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Track & Field Weekly Notebook

4/25/2013 2:55:00 PM

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THIS WEEK IN PACIFIC TRACK & FIELD
NORTHWEST COFNERENCE TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Fri., Apr. 26, 12:30 p.m., and Sat., Apr. 27, 9 a.m.
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OUTLOOK PROMISING AS BOXERS ENTER NWC CHAMPIONSHIPS
With a total of 38 athletes qualified in 29 different events, the Pacific track and field teams stand in great position to finish strong at this weekend's Northwest Conference Championships.  The conference meet begins Friday and concludes Saturday at Willamette University's Charles Bowles Track.  The Boxer men will be looking to improve on their sixth place finish in 2012, while the women are aiming to move up from eighth.

BOXER BYTES
• Chloe Hallyburton set Pacific's second school record in the high jump this season on Saturday, clearing 5 feet, 3 inches at the L&C Pioneer Open.  She bettered the former record of 5 feet, 2.5 inches set by hetathlon All-American Brooke Barker in 2005 and was a collegiate best for Hallyburton of two inches.

• The Pacific men had three individual event winners to win the team scoring at the L&C Pioneer Open with 137 points.  Pacific's women were a very competitive third, scoring 118 points to place just 10.5 points behind second place Lewis & Clark.

• Michael Hunker won the men's 110-meter hurdles at the L&C Pioneer Open with a season best time of 15.65 seconds.  The senior enters the NWC Championships with the league's fifth best time in both the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles.

• Jeremy Parkinson established himself as a true title contender in the men's triple jump, winning the event at the L&C Pioneer Open with a season best of 44 feet, 8.75 inches.  Parkinson enters the week ranked No. 4 in the NWC.

• Kelli Aken-Pagdilao finished her prep for the NWC Championships with a win in the women's 100 meters at the L&C Pioneer Open, clocking in at 12.80 seconds.  The Pacific record holder in the 100 meters, Aken-Pgadilao enters the week with the NWC's fifth best time in the 100 meters and third best time in the 200 meters.

• Freshman distance phenom Tyler Shipley is entered to double at the NWC Championships in the men's 10,000 meters on Friday and the 5,000 meters on Saturday and should be considered a title contender in both.  Shipley has the league's top time in the 5,000 meters and the No. 2 time in the NWC in the 10,000 meters.

• Aaron Koford and Ted Wogan earned Pacific's first team points for the NWC Championships at the NWC Multi Event Championships on Tuesday,  Koford placed sixth in the decathlon with 5,570 points while Wogan placed eighth with a lifetime best of 5,477 points.

LAST WEEK'S MEET RECAP
LEWIS & CLARK PIONEER OPEN
Chloe Hallyburton (Sr., Dayton, Ore.) will enter the Northwest Conference Championships as a school record holder as the senior set a new mark in the women's high jump to lead another solid Pacific performance at the Lewis & Clark Pioneer Open, held at Griswold Stadium.
 
Hallyburton placed second with an effort of 5 feet, 3 inches.  The performance was a two-inch personal best and a half inch better than the previous record of 5 feet. 2.5 inches, set by heptathlon All-American Brooke Barker in 2005.
 
The record led a day that saw the Boxers win five individual events and advance three new athletes to next week's NWC Championships.
 
Three of the winners came in women's events.  Kelli Aken-Pagdilao (Jr., Makakilo, Hawaii) won the 100 meters in a time of 12.80 seconds.  Sidney Davis (Fr., Redmond, Ore.) was a winner in her first ever steeplechase, qualifying for the conference meet with her time of 12:37.17.  Anna Toyas (Jr., Seaside, Ore.) won the javelin for her second straight meet, finishing with a mark of 119 feet, 8 inches.
 
Michael Hunker (Sr., Cornelius, Ore.) led three men's event winners, capturing the 110-meter hurdles with a season best time of 15.65 seconds.  Jesse Bethke (So., Cave Junction, Ore.) led a top-three sweep in the discus with his winning throw of 142 feet, 2 inches.  Aaron Koford (Jr., Wilsonville, Ore.) was second with a NWC Championships qualifying throw of 135 feet, 8 inches.  Chris Johnson (Jr., Everett, Wash.) was third with his effort of 130 feet, 5 inches.
 
Jeremy Parkinson (Fr., Hubbard, Ore.) was a winner in the triple jump with a season best of 44 feet, 8.75 inches and moved into No. 8 on the Boxers' all-time list.  Kelson Kawai (Jr., North Kohala, Hawaii) was second with his effort of 43 feet, 1.5 inches.
 
