SPOKANE, Wash.—Women's track & field set three program records and posted 13 top-10 marks in program history over the weekend at the Whitworth Indoor Invitational.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Juniors
Rose Dinh (long jump) and
Lillian Besa (weight throw) and the 4x800M Relay team all set program records across the two-day meet.
Dinh set the program record in the long jump for a second-consecutive meet. She launched herself 5.19M (17-00.50 Feet) to finish fourth out of 24 competitors. Senior
Anli Davis placed 22
nd overall with a season-best leap of 4.28M (14-05.00 Feet).
Dinh also led the River Otters in the 60M Hurdles. She posted the third-fastest time in program history in the 60M Hurdles with a mark of 9.84. Her time helped her finish 15
th out of 31 hurdlers. Junior
Carolyn Mayberry added a PR time of her own (10.35) to place 22
nd and move into fifth in school history. First year
Sofia Figueroa placed 25
th overall with a time of 10.76. Her time helped her crack the top-10 and move into seventh all-time in the event.
Besa matched Dinh by resetting her own program record in the weight throw. The junior launched the implement 12.72M (41-08.75 Feet) to finish in 16
th place. Besa added another top-10 mark in the shot put. She posted a throw of 8.53M (28-00.00 Feet) to finish 23
rd overall. Her throw moved her into sixth place in program history.
All four Lewis & Clark relay teams posted top-six marks in program history over the weekend.
The 4x800M Relay team set the program record on Friday night. The quartet of junior
Mackenzie Olver, sophomore
Maeva Conroy, sophomore
Nadia Cota and first year
Katherine Scannell combined for a record time of 11:06.12. They placed fourth overall in the event.
Women's track & field posted the second-fastest 4x400M Relay time in school history. Junior
Callow Soto, senior
Miriam Reside, Figueroa and senior
Elsie Chin registered a time of 4:16.92 to place ninth overall.
Lewis & Clark entered two teams into the Distance Medley Relay. The top squad of Reside, Soto, Chin and senior
Malia Heien came across in 13.06.51 to finish in fourth place. Their time is the 34
th-fastest in NCAA DIII this year and put them in fourth in school history. The second team of sophomore
Talia Tomhave, Figueroa, Mayberry and senior
Emogene Lutz posted a time of 14:21.99 to move into sixth place in program history.
Heien led five Lewis & Clark runners in the 800M. She finished ninth out of 44 runners with a time of 2:19.76. Reside crossed the line in 2:30.58 to take 30
th place. Olver registered a season-best mark of 2:44.22 to finish 39
th overall. Conroy (2:47.84) and Scannell (2:49.16 – PR) placed 41
st and 42
nd overall.
Chin came through with the third-fastest time in school history in the 400M. The senior posted a time of 1:00.76 to finish 15
th out of 38 runners.
Davis notched a 14
th-place finish in the triple jump. The senior recorded a PR mark of 9.81M (32-02.25 Feet) to place fourth in program history.
Soto led a trio of Lewis & Clark runners in the 200M. The junior closed in 27.35 to finish 29
th out of 56 runners. Soto's time moved her into fourth in program history in the event. Figueroa (29.27) and Mayberry (29.56) placed 50
th and 52
nd overall.
Lewis & Clark had four River Otters compete in the 3,000M. Lutz represented the team in the 3,000M Invite. She placed 28
th overall with a time of 11:58.61. Tomhave finished third overall in the 3,000M Collegiate section. Tomhave posted a PR time of 11:48.36 to move into 10
th all-time in school history. Senior
Ali Kerschner (12:21.79 – PR) and first year
Tesla Curtis (12:43.59) came in eighth and 10
th place.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Lewis & Clark competed against 25 schools at the Whitworth Indoor Invitational including NCAA DI schools Gonzaga University, Eastern Washington University, Idaho University, Portland State University.
- Dinh improved her PR in the long jump by 3.75 inches. Besa broke her own record in the weight throw by 3-06.50 feet.
- The 4x800M Relay team was the first team in program history to compete in the event.
- During the course of the indoor season, the River Otters broke five program records: 300M (Soto), 600M (Chin), long jump (Dinh), weight throw (Besa) and 4x800M Relay.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark will kick off their Outdoor Track & Field schedule on Friday, March 6 when they travel to Linfield University for the Erik Anderson Icebreaker.
