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THIS WEEK IN PACIFIC TRACK & FIELD
LINFIELD JENN BOYMAN MEMORIAL INVITATIONAL
Sat., Apr. 6, 10 a.m.
Maxwell Field, McMinnville, Ore.
TOP MARKS HEATING UP AS BOXERS BEGIN RUN TO NWC MEET
The top marks for the Pacific track and field team keep setting higher standards as the Boxers sit just four weekends away from the Northwest Conference Championships. The Boxers return to action on Saturday, contesting their third meet of the season at Maxwell Field in McMinnville as they take part in the Linfield Jenn Boyman Memorial Invitational.
BOXER BYTES
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Kelson Kawai tied the school record in the men's high jump at Saturday's Peyton Scoring Meet, finishing second with a clearance of 6 feet, 8 inches. Kawai ties three other Pacific athletes who have cleared the height. The mark is currently is fourth best in NCAA Division III this season.
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Jesse Bethke put together a lifetime best in the men's discus and secured himself a qualifying mark for the NWC Championships. Bethke placed second at the Peyton Scoring Meet with a performance of 137 feet, 9 inches.
• Pacific had two individual event winners in the women's jumps at the Peyton Scoring Meet.
Chloe Hallyburton won the high jump with a season best of 4 feet, 11.75 inches.
Roberta Kelley won the long jump with a mark of 14 feet, 4 inches.
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Daniel Wagner put together a pair of top-three finishes in the men's hurdles at the Peyton Scoring Meet. The sophomore placed second in the 400-meter hurdles, running a season best 57.68 seconds. He placed third in the 110-meter hurdles in 16.08 seconds.
• Pacific enters the month of April with a total of 32 athletes qualified in 28 different events for the NWC Championships, with 16 athletes qualified in 14 events in each gender. New qualifiers for the Boxers last weekend included
Jesse Bethke in the men's discus and
Katie Johnson in the women's pole vault.
LAST WEEK'S MEET RECAP
PEYTON SCORING MEET
Kelson Kawai (Jr., North Kohala, Hawaii) took advantage of perfect weather conditions to tie the Pacific record in the men's high jump Saturday, leading a good day for the Pacific track and field teams at the Peyton Scoring Meet, held at Baker Stadium.
Kawai finished second with a lifetime best of 6 feet, 8 inches, which ties the record set by Mike Gordon in 1976 and equaled by Kelly LaClaire in 1993 and Carson Bartlett in 2008. The mark also ranks as the fourth best in NCAA Division III this season. Kawai lost the competition by an effort of 6 feet, 9.75 inches by Dakarai Hightower.
The record performance topped another great day for the Pacific jumpers in the nine-team meet. In addition to his performance in the high jump, Kawai placed fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 43 feet, 3.25 inches.
Jeremy Parkinson (Fr., Hubbard, Ore.) placed third in the triple jump with his mark of 43 feet, 6 inches and added a fourth place finish in the long jump at 20 feet, 10.75 inches.
Chloe Hallyburton (Sr., Dayton, Ore.) was a winner in the women's high jump with a clearance of 4 feet, 11.75 inches while
Roberta Kelley (Jr., Warrenton, Ore.) took the win in the women's long jump with a mark of 14 feet, 4 inches.
Katie Johnson (So., Portland, Ore.) gave the Pacific women their third qualifier for the Northwest Conference Championships in the pole vault, finishing fourth in the event with a clearance of 8 feet, 0.25 inches.
Daniel Wagner (So., Kailua, Hawaii) led Pacific's sprinters with a second place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, running a season best of 57.68 seconds. He also placed third in the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 16.08 seconds.
Sean Valente (Jr., Ewa Beach, Hawaii) also had a season best in the 400 meters, placing third in 50.92 seconds.
Michael Zane (So., Honolulu, Hawaii) was third in the 200 meters in a season best time of 22.61 seconds.
Alexis Damo (Fr., Honolulu, Hawaii) finished fourth in the women's 100 meters, running 13.85 seconds, while
Cyan Agena (So., Kapolei, Hawaii) was fourth in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 17.78 seconds.
Jesse Bethke (So., Cave Junction, Ore.) was Pacific's only top-four finisher in the throws, placing second in the men's discus with a mark of 137 feet, 9 inches.
Both the Pacific men and women placed fourth in the team scoring. The men finished with 29 points while the women scored 24 points.
ABOUT THIS WEEK'S MEET
LINFIELD JENN BOYMAN MEMORIAL INVITATIONAL
A small, but solid group of schools is expected to compete in Linfield's third home meet of the 2013 season. Joining the host Wildcats and Pacific from the Northwest Conference are George Fox and Lewis & Clark. Northwest Christian is also scheduled to compete. The meet will run at the same time as the Willametre Invitational, which is being limited to a select number of athletes who have meet pre-defined qualifying standards. Expect teams and athletes who did not gain entry to Willamette to come to the Jenn Boyman.
