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Outdoor Track & Field Seattle Pacific University Mark Moschetti, Assistant SID ● (206) 281-2772 ● [email protected] ● Fax: (206) 281-2266 March 1, 2019 A tradition: Outdoor season starts in Tacoma For the 17th straight year, spring begins at Ed Boitano / Puget Sound Invite GENERAL INFORMATION Institution: Seattle Pacific University Address: 3307 Third Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119 THE SCHEDULE Seattle Pacific at Ed Boitano / Puget Sound Invitational Enrollment: 4,061 Saturday, March 2, 2019 Nickname: Falcons Colors: Maroon & White Baker Stadium (UPS) / Tacoma, Wash. Affiliation: NCAA Division II Track events, 11:00 a.m. Field events, 11:00 a.m. Conference: Great Northwest Athletic Conference Live results: http://www2.pugetsound.edu/athletics/live/track/ President: Dr. Daniel J. Martin (S. Nazarene) No live Webcast Athletic Dir.: Jackson Stava (Azusa Pacific 2005) E-mail: [email protected] Athletic Department office: 206-281-2085 Fax: 206-281-2266 SEATTLE – It’s the first weekend of March. It’s cold. It’s maybe a bit breezy – but not Athletic Dept. Web Site: www.spufalcons.com snowing (or at least, it’s not supposed to). Sports Info. Director: Dan Lepse (206-281-2741; Must be time for the first outdoor track and field meet of the season. [email protected]) It certainly is that time for Seattle Pacific. The Falcons will get into the vans and hit the Track SID: Mark Moschetti (206-281-2772, road to Tacoma for Saturday’s Ed Boitano / Puget Sound Invitational. [email protected]) Competition on the track and in the field at the University of Puget Sound’s Baker COACHING STAFF Stadium begins at 11:00 a.m. Head Coach: Karl Lerum (PLU ’98) This will mark the 17th consecutive year Office: (206) 281-2897 FALCON TRIO OFF TO that SPU has opened its outdoor calendar E-mail: [email protected] NCAA INDOOR NATIONALS at UPS. What at one time was just a quad Asst. Coaches: Chris Reed While a good number of Falcons meet now includes most of the nearby Audra Smith will be in action on Saturday, three collegiate programs. Raul Sheen Office: (206) 281-3432 of them will be putting off their Expected to join the Falcons on Saturday [email protected] outdoor debuts for at least a couple are athletes from Great Northwest Athletic [email protected] of weeks – and for good reason. Conference schools Central Washington, Juniors Scout Cai and Kate Saint Martin’s, and Western Washington. Lilly, and freshman Peace Igbonagwam were all selected KEEPING TRACK OF THINGS 2019 SCHEDULE on Tuesday for the NCAA D2 indoor Live results will be available throughout the March 2 Ed Boitano / UPS Invite (Tacoma), 11 a.m. meet next week in Kansas. day. The appropriate link is at the top of this March 9 PLU Open (Tacoma), 9:30 a.m. Cai will be the No. 3 seed in the story. There is no live Webcast. March 16 Doris Heritage Festival (W. Seattle), 10 a.m. pentathlon and No. 17 in the pole March 23 Aztec Invite (San DIego), 9 a.m. vault. She recently posted PRs in BRING A JACKET, SKIP THE UMBRELLA March 29-30 Mike Fanelli Classic (Hayward), TBA both, scoring, 3,815 points to win March 29-30 Stanford Invitational, TBA Saturday’s forecast actually calls for some the GNAC pent crown for the third April 5 WWU Team Invite (Bellingham), 2 p.m. year in a row, and clearing 12 feet, sunshine poking out from time to time. April 13 Jay Hammer Meet (Lacey), 9:45 a.m. 8¼ inches in the pole at last week’s Temperatures will be coming off lows of April 17-18 Bryan Clay Hep (Azusa, CA.), 9:45 a.m. SPU Final Qualifier. about 30, but they will be rising into the mid April 18-19 Bryan Clay Invite, 3 p.m. / 9 a.m. to upper 40s by afternoon. And, even though April 20 Beach Invite (Long Beach, CA), 8:30 a.m. Lilly came through with a PR in the it’s still winter, athletes and fans can expect mile at the Final Qualifier, finishing April 27 Vernacchia Invite (Bellingham), 9:30 a.m. to stay dry, as the chance of rain is less than in 4:52.21. That moved her up from April 29-30 GNAC Multis (Ellensburg), TBA 10 percent. 