2017 IN REVIEW Women’s Team Scores George Fox 213.5 Whitworth 175 Linfield 150.5 Pacific 74.5 Willamette 69 Kayla Leland, Whitworth Pacific Lutheran 65.5 Lewis & Clark 36 WOMEN Puget Sound 35 George Fox is ranked No. 2 in the latest Division III team poll. Whitworth is not far behind at No. 5. Linfield could challenge for the title if things go the Returning Women’s Wildcats’ way. NCAA Meet Competitors George Fox has a strong corps of sprinters. The Bruins’ 4x100-meter re- lay and 4x400 relay squads each rank third nationally. The Bruins are led by Annie Wright, George Fox, All-America hurdler Sarah King. Nationally ranked Sara Turner and freshman Heptathlon Kennedy Taube should also help the Bruins score big points in the sprints. 2018 NWC heptathlon champion and 2017 NCAA runner-up Annie Wright Sarah King, George Fox, is expected to score points in a number of individual events. Sophomore 400 meters Stacy Kozlowski owns the eighth-best high jump mark in Division III. Dakota Buhler is also nationally ranked in the triple jump and long jump. Dakota Buhler, George Fox, Whitworth All-American Kayla Leland leads the Pirates in the distance Triple Jump events and fellow senior Sarah Martinez is a potent competitor in the sprints and hurdles. Kayla Brase is currently ranked 11th in the triple jump while Chloe Quinnett is rated among the top 25 in the shot put. Look for heptath- Olivia McDaniel, Linfield, lete Isabel Clark to score points in several individual events. Pole Vault Linfield is paced by nationally ranked distance runners Kaelia Neal and Emma Knudson. The Wildcats should also gain valuable points in the pole Mehana Halpen-Sabado, vault, led by NWC leader Olivia McDaniel. Sophomore Dana Brooks is also Linfield, Triple Jump ranked nationally in the javelin. Madeline Shirley is a threat in the long jump, triple jump, 100 dash and relays, and Mehana Sabado-Halpern should gen- Machaela Graddy, PLU, erate points in the long and triple jump. Javelin Pacific Lutheran is counting on Machaela Graddy and Vakeaemanu Hunkin in the javelin. Freshmen Bailey Forsyth could factor in the sprints Kayla Brase, Whitworth, along with Lauren Wilson and Kelsey Hathaway in the jumps. Willamette is bolstered by Hope Duenas, who is ranked fifth in the Triple Jump nation in the discus and second in the conference in the hammer. Senior Jewell Sparks should provide points in the sprints and hurdles, and Hannah Sarah Martinez, Whitworth, Swanson is capable of doing damage in the distance events. 400, 400 Hurdles Pacific has NWC hammer leader Dianna Church. Fellow Boxer throwers Karen Du and Megan Wesel should also score points. Brynn Close is not to Kayla Leland, Whitworth, be overlooked in the pole vault. 800, 1,500, 5,000 Lewis & Clark features distance runners Kori Groenveld and Amelia Jackson together with pole vaulter Sam Seagren. Jewell Sparks, Willamette, Puget Sound is relying on distance runners Alison Wise and Sam Schaffer 400 Hurdles to bring home conference points. MEET PREVIEW 2 NORTHWEST CONFERENCE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS • APRIL 20-21, 2018 • www.nwcsports.com NORTHWEST CONFERENCE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS • APRIL 20-21, 2018 • www.nwcsports.com MEET PREVIEW 2017 IN REVIEW Men’s Team Scores George Fox 242 Whitworth 145 Pacific Lutheran 121 Willamette 94 Linfield 85 Caleb Dalzell, George Fox Pacific 68 Puget SoundMen’s 34 Team Scores Lewis & ClarkWillamette 30 Whitworth MEN Linfield Defending champion George Fox is ranked No. 3 in the national poll. Returning Men’sPacific Lutheran Whitworth, Willamette and Pacific Lutheran are expected to challenge the NCAA Meet Competitors Bruins for a share of team points. Lewis & Clark George Fox returns defending national champion Seth Nonnenmacher Caleb Dalzell,Puget George Sound Fox, in the javelin along with 2017 high jump runner-up Jacoby Wolfe. Return- Discus George Fox ing discus All-American Caleb Dalzell anchors the Bruins’ throwing events. Pacific Nationally ranked Vernon Lott and Chris Polk are strong contenders in Seth Nonnenmacher, the sprints. Christian Parr and Jack Ammon should pick up points in the George Fox, Javelin distances with NWC Decathlon champion Alex Canchola participating in a cross section of individual events. The Bruins lead the nation in the 4x100 Alex Canchola, George Fox, relay and boast the 10th-fastest time in the 4x400 relay. Decathlon Pacific Lutheran features nationally ranked Carson Ketter in the sprints along with senior Garrett Hittner. Brad Hodkinson is rated nationally in the Chris Polk, George Fox, 1,500 as is Kyle Rapacz in the distances. PLU’s 4x100 relay is among the 400 Meters top 10 units in Division III. Whitworth is looking to John-Robert Wooley, nationally ranked in the 400 hurdles, to score big in both hurdles races. Returning All-American Andrew Jacoby Wolfe, George Fox, Bloom holds the nation’s best