Thomas 7.13 (meet record, old, 7.34, Jake Hyde, WOU, 2012), Johnson 7.51, Kilgore 7.52, Holland 7.65, Gaines 7.67, Hunter 7.70, Meikle 7.71, Gordon 7.78, Conklin 7.94.
Long Jump – Gaines 6.44 – 21-1 ½; Hunter 6.41 – 21-0 ½, Johnson 6.32 – 20-9, Thomas 6.17 – 20-3, Meikle 5.98 – 19-7 ½, Kilgore 5.85 – 19-2 ½, Holland 5.51 – 18-1, Gordon 5.49 – 18-0 ¼, Conklin 5.40 – 17-8 ¾.
Shot Put – Kilgore, NNU, 11.83 – 38-9 ¾, Thomas 11.74 – 38-6 ¼, Johnson 10.65 – 34-11 ¼, Gaines 10.32 – 33-10 ¼, Gordon 9.90 – 32-5 ¾, Holland 9.75 – 32-0, Hunter 9.72 – 31-10 ¾, Conklin 9.39 – 30-9 ¾, Meikle 8.83 – 28-11 ¾.
High Jump – Meikle 1.94 – 6-4 ¼ (meet record, old, 6-2 ¾, Brock Steingruber, MSUB, 2011), Thomas 1.91 – 6-3 ¼, Hunter 1.91 – 6-3 ¼, Gaines 1.85 – 6-0 ¾, Johnson 1.79 – 5-10 ½, Conklin 1.79 – 5-10 ½, Kilgore 1.67 – 5-5 ¾, Holland 1.58 – 5-2 ¼, Gordon 1.37 – 4-6.
Prelims
60 (Qualifiers for Finals) – 1. Rimar Christie, NNU, and Alex Donigian, WWU, 6.91; 3. Michael Davis, SMU, 7.02; 4. Kent McKinney, CWU, 7.04; 5. Bryce Leedham, WOU, 7.05; 6. Edd Brown, SMU, 7.10; 7. Anthony Do, WWU, 7.11; 8. AJ Allen, UAA, 7.13.
60 Hurdles (Qualifiers for Finals) – 1. Rimar Christie, NNU, 8.39; 2. Andrew Venema, CWU, 8.41; 3. Peter Maguire, WWU, 8.43; 4. Brett Campbell, WOU, 8.45; 5. Logan Myers, WWU, 8.49; 6. Kody Rhodes, WOU, 8.50; 7. Travis Milbrandt, WWU, 8.57; 8. Kyle McLaughlin, NNU, 8.64.