SHORELINE, Wash. – Battling more cold, windy and wet weather with temperatures in the 30’s, the Northwest U. track and field team made a good showing at the annual Club Northwest Spring Break Open on the King’s High School track in Shoreline yesterday. The Eagle men finished 5^th in a field of 12 teams and the women finished second in their field of 11 teams.

Jimmy Reed and Chelsea Miller got things off to a good start for the Eagles as they both finished in second place in the men’s and women’s 100 meter dash. Reed finished the distance in 11.26 while Miller logged a 13.16 time in her event.

Reed then took first place in the men’s 200 meters with his winning time of 22.82 while teammate Greg Peters finished 12^th with a time of 25.12. Chelsea Miller took another second in the women’s 200m dash with her time of 27.21.

Three Eagles placed in the top nine of the women’s 800m run with Shayna Prause coming in third (2:32.50), Rachel Harris fifth (2:35.61) and Katie Campbell 8^th (2:39.76). Prause and Campbell then took 3^rd and 4^th in the 100m hurdles with Prause  finishing in 17.77 and Campbell breaking the tape at 20.32.

It was a busy day for the Eagle women as Prause, Miller, Campbell and Harris then ran the 4 X 100 relay in their winning time of 53.82. Prause, Campbell, Lindsey Wagner and Paige DeLapp then took to the track and took second in the 4X400 relay behind Seattle University with their time of 4:32.20.

Freshman Lindsey Wagner and Paige DeLapp came in 7^th and 8^th in the women’s 1500 meters with times of 5:09.1 and 5:10.87 respectively. For DeLapp, it was a personal best by over ten seconds in the event.

Senior Alex Croutworst finished in 15^th place in the men’s 3000m run with a time of 9:56.84. Frosh Jason Waltman finished 4^th in the men’s 110m hurdles with his time of 16.51. Waltman then came back for the shot put event and finished 8^th with a toss of 11.27m while teammates Bob Roach (9.72m) and Doug Hein (7.49m) finished in 10^th and 11^th. In the men’s discus, Waltman took 10^th place (29.43m), Luke Fischer 11^th (28.99), and Doug Hein 13^th (23.64m). Fischer returned for the javelin event and took 4^th place with his throw of 46.70m. Teammates Tyler Petty took 6^th (37.73m) and Doug Hein 8^th (26.45m). NU’s Greg Peters took 3^rd place in the long jump event with a jump of 5.48m and a busy Jason Waltman finished 5^th with his jump of 5.12m in his fifth individual event of the day. Peters entered and won the triple jump event with his jump of 10.81m.

In the women’s field events, NU’s Jessica Kneip won the shot put with her winning put of 10.99m. Sister Cadie Kneip placed 5^th with her toss of 8.83m. The Kneips placed 5^th (Cadie) and 6^th (Jessica) in the discus with tosses of 31.96m and 30.00m respectively. Alisha Larion took 8^th place in the discus with a distance of 25.16m. Shayna Prause continued her successful day by winning the javelin with a winning throw of 37.78m just missing on a provisional qualifier, while Katie Campbell finished with a distance of 33.54 to take 3^rd place in the event. Lindsey Wessa tied for second place in the pole vault with her vault of 2.90m while Megan Groff took 8^th place with a height of 2.05m.

"We're still looking forward to our first outdoor meet with good weather this year,” commented head coach Preston Brashers, “but we seem to be doing pretty well without it. We picked up some event wins, a bunch of conference qualifiers and could be on the verge of getting some national qualifiers. We are having success in many different events right now, and I expect that will continue."