AUSTIN, Texas -- Washington State will have three competitors at the NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field Championships June 7-10 at Hayward Field in Eugene. Hammer thrower
Brock Eager and intermediate hurdler
CJ Allen advanced from the NCAA West Region Preliminary Rounds at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the University of Texas campus in Austin.
Alissa Brooks-Johnson's season-best heptathlon mark qualified her prior to the Prelims.
In Saturday's competition in Austin, ,the WSU men's 4x100m relay squad of
Zach Smith (junior, Bremerton, Wash.),
Ja'Maun Charles (sophomore, Pleasanton, Calif.),
Ray Littles (sophomore, Issaquah, Wash.) and
CJ Allen (senior, Allyn, Wash.) ran a time of season-best time of 40.20 seconds for 20th.
Peyton Fredrickson (sophomore, Ridgefield, Wash.) high jumped 6-feet 6 3/4 inches (2.00m) on the first attempt, 6-8 3/4 (2.05m) on his second attempt, cleared 6-10 3/4 (2.10m) on his first attempt, just under his PR of 6-11 1/2 (2.12m). He missed all three attempts at 7-0 1/2 (2.15m) and finished tied at 16th.
In the women's triple jump
Kiana Davis (senior, Longview, Wash.) leaped 42-3 1/2 (12.89m), 42-2 1/4 (12.86m) and then soared to a PR distance of 42-8 1/4 (13.01m) on her third attempt to finish 16th. Davis' PR today improved on her already-established second-best mark in WSU all-time.
Greer Alsop (redshirt junior, Invercargill, New Zealand) fouled her first two attempts but leaped to 41-2 1/4 (12.55m) to finish 29th.
Sam Levora (junior, Sandpoint, Idaho) finished 12th in his heat and 25th overall in the men's 5000m race with a time of 14:46.06. Friday night in the men's 10k, Levora placed 15th.
Devon Bortfeld (junior, Sammamish, Wash.) ran the women's 5000m in a time of 17:25.67 which was 17th in her heat and 37th overall. Bortfeld ran the 3000m steeplechase Friday night with a 16th-place finish.
Sam Levora (junior, Sandpoint, Idaho)
Adam Mahama (redshirt senior, Pullman, Wash.) threw the discus 177-0 (53.96m) which was 21st.
"I thought we competed very well at this meet," WSU Director of Cross Country/Track & Field
Wayne Phipps said. "We had several personal bests and a majority improved on their ranking going into the meet. We also had several people who were agonizingly close to making it to the NCAA finals. Although we don't have the total number of NCAA finalists for which we hoped, the athletes that we did qualify are very strong. This will be a group that expects podium finishes in Eugene."