PACIFIC NEWS & NOTES
A RECORD EFFORT FOR KELSON: The Pacific coaching staff has always known that
Kelson Kawai was capable of a school record effort in the men's high jump, having jumped over the 6 feet, 8 inch height in high school. The junior finally put his name on the Pacific record board at Saturday's Peyton Scoring Meet, finishing second with a clearance of 6 feet, 8 inches. In doing so, Kawai tied the record set by Mike Gordon in 1976 and equaled by Kelly LcClaire in 1993 and Carson Bartlett in 2008. In addition, Kawai's mark ranks as the fourth best mark among NCAA Division III athletes this season. The national leader is Carl Joseph of UMass Boston, who has cleared 7 feet, 1 inch.
Kawai has now qualified for the NWC Championships in all three jumps and ranks near the top of the conference top marks list in each category. In addition to his league-leading mark in the high jump, Kawai ranks third in the triple jump at 44 feet, 4.75 inches and 12th in the long jump at 20 feet, 10.5 inches.
CLOSING ON A RECORD AS A FRESHMAN: A phenomenal freshman cross country and track and field season for
Tyler Shipley (Fr., Forest Grove, Ore.) continues to get better as he continues to move higher on the Boxers' all-time lists. Shipley's latest impressive performance came at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open where he won his first ever track 5,000 meter race in a conference-best time 15:00.47. The time ranks No. 21 on the Division III best list, but is also the second best time in school history. Only Roger Hansen has run faster for the Boxers, running a blistering 14:36.8 back in 1976. The effort earned Shipley selection as the NWC Men's Track Student-Athlete of the Week. A qualifier for the NWC Championships in both the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters, Shipley owns the league's second best mark in the 10,000 with his 32:25.22 run at the Linfield Erik Anderson Memorial Icebreaker back of Mar. 1. Shipley, a Forest Grove native and Forest Grove High School graduate, opened his college career by earning Second Team All-NWC and All-West Region honors in cross country and earning an invitation to the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships.
VERSATILITY IN THE DISTANCES: After missing most of her freshman track season due to injury,
Rachel Schreiber (So., Longmont, Colo.) is making the most of a sophomore season by showing she can be a NWC Championships contender at a variety of distances. Schreiber added the 800 meters to her conference qualified races at the Mar. 23 Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open with a time of 2:22.41. The time ranks as the fourth fastest in school history and fifth best in the NWC this season. Two weeks ago, Schreiber ran the third fastest 1,500 meters time in school history with a time of 4:50.97 at the Oregon Preview. She opened the outdoor track and field season by running the sixth fastest time in school history in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:36.20 at the Mar. 2 Linfield Erik Anderson Memorial Icebreaker.
ADD DISTANCES: Where Pacific scored just one point in the distances at last year's NWC Championships, the Boxers appear on their way in their goal to boost scoring in the long events. In addition to
Tyler Shipley's qualifers in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, the Boxers also have men's qualifiers in
Dan Flora (Sr., North Bend, Ore.) and
Rudy Sanchez (Jr., Albany, Ore.) in the 10,000 meters. In addition to Rachel Schrieber's three women's distance qualifying marks, the Boxers have qualified both
Kiersten Iwai (Jr., San Diego, Calif.) and
Jilinda Franklin in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters and have also qualified
Ally Shackelford (Jr., Portland, Ore.) in the 10,000 meters.
A BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE IN THE THROWS: Jeese Bethke (So., Cave Junction, Ore.) succeeded to put together a breakout performance in the men's discus at Saturday's Peyton Scoring Meet. After topping out in his freshman season with a throw of 127 feet, 7 inches, Bethke finished second on Saturday with a 10-foot collegiate best with his mark of 137 feet, 9 inches. The performance gave the Pacific men their first NWC Championships qualifier in the throws this season.
TUFFEYING IT OUT IN THE SPRINTS: In her sophomore year,
Emily Tuffey (So., Valencia, Calif.) has shown the potential to add yet another scorer for the Boxers in the women's sprints. Tuffey emerged at No. 10 on Pacific's all-time list for the 200 meters with her time of 27.83 seconds at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open. The performance is just short of the conference championships qualifying time of 27.40 seconds. Meanwhile, Tuffey has qualified for the NWC meet in the 400 meters, leading the team with her time of 1:03.23 from the Mar. 16 Wildcat Open. In addition, Tuffey has played a key role in both of Pacific's women's relays. She anchored the Boxers' top 400-meter relay of the season. The team ran 51.52 seconds at the Mar. 16 Wildcat Open, which is the seventh best relay performance in school history. She also ran leadoff on the Boxers' 1,600-meter relay team which ran 4:17.99 at the Mar. 9 Lane Preview, which is also seventh best in school history.
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.
SEASON PREVIEW: The complete 2013 Pacific track and field season preview can be read at
bit.ly/10bXV6N.
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.
