Saturday, May 9, 2015

MONMOUTH, Ore. - Wins by Jahzelle Ambus in the 400 meters and Lynelle Decker in the 1,500 Saturday were enough to carry Seattle Pacific to the victory in the 2015 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Track and Field Championships at McArthur Field on the campus of Western Oregon University.

The Falcons outscored two-time defending champion Alaska Anchorage 183 1/2 -154 1/2  to earn their seventh GNAC title.  That gave the Falcons a sweep of the GNAC Indoor and Outdoor titles for the sixth time.

Ambus and Decker combined to score 34 points on Saturday.  Ambus won the 400 in a time of 55.91 and finished third in the 200 in a time of 24.89. 

Meanwhile, Decker, after winning the 1500 meters (4:29.60) came back to finish second in the 800 (2:09.43) as NCAA Division II national leader Lindsey Butterworth of Simon Fraser cruised to the victory in a time of 2:06.67.  Butterworth, along with Alana Mussatto, Monique Lisek and Chantel Desch, also led SFU to a win in the 4x400 relay in a time of 3:45.64. 

Seattle Pacific also won the 4x100 relay in a time of 46.82.  Ambus was joined on that foursome by Becca Houk, Kyra Brannan and Tasia Baldwin.  On Friday, the Falcons got wins from Anna Patti in the 10,000, Michaella Kahns in the pole vault and Brannan in the long jump,

UAA was the only women's team to have an athlete win two events in the meet as Jamie Ashcroft swept the 100 and 200 meters for the second year in a row.  Ashcroft, who set a meet record in Friday's 100 prelims (11.81), was selected the Outstanding Performer.

Also winning two events for the Seawolves was heptathlete Karolin Anders who added a win in the high jump (5-5 3/4)  to her multi-event championship she won last week.   Anders, who also won the high jump in 2013, finished second in the long jump on Friday.

In addition to Ashcroft, two other athletes won their second titles in the same event Saturday.  Haleigh Lloyd won the 400 hurdles in a meet-record time of 1:00.29, breaking her own record of 1:00.54, she set in the 2013 prelims when she won the title in a time of 1:01.21.

Western Oregon triple jumper Rebecca Laible claimed her second consecutive win with a mark of 38-8 1/4.  She went 37-10 in winning the event a year ago.

Other winners Saturday included Jennifer Johnson of Simon Fraser in the 5000 (17:04.46), UAA's Rosie Smith in the 100 hurdles (14.18), Caitlin Curtis of Northwest Nazarene in the hammer (169-3) and Kalli Walker of Saint Martin's in the javelin (148-3) who dethroned defending champion and nationallt No. 3 ranked Katie Reichert of Western Washington.

Women’s Team Scores - Seattle Pacific 183 1/2, Alaska Anchorage 154 1/2, Central Washington 90, Western Washington 88, Western Oregon 82, Northwest Nazarene 74, Simon Fraser 74, Saint Martin’s 59, MSU Billings 13.

Saturday’s Finals

100 – 1. Jamie Ashcroft, UAA, 11.84; 2. Becca Houk, SPU, 11.99; 3. Taylor Deskins, NNU, 12.30; 4. Tasia Baldwin, SPU, 12.37; 5. Kelsey Chase, SPU, 12.41; 6. Veronica Ivancic, WWU, 12.47; 7. Laura Patrick, WOU, 12.55; 8. Lisa Petersen, SMU, 12.69.

200 – 1. Jamie Ashcroft, UAA, 24.45; 2. Becca Houk, SPU, 24.70; 3. Jahzelle Ambus, SPU, 24.89; 4. Tasia Baldwin, SPU, 25.20; 5. Kyra Brannan, SPU, 25.54; 6. Madison Garcia, CWU, 25.85; 7. Taylor Deskins, NNU, 25.88; 8. Rosie Smith, UAA, 27.02.

400 – 1. Jahzelle Ambus, SPU, 55.91; 2. Chantel Desch, SFU, 56.00; 3. Mary Kathleen Cross, UAA, 57.06; 4. Jayna Inderbitzin, CWU, 57.71; 5. Cheryl Hong, SPU, 57.89; 6. Ashley Harmon, CWU, 58.21; 7. Hayley Bezanson, UAA, 58.43; 8. Gracia Reynolds, WWU, 58.75.

800 – 1. Lindsey Butterworth, SFU, 2:06.67; 2. Lynelle Decker, SPU,  2:09.43; 3. Alana Mussatto, SFU, 2:11.52; 4. Paige Nock, SFU, 2:11.52; 5. Bailey Beeson, WOU, 2:14.00; 6. Beatrice Decker, UAA, 2:15.09; 7. Miryam Bassett, SFU, 2:17.59; 8. Jessica Pahkala, UAA, 2:19.25.

