Indoor Track & Field Seattle Pacific University Mark Moschetti, Assistant SID ● (206) 281-2772 ● [email protected] ● Fax: (206) 281-2266 January 24, 2019
Speedy group set for UW Invitational Falcon sprinters will be busy during two-day meet at Dempsey Indoor GENERAL INFORMATION Institution: Seattle Pacific University Address: 3307 Third Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119 THE SCHEDULE: Enrollment: 4,061 Seattle Pacific at UW Invitational Nickname: Falcons Colors: Maroon & White Friday-Saturday, January 25-26, 2019 Affiliation: NCAA Division II Dempsey Indoor (UW) / Seattle, Wash. Conference: Great Northwest Athletic Conference FRIDAY: Track 4:00 p.m. / Field 5:00 p.m. President: Dr. Daniel J. Martin (S. Nazarene) SATURDAY: Field 10:00 a.m. / Track 10:00 a.m. Athletic Dir.: Jackson Stava (Azusa Pacific 2005) E-mail: [email protected] : 206-281-2085 LIVE STREAMING (pay-per-view): https://tinyurl.com/ybt25a26 Athletic Department office Fax: 206-281-2266 LIVE RESUTS: https://live.pntfo.com/meets/1910 Athletic Dept. Web Site: www.spufalcons.com Sports Info. Director: Dan Lepse (206-281-2741; SEATTLE – The quantity will be small. But the Seattle Pacific Falcons are hoping to [email protected]) show some big quality when they return to indoor track and field action this weekend. Track SID: Mark Moschetti (206-281-2772, A group of 14 SPU athletes will head back across town to Dempsey Indoor on the [email protected]) University of Washington campus for the UW Invitational. COACHING STAFF Friday will have a limited number of events, with action on the track starting at Head Coach: Karl Lerum (PLU ’98) 4:00 p.m. and in the field at 5:00 p.m. Office: (206) 281-2897 On Saturday, running and field events both resume at 10:00 a.m. E-mail: [email protected] This is the second of four regular-season Asst. Coaches: Chris Reed GNAC AWARD GOES TO MEYER meets and the first of three straight prior to Audra Smith Raul Sheen Sophomore Renick Meyer, who the GNAC Championships, which are set Office: (206) 281-3432 went 18 feet, 10¾ inches to win the for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15 and 16, at [email protected] Jackson’s Track in Nampa, Idaho. long jump at the season-opening [email protected] UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 12, was named the GNAC Women’s Field FOLLOW IT LIVE Athlete of the Week for Jan. 7-13. A pay-per-view live Webcast will be offered Meyer’s mark came on her second through FloTrack. Live results also will be 2019 SCHEDULE attempt of the day, and gave her available. The appropriate links can be Jan. 12 UW Indoor Preview No team scores back-to-back personal bests. She found at the top of this story. Jan. 25 UW Invitational (Dempsey), 1:30 p.m. came into the meet with an indoor Jan. 26 UW Invitational (Dempsey), 10:00 a.m. PR of 17-11 from last season, and Feb. 2 Cougar Indoor (Pullman), 10:05 a.m. broke that by going 18-3¼ on her KEN FOREMAN MEMORIAL SET FOR Feb. 8 Husky Classic (Dempsey), 3:00 p.m. first jump. SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN BROUGHAM Feb. 9 Husky Classic (Dempsey), 9:00 a.m. Then came her 18-10 ¾,, which A public memorial for legendary track and Feb. 15 GNAC Championships (Nampa, ID), 1:30 p.m. not only was another PR, but also field coach Ken Foreman has been Feb. 16 GNAC Championships (Nampa, ID), 9 a.m. Feb. 23 SPU Final Qualifier (Dempsey), ~ 4 p.m. put her onto the provisional quali- scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 27. March 8 NCAA D2 nationals (Pittsburg, Kan.) fying list for the NCAA Division II The service in Brougham Pavilion will begin March 9 NCAA D2 nationals (Pittsburg, Kan.) Championships, currently in the at 2:00 p.m. No. 8 spot. It is the fifth-best mark Foreman passed away on Dec. 23 at 96. in GNAC history. Widely regarded as the founder of the Meyer also raced twice in the Seattle Pacific athletic program, Foreman 60-meter hurdles, clocking 8.94 in coached track, cross country, and basketball the qualification heats, then lowering during five decades at the school. Along that to 8.87 in the preliminaries. with his accomplishments at the school, was This is Meyer’s second Athlete of selected to the coaching staff of 14 U.S. the Week honor. Her first one was international track teams, including his role during last spring’s outdoor season. as head women’s track coach for the 1980 Olympic team. SCOUTING REPORT FALCON FODDER
The Falcons are stacked in the sprints, with four entries in the BOUYER BLISTERS TRACK IN DEBUT 60- and 200-meter dashes, and two in the 60 hurdles. The 60 dash will include a pair of speedy freshmen in Jenna For a lot of freshman, indoor track is a brand-new experience. But Bouyer and Peace Igbonagwam. Boyer already has run not for Jenna Bouyer. a 7.77 at Dempsey, and Igbonagwam has clocked a 7.89. Both Not only had she raced in a handful of meets while at Curtis High were fast enough to advance out of the qualifying rounds and into School in the Tacoma suburb of University Place, she had raced on the preliminaries at the UW Indoor Preview two weeks ago. Dempsey Indoor’s purple surface. Sophomore Julia Stepper and junior Grace Bley also are That experience came in handy during her college debut on Jan. in this even. Stepper opened with a sub-8 at the Preview, going 12 at the UW Indoor Preview. Boyer posted a pair of GNAC-leading 7.90. Bley did not run the 60 in that meet. times in the two sprints, clocking 7.77 in the qualification heats (and That same foursome will be in the 200, with Bouyer (25.28) and then a 7.78 in the preliminaries) of the 60-meter dash, followed later Bley (25.40) already ranked 1-2 in the GNAC. Igbonagwam was by a 25.28 in the 200. in the 25’s last time, coming through in 25.95. “Since I’ve already run here, I wasn’t really as nervous,” Bouyer said Sophomore Renick Meyer and junior Scout Cai are in afterward. “But for my first college meet, I’m so happy for my 60 and the 60 hurdles. Meyer already has run twice, going 8.94 in the especially my 200 since I was aiming for the time I got. So I’m glad I qualifying round, then lowering that to 8.87 in the prelims on reached my goal. I felt good, especially on the curves.” Jan. 12. That barely missed a spot in the finals, as Washington’s While Bouyer is still atop the conference’s 200-meter list (with SPU Karlee Stueckle was timed in 8.87 in that very same heat, but junior Grace Bley close behind in second at 25.40), someone else nicked Meyer at the finish line for what turned out to be the last already has run faster in the 60. That would be Concordia-Portland berth in the