SALEM, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College women's outdoor track & field won five events and posted 17 top-50 marks in program history on Saturday at the Eldon & Chuck Throw Down. 
 
THE BASICS 
 
Willamette 107, Lewis & Clark 38
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
 
Senior Malia Heien won two races and helped the 4x400M Relay post the seventh-fastest time in program history to lead the River Otters. 
 
Saturday's meet was set up as a dual meet with the two teams honoring legendary coaches Eldon Fix (Lewis & Clark) and Charles Bowles (Willamette University). The winner of each event earned five points, with the second and third-place finishers garnering three and one point.
 
Heien opened her day by finishing first out of seven runners in the 1,500M. The senior crossed the line in 4:52.60 to finish 5.87 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Senior Miriam Reside came in third in the event with a time of 5:03.71. Sophomore Maeva Conroy (5:32.14) and junior Nadia Cota (5:32.88) placed sixth and seventh. 
 
Heien added a first-place finish in the 800M. The senior beat out of a field of 10 runners when she notched a time of 2:19.11. Her time was 8.29 seconds ahead of the top Willamette runner. Reside finished second on the team and fifth overall with a mark of 2:33.57. Cota came across in 2:37.53 to finish seventh. Junior Mackenzie Olver (2:38.06) and Conroy (2:43.90) finished eighth and tenth. 
 
Heien also ran the anchor leg in the 4x400M Relay. The quartet of senior Elsie Chin, Reside, junior Callow Soto and Heien finished first out of three teams with a time of 4:03.84. Their time moved them into seventh all-time in program history. Lewis & Clark's second relay team finished third overall. The foursome of junior Carolyn Mayberry, Cota, Olver and Conroy registered a time of 4:38.96 to finish third. 
 
Soto added a first-place finish in the 400M. She raced against herself and notched a time of 1:00.89. 
 
Junior Lillian Besa added the team's fifth and final event victory. Besa placed first out of eight throwers in the discus. She launched the discus 36.79M (120-08 Feet) to not only win the event but move into 10^th place in program history. Junior Divinity Singleton placed fourth in the event with a throw of 32.35M (106-01 Feet). Senior Reilyn Sabado came in seventh place with a heave of 29.62M (97-02 Feet). First years Ky Roussin (26.75M/87-09 Feet) and Lillian Morlan (24.80M/81-04 Feet) finished seventh and eighth in the event. 
 
Lewis & Clark tacked on seven second-place finishes on Saturday. 

Besa finished second out of six throwers in the hammer. The junior launched the hammer 38.11M (125-00 Feet) to move into 11^th in program history. Singleton placed third overall with a mark of 36.14M (118-07 Feet). Roussin added a top-20 throw (17^th all-time) in program history, when she registered a heave of 32.50M (106-07 Feet) to finish sixth overall. 
 
Singleton led four Lewis & Clark throwers in the shot put. The junior finished second out of seven throwers with a throw of 11.34M (37-02.50 Feet). Senior Nia Pile came in third in the event when she launched the shot put 10.65M (34-11.25 Feet). Roussin and Morlan each added top-50 marks in program history. Roussin posted a mark of 10.41M (34-02.00 Feet) to finish fourth overall. Morlan came in sixth with a throw of 9.57M (31-04.75 Feet). 
 
Sabado led Lewis & Clark in the javelin. The senior launched the implement 27.27M (89-05 Feet) to finish second out of three throwers. 
 
Senior Anli Davis came in second out of three competitors in the triple jump. Davis leapt 10.18M (33-04.75 Feet) to move into 20^th in program history in the event. 
 
Chin led a trio of Lewis & Clark runners in the 400M Hurdles. The senior placed second out of six runners with a time of 1:06.35. Mayberry came across in 1:12.37 to finish in fifth. First year Sofia Figueroa notched a sixth-place finish with a time of 1:13.76. She moved into 36^th in program history in the event. 
 
Soto finished second out of five runners in the 200M with a time of 26.85. 
 
Lewis & Clark finished second and third in the 3,000M Steeplechase. First years Tesla Curtis (13:44.81) and Katherine Scannell (13:53.16) moved into 25^th and 26^th place in program history in the event. 
 
The River Otters added their final second-place showing in the 4x100M Relay. The quartet of junior Rose Dinh, Chin, Soto and Figueroa combined for a time of 51.71 to move into a tie for 48^th in program history. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS 

• Morlan and Roussin each made their collegiate track & field debuts on Saturday. 
• Mayberry led a trio of Lewis & Clark runners in the 100M Hurdles. Mayberry placed fifth out of eight runners with a time of 16.62. Her time moved her into 15^th in school history. Dinh finished sixth and 19^thin program history with a time of 16.74. Figueroa added a top-50 time of her own, as she moved into 39^th in program history with a time of 17.68 (eighth place). 
• Roussin (23^rd) and Morland (34^th) each posted top-35 marks in program history in the shot put.
• Dinh and Davis represented Lewis & Clark in the 100M. Dinh placed fifth out of six runners with a time of 13.47 to move into 35^th in program history. Davis came across in 14.54 to finish in sixth place. 
• Twelve River Otters posted top-50 marks in program history on Saturday. Figueroa led Lewis & Clark with three top-50 marks in her outdoor track & field debut. 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will be off next weekend, before hosting the L&C Electric Forest Open Meet on Saturday, March 21. A small contingent of throwers will travel to Oregon State for the OSU PNW Invite on Friday, March 20.