EUGENE, Ore. – In front of nearly 6,000 people, the Seattle University track and field teams set new school and personal records at Hayward Field for the Oregon Preview on Saturday.
Kelton Sears (Maple Valley, Wash.) set a school record in the 3000 meter run with a fifth-place time of 8:33.17. Hans Heitzinger (Scottsdale, Ariz.) also beat the old record with a time of 8:43.17. The previous record was 8:44.86.
Bo Anderson’s (Tacoma, Wash.) shot put distance of 14.01m (45’-11.75”) gained him a new record, beating out the old one of 13.26m.
Emily Walters (Olympia, Wash.) also set a school record in the 100 meter hurdles, winning her heat with a time of 15.65, just inching past the old record of 15.98.
In the 400 meter hurdles, Cooper Hartman (Silverdale, Wash.) finished seventh for the Redhawks in 58.28.
The women’s 4x100 meter relay made up of Clare Obradovich (Tigard, Ore.), Rachel Purcell (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Meeghan Bergmann (Portland, Ore.), and Alyssa Lout (Tempe, Ariz.) came in fifth with a time of 49.87. Katie Tougas (Edmonds, Wash.) finished seventh in the long jump with a distance of 4.82m (15’-09.75”).
In the sprints, Lout finished the 200 meter dash in 26.67, followed closely by Bergmann’s personal record time of 26.71. Obradovich and Bergmann competed in the 400 meter dash with times of 59.38 and 1:00.46, respectively.
Taylor Fitch (Seattle, Wash.) ran the 100 meter dash in 11.10 and the 200 meter dash in 22.76. Zachary Schlachter (Tigard, Ore.) finished the 200 meter dash in 23.46 and the 400 meter dash in 51.42, followed by teammate Jude Martinez (Hagatna, Guam) in 51.66.
In the 3000 meter run, Sarah Bolce (Sacramento, Calif.) set a personal record of 10:11.78. She was joined by Cara Talty (Raritan, N.J.) in 10:31.98, Hannah Mittelstaedt (Maple Valley, Wash.) in 11:04.95, and Lauren Hammerle (Seattle, Wash.) with a time of 11:24.32. Matthew McClement (Bellingham, Wash.) and Adam Kollgaard (Kent, Wash.) also competed in the 3000 meter run with times of 8:51.03 and 9:01.50.
Dan Auld (Eugene, Ore.) ran the 800 meter run in 1:57.61 and his brother Chris Auld (Eugene, Ore.) ran the 1500 meter run in 4:03.65. Michael Van Nuland (Newcastle, Wash.) finished the 2000 meter steeplechase in 6:14.42.
Celeste Cassidy (Bellingham, Wash.) and Jennifer Stolle (Seattle, Wash.) competed in the 1500 meter run with a time of 4:47.73 and 4:54.05, respectively. In the 800 meter run, Mary Thompson (Simi Valley, Calif.) finished in 2:25.68, and in the pole vault, Ariel Johnson (Moscow, Idaho) finished with a height of 3.10m (10’-02.00”).
“The weather was ever-changing today, creating pockets of good conditions, but also some windy, wet, and cold conditions,” said head coach Trisha Steidl. “More impactful than anything else was that this meet was at the end of finals. It’s not the best timing for top notch performances. However, we still had some solid marks and three school records. Our team is pretty banged up right now. We’ll take some time to recover from finals and heal up and be back at it 100% for Willamette.”
Seattle U will take the next week off before heading to Salem, Ore. on April 1-2 for the Willamette Imvitational.