WOMEN
PORTLAND, Ore. – The women had a dominant day at the Lewis and Clark Friday Night Lights meet posting the second-highest team score with 155 points Friday evening. In total, the lady Mountaineers had first-place finishers in seven different events.
In the throws the combination of
Maggie Ledbetter and
Kenna Woodward once again proved to be a deadly duo as the pair took the top two spots in both the shot put and the discus.
Ledbetter had a record-breaking day in the women's shot put, besting her old record with a winning throw of 14.11 meters. She was followed by Woodward in second place with a throw of 12.07 meters.
In the discus the pair flipped as Woodward finished at the top of the podium with a throw of 35.80 meters followed closely by Ledbetter in second with a throw of 35.77 meters.
Over in the jumps, the Mounties put on a show as well taking the top three spots in the high jump.
Karli Bedard took the win with a jump of 1.51 meters. She was followed by teammates
Elizabeth Grandle and
Adrienne Washington who both cleared 1.48 meters to finish in second and third respectively.
Moving over to the track, it was
Yahaira Chavarria-Mondragon and
Morgan Bayes who dominated the hurdles and sprints while
Michelle Herbes and Lauryn Mitchel led the way in the longer races.
Chavarria-Mondragon won the women's 100-meter sprint with a time of 12.71 seconds. The senior followed her winning performance with a third place finish in the 200-meter sprint.
Bayes took two first place finishes in the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles. The senior finished with a time of 15.18 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles followed by a time of 1:04.92 in the 400-meter hurdles.
Stretching things out to the 800-meter run, the Mounties had another first place finisher in
Lauryn Mitchell who finished with a time of 2:17.82.
In the distance races
Michelle Herbes was the highest finisher with a second-place finish in the 1500-meter run. Herbes was just a step behind first place finishing with a time of 4:40.56.
MEN
PORTLAND, Ore. – EOU Men's Track and Field put together a strong showing in their second outdoor meet of the year. The Mounties finished in second just behind College of Idaho at the Lewis and Clark Friday Night Lights meet on Friday evening with a team total of 95.5 points. In total EOU had four first-place finishes.
Responsible for two of those first-place finishes was freshman thrower
Mark Church. The Idaho native had a big day in the ring winning both the shot put and the discus. Church topped the podium with a throw of 13.55 meters in the shot put and a throw of 43.52 meters in the discus.
In the high jump it was
Tyler Jones who took yet another win, this time clearing 1.95 meters in a dominant showing.
Leading the way for EOU in the long jump was freshman Dakota Pillister. The Gresham product finished in fifth place with a mark of 6.10 meters.
Moving over to the track, Eastern had one first-place finish thanks to
Hunter Nichols. The senior posted a "B" Standard time of 14:48.56 setting a PR in the event while moving up in the EOU top-25 times.
Travis Running finished in third place, not far behind, with a time of 15:56.62.
The Mountaineers also had strong performances in the hurdles with a pair of second-place finishes. Starting in the 110-meter hurdles,
Israel Miles narrowly missed out on a first-place finish with a time of 15.16 seconds. Then in the 400-meter hurdles
Bryson Spears took second place with a time of 59.88 seconds.
Eastern Oregon returns to action late next week at the Pacific University Multi Events Meet on Thursday and Friday in Forest Grove, Ore.