championship race. sophomore Macie Allen, who went 7.68 at a meet in Nampa, Cai didn’t compete in the opener, but is in two events this time, Idaho, last Friday. Allen’s time came on the same straightaway that adding the pole vault to the 60 hurdles. Freshman Madison runners will compete on at GNAC’s next month. Licari will join her in the pole. NOT THE ONLY NUMBER ONE Junior Kate Lilly wasn’t feeling quite 100 percent two weeks ago, but still came with solid races in the mile (5:05.23) and 3000 Bouyer wasn’t the only SPU athlete to come away from opening meters (10:02.40). She’ll get another shot in the mile this week. weekend with a conference-leading time. The Falcons are planning to load a 4x400 relay. It will feature Renick Meyer’s 18-10 ¾ leap in the long jump has her atop that three freshmen – Rebecca Troescher, Bouyer, and list – albeit not by very much. Central Washington multi-event star Igbonwgwam – in the first three spots, and junior Bley on HarLee Ortega is right on her heels at 18-9 ¼, and fellow Central the anchor leg. senior Brooke Williams has gone 18-9. On the men’s side, junior Shaye Carpenter is in the 60 Junior Kate Lilly has the fastest mile time at 5:05.23. But less hurdles, while freshman Sean Barbour and sophomore Davis than a second behind her is Central distance standout Alexa Flintoff are in the pole vault. Barbour went 13-1 ½ in his college Shindruk at 5:06.02. Shindruk’s time is converted, as her actual debut at the Preview. His high school PR is 13-6. mark on Washington State’s 200-meter flat oval was 5:09.04. Multi-eventers Cai, Meyer, and Kellie May are not competing in the pentathlon on Frfiday. Instead, they are penciled into that A TWEAK HERE, A TWEAK THERE five-event test at next weekend’s Cougar Indoor in Pullman. From year to year, there are always a few changes to the NCAA qualifying standards. In most instances, the minimum times get just a bit faster, and the minimum distances just a bit higher or farther. WHERE TO SEE THEM That is holding true to form in 2019. On the women’s side, the SPU’s entries for the UW Invitational (subject to scratches): biggest time drop came in the provisional for the 5,000 meters, as WOMEN MEN it is nearly three seconds faster: 17:27.66 just to make the list this year, as compared to 17:30.57 in 2018. The 3,000-meter provisional Grace Bley: 60, 200, 4x400 Sean Barbour: PV went from 9:59.49 to 9:58.00. Jenna Bouyer: 60, 200 Shayne Carpewnter: 60H Scout Cai: 60H, PV Davis Flintoff: PV It won’t take quite as many points to make the pentathlon provisional Peace Igbonagwam: 60, 200, this winter – 3,233, to be precise. Last year’s provisional number 4x400 was 3,295. Geneva Lehnert: HJ The largest men’s time drop came in the 3,000 (8:23.09, down from Madison Licari: PV 8:24.32) and in the 5,000 (14:41.13, down from 14:42.70). Kate Lilly: Mile Kellie May: LJ, TJ Renick Meyer: 60H UP NEXT Julia Stepper: 60, 200 Cougar Indoor Rebecca Troescher: 4x400 Next up on the winter schedule is the , set for next Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1 and 2, at the WSU Indoor Practice Facility in Pullman. The pentathlon, likely with a handful of Falcons, is on Friday, with the bulk of the events on Saturday. Track races start at 10:05 a.m., and field events get going at 11:00 a.m. SCOUTING THE 2019 FALCONS
The Seattle Pacific Falcons would like to get back to flying solo in The group of freshmen includes three high school state champions. 2019. Madison Licari won the 2017 Class 2A (medium / small school) Flying solo, that is, when it comes time to hand out the Great Washington pole vault title for Fife; Rebecca Troescher won Northwest Athletic Conference women’s indoor track and field the Idaho Class 4A (large school) crown in the 100-meter dash championship trophy. (12.48) for Eagle; and Kaylee Mitchell was part of Oregon’s Class 4A (large-medium) 4x100 relay title team in 2016. Mitchell, After going right down to the final race and ultimately sharing the however, is far better known for her distance running, earning 2018 crown with Central Washington, SPU heads into the winter GNAC Freshman of the Year in cross country last fall. of ’19 with a solid core of returners – a handful of them with NCAA national championships experience – and a talented crop of Peace Igbonagwam, placed in four events at Oregon’s newcomers. Class 6A: (large) meet last spring: two jumps (long and triple) and two sprints (100 and 200). Jenna Bouyer is a state-placing Taken together, there’s every reason to believe that the Falcons sprinter from Washington 4A track power Curtis High School. will be in the thick of the team title conversation once again. Krystal Kaufman is a four-time Washington state qualifier in Leading the way for SPU are a pair who can do just the 800. about anything – and have the credentials to prove The SPU men return six competitors from last year’s conference it. Junior Scout Cai has won back-to-back GNAC meet, and have added several promising newcomers, mostly in indoor pentathlon titles and came home with an the distance events. All-American award last March by finishing fifth at the NCAAs. She also is the reigning conference pole Sophomore Elius Graf placed 10th in the mile in vault champion. 2018, and stepped up his performance consider- ably during the 2018 cross country season. He was Then there’s sophomore Renick Meyer. She is a top-25 placer at GNAC, leading the Falcons to a the defending GNAC 60-meter dash champion, seventh-place finish. placed second in the 60-meter hurdles, seventh in Junior Shayne Carpenter (left) is a the 200-meter dash and 12th in the long jump. And regular presence in the 60-meter dash while she didn’t do the pentathlon during the indoor and 60-meter hurdles, and senior Jesse Phan can postseason, she did put her multi-event mettle on go longer sprints (400) and shorter distances (800). display during the outdoor heptathlon, capturing the Ben Hansen and Shad Galloway add some conference championship and placing an All-American seventh distance depth. at the NCAA Championships. Also returning is junior Kate Lilly, the leadoff Sophomore Colin Boutin did not compete indoors runner on last year’s All-American distance medley last year, but found his stride late in the outdoor relay team. Lilly wound up as a double All-American season. He won a 10,000-meter race in Bellingham, in 2018, having earned second-team status in the and came back two weeks later to score in that race outdoor 1500. She placed sixth in the mile at the at GNAC. In the fall of ’18, he was either at or near indoor conference meet. the front of the