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Eagles Post Good Marks at Spring Break Open
NU's Matt Porter (second from the right) runs the 800m.

Eagles Post Good Marks at Spring Break Open

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SEATTLE, Wash. - The Eagles' track & field team took part in the 23rd annual Club Northwest Spring Break Open on Saturday and posted some good early season marks and a number of Cascade Conference championship qualifying marks. The day began in cool 40 degree and cloudy weather but slowly warmed as the day went along when the sun broke through in the afternoon. The meet was held at historic West Seattle Stadium.

The field events got started at 9 a.m. in a light wind which kept the temperature cool. Luke Fischer took 4th in the javelin with a toss of 177'-5". Jason Waltman, just one week from completing a successful basketball season in Missouri with the men's team, was 6th (170-4) and newcomer Jered Leslie came in 9th (153-2). Waltman then took 3rd in the shot put with a heave of 43'-6 1/2". Waltman qualified for the CCC championships with his marks. Fischer had already qualified in the javelin in the PLU meet with the CCC's best mark this season.

Jessica Kneip had a third place finish in the women's shot put as she registered a distance of 33'-6". Rebecca Galart was 4th with her toss of 32-5. Kneip then followed that with a 6th place finish in the discus (106-3) with Galart right behind her in 7th (82-1). Both of Kneip's marks qualified her for the CCC championships in May.

Lindsey Wessa just missed the 11 foot mark in the women's pole vault has she cleared a height of 10'-11 3/4", good enough for a second place finish, second best in the league this season and a CCC qualifying mark.

In the track events, Paige DeLapp won the 800m run, but no official time was recorded. Lindsey Wagner finished 5th, Kelsey Anderson 7th and Meagan Governor 9th. Wagner took 2nd in the 1500m run in a time of 4:48.07, a CCC qualifying time and second fastest in the CCC, while teammate DeLapp finished in 4th (4:49.53) also a CCC qualifier and 3rd in the conference. Julia Johnson took 3rd in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 12:24.51.

Joanna Sowers posted a CCC qualifying time of 1:02.93 in the women's 400m dash, the fourth fastest in the conference this year.

The women's 4X400 #1 relay team took second with their time of 4:26.05 in the final event of the day. The team consisted of Lindsey Wagner, Meagan Governor, Joanna Sowers and Kelsey Anderson. The #2 team made up of Julia Johnson, Allison Routh, Marissa Flannery, and Paige DeLapp, was fourth with their time of 4:44.55.

Jason Waltman took 3rd in the 110m hurdles with his time of 16.70. Romece Barnes, in his first year of track for NU, took 8th in the 200m and 400m dashes with times of 23.94 and 51.68 respectively.

Other Eagles taking part on Saturday were:

  • Williwu Siefa, 9th, 400m (52.04)
  • Matt Porter, 12th, 800m (2:07.97), 16th, 1500m (4:11.48)
  • Ryan McNamara, 19th, 200m (27.97)
  • Charnie Dondrea, Tied 6th, 4'-10 1/2"
  • Julia Johnson, 3rd, Javelin (67'-6")
  • Kelsey Anderson, 9th, 1500m (5:06.74)
  • Meagan Governor, 10th, 1500m (5:07.94)
  • Joanna Sowers, 11th, 1500m (5:08.26)
  • Allison Routh, 15th 1500m (5:42.00)

"...We had a lot of great individual performances on Saturday and I hope we can continue to make this much progress throughout the season," said Mark Mandi, Eagle head coach.

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