By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor
The windstorm that swept through Oregon April 7 and 8 left a lot of trouble in its wake, but nothing Wolves track and field couldn’t handle, and sophomore Olivia Woods was named the Women’s Track GNAC player of the week.
The men’s team took second place and the women’s team took fourth at the home meet.
Woods won the women’s 400-meter race with a time of 57.06.
Wolves runners took the entire top three in this race, as juniors Megan Rose and Suzie Van De Grift finished behind Woods with times of 58.16 and 58.32, respectively. Western secured 28 of its total points from the 400-meter race, 
first-year student Grayson Burke also finished in the top eight. Her time of 59.30 was good enough for a fifth place finish.
Senior Aaron Whitaker won the men’s 400-meter, crossing the finish line at 49.41.
He was soon followed by junior Cody Warner, who took second place with a time of 50.03.
Wolves runners took the top three spots in the men’s 800-meter as well.
Sophomore AJ Holmberg finished in the pole position with a time of 1:54.52. Sophomore Dustin Nading finished in-step with Holmberg with a second place time of 1:54.60. Senior Michael Chin was the third across the finish line, finishing in 1:55.26.
Two more Wolves finished in the top eight, as sophomore Parker Mason’s time of 1:58.55 was good enough for fifth place and first-year student Curt Knott 1:59.44 finish was able to secure seventh. Knott’s time was the best of the second section.
The event racked up 30 points for the men’s team.
Senior Nicole Maurmann secured Western Oregon’s fourth victory of the meet when she finished the women’s 1500-meter with a tie of 4:43.79
Wolves posted no victories in the field events but put up a strong showing and were still able to pick up points.
Senior Kathryn Pitts took third place in women’s triple jump with a distance of 10.78 meters. Meanwhile sophomore Kolton Koenig-Rohde took fourth in the men’s triple jump at 12.97 meters.
First-year student Mariah Gronbach then put up a personal best distance in the women’s discus throw, sending the discus 40.65 meters for a fifth place finish. In the men’s discus, junior Keegan Allen was able to pick up a point with a tenth place throw of 44.49 meters.
Allen also came in ninth in the hammer throw, heaving it a distance of 47.44 meters.
The women’s hammer throw saw two Wolves round out the top eight to pick up three points; junior Sylvia Dean took seventh with a distance of 46.99 meters while sophomore Alecia Falck secured eighth place with a throw that measured 45 meters even.
First-year student Halie Korff took seventh in the women’s javelin, with a distance of 39.59 meters.
The men’s team finished with 108 total points, second only to the team from Clackamas Community College. The women’s team finished with 73 points.
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