By Rachel Shelley Staff Writer
Wolves track divided into three separate meets this past week along Oregon and Washington.
The team brought home four individual titles at the Titan Twilight in Eugene, including a 1-2-3 sweep in the men’s 800-meter run and a provisional qualifying mark in the women’s javelin.
Badane Sultessa, Josh Hannah and Josh Dempsey finished 1-2-3 in the 800 in 1 minute, 51.67 seconds, 1:52.29 and 1:52.79. Dempsey set a career best and Hannah set his season best with these times. In the 1,500, another individual title came from David Ribich who won in 3:53.19, a career-best time. Kaleb Dobson would win the last individual title for the men in the 110-meter hurdles. This was his third title during the outdoor season, winning in 15.16 seconds.
For the women’s javelin, Shila Limas De La Cruz became the second Wolf to earn a NCAA Division II provisional mark with a 40.65-meter throw. She finished third overall in the meet and moved her up to eighth place in the GNAC rankings. Rebecca Laible would take home the last title winning the triple jump in 11.37.
In Bellingham, Washington all 10 athletes competing placed in the Top 10 in their events, set four lifetime personal bests and won the women’s shot put.
Emmi Collier won the shot put with 13.35, winning by two feet. Liable improved on her triple jump mark, increasing to 11.50, placing second in the event.
Kenny Klippel set a pair of lifetime records in the shot put and discus. His marks were also GNAC provisional marks of 14.32 and 43.25, respectively. Zach Holloway placed second overall in the 3,000 steeplechase with a lifetime record of 9:16.39. Jeremy Moore would throw towards two GNAC provisional marks in the discus and shot put with distances of 43.99 and 14.44, respectively.
Sam Moore would be the only Wolf to compete at the GNAC Multi-Event Championships, finishing eighth overall, a lifetime best with 4,048 points. She set lifetime best marks in the long jump with 4.95, earning her 546 points. In the javelin, she set a personal best with 31.36, earning 502 points. Her last lifetime best would come in the 800 when she ran 2:39.55 to earn her 578 points. This was a lifetime best by more than six seconds, concluding the heptathlon. Her point total was 66 points better than her previous lifetime best of 3,982 at the Mt. Hood Multis.
The Wolves compete at the Oregon State University High Performance meet and the Mt. Hood Track Festival before the GNAC outdoor Championships on May 8-9 in Monmouth.