Falcons’ cross country pack, and was the first SPU finisher at NCAA West Regionals.. Sprints are traditionally a strong suit for Seattle Pacific. Joining Meyer are junior Freshman Colby Otero leads a corps of distance newcomers Grace Bley (left) and sophomore who already have started to show what they can do. Otero was Julia Stepper. Bley was second the lead Falcon in three regular-season meets and scored in both in the GNAC indoor 200 and won the postseason races. Last spring, he won the Hawaii state 3000-meter outdoor 200. Stepper ran to a third- championship for Kalaheo. place finish in the indoor 60. Another freshman, Brayden Schultz, came on strong for the Junior Katherine Walter (left|), along with Falcons toward the end of cross country season, scoring at GNAC sophomores Dania Holmberg and Elizabeth and West Regionals. Thompson bolster SPU’s depth in the distances. Freshman Silas Newby brings some field event talent. Walter placed ninth in the 5000 at GNAC, and was Competing for King’s High School just north of Seattle, Newby ran a vital part of this past fall’s cross country team that on two Class 1A (small school) state championship relays in 2017. finished 15th at the NCAA championship, earning He was second in the long jump at state in 2018 as a senior, and All-West Region honors. has gone 45-plus feet in the triple jump. Cai and Meyer are well known for their abilities in the field events, Sophomore pole vaulter Davis Flintoff competed but they have some talented teammates in that area. Sophomore just twice indoors last winter. But he then saw regular Kellie May was fourth in the GNAC pentathlon and finished action during the spring outdoor season and capped sixth in the triple jump. Senior Geneva Lehnert was third in the year by clearing his first 14-foot bar to take fifth the high jump, 11th in the long jump, and has experience as a multi-eventer, as well. place at the GNAC Championships. THE COACHES Head coach / Program director KARL LERUM
Having successfully continued a long-standing tradition of success with Seattle Pacific’s track and field teams, Karl Lerum is now in his sixth year as director of the school’s entire running program, including cross country, having taken on that role in the fall of 2013. Lerum is heading into his 14th year in charge of the SPU track program. In 2015, for the sixth time in school history, and all under his leadership, the Falcon women pulled an indoor-outdoor GNAC team title sweep. In 2018, they shared the indoor title with Central Washington, then won the outdoor crown handily. A few weeks after the season ended, Lerum was named the 2018 GNAC women’s outdoor Coach of the Year. The GNAC award was his eighth. He has swept the women’s indoor and outdoor honors five times: 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2015. He also has six West Region women’s indoor Coach of the Year awards and four outdoor awards, thereby giving him 25 conference and region honors altogether between the winter and spring seasons. Of Seattle Pacific’s 12 conference indoor team championships, Lerum has been the man in charge for 10 of those. During the 2018 outdoor season, 12 Falcon women posted a total of 15 NCAA provisional qualifying marks (13 individual times / distances plus both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays). Of those qualifiers, Scout Cai (heptathlon), Mary Charleson (1500), Kate Lilly (1500), and Renick Meyer (heptathlon, long jump) made it to nationals. Meyer made first team All-America in both of her events; Cai and Lilly earned places on the second team. Indoors in 2018, Lerum’s Falcons hit eight NCAA qualifying standards. Scout Cai made it to nationals in the heptathlon and pole vault, finishing an All-American fifth in the hep. The 4000 distance medley relay team of Lilly, Lani Taylor, Chynna Phan, and Charleson raced to fifth place, making them All-Americans. Lerum stepped up to the Falcons’ coaching helm in October 2005, taking over from Jack Hoyt. He worked as an assistant to Hoyt in 2000, and again in 2003. In between, he spent two years as an assistant coach at Trinity College, an NCAA Division III school in Hartford, Conn. While Lerum has coached numerous athletes with impressive accomplishments at SPU, he has quite an impressive athletic background of his own. As an athlete at Pacific Lutheran University in nearby Tacoma, Lerum made his mark in two sports. On the football field, he set – and still owns – the school career records for receptions and receiving yards. On the track, Lerum has the Lutes record in the 400 meters and is among the school’s top 10 in the decathlon, 110 hurdles, long jump, 100 meters, and javelin. He was an All-American in the decathlon, finishing third at the NAIA nationals in 1996 and second in ‘97 and ‘98. He didn’t stop there. After college, Lerum was on the San Francisco 49ers’ roster for the 1998 and 1999 preseason, and played with the Amsterdam Admirals in NFL Europe. In 2003 and again in 2004, he served as the head coach of the Oslo Vikings football program in Norway. Lerum is a graduate of Franklin Pierce High School in Parkland, south of Tacoma. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from PLU and a master’s in history from Trinity. He and son Lukas live in Seattle. ASSISTANT COACH CHRIS REED Chris Reed is beginning his eighth year as a collegiate coach and his sixth year as an assistant at Seattle Pacific, joining the staff in December 2013. The native of Klamath Falls in southern Oregon is a 2011 graduate of Western Oregon, majoring in economics. Reed became an assistant coach at Western Oregon in 2011 prior to joining the Falcons. He was named the West Region Women’s Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year in 2015 by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. He also is director of Falcon Running Camp. In addition, Reed serves on the Cross Country Executive Committee for the USTFCCCA, and is on that group’s Polls Committee. Reed was a two-time All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference selection on the cross country course, finishing seventh as a junior in 2009 and third as a senior in 2010. He also was a two-time NCAA qualifier, earning All-America in 2009. On the track, Reed raced to a pair of All-GNAC honors, taking third in the 5,000 meters as a freshman in 2008, then placing third in the 1,500 as a senior in 2011. Indoors, he won the 2011 GNAC mile title and anchored the Wolves’ All-American distance medley relay later that season. Reed finished his WOU career with five school records. He and wife Annie live in Seattle.