29th all the way up to her current May 4 Ken Shannon Invite (Husky Track), TBA May 11 GNAC (Monmouth, Ore.), 2 p.m. spot of the No. 13 seed. UP NEXT May 12 GNAC (Monmouth, Ore.), 10 a.m. Igbonagwam is the No. 6 seed SPU will be in Tacoma again next Saturday, May 23-25 NCAA (Kingsville, Texas), TBA in the long jump with her GNAC record-setting mark of 19 feet, 7½ this time for the PLU Open at Pacific inches at conference on Feb. 15. Lutheran University. Field events begin at 9:30 a.m. (throws) and 10:00 a.m. (jumps), The meet is set for March 8-9, at with track races also starting at 10:00 a.m. Pittsburg State University. The last event is set for 3:20 p.m. EARLIER DATE FOR DORIS HERITAGE FESTIVAL FALCON FODDER The fourth annual Doris Heritage Track Festival is set for Saturday, March 16, at West Seattle Stadium. During the first three years, the meet was on the fourth Saturday in March. ALWAYS GOOD FOR A ‘W’ OR TWO Field events begin at 10:00 a.m. Track races start at 11:00. Through the years, a few Falcons always have managed to get their seasons off to a good start at the meet that is now known as the Ed Boitano Invitational. Last March, SPU picked up wins in the women’s 100-meter dash SCOUTING REPORT with Renick Meyer, the 400 with Becca Houk, and the 4x100 relay with Julia Stepper, Houk, Grace Bley, and Meyer. All of the SPU men are scheduled for at least one event, and Houk graduated; the others are taking this weekend off. most are going in two. On the men’s side, senior Jesse Phan won the 800 as a fresh- The 800 and 1500 meters will be loaded with Falcons: senior man in 2016. Jesse Phan, junior Joseph Perkins, sophomores Colin Overall, the women have had at least one winner in 13 of the 16 Boutin, Shad Galloway, Royce Garcia, Elius Graff, and meets. The men have had at least one in 12 of the 16. Ben Hansen, and freshman Alec Llamas. Phan (left) is coming off an indoor 800 BEST IN THE WEST PR of 1:55.18 at the GNAC meet. His outdoor best is 1:54.48 from 2017. Scout Cai earned three, and five of her teammates picked up He is the only current Falcon to have one apiece in the All-West Region awards for indoor track, as broken two minutes in college. Graff is announced on Tuesday by the USTFCCCA. SPU’s top returner in the 1500, having Cai was honored for her performances in the pentathlon, high gone 4:03.74 in last year’s PLU Open. jump and pole vault, Her pentathlon score of 3,815 points was The other distance event to watch will be the 3000 steeplechase, tops in the region. with freshmen Colby Otero, Jared Putney, and Brayden Junior Grace Bley and sophomore Jenna Bouyer made the Schultz among the competitors. Otero just set a new school list in the 200-meter dash, freshman Peace Igbonagwam and indoor record for the open 3000 meters, clocking 8 minutes, sophomore Renick Meyer made it in the long jump, and junior 29.42 seconds. This will be the first-ever steeplechase for all Kate Lilly was on in the mile. three. The Falcons did not have a steepler in 2018. All-Region awards are presented for the top five marks in each The busiest athletes will be junior event, as well as to the top three relays. Shayne Carpenter and freshman Silas Newby, entered in for events PICKING UP THE PACE each. Carpenter (left) is doing both hurdles races plus the 200 meters, As usual, getting onto the NCAA provisional qualifying list will and he is penciled in as the anchor on require faster times this year than last. Most aren’t big changes, the 4x400 relay. Newby will make his but a few are big enough to be noticeable. college outdoor debut by entering the 100 and 200 dashes, the The women’s 800 meters now takes a 2:12.18 to be considered. triple jump, and running the third leg on the 4-by-4. That’s down from 2:12.47. The 5000 had nearly a four-second Most of the women have this week off from competition, and drop (17:10.88 from 17:14.52), and the 3000 steeplechase went the seven who are entered are spread among just three events. down by 2½ seconds (11:01.67 from 11:04.19). Junior Sedona McNerney, sophomores Dania Holmberg Teams in the 4x400 relay must run at least 3:47.90 (down from and Emily Long, and freshmen McKenzie Diaz and Amber 3:48.20), and 400-meter hurdlers must go 1:01.92 (down from McGraw are doing the 800 / 1500 combo. Senior Emma 1:02.09). Lambert and freshman Madison Licari are pole vaulting. Women’s heptathletes will need at least 29 more points to make the provisional list: 4,504. That’s up from 4,475 a year ago. WHERE TO SEE THEM SPU’s entries for the Ed Boitano Invite (subject to scratches): WATCHING THE RECORD BOOK MEN Jesse Phan: 800, 1500, 4x400 Coming into the season, three records on the women’s side of the Sean Barbour: PV Jared Putney: Steeple board seem to be within reach.