javelin mark. Come Nzibarega, Grant Bingham High Jump and Daniel Harper are contenders in the distances. Willamette relies on Keaton Beckmann in the jumps and sprints as well Brad Hodkinson, PLU, as Michael Montague and Keith Carlson in the distances. Saige Swan and 10,000 Josh Martin should factor in the throwing events. Lewis & Clark’s hopes rest largely on the efforts of distance runners Jeff Andrew Bloom, Whitworth, Mullins, Blake Slattengren, Sean Richardson and Miguel Haro-Ruiz. Keep an Javelin eye on Noah Avery in the jumps along with Mathew Weston in the sprints. Pacific comes with nationally ranked Kolby Nikolaisen, the NWC leader in the pole vault. Jason Draper and Brian King rank 1-3 in the conference in the hammer. Keegan Jones is solid in the jumps along with Garrett Price and Chris Butcher in the sprints. Linfield is fueled by a pair of seniors in Jeff Lee in the distance events and Jeff Lieder in the throws. Freshman decathlete Keaton Wood, ranked na- tionally in the javelin, should also produce points in several events. Look for Taylor Vicknair to contend in the hurdles and Ryne Fuhrmark to lend support in the throws. Puget Sound is led by high hurdler Matt Wells, the NWC leader. Jumpers A.J. Johnson and Kai Moya, join distance runner Isaac Fournier in leading the Loggers’ efforts. NORTHWEST CONFERENCE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS • APRIL 20-21, 2018 • www.nwcsports.com 3 welcome to LINFIELD COLLEGE On behalf of Linfield College and the entire McMinnville community, please accept our warmest welcome to the 2018 Northwest Conference Track & Field Championships! It is an honor and a privilege to have you join us in celebration of all of our student-athletes. The nearly 500 student- athletes competing this weekend from each of the eight NWC institutions truly epitomize the successful holistic attributes needed in order to participate and compete in high quality athletic endeavors while pursuing their academic dreams and goals as well! We wish all of the track and field athletes the the history of MAXWELL FIELD best of luck and would like to thank all of the Maxwell Field has been the home to purchase the property. A 700-seat families, friends, and spectators who support of Linfield track and field teams covered stadium was erected along them. Welcome and enjoy this weekend! since 1928. The facility features a the west sideline. polyurethane track, synthetic field, In the mid-1940s, many enlisted Dr. Garry Killgore stadium lighting, as well as two color men were returning to college after Director of Athletics video displays and a large pressbox. serving their country during World Linfield College The facility underwent a $1.44 War II. At the time, the college million facelift in 2004 funded entirely desired to build a larger grandstand meet operations | event staff by private donations and volunteer but had little money available for the labor. More than 400 individuals and project. However, federal funding MEET DIRECTOR CLERKS organizations contributed. Since its was available for construction of renovation, Maxwell Field has served college dormitories to accommodate Dr. Garry Killgore David Nickelson, Matt Dressel, Vic Downs as the site of the 2005 and 2011 the sudden influx of men returning FACILITY DIRECTOR Northwest Conference Track and from military service. School officials, LONG JUMP Doug Hire Field Championships. using a creative approach, combined COMMUNICATIONS Kim Cross-Boyce, Ron Swick The Atlas track is an Olympic- the two projects and the result was Kelly Bird standard 400-meter oval with softer Linfield’s one-of-a-kind stadium. POLE VAULT RESULTS curves than the previous design, In 1947, Memorial Stadium Patrick Duffy Russell Weaver which was originally built to English and the accompanying residence HAMMER PUBLIC ADDRESS standards. The old latex-based track hall was completed and named in Rocky Lechelt, Bill Linhart was upgraded to a longer-lasting memory of the Linfield men who died Brian Crain SHOT PUT polyurethane surface. The areas for in the service of their country during EVENT COMMITTEE Scott Phoenix, shot put, discus, and javelin were World War II. The concrete, wood Toby Schwartz, Travis Eric Johnson relocated, as were the long jump, and brick stadium was built with a Olson, Adam Frye HIGH JUMP high jump and pole vault pits and covered seating capacity of 2,250. TICKETS Laura Duffy runways. When combined with portable seat- Jodie Faulk, Jolene Bird JAVELIN When Melrose Hall was con- ing, capacity is about 4,000. Beneath MEET PROGRAM structed on the site of the original the grandstand are locker rooms and Rocky Lechelt, Scott Hannah Fisher, Kelly Bird Phoenix, Eric Johnson, sports field in 1928, the athletics athletic training facilities. STARTERS Corey Medeiros field was relocated to its present A detached building housing the Tim Weaver, Larry Byerly, TRIPLE JUMP location.