Travis George (Jr., Grants Pass, Ore.) was the other new NWC Championships qualifier, placing second in the hammer with a personal best throw of 153 feet, 10 inches.  The mark moves George to No. 2 on Pacific's all-time list in the event, trailing the school record in the event by just two feet.
 
Both short relay teams turned in a second week of strong performances.  The men's team of Craig Bailey (So., Fairfield, Calif.), Sean Valente (Jr., Ewa Beach, Hawaii), Matthew Dodier (So., Portland, Ore.) and Michael Zane (So., Honolulu, Hawaii) placed second in a season best time of 42.77 seconds.  The women's squad of Alexis Damo (Fr., Honolulu, Hawaii), Emily Tuffey (So., Valencia, Calif.), Sarah Tuffey (Jr., Valencia, Calif.) and Aken-Pagdilao placed third in a time of 50.37 seconds.
 
Kawai finished third in the men's high jump with his effort of 6 feet, 2 inches.  Parkinson placed fourth and Budweiser Hawkins (So., Las Vegas, Nev.) was fifth, clearing the same height as Kawai.  Hawkins also placed second in the long jump with a performance of 21 feet, 6.25 inches.
 
In other sprint races, Trey Oshiro-Atabay (So., Aiea, Hawaii) placed third in the men's 400 meters in a season best time of 50.85 seconds.  Ted Wogan (So., Klamath Falls, Ore.) was third in the men's 400-meter hurdles in a time of 58.40 seconds.
 
Pacific was a winner in the men's team race for the second straight week, scoring 137 points to finish well ahead of second place Linfield (112.5).  The Pacific women placed third of eight teams with a score of 118 points.

ABOUT THIS WEEK'S MEET
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Pacific stands in great position to step up significantly in both the men's and women's team races in this year's NWC Track and Field Championships.  The Boxers' men placed sixth last year, compiling 50.50 points.  Pacific enters the 2013 meet with 18 men's athletes qualified in 13 different events.  Pacific will have title contenders in a number of events.  Michael Zane, who was limited last year due to injury, leads the conference with his time of 22.33 seconds in the 200 meters.  Tyler Shipley (Fr., Forest Grove, Ore.) leads the league in the 5,000 meters (15:00.47) and is second in the 10,000 meters (32:25.22).  Kelson Kawai ranks No. 3 with his school record effort in the high jump (6-8).  The Boxers could also benefit with some great depth in the jumps and hurdles.  Pacific has Jeremy Parkinson and Kawai entered in all three jumps while Budwesier Hawkins is entered in the high jump and long jump.  Pacific has three athletes qualified in both the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles: Michael Hunker, Daniel Wagner (So., Kailua, Hawaii) and Ted Wogan.  All three have times in the conference's top-eight in both events.  Nathan Farrell (Fr., Warrenton, Ore.) is also entered in the 400-meter hurdles.  In addition, Pacific enters the meet with the second best time in the 1,600-meter relay (3:24.86).  Pacific will enter the meet tied for fourth place with four points thanks to the placing of Aaron Koford and Ted Wogan in the decathlon.

The Pacific women are sure to move up from their eighth place finish last year (43 points) thanks to some solid depth.  Pacific has qualified 20 women for the meet in 16 different events.  Kelli Aken-Pagdilao is ranked third in the NWC in the 200 meters (26.27) and fifth in the 100 meters (12.76) to lead the sprinters.  In the distances, Rachel Schreiber (So., Longmont, Colo.) is ranked fifth in the NWC in 1,500 meters (4:50.97) and will compete in both the 1,500 and the 5,000 meters.  Chloe Hallyburton enters tied for fourth in the high jump (5-3).  Britta LaVoie (Fr., Spokane, Wash.) leads three Pacific qualifiers in the pole vault, ranking fifth in the conference (10-3.5).

Whitworth's men will be trying to win their third NWC title in a row.  The Pirates won the 2012 title with 207 points, well over 100 points ahead of second place Willamette.  Puget Sound enters the meet in the lead with 17 points carried over from the NWC Multi-Event Championships.

George Fox's women will also try for their third straight NWC championship.  The Bruins won in 2012 with 207 points, 34 points ahead of second place Willamette.  The Bruins enter this year's meet with a dominant 24 points thanks to a top-three sweep in the NWC heptathlon.

SCHEDULE NOTE: With high temparatures expected to peak in the low 80s on Friday afternoon, the finals of the men's and women's 10,000 meters have been moved from 2:40 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., to 7 p.m. and 7:40 p.m.

