Parks Leads Group of Eight SOU Event Titlists at 2013 Border Battle
MEET RESULTS
KLAMATH FALLS – Southern Oregon claimed eight event titles and Danny Parks hit an NAIA automatic qualifying mark in the discus despite cold and windy conditions at the 2013 Border Battle on Saturday.
“It was pretty windy and cold, but we won a couple of events despite those conditions,” SOU head coach Grier Gatlin said. “We could tell it had been a couple of weeks since we’d competed in the sprints, jumps and throws, so it was good to get back into the swing of things.”
Parks won the discus event with a throw of 158-6 to surpass the NAIA ‘A’ standard, and the junior also placed in the top three and qualified for the Cascade Collegiate Conference championships in two other throwing events. He placed second in the hammer with a throw of 146-11 and placed third in the shot put (44-3 1/4).
“It was great to get Danny qualified in the discus,” Gatlin said.
Mikayla Garrad and Jonz Olander won the men’s and women’s 400-meter dash events, with Garrard finishing the women’s race in a time of 58.82 and Olander finishing the men’s race in a time of 49.46, both hitting CCC qualifiers in the event. Sullivan Stevens led a group of four conference qualifiers for the Raiders in the men’s 110-meter hurdles, winning the race with a time of 15.37.
Angie Meza and Peter Stice won the men’s and women’s 800-meter races, with Meza finishing the women’s race in a time of 3:08.98 and Stice posting a time of 2:02.54 to claim the men’s race. Southern Oregon also won a pair of relay events, with the 4x400 meter women’s team posting an event-winning time of 4:13.56 and the 4x100 men’s team winning the race with a time of 43.35.
Overall, Southern Oregon finished with 25 conference qualifying marks as the California schools (Chico State and Humboldt State) defeated the Oregon schools (SOU and Oregon Tech) 102.3-58.7 on the men’s side and 104.7-60.2 on the women’s side.
Southern Oregon returns to action Friday and Saturday at the Chico State Distance Carnival and Twilight Invitational.
Complete SOU Results:
Women Hammer Throw
4. Holly Haga, 109-3 (33.29m)*
Men Hammer Throw
2. Danny Parks, 146-11 (44.78m)*
4. Michael Ruppert, 129-9 (39.54m)*
6. Anthony Smallen, 83-10 (25.55m)
Women Shot Put
5. Holly Haga, 34-5 1/2 (10.50m)*
Men Shot Put
3. Danny Parks, 44-3 1/4 (13.49m)*
4. Michael Ruppert, 43-9 3/4 (13.35m)*
9. Anthony Smallen, 34-0 3/4 (10.38m)
Women Discus Throw
3. Holly Haga, 120-7 (36.75m)*
Men Discus Throw
1. Danny Parks, 158-6 (48.31m)^*
3. Michael Ruppert, 133-0 (40.53m)*
7. Anthony Smallen, 117-2 (35.71m)
11. Brandon Ritchie, 91-9 (27.96m)
Women High Jump
5. Shawna Neilson, 4-10 1/4 (1.48m)*
Men High Jump
8. Jerad Harris, 5-6 (1.68m)
Women Pole Vault
3. Stephanie Techler, 10-0 (3.05m)*
Men Pole Vault
2. Nathaniel Snyder, 13-5 1/4 (4.10m)*
9. Brandon Ritchie, 11-11 3/4 (3.65m)*
Women Long Jump
5. Mikayla Garrard, 16-3 3/4 (4.97m)*
7. Shawna Neilson, 14-7 3/4 (4.46m)*
Women Triple Jump
4. Nicole Leaf, 31-3 3/4 (9.54m)*
Men Triple Jump
2. Cody Sharp, 43-11 3/4 (13.40m)*
Women 100 Meter Dash
7. Amelia Maguin, 12.98*
9. Nicole Leaf, 13.21*
11. Acacia Walton, 14.3
Men 100 Meter Dash
6. Nick Perrino, 11.74
7. Robert Benamati, 11.75
9. Tyler Stickler, 11.97
Women 400 Meter Dash
1. Mikayla Garrard, 58.82*
4. Anissa Limesand, 1:06.54
Men 400 Meter Dash
1. Jonz Olander, 49.46*
3. Josh Muswieck, 50.86*
Women 800 Meter Run
1. Angie Meza, 3:08.98
Men 800 Meter Run
1. Peter Stice, 2:02.54
Women 1500 Meter Run
8. Angie Meza, 6:06.33
Men 1500 Meter Run
4. Cary Dunagan, 4:29.02
8. Justin Jakubauskas, 4:48.31
Men 400 Meter Hurdles
3. Devan Barkley, 57.08*
Women 4x400 Meter Relay
1. Southern Oregon (Garrard, Limesand, Leaf, Maguin), 4:13.56
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
2. Southern Oregon (Perrino, Muswieck, Barkley, Olander), 3:25.85
Women 4x100 Meter Relay
3. Southern Oregon (Maguin, Leaf, Luker, Garrard), 49.06
Men 4x100 Meter Relay
1. Southern Oregon (Stevens, Perrino, Ritchie, Olander), 42.35
Women 100 Meter Hurdles
2. Amelia Maguin, 16.56*
Men 110 Meter Hurdles
1. Sullivan Stevens, 15.37*
3. Cody Sharp, 15.97*
4. Brandon Ritchie, 16.29*
6. Devan Barkley, 16.69*
* Cascade Conference Qualifier
^ NAIA 'A' Qualifier