SPOKANE, Wash. – LC State Track and Field capped off its regular indoor season with its final meet at The Podium. The Warriors performed well with school records, personal-bests and strong performances from several athletes today.
“Pretty excited about the racing and the competing today both in our field and our running events,” Head Coach Mike Collins said. “I thought going into our last indoor meet of the year, outside of indoor nationals, that we performed really well and had some nice step-up performances. Even if they weren't national-qualifying marks, it is encouraging for the outdoor season as we prepare both for conference and hopefully for nationals. Excited about preparing for the next couple of weeks as well, for within the next month we have the indoor national meet for those that made it, and our first outdoor meet.”
It was not only a successful day for current Warriors, but also a talented former Warrior as well. LC State Track and Field alum and Olympian, Sam Atkin, raced indoors in Boston on Saturday and finished fifth in the 5,000m (13:03), meeting the World/Olympic standard.
THE MEN
Cole Olsen won the 3,000m run with a school-record time of 8:16.29, beating the previous record of 8:18.60 set in 2016 by Olympian Sam Atkin. Brycen Brown finished 33rd with a time of 9:09 and Luke Sellmann placed 50th (9:45).
Clayton VanDyke won the 800m with a time of 1:50.29, bettering his school-record in the event. Connor May finished 19th (1:59.23), Carter Gordon earned a spot at 21st (1:59.54), and Dillon Dawson placed 22nd (2:00). David Phillis and Tristan Wood also raced the event, with Phillis finishing 31st (2:05) and Wood in 34th (2:08).
London Kirk finished 3rd in the 200m dash, beating his own his school-record with a time of 22.09. Nik Bertling finished 15th (22.96) and Terrell Lawson placed 27th (23.50). Jaxson Blaker ran a time of 24.04 to finish 34th and Zayne Maughan placed 50th (25.23).
In pole vault, Bertling finished sixth clearing a height of 4.51m to set a program record, and freshman Zayne Maughan cleared 4.21m to place 11th.
The 4x400m relay team of Kirk, Hopper, Gordon and VanDyke finished second with a school-record time of 3:23.
Fifth-year senior Chase Borrow was just shy of a national standard in the 5,000m run with a strong time of 15:11 to place fourth. Brycen Kempton finished sixth in the event with a time of 15:57.
Ike Hopper finished fifth in the 400m dash with a time of 50.63 and Blaker placed 17th (53.41).
In shot put, Caleb Moore finished 23rd with a mark of 11.39m. Jaycob Atencio placed 27th with a personal-best throw of 10.96m and Jack Hardee ended the event in 37th (9.58m). Atencio and Hardee also competed in weight throw, with Atencio finishing in 14th (13.10m) and Hardee in 22nd with a throw of 11.82m.
The 4x800m relay team of Dawson, Phillis, May, and Brown placed second with a time of 8:15.
In the mile run, Phillis finished 21st with a time of 4:41. Wood placed 28th (4:48) and Luke Sellmann was just behind in 29th (4:48).
THE WOMEN
The 4x00m relay team of Anika Grogan, Karlie Smith, Madigan Kelly, and Ashley Britt finished third with an automatic national-qualifying time of 3:56. The distance medley relay team of Emily Adams, Sydnie Zywina, Brookyn Shell and Geraldin Correa finished first with a time of 12:32.
Zywina showed her talent with a third-place finish in triple jump, reaching a mark of 10.82m. Fellow freshman Jennah Carpenter finished fourth in long jump with a mark of 5.12m. Sara Hathaway joined her in the event, finishing eighth with a jump of 4.79m.
Carpenter also competed in high jump with a fifth-place finish and a mark of 1.59m. Makayla McIntosh finished 14th in the event (1.44m).
Kelly finished fifth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.02 and Britt placed eighth with a time of 9.40.
In the mile, Adams finished 13th with a time of 5:19 and Shell finished 18th (5:29). Abigail Gorton rounded out the top 25 with a spot in 23rd (5:36). Abigail Peightal placed 29th (5:49) and Grace McCormick was just behind in 30th (5:50).
Cynthia Smith finished eighth in pole vault with a height of 3.12m.
In the 400m dash, Grogan lead with a ninth-place finish (58.76) and Karlie Smith placed 12th with a time of 1:00. Keelyn Pilcher ran a 1:03 to finish in 28th and Alexa Horsley finished 31st (1:04).
Correa lead a pack of Warriors in the 800m with a finish in 15th and a time of 2:20. Kelsey Henry finished 33rd (2:34), Peightal in 34th (2:36.54), and Gorton just behind in 35th (2:36.91). McCormick also ran the event, finishing in 37th (2:41).
In shot put, Kea Stieglitz finished 18th with a personal-best mark of 9.70m. Cassidy Henderson placed 23rd with a throw of 8.64m and Rylie Overton finished 28th (7.93m). Henderson also competed in weight throw with finish in 20th and a personal-best throw of 10.85m.
Britt finished 17th in the 200m dash (26.60) and Hathaway placed 20th with a 26.74. Halbert finished in 32nd (27.56), Horsley in 40th (28.44), and Pilcher in 43rd (28.68). Kenlie Connor was the sixth Warrior in the event with a finish in 51st (30.61).
In the 3,000m run, sophomore Madison Howe finished 12th with a time of 11:43.
Warrior Track and Field’s indoor national qualifiers will compete next on March 3-5 at the 2022 NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Brookings, South Dakota.
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