PACIFIC NEWS & NOTES
ANOTHER RECORD PERFORMANCE IN THE HIGH JUMP: Chloe Hallyburton (Sr., Dayton, Ore.) etched her name in the Pacific record book Saturday and gave the Boxers their second record effort of the season in the high jump.  Hallyburton cleared 5 feet, 3 inches at the L&C Pioneer Open, passing the Pacific record of 5 feet, 2.5 inches set by decathlete All-American Brooke Barker in 2005.  The performance was a two-inch collegiate best for Hallyburton and sets her up well for a chance for a top-four finish at the NWC Championships.  She enters the meet tied with Willamette's Maya Bowton for the fourth best mark in the NWC at 5 feet, 3 inches.  Whitworth's Christian Dobbins is the conference leader at 5 feet, 6 inches.

IMPROVING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS: Pacific's success at the NWC Championships on the men's side will be greatly aided by some incredible depth in the jumps.  Both Kelson Kawai and Jeremy Parkinson will compete in all three jumps, while Budweiser Hawkins will compete in the high jump and long jump.  Kawai continues to improve after his school record tying effort in the high jump of 6 feet, 8 inches.  The performance ranks Kawai No. 3 in the NWC entering the meet.  He also ranks fifth in the triple jump at 44 feet, 4.75 inches, and is 16th in the long jump at 20 feet, 10.5 inches.  Parkinson jumped a personal best 44 feet, 8.75 inches, to win the L&C Pioneer Open on Saturday.  The mark is a Pacific best this season and is fourth best in the NWC.  Parkinson also enters the meet ranked eighth in the high jump at 6 feet, 2 inches, and is 15th in the long jump at 20 feet, 10.75 inches.  Hawkins, meanwhile, is tied for the fourth best mark in the league in the high jump at 6 feet, 4 inches, and is fifth in the long jump with a Pacific best 21 feet, 11 inches.  Trey Oshiro-Atabay is also qualified with the sixth best mark in the NWC in the long jump at 21 feet, 7.5 inches.

THE BARRIERS ARE NO BARRIERS AT ALL: Much like the jumps, Pacific's men have the potential to score heavy points in the hurdles.  Three Pacific athletes are entered in both the 110-meter and 400-meter hurdles while a total of four Pacific men have qualified in the longer of the two events.  Michael Hunker is coming off a season best performance in the 110-meter hurdles at the L&C Pioneer Open, winning in 15.65 seconds.  That mark ranks No. 5 in the NWC as does his time of 56.74 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles.  Daniel Wagner ran season bests of 15.74 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles and 56.45 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles at the Apr. 6 Linfield Jenn Boyman Invitational.  Wagner enters the conference meet ranked No. 4 in the 400-meter hurdles and sixth in the 110-meter hurdles.  Ted Wogan is also ranked in the top-eight in both events.  He enters the meet seventh in the 400-meter hurdles in 58.11 seconds and eighth in the 110-meter hurdles in 16.04 seconds.  While qualified in both events, Nathan Farrell will only compete in the 400-meter hurdles.  He enters with the conference's 11th best time in 59.11 seconds.

LINCOLN PARK TO HOST BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIPS: Affirming the facility's reputation as a high-caliber venue for track and field, Pacific University's Lincoln Park Stadium will host the 2013 Big Sky Conference Track and Field Championships.  The meet will take place May 8-11.  Portland State will be the host school for the meet.  The Vikings do not have a track to call their own and evaluated a number of Portland-area venues before settling on Forest Grove and Lincoln Park.  The meet was announced in Ken Goe's track and field notebook in Tuesday's edition of The Oregonian.  The article can be read at bit.ly/ZxQ6SZ.

FAST AND FURIOUS: Pacific is on schedule to have some potentially explosive performances in both the men's and women's sprints.  Kelli Aken-Pagdilao enters the meet as one of the top women's sprinters in the NWC.  She won Saturday's 100 meters at the L&C Pioneer Open in a time of 12.80 seconds.  She enters the NWC Championships ranked fifth in the league at12.76 seconds and third in the 200 meters at 26.27 seconds.  On the men's side, Michael Zane enters as one of the favorites in the 200 meters.  Zane won the event at the Pacific Luau Meet on Apr. 13 with a NWC best 22.33 seconds.  The sophomore competed in the 100 meters at last year's NWC Championships, but placed last due to a hamstring injury that hampered most of his season.

