McMINNVILLE, Ore.—Senior Elsie Chin won the 400M Hurdles and Lewis & Clark College women's track & field posted nine top-50 marks in program history on Saturday at the Jenn Boyman Memorial Invitational.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
 
The River Otters racked up 10 top-10 finishes and four student-athletes cracked the top-100 in NCAA DIII this season. Saturday's meet was one of the largest meets of the season thus far - with 22 schools represented and nearly as many club teams. 
 
Chin finished first out of 19 competitors in the 400M Hurdles. She crossed the line in a season-best time of 1:04.14 to hold off Willamette's Mashani Coleman by 0.12 seconds. Chin's time moved her into second place in the Northwest Conference this season. 
 
Senior Malia Heien finished second out of 56 runners in the 800M. The senior ran a season-best time of 2:17.32. Fellow senior Miriam Reside notched a time of 2:25.62 to place eight overall. Junior Mackenzie Olver posted a season-best mark of 2:35.42 to finish in 32^nd place. Sophomore Talia Tomhave came in 42^nd overall with a time of 2:43.41. 
 
Junior Divinity Singleton registered the top finish amongst the team's field athletes. Singleton finished fourth out of 39 throwers in the shot put. She launched the implement 11.82M (38-09.50 Feet) to move up to sixth in program history. First years Ky Roussin (10.19M/33-05.25 Feet) and Lillian Morlan (9.69M/31-09.50 Feet) placed 17^th and 21^st in the shot put. 
 
Junior Rose Dinh added a top-five mark in program history in the long jump. Dinh leapt 5.36M (17-07.00 Feet) to place sixth out of 39 jumpers. The junior's PR mark pushed her up to fourth all-time in school history. Senior Anli Davis added a PR jump of her own. Davis jumped 4.18M (15-09.50 Feet) to place 25^th in the event. Her PR mark moved her up to 33^rd in program history in the long jump. 
 
Junior Lillian Besa led Lewis & Clark in the discus and the hammer. Besa placed seventh out of 39 throwers in the discus with a mark of 35.52M (116-06 Feet). Senior Reilyn Sabado posted the 20^th-best mark in program history to finish in 15^th place. Her throw traveled 32.75M (107-05 Feet). Singleton wrapped up the event in 18^th place with a mark of 31.49M (103-03 Feet). Roussin added a top-50 mark in program history as well. The first year launched the implement 28.38M (93-01 Feet) to place 25^th. Her throw moved her into 32^nd in program history. Morlan posted a mark of 26.36M (86-05 Feet) to finish 31^st.
 
In the hammer, Besa's best throw traveled 34.78M (114-01 Feet) to help her finish 18^th out of 35 throwers. Singleton wrapped up a busy day in 29^th place with a mark of 31.84M (104-05 Feet). Roussin tossed the hammer 28.84M (94-07 Feet) to place 32^nd overall. 
 
Senior Ali Kerschner led a trio of Lewis & Clark runners in the 3,000M Steeplechase. Kerschner finished in sixth when she crossed the line in 13:04.29. First years Tesla Curtis and Katherine Scannell each posted PR times and top-30 marks in program history. Curtis came across in eighth place with a time of 13:15.45. Scannell registered a mark of 13:45.74 to place ninth. 
 
Senior Emogene Lutz posted the final top-10 finish of the day for women's track & field. The senior placed ninth out of 15 competitors in the 10K. She ran a blistering final lap (1:29.98) to earn a spot at the NWC Championship Meet with a time of 41:52.64. 
 
Junior Callow Soto led a trio of Lewis & Clark runners in the 200M. Soto posted the 15^th-fastest time in school history when she crossed the line in a PR time of 26.71. Her time helped her place 18^th out of 61 sprinters. Junior Carolyn Mayberry (28.76) and first year Sofia Figueroa (28.83) each posted PR times to finish 51^st and 52^nd overall. 
 
Dinh represented Lewis & Clark in the 100M Hurdles. The junior crossed the line in 16.99 to finish 19^th out of 28 competitors.
 
Mayberry paced the River Otters in the 400M. The junior notched a PR time of 1:04.19 to finish 24^th out of 37 runners. Figueroa added the 46^th-fastest time in school history when she crossed the line in 1:05.31 to place 29^th. Senior AJ Schroeder notched a time of 1:12.00 to come in 35^th place. 
 
Tomhave and junior Maeva Conroy represented Lewis & Clark in the 1,500M. Tomhave posted a time of 5:26.87 to finish in 36^th place. Conroy was just behind her in 39^th with a time of 5:34.29. 
 
In the team's lone relay of the day, Lewis & Clark finished in 11^th in the 4x100M Relay. The quartet of Dinh, Soto, Figueroa and Mayberry combined for a time of 51.83. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS 

• With her time in the 400M Hurdles, Chin moved up to 21^st in NCAA DIII this season. 
• Dinh ranks 48^th in NCAA DIII this year in the long jump. 
• Heien's time in the 800M puts her 58^th in NCAA DIII this year. 
• Singleton now stands 89^th in NCAA DIII this season in the shot put. 
• Curtis (24^th) and Scannell (27^th) both posted top-50 marks in the 3K Steeplechase. 
• Chin (400M Hurdles) and Heien (800M) each ran the second-fastest time in the NWC this season in their events. The duo are also apart of the second-fastest 4x400M Relay team in the conference.  

WHAT'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will travel to Western Oregon on Friday and Saturday for the John Knight Twilight Meet.