ASSISTANT COACH AUDRA SMITH Audra Smith, who started out as a sprinter, became a heptathlete, and now has competed in four marathons, is in her sixth year on the Falcons coaching staff, coming aboard in August 2013. In addition to her track & field assistant coaching role, she is also the head coach for strength & conditioning coach in the athletic department. The graduate of Idaho State University spent the previous four years before joining the Falcons as a coach at the University of Washington. During the 2018 indoor track season, Smith’s sprinters accounted for 47 of SPU’s 136 points at the GNAC Indoor Championships to help the Falcons earn a share of the team title. Outdoors in the spring of ‘18, that sprint group racked up three GNAC titles to help account for 62 of the 155 points SPU scored to take the team championship going away. Just a week prior to the conference meet, that same 4x100 group set a school record with a time of 46.33 at the Ken Shannon Invitational. In the winter of 2016, Smith was named the West Region Women’s Indoor Track Assistant Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA. A native of Pima, Ariz., Smith has been in the Seattle area since 2008. She is married to Raul Sheen, who is a track and field assistant coach with the Falcons. They recently welcomed theif first child, son Griffin.
ASSISTANT COACH RAUL SHEEN Raul Sheen begins his third year as an assistant on the SPU track and field coaching staff. Sheen spent eight seasons in a similar role at the University of Washington. During his time there, his athletes won four Pacific-12 Conference titles and racked up 32All-America awards. Of the seven sprint events for each gender – 100 to 400 meters, both hurdles races and both relays – Husky competitors made the NCAA outdoor preliminaries in all of them in various years. Prior to arriving at Washington, Sheen coached during the 2008 season at Long Beach State. One of his athletes there, Brent Gray, won West Regional titles in the 100 and 200, became an All-American by finishing fifth in the 200 at NCAAs, and was named the Big West Conference Track Athlete of the Year. Altogether, four of his Long Beach sprinters qualified for NCAAs, and his athletes won 10 Big West titles. Sheen is from Rupert, Idaho, and competed all four years at Idaho State University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education in 2002, and then a master’s in athletic administration, also at Idaho State, in 2003. He served as a graduate assistant at the school while completing his studies there. A one-year stint as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of New Mexico followed. Sheen returned to Idaho State from 2005-07 as an assistant coach for sprints and relays. During that time, the men’s team won the Big Sky Conference title in 2006, and the women won it in 2007. His athletes raced to six conference crowns and earned 25 All-Big Sky awards. 2019 Seattle Pacific Women's Track and Field Roster
Athlete Events Cl Hometown (High school/previous college) Grace Bley Sprints Jr Puyallup, WA (Puyallup / Univ. of Portland) Jenna Bouyer Sprints Fr University Place, WA (Curtis) Scout Cai Multis, PV, jumps Jr Colfax, WA (Colfax) McKenzie Diaz Distance Fr Gig Harbor, WA (Bellarmine Prep) Anna Farner Sprints Fr Molalla, OR (Molalla) Dania Holmberg Distance So Eagle, ID (Eagle) Peace Igbonagwam Sprints, LJ, TJ Fr Fairview, OR (Reynolds) Krystal Kaufman Middle distance Fr Ridgefield, WA (Skyview) Emma Lambert Hurdles, pole vault Sr Portland, OR (Lincoln) Geneva Lehnert HJ, LJ Sr Eugene, OR (Sheldon) Madison Licari Pole vault Fr Milton, WA (Fife) Kate Lilly Middle distance Jr Renton, WA (Hazen) Emily Long Distance So Greeley, CO (Frontier Academy) Kellie May Multis, LJ, TJ So Irvine, CA (Northwood) Amber McGraw Distance Fr Sammamish, WA (Skyline) Sedona McNerney Distance Jr Fair Oaks, CA (Bella Vista) Renick Meyer Sprints, hurdles, multis So Gresham, OR (Barlow) Kaylee Mitchell Distance Fr Salem, OR (Sprague) Joje Ann Rabanal Sprints, LJ Fr Yakima, WA (East Valley) Alexis Rogers Sprints R-Fr Renton, WA (Hazen) Julia Stepper Sprints So Ariel, WA (Woodland) Elizabeth Thompson Distance So Portland, OR (Sunset) Rebecca Troescher Sprints Fr Eagle, ID (Bishop Kelly) Katherine Walter Distance Jr Brier, WA (Mountlake Terrace) Kelsey Washenberger Distance Fr Bend, OR (Summit)
