Women's Track and Field | 04.02.2021

RESULTS

SPOKANE, Wash. – LC Track and Field was back in action on Friday at the H.I.R. Invitational, hosted by Whitworth. The Warriors once again had many standout performances and continue to showcase the talent of this year's team. Three more school records were broken in Spokane; one by senior pole vaulter Madi Carson, one by triple jumper Chelsie Testa and the other by the women's 4x100m relay team of Nikki Halbert, Rebekka Kalmbach, Karlie Smith and Anika Grogan. They, along with other Warriors, hit national and conference qualifying standards at the meet.
 
"Our athletes have been stepping up, but I really need to give a shout out to our coaches," Head Coach Mike Collins said. "Coaches Cyrus Hall, Jacob Whittaker and Matthew Kelley have been doing an amazing job getting these kids prepared. With cross country going on at the same time as track, I have had to depend even more on them to be sure kids are prepared and they have done an amazing job. A good team is truly a good team, from the athletes, to the coaches, to our athletic trainers and our administrative staff to help make it all work. We are all in it together and the success of the kids is what we see, but I have a lot of people to thank for our success already this year."
 
"Today was an interesting meet, with it being our third meet in a row on short weeks of training, and you could tell it was catching up to some people," Hall said. "That being said, we still had some great performances. Both of our women's relay teams were awesome. 4x100m with a new school record and missed the B standard by 0.22 seconds. The 4x400m got the B standard, just barely missing the A."
 
THE WOMEN
Carson cleared a personal best of 3.78m in pole vault to finish third and break her school record. She reached an A national-qualifying standard in the event, ensuring her a spot to compete at nationals. Cynthia Smith finished 13^th in the event with a height of 2.58m and Desiree Winslow followed in 14^th (2.58m).
 
The 4x100m relay team of Halbert, Kalmbach, Smith and Grogan ran a time of 48.54 to place second and set a school record. With the performance, a national-qualifying standard looks promising for them as well before the end of the season.
 
Testa jumped 10.66m in triple jump to finish in third and set a school record. The mark qualifies her for the Cascade Conference Championships. She also reached a personal-best in long jump with a mark of 5.04m to place fourth and qualify her for the conference meet. In triple jump, Carson finished third with a jump of 5.11m, also qualifying her for the conference meet, and freshman Alexa Horsley reached a mark of 4.75m to place eighth. Horsley finished fifth in triple jump with a mark of 10.29m.
 
"I thought our women's vaulters and jumpers performed great today," Hall said. "They all either PRed or qualified for Cascades. So, Coach Kelly has that crew on the right track."
 
The 4x400m relay team of Grogan, Kalmbach, Smith and Britt won the event by nearly nine seconds with a time of 3:55.89 and hit a B national-qualifying standard, just barely missing the A standard.
 
Britt finished eighth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.72, followed by freshmen Sarah Hathaway in ninth (16.88) and Keelyn Pilcher in 12^th (18.19). Pilcher also finished 13^th in the 200m dash (27.67).
 
Delaney Warren finished fifth in discus with a throw of 40.02m on her second attempt. Rylie Overton threw 29.95m to place 22^nd in the event. Warren placed 14^th in the hammer throw (43.37m) and Overton finished in 30^th (29.20m).
 
Freshman Kea Stieglitz threw 40.11m on her fourth attempt in javelin to finish in fourth. Carson threw 28.83m to place 16^th.
 
Halbert finished ninth in the 400m dash with the time of 1:03.40.
 
THE MEN
Ike Hopper finished fifth in the 400m dash with a time of 51.69 and junior Sean Spencer placed ninth with a time of 53.70.
 
In the 100m dash, Leon Menten finished 15^th with a 12.23. He also finished 19th in long jump with a mark of 5.58m.
 
Dillon Novich placed 17^th in the 200m dash with a time of 24.38, and Menten followed in 18^th (24.73).
 
In pole vault, freshman Isaiah Richards cleared a height of 3.78m to finish in sixth.
 
Freshman Cooper Carlson made his collegiate outdoor debut, finishing 12^th in the 1500m with a time of 4:24.12.
 
Matthew Hroma finished 13^th in discus with a throw of 37.50m on his first attempt. Jaycob Atencio placed 18^th (33.88m) and Jack Hardee followed in 20^th with a throw of 28.76m. All three Warriors also competed in the hammer throw. Atencio finished 11^th with a throw of 40.81m, Hroma followed in 12^th (39.30m) and Hardee threw 35.80m to earn him a spot at 17^th.
 
In javelin, Novich threw 47.61m to place 10^th and Caleb Moore finished in 15^th reaching a mark of 38.01m.
 
"The big thing for us right now is to get some rest and stay healthy so we can finish the season as strong as we've started" Hall added. "We have some nagging injuries that we need to take care of. But overall, I am very pleased with our first three meets and I'm looking forward to getting our distance crew back out here after cross country nationals next week."
 
Warrior Track and Field continues their season at the WAR 14 meet hosted by Spokane Falls Community College on Saturday, April 10^th. The meet is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
 
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