Men's Track and Field | 03.19.2021

RESULTS

SPOKANE, Wash. – Warrior Track and Field competed in its first outdoor meet of the season on Friday in the Whitworth Essential, hosted by Whitworth University. The Warriors were eager to get back on the track and resume competition after a shortened indoor season due to the pandemic. This was evident as multiple athletes hit national-qualifying standards and set personal bests to get the season off to a strong start.
 
As the only NAIA school in attendance, the Warriors found their way to the top spots in multiple events. Freshman Leon Menten won the javelin and set a school record, previously set by current coach and former Warrior Jacob Whittaker. Another freshman shined today with Anika Grogan breaking the outdoor 100m dash record. Delaney Warren had a dominant day, earning a win in the discus. Ashley Britt picked up a victory of her own as well in the 400m hurdles. The women's 4x400m relay team also won the event.
 
THE WOMEN
In the discus, Warren threw her implement a distance of 39.71m on her second attempt to win the event. Freshmen Rylie Overton and Kea Stieglitz made their outdoor track debut in the discus and placed 18th and 19th, respectively. Overton threw for 28.44m and Stieglitz threw for 23.53m. Warren also finished in 11th in the hammer throw with a mark of 41.50m and Overton joined her in the event, placing 21st (26.47m). Stieglitz finished fourth in the javelin throw with a 39.61m mark on her first attempt, which also gives her a national-qualifying B standard.
 
Britt won the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:04.26 and earned a B national-qualifying standard in the event. Freshman Keelyn Pilcher made her outdoor debut with a fifth-place finish (1:08.65).
 
Grogan finished the 100m dash in sixth with a time of 12.83, breaking the previous school record of 12.85 set in 2017. Nikki Halbert followed in eighth with a 13.01.
 
The 4x400m relay team of Alexa Horsley, Rebekka Kalmbach, Karlie Smith and Britt, won their event with a time of 4:03.66.
 
Britt and Pilcher competed in the 100m hurdles as well. Britt placed fifth with a 16.03 and Pilcher finished in 10th with a 17.14.
 
Chelsie Testa finished third in long jump with a mark of 4.74m and Horsley followed in sixth (4.55m). Testa also had a seventh-place finish in triple jump with a mark of 10.46m.
 
In the 200m dash, Grogan and Halbert both had another top ten finish. Grogan finished fifth with a 26.22 and Halbert came in 10th (27.07). Freshman Sarah Hathaway finished just after Halbert in 11th with a 27.19, and Testa placed 21st (28.64).
 
Kalmbach had a strong finish in the 400m dash, placing fourth with a 59.45. Smith also competed in the event, finishing in sixth with a 1:00.13.
 
The 4x100m relay team of Smith, Horsley, Testa and Britt, placed third with a time of 50.46.
 
 
THE MEN
Menten threw to a mark of 63.36m on his fourth attempt to win the javelin. Christian Bothwell placed 16th in the event (33.91m) and Caleb Moore followed in 17th with a throw of 33.71m.
 
In the 100m dash, Louis Pennow placed 10th with a time of 11.58. Dillon Novich finished 16th (12.18), followed by Moore in 17th (12.23). Freshman Isaiah Richards ran a 12.55 to place 18th in the event.
 
In the 110m hurdles, Moore finished 12th with a time of 16.08 and Bothwell placed 17th (16.46). Sean Spencer placed 20th (17.00) and freshman Ike Hopper followed in 22nd with a time of 17.85.
 
Pennow and Bothwell ran the 200m dash, finishing in 15th (23.75) and 16th (23.84), respectively. Matthew Hroma earned a 17th place finish (24.08) and Richards placed 20th with a 25.86. Hroma also competed in the 400m dash, finishing in seventh with a time of 55.43.
 
Nik Bertling had a third-place finish in pole vault with a height of 4.31m. Freshman Andrew Carlyle made his debut with a fifth-place finish, reaching a mark of 4.01m, and Richards followed with a height of 3.86m to place him in sixth.
 
Spencer finished fifth in the 400m hurdles with a 58.70 and Hopper placed 10th with a 1:02.04. The 4x100m relay team of Novich, Spencer, Menten and Pennow ran a 45.89 to earn them a third-place finish.
 
In the discus, Hroma placed 10th with a throw of 37.88m, Moore finished in 16th (35.47m) and Jaycob Atencio placed 19th (31.71m). Jack Hardee joined them in 21st with a throw of 26.57m on his first attempt. In the Hammer throw, Atencio finished in eighth with a throw of 38.45m on his second attempt, Hroma threw to 35.46m to earn a 10^th-place finish, and Hardee finished in 11th (34.44m). In shot put, Hardee threw 9.12m to place 13th overall.
 
The Warriors are back on the track and in the field at the Whitworth Invitational and Multis in Spokane starting on March 25th.
 
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