Head coach: Karl Lerum Assistant coaches: Chris Reed, Audra Smith, Raul Sheen
Pronunciation guide Grace Bley BLY Jenna Bouyer BAU-yer Scout Cai KYE Peace Igbonagwam ig-BAWNA-gwam Geneva Lehnert LEH-nert Madison Licari lih-CAR-ee Sedona McNerney seh-DOE-nuh Renick Meyer REH-nick Joje Ann Rabanal jo-JEE ann RAH-bahn-all Rebecca Troescher TRO-sher
Karl Lerum LEER-um 2019 Seattle Pacific Men’s Track and Field Roster
Athlete Events Cl Hometown (high school/previous college) Sean Barbour Pole vault Fr Rio Rancho, NM (Rio Rancho) Colin Boutin Distance So Valrico, FL (Bloomingdale) Shayne Carpenter Hurdles Jr Tacoma, WA (Mount Tahoma) Davis Flintoff Pole vault So Vancouver, WA (Skyview) Shad Galloway Distance So Portland, OR (Sunset) Royce Garcia Distance So Honolulu, HI (Iolani) Elius Graff Distance So Portland, OR (Wilson) Ben Hansen Distance So Los Angeles, CA (Palisades Charter) Nick Leidig Distance R-Fr Brier, WA (Mountlake Terrace) Alec Llamas Distance Fr Ventura, CA (Foothill Tech) Silas Newby Sprints, LJ, TJ Fr Bothell, WA (King’s) Colby Otero Distance Fr Kailua, HI (Kalaheo) Joseph Perkins Distance Jr Happy Valley, OR (Portland Christian) Jesse Phan Middle distance Sr Bellingham, WA (Mt. Baker) Aiden Pullen Distance R-Fr Washougal, WA (Washougal / Clark College) Jared Putney Distance Fr Issaquah, WA (Issaquah) Brayden Schultz Distance Fr Kenmore, WA (Inglemoor) Christian Wong Sprints Jr Renton, WA (Liberty)
Head coach: Karl Lerum Assistant coaches: Chris Reed, Audra Smith, Raul Sheen
Pronunciation guide Sean Barbour BAR-ber Coln Boutin BAU-tin Davis Flintoff FLINT-off Elius Graff ee-LYE-us Nick Leidig LIE-dig Alec Llamas LAH-mas Colby Otero OH-tair-oh Jesse Phan FAWN
Karl Lerum LEER-um 2019 WOMEN’S INDOOR T&F PERFORMANCE LIST
+NCAA auto / #NCAA provisional (times based on 307-meter oversized flat track) No GNAC qualifying standards
60 METERS (+ 7.46 / # 7.68) 60-METER HURDLES (+ 8.42 / # 8.81) SCHOOL RECORD: Nyema Sims 7.63 (2007) SCHOOL RECORD: Maliea Luquin 8.61 (2/27/2016) Name Season best PR Name Season best PR Jenna Bouyer 7.77 (1/12) Same Renick Meyer 8.87 (1/12) 8.76 (2x, 2/17/18) Peace Igbonagwam 7.86 (1/12) Same Kellie May 9.48 (1/12) 9.43 (2/16/18) Julia Stepper 7.90 (1/12) 7.80 (1/13/18) Scout Cai DNC 9.10 (3/10/18) Anna Farner 8.31 (1/12) Same Geneva Lehnert DNC 10.15 (2/17/17) Renick Meyer DNC 7.71 (2x, 2/17/18) 4X400 RELAY (+ 3:43.34 / # 3:51.01) 200 METERS (+ 23.97 / # 24.89) SCHOOL RECORD: Tims, Decker, Hong, Ambus 3:42.44 (3/12/2016) SCHOOL RECORD: Jahzerlle Ambus 24.35 (2/20/2016) Names Season best PR Name Season best PR Bley, Troescher, 4:07.41 (1/12) Same Jenna Bouyer 25.28 (1/12) Same Kaufman, Washenberger Grace Bley 25.40 (1/12) 25.07 (2/16/18) Peace Igbonagwam 25.95 (1/12) Same DISTANCE MEDLEY (+11:35.38 / #12:04.60) Julia Stepper 26.13 (1/12) 25.65 (2/16/18) SCHOOL RECORD: Larson, Pike, Anderberg, Pixler 11:29.88 (2010) Renick Meyer DNC 25.12 (2/16/18) Names Season best PR Emma Lambert DNC 26.72 (2/14/16) No teams Scout Cai DNC 26.86 (1/14/17) Kellie May DNC 28.00 (1/13/18) HIGH JUMP (+ 5-9¼ (1.76) / # 5-5¼ (1.67) SCHOOL RECORD: Juli Van Pelt 5-11¾ (1.83m) (1988) 400 METERS (+ 54.45 / # 56.65) Name Season best PR SCHOOL RECORD: Jahzelle Ambus 54.87 (2/20/2016) Geneva Lehnert NH (1/12) 5-7¼ / 1.71 (2/19/16) Name Season best PR Scout Cai DNC 5-5¼ / 1.66 (2/17/17) Rebecca Troescher 58.96 (1/12) Same Kellie May DNC 4-11½ / 1.51 (2/16/18) Grace Bley 59.06 (1/12) 58.25 (2/16/18) Renick Meyer DNC 4-7½ / 1.41 (1/26/18) Emma Lambert DNC 1:00.92 (2/5/16) POLE VAULT (+ 13-2¼ (4.02) / # 11-8½ (3.57) 800 METERS (+ 2:08.32 / # 2:14.12) SCHOOL RECORD: Melissa Peaslee 12-9 (2008) SCHOOL RECORD: Lynelle Decker 2:07.52 (3/12/2016) Name Season best PR Name Season best PR Madison Licari 10-10 / 3.30 (1/12) Same Krystal Kaufman 2:20.60 (1/12) Same Emma Lambert NH (1/12) 10-10¾ / 3/32 (2/18/17) Kate Lilly DNC 2:15.40 (2/17/17) Scout Cai DNC 12-4¾ / 3.78# (2/16/18) Scout Cai DNC 2:20.98 (3/10/18) Geneva Lehnert DNC 2:27.81 (2/17/17) LONG JUMP (+ 20-0¼ (6.10) / # 18-6½ (5.65) Renick Meyer DNC 2:33.86 (1/26/18) SCHOOL RECORD: Karin Grelsson 19-9½ (6.04m) (1993) Kellie May DNC 2:37.75 (1/26/18) Name Season best PR Renick Meyer 18-10¾ / 5.76# (1/12) Same MILE (+ 4:44.72 / # 4:58.90) Peace Igbonagwam 17-9 / 5.41 (1/12) Same SCHOOL RECORD: Jessica Pixler 4:32.48 (2010) Kellie May Foul (1/12) 18-3¼ / 5.57 (2/16/18) Name Season best PR Scout Cai DNC 18-4½ / 5.60 (3/10/18) Kate Lilly 5:05.23 (1/12) 4:56.96 (2/15/17) Geneva Lehnert DNC 18-5¼ / 5.62 (2/17/17) Kaylee Mitchell 5:10.25 (1/12) Same Julia Stepper DNC 15-7½ / 4.76 (1/13/18) Kelsey Washenberger 5:15.01 (1/12) Same Amber McGraw 5:21.87 (1/12) Same TRIPLE JUMP (+ 40-11½ (12.48) / # 38-2¼ (11.64) Elizabeth Thompson DNC 5:13.48 (2/11/18) SCHOOL RECORD: Karin Grelsson 41-4½ (12.61m) (1993) Dania Holmberg DNC 5:17.62 (2/17/18) Name Season best PR Katherine Walter DNC 5:19.13 (2/11/18) Peace Igbonagwam 36-2¾ / 11.04 (1/12) Same Sedona McNerney DNC 5:27.63 (2/11/18) Kellie May 35-2½ / 10.73 (1/12) 37-1¼ / 11.31 (2/17/18)
3,000 METERS (+ 9:29.46 / # 9:58.00) SHOT PUT (+ 51-1¾ (15.59) / # 44-8 (13.61) SCHOOL RECORD: Jessica Pixler 9:23.24 (2009) SCHOOL RECORD: Susan Jung 44-7¾ (13.61m) (1997) Name Season best PR Name Season best PR Kate Lilly 10:02.40 (1/12) Same Scout Cai DNC 35-3¾ / 10.76 (3/10/18) Kaylee Mitchell 10:07.45 (1/12) Same Kellie May DNC 32-3¾ / 9.85 (1/26/18) Katherine Walter 10:27.26 (1/12) Same Renick Meyer DNC 29-5¼ / 8.97 (1/26/18) Sedona McNerney DNC 10:48.83 (1/14/17) Geneva Lehnert DNC 27-9¼ / 8.46 (2/17/17)
5,000 METERS (+ 16:33.62 / # 17:27.66) SCHOOL RECORD: Jessica Pixler 16:12.65 (2009) Name Season best PR Katherine Walter DNC 18:00.02 (1/26) Sedona McNerney DNC 18:54.72 (1/26) 2019 WOMEN’S INDOOR T&F PERFORMANCE LIST
+NCAA auto / #NCAA provisional (times based on UW’s 307-meter oversized flat track) No GNAC qualifying standards
WEIGHT THROW (+ 65-2¼ (19.87) / # 55-8¼ (16.97) SCHEDULE SCHOOL RECORD: Lauren Kooy 42-5¼ (2004) 1/12 UW Indoor Preview Name Season best PR No competitors
PENTATHLON (+ 3,829 / # 3,233) SCHOOL RECORD: Danielle Ayers-Stamper 4,007 (2005) Name Season best PR Scout Cai DNC 3,790 (3/10/18) Kellie May DNC 3,252 (2/16/18) Renick Meyer DNC 3,192 (1/26/18) Geneva Lehnert DNC 3,411 (2/17/17) 2019 MEN’S INDOOR T&F PERFORMANCE LIST
+NCAA auto / #NCAA provisional (times based on 307-meter oversized flat track) No GNAC qualifying standards
60 METERS (+ 6.72 / # 6.88) HIGH JUMP (+ 7-0½ (2.15) / # 6-8¼ (2.04) SCHOOL RECORD: Ryan Jewell 7.15 (2005) SCHOOL RECORD: Kyle Gough 6-9 (2.06m) (1996) Name Season best PR Name Season best PR Christian Wong 7.37 (1/12) 7.47 (1/13/18) No competitors Shayne Carpenter 7.46 (1/12) 7.24 (2/17/17) POLE VAULT (17-1¾ (5.23) / 15-6¼ (4.73) 200 METERS (+ 21.21 / # 21.74) SCHOOL RECORD: Chris Randolph (2006) and Ray Zoellick (2011, 2012) SCHOOL RECORD: Ryan Jewell 22.46 (2005) both 14-11 (4.55m) Name Season best PR Name Season best PR Shayne Carpenter DNC 24.48 (1/14/17) Sean Barbour 13-1½ / 4.00 (1/12) Same Davis Flintoff 12-7½ / 3.85 (1/12) 13-6½ / 4.13 (2/11/18) 400 METERS (+ 47.32 / # 48.58) SCHOOL RECORD: Mario Lopez 49.27 (2/21/2015) LONG JUMP (+ 24-11 (7.59) / # 23-4 (7.11) Name Season best PR SCHOOL RECORD: Justin Felt 23-2¾ (7.08m) (2009) Silas Newby 52.79 (1/12) Same Name Season best PR Jesse Phan DNC 50.35 (2/25/17) No returning competitors
800 METERS (+ 1:49.45 / # 1:53.25) TRIPLE JUMP (+ 50-9¼ (15.47) / # 47-5 (14.45) SCHOOL RECORD: Paul Mach 1:51.49 (2004) SCHOOL RECORD: Steve Gough 50-8½ (15.46m) (1970) Name Season best PR Name Season best PR Jesse Phan 1:56.22 (1/12) 1:55.51 (2/12/17) Silas Newby 43-5¼ / 13.24 (1/12) Same Alec Llamas 2:07.23 (1/12) Same Ben Hansen DNC 2:04.56 (1/13/18) SHOT PUT (+ 59-4 (18.08) / # 52-8¾ (16.07) SCHOOL RECORD: Mike Olson 59-7¾ (18.18m) (1993) 1000 METERS (not an NCAA event) Name Season best PR SCHOOL RECORD: Not available No competitors Name Season best PR No competitors WEIGHT THROW (+ 68-11¾ (21.02) / # 57-8½ (17.59) SCHOOL RECORD: Billy Martin 48-7½ (14.82m) (2011) MILE (+ 4:02.24 / # 4:11.12) Name Season best PR SCHOOL RECORD: Seth Pierson 4:09.83 (2012) No competitors Name Season best PR Colby Otero 4:23.80 (1/12) Same HEPTATHLON (+ 5,353 / # 4,710) Elius Graff 4:36.79 (1/12) 4:19.59 (2/17/18) SCHOOL RECORD: Chris Randolph 5,508 (2006) Brayden Schultz 4:43.83 (1/12) Same Name Season best PR Ben Hanson DNC 4:23.38 (2/17/18) No competitors Shad Galloway DNC 4:43.57 (1/13/18)