Other Pacific athletes to watch in the sprints include Matthew Dodier (So., Portland, Ore.) in the 100 meters with the No. 17 time in the league at 11.42 seconds; Sean Valente with his time of 22.93 seconds in the 200 meters and 50.82 seconds in the 400 meters; Connor Pappas (Fr., Heppner, Ore.) in the 200 meters with his No. 9 time of 22.75 seconds in the 200 meters.  In the women's sprints, sisters Emily Tuffey (So., Valencia, Calif.) and Sarah Tuffey (Jr., Valencia, Calif.) will line up in the 400 meters while Mariah Ariola (So., Honolulu, Hawaii) will join Aken-Pagdilao in the 200 meters.

POTENTIAL DOUBLE THREAT: It will not be easier to do, but Tyler Shipley has a legitimate chance to be a double champion for the Boxers in the long distances.  Shipley enters the NWC Championships with the top time in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:00.47.  The time also ranks as the second best time in school history behind 1976 NWC champion Roger Hansen.  Shipley is also ranked No. 2 in the 10,000 meters.  He has not run the 25-lap event since the season-opening Mar. 1 Linfield Erik Anderson Icebreaker, when he ran 32:25.22.  Shipley is entered in both events with the 10,000 meters running on Friday night and the 5,000 meters going on Saturday afternoon.  Shipley is Pacific's only men's entry in the 5,000 meters while Dan Flora (Sr., North Bend, Ore.) and Rudy Sanchez (Jr., Albany, Ore.) will run in the 10,000 meters.

Rachel Schreiber will lead the Pacific women, competing in the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters.  The sophomore has the conference's fifth best time in the 1,500 meters at 4:50.97 and is 10th in the 5,000 meters in 18:36.20.  Kiersten Iwai (Jr., San Diego, Calif.) and Jilinda Franklin (Sr., Fort Jones, Calif.) will run both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters while Ally Shackelford (Jr., Portland, Ore.) is qualified in the 10,000.  Sidney Davis qualified for the 3,000-meter steeplechase in Saturday's L&C Pioneer Open with a time of 12:37.17.

SOME NEW FACES IN THE VAULT: After not having  anyone in the women's pole vault for the last two years, Pacific will have three entrants in 2013, all of whom has the potential to score.  Britta LaVoie (Fr., Spokane, Wash.) enters the conference meet with the fifth best mark in the league and the second best mark all-time for the Boxers, cleaning 10 feet, 3.5 inches at the Apr. 13 Boxer Luau Meet.  Shina Chung (Fr., Hilo, Hawaii) and Katie Johnson (So., Portland, Ore.) are also qualified and have an outside shot of scoring points.  Chung cleared 8 feet, 10.75 inches at the Mar. 8 Lane Preview.  Johnson enters with a best of 8 feet, 9 inches, set at Saturday's L&C Pioneer Open.

FIRST NWC MEET POINTS COME IN DECATHLON: Pacific earned their first points for next weekend's NWC Championships with their performances at the the NWC Multi-Event Championships on Apr. 15 & 16 in Tacoma.  Aaron Koford placed sixth with a total of 5,570 points while Ted Wogan finished eighth with a personal best performance of 5,477 points.  Koford's best individual performances came in a second place finish in the shot put at 34 feet, 10.25 inches, and a second place finish in the discus with a mark of 120 feet, 5 inches.  Wogan's top finish came in the pole vault, where he tied for third with a clearance of 12 feet, 3.5 inches.  The four points earned by two athletes will carry over to the NWC Championships.  Neither athlete is finished with scoring points.  Koford is entered in the conference meet in the discus while Wogan is entered in the 110-merer hurdles, 400-meter hurdles and the pole vault.

LINCOLN PARK TO HOST BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIPS: Affirming the facility's reputation as a high-caliber venue for track and field, Pacific University's Lincoln Park Stadium will host the 2013 Big Sky Conference Track and Field Championships.  The meet will take place May 8-11.  Portland State will be the host school for the meet.  The Vikings do not have a track to call their own and evaluated a number of Portland-area venues before settling on Forest Grove and Lincoln Park.  The meet was announced in Ken Goe's track and field notebook in The Oregonian.  The article can be read at bit.ly/ZxQ6SZ.

QUALIFYING STANDARDS: For the second straight season, there will not an “A” and “B” qualifying standard for the NCAA Division III Championships.  In 2013, the top-20 declared men's athletes and the top-22 declared women's athletes, in addition to the top-16 declared relay teams, will earn entry into the meet.  Qualifiers to the NWC Championships will still need to meet a pre-established qualifying standard.