1500 – 1. Lynelle Decker, SPU, 4:29.60; 2. Haley O’Connor, WWU, 4:29.71; 3. Stephanie Stuckey, WOU, 4:35.26; 4. Beatrice Decker, UAA, 4:36.24; 5. Jessica Rawlins, SPU, 4:36.55; 6. Nocona Frame, MSUB, 4:40.19; 7. Jessica Pahkala, UAA, 4:43.87; 8. Tamara Perez, UAA, 4:44.73.

5000 – 1. Jennifer Johnson, SFU, 17:04.46; 2. Dani Eggleston, CWU, 17:07.24; 3. Megan Rogers, CWU, 17:08.50; 4. Shannon Porter, SMU, 17:12.25; 5. Anna Patti, SPU, 17:14.84; 6. Caroline Kurgat, UAA, 17:17.78; 7. Amy Johnston, UAA, 17:18.99; 8. Taylor Guenther, WWU, 17:43.60.

100 Hurdles – 1. Rosie Smith, UAA, 14.18; 2. Lexi Tubbs, NNU, 14.31; 3. Haleigh Lloyd, UAA, 14.68; 4. Rochelle Pappel, WOU, 14.82; 5. Maliea Luquin, SPU, 14.82; 6. Lisa Petersen, SMU, 14.85; 7. Alexia Blalock, UAA, 15.16; 8. Tianna Banfro, CWU, 15.24.

400 Hurdles – 1. Haleigh Lloyd, UAA, 1:00.29 (meet record, old, 1:00.54, Lloyd, 2013 prelims); 2. Maliea Luquin, SPU, 1:03.54; 3. Jalen Tims, SPU, 1:04.41; 4. Maddi Hommes, SPU, 1:04.75; 5. Audrey Hellesto, WOU, 1:05.27; 6. Laura Knudson, WOU, 1:05.44; 7. Monique Lisek, SFU, 1:07.34; 8. Megan Teigen, SMU, 1:09.39.

4x100 Relay – 1. Seattle Pacific (Houk, Ambus, Brannan, Baldwin) 46.82; 2. Alaska Anchorage 47.84; 3. Central Washington 47.99; 4. Northwest Nazarene 48.13; 5. Simon Fraser 48.28; 6. Western Washington 49.11; 7. Western Oregon 49.45; 8. MSU Billings 49.92.

4x400 Relay – 1. Simon Fraser (Mussatto, Butterworth, Lisek, Desch) 3:45.64; 2. Seattle Pacific 3:48.75; 3. Alaska Anchorage 3:51.18; 4. Central Washington 3:51.77; 5. Western Oregon 3:54.44; 6. Northwest Nazarene 3:57.60; 7. Western Washington 3:57.93; 8. MSU Billings 4:05.86.

High Jump – 1. Karolin Anders, UAA, 1.67 – 5-5 ¾; 2. Miranda Osadchey, WWU, 1.67 – 5-5 ¾; 3. Katelyn Wright, WWU, 1.62 – 5-3  ¾; 4. HarLee Ortega, CWU, 1.62 – 5-3 ¾; 5. Lexi Sarver, NNU, 1.57 – 5-1 ¾; 6. Hope Reid, MSUB, 1.57 – 5-1 ¾; 7. Naphtali Ward, SPU, 1.57 – 5-1 ¾; 8. Luisa McInnis, SPU, 1.57 – 5-1 ¾.

Triple Jump – 1. Rebecca Laible, WOU, 11.79 – 38-8 ¼; 2. Ella Brown, SFU, 11.75 – 38-6 ¾; 3. Kylie Reinholdt, WOU, 11.69 – 38-4 ¼; 4. Jasmine McMullin, WWU, 11.61 – 38-1 ¼; 5. Karolin Anders, UAA, 11.52 – 37-9 ½; 6. Alexia Blalock, UAA, 11.21 – 36-9 ½; 7. Kelly Cronic, CWU, 11.19 – 36-8 ½; 8. Harlee Ortega, CWU, 11.10 – 36-5.

Hammer – 1. Caitlin Curtis, NNU, 51.59 – 169-3; 2. Ami Wick, SMU, 50.18 – 164-7; 3. Emily Wetherell, WOU, 48.70 – 159-9; 4. Angel Rodgers, SMU, 48.12 – 157-10; 5. Emmi Collier, WOU, 47.02 – 154-3; 6. Elizabeth Knope, WWU, 46.40 – 152-3; 7. Sam Lester, CWU, 45.99 – 150-11; 8. Dorothy Moore, CWU, 45.90 – 150-7.

Javelin – 1. Kalli Walker, SMU, 45.19 – 148-3; 2. Katie Reichert, WWU, 44.43 – 145-9; 3. Amanda Short, WOU, 44.12 – 144-9; 4. Sheila Limas De La Cruz, WOU, 44.04 – 144-6; 5. Selina Byer, SFU, 41.79 – 137-1; 6. Michaela Farner, SPU, 40.81 – 133-11; 7. AnnaMarie Forza, NNU, 39.80 – 130-7; 8. Angelique Whistocken, CWU, 39.05 – 128-1..