3000 METERS (+ 8:03.28 / # 8:23.09) SCHOOL RECORD: Will Harrison 8:30.32 (2/10/2013) SCHEDULE Name Season best PR 1/12 UW Indoor Preview Shad Galloway DNC 9:02.00 (2/11/18) Royce Garcia DNC 9:03.71 (2/11/18)
5,000 METERS (+ 14:05.18 / # 14:41.13) SCHOOL RECORD: Turner Wiley 14:56.77 (1/29/2016) Name Season best PR Elius Graf DNC 15:50.86 (1/26/18)
60-METER HURDLES (+ 7.90 / # 8.22) SCHOOL RECORD: Peyto Harris 8.36 (2/19/2016) Name Season best PR Shayne Carpenter 9.24 (1/12) 8.88 (2/17/17)
4X400 RELAY (+ 3:12.20 / # 3:16.99) SCHOOL RECORD: Kellcy, Van Hess, Randolph, Mach 3:21.25 (2004) Names Season best PR No teams
4000 DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY (+ 9:47.20 / # 10:04.81) SCHOOL RECORD: Gibson, Randolph, Strickler, LeCount 10:17.75 (2005) Names Season best PR No teams 2019 WOMEN’S INDOOR T&F INDIVIDUAL PROGRESSION
+ NCAA auto / # NCAA provisional / No GNAC qualifying standards Bold italic = Won event Bold underline - Won heat
GRACE BLEY KATHERINE WALTER Date 200 400 Date 3000 1/12 25.40 59.06 1/12 10:27.26
JENNA BOUYER KELSEY WASHENBERGER Date 60 200 Date Mile 1/12 7.77Q 25.28 1/12 5:15.01 1/12 7.78P --
ANNA FARNER BLEY, TROESCHER, Date 60 KAUFMAN, WASHENBERGER 1/12 8.31 Date 4x400 1/12 4:07.41 PEACE IGBONAGWAM Date 60 200 LJ TJ 1/12 7.86Q 25.95 17-9 36-2¾ SCHEDULE 1/12 7.89P ------1/12 UW Indoor Preview
KRYSTAL KAUFMAN Date 800 1/12 2:20.60
EMMA LAMBERT Date PV 1/12 NH
GENEVA LEHNERT Date HJ 1/12 NH
MADISON LICARI Date PV 1/12 10-10
KATE LILLY Date Mile 3000 1/12 5:05.23 10:02.40
KELLIE MAY Date 60H LJ TJ 1/12 9.48Q FOUL 35-2½
AMBER McGRAW Date Mile 1/12 5:21.87
RENICK MEYER Date 60H LJ 1/12 8.94Q 18-10¾# 1/12 8.87P --
KAYLEE MITCHELL Date Mile 3000 1/12 5:10.25 10:07.45
JULIA STEPPER Date 60 200 1/12 7.90 26.13
REBECCA TROESCHER Date 400 1/12 58.96 2019 MEN’S INDOOR T&F INDIVIDUAL PROGRESSION
Qualifying marks in order: + NCAA auto / # NCAA provisional / No GNAC qualifying standards Bold italic = Won event
SEAN BARBOUR Date PV 1/12 13-1½
SHAYNE CARPENTER Date 60 60H 1/12 7.46Q 9.24Q
DAVIS FLINTOFF Date PV 1/12 12-7½
ELIUS GRAFF Date Mile 1/12 4:36.79
ALEC LLAMAS Date 800 1/12 2:07.23
SILAS NEWBY Date 400 TJ 1/12 52.79 43-5¼
COLBY OTERO Date Mile 1/12 4:23.80
JESSE PHAN Date 800 1/12 1:56.22
BRAYDEN SCHULTZ Date Mile 1/12 4:43.83
CHRISTIAN WONG Date 60 1/12 7.37Q
SCHEDULE 1/12 UW Indoor Preview Seattle Pacific University 2019 Women’s Preview Indoor Track & Field GNAC top-8 placers returning: 8 GNAC top-8 placers lost: 6 2019 Preseason Prospectus Letterwinners / others returning: 4 Other losses: 5 Newcomers: 13
Returning GNAC top-8 placers (8) General Information Athlete Yr 2018 GNAC placings / other accomplishments Institution: Seattle Pacific University Grace Bley Jr 2nd 200, 9th 400, 4th DMR, 5th 4x400 Address: 3307 Third Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119 Scout Cai Jr 1st pentathlon, 1st PV, 2nd HJ, 15th LJ, Founded: 1891 Enrollment: 4,061 5th pentathlon, T16th PV at NCAAs Nickname: Falcons Colors: Maroon & White Geneva Lehnert Sr 3rd HJ, 11th LJ Affiliation: NCAA Division II Kate Lilly Jr 6th mile, 12th 3000; 5th DMR at NCAAs Conference: Great Northwest Athletic Conference Kellie May So 4th pentathlon, 4th LJ, 6th TJ, 4th DMR President: Dr. Daniel J. Martin (Southern Nazarene) Renick Meyer So 1st 60, 2nd 60H, 7th 200, 12th LJ Athletic Director.: Jackson Stave (Azusa Pacific ‘05) [email protected] Julia Stepper So 3rd 60, 9th 200 Athletic Department office: 206-281-2085 Fax: 206-281-2266 Elizabeth Thompson So 4th DMR Athletic Department Web Site: www.spufalcons.com Sports Info Director: Dan Lepse (206-281-2741, [email protected]) Other returning GNAC placers (3) Track & Field SID: Mark Moschetti (206-281-2772, [email protected]) So. Dania Holmberg (10th mile), Jr. Sedona McNerney (20th 5000), Jr. Katherine Walter (9th 5000). Track & Field Information Other returners (1) Head Coach: Karl Lerum (14th year; Pacific Lutheran ‘98) Sr. Emma Lambert (PV). Coach’s office: 206-281-2897 E-mail: [email protected] GNAC top-8 placers lost (6) Assistant Coaches: Audra Smith, Chris Reed, Raul Sheen Brooke Benner (5th pentathlon, 7th TJ, 8th HJ), Mary Charleson (3rd 3000, Athletic Trainer: Jason Durocher 4th mile, 5th NCAA DMR), Becca Houk (5th 200, 7th 60, 5th 4x400), Trainer’s office: 206-281-2768 E-mail: [email protected] Chynna Phan (8th 800, 4th DMR), all graduated; Jr. Alyssa Foote (4th 5000, 7th 3000), transferred to Oregon State; Jr. Lani Taylor (3rd 400, History 4th 200, 5th 4x400, 5th NCAA DMR), not returning. First year of indoor track (men and women): 2004. Other losses (5) Women’s best NCAA finish:6th (35 points), 2009. Sophie Carroll (distance), Hailey Kettel (distance), both graduated; Men’s best NCAA finish: 40th (1 point), 2007. So. Megan Hoback (400, HJ), So. Emily Northey (PV), So. Abbie Women’s conference championships: 11 (GNAC 2004, 05, 06, 07, Steinhauer (distance), all not turning out. 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17. 18*). *Co-champions Men’s conference championships: 0. Newcomers (13) Fr. Jenna Bouyer (sprints), Fr. McKenzie Diaz (distance), Fr. Anna Farner Primary Print Media (sprints), Fr. Peace Igbonagwam (sprints, LJ, TJ), Fr. Krystal Kaufman (distance), Fr. Madison Licari (PV), So. Emily Long (distance), Seattle Times (www.seattletimes.com; [email protected]) Fr. Amber McGraw (distance), Fr. Kaylee Mitchell (distance), Sports desk: (206) 464-2276 Fax: (206) 464-3255 Fr. Joje Ann Rabanal (sprints, LJ), R-Fr Alexis Rogers (sprints), Everett Herald (www.heraldnet.com; [email protected]) Fr. Rebecca Troescher (sprints), Fr. Kelsey Washenberger (distance).. Sports desk: (425) 339-3470 Fax: (425) 339-3464 Tacoma News Tribune (www.thenewstribune.com; [email protected]) Sports desk: (253) 597-8680 Fax: (253) 597-8360 2019 Men’s Preview GNAC top-8 placers returning: 3 GNAC top-8 placers lost: 2 2018 Review Letterwinners / others returning: 6 Other losses: 4 Newcomers: 9 WOMEN: GNAC: Tie 1st, 136 points. NCAA: Tie 24th, 8 points. Returning GNAC top-8 placers (3) GNAC champions: Scout Cai (pentathlon, pole vault), Renick Meyer (60- Athlete Yr 2018 GNAC placings / other accomplishments meter dash). Ben Hansen So 7th DMR, 13th mile NCAA champions: None. NCAA placers: MScout Cai (5th pentathlon, Jesse Phan Sr 7th DMR tie 16th pole vault), Kate Lilly-Lani Taylor-Chynna Phan-Mary Charleson Elius Graff So 7th DMR, 10th mile 5th 4000 distance medley relay. Other returning GNAC placers (3) MEN: GNAC: 10th, 7 points. NCAA: No qualifiers. Jr. Shayne Carpnter (13th 60H, 17th 60), So. Shad Galloway (24th GNAC champions: None. 3000), So. Royce Garcia (26th 3000).
Other returners (3) So. Colin Boutin (distance), So. Davis Flintoff (PV), Jr. Christian Wong 2019 Schedule (sprints). Date Opponent Time GNAC top-8 placers lost (2) Jan. 12 UW Indoor Preview (Dempsey Indoor, UW) 9 a.m. Peyton Harris (5th 60 hurdles, 10th LJ, 9th 4x400), Brysten James (7th Jan. 25 UW Invitational (Dempsey Indoor, UW) 1:30 p.m. DMR), both graduated. Jan. 26 UW Invitational (Dempsey Indoor, UW) 10:00 a.m. Other losses (4) Feb. 2 Cougar Indoor (WSU Indoor Facility) 10:05 a.m. Chris Bench (sprints), Miles Flett (18th 400), Peder Rickbeil (15th mile), Feb. 8 Husky Classic (Dempsey Indoor) 3:00 p.m. all graduated; So. Austin Matzelle (PV), not returning. Feb. 9 Husky Classic (Dempsey Indoor) 9:00 a.m. Newcomers (9) Feb. 15 GNAC Championships (Nampa, Idaho) 1:30 p.m. Fr. Sean Barbour (PV), R-Fr Nick Leidig (distance), Fr. Alec Llamas Feb. 16 GNAC Championships (Nampa, Idaho) 9:00 a.m. (distance), Fr. Silas Newby (sprints, LJ, TJ), Fr. Colby Otero (distance), Feb. 23 SPU Final Qualifier (Dempsey Indoor, UW) ~ 4 p.m. Jr. Joseph Perkins (distance), R-Fr. Aiden Pullen (distance), March 8-9 NCAA Championships (Pittsburg, Kansas.) TBA Fr. Jared Putney (distance), Fr. Brayden Schultz (distance).