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.