Parkinson, Bethke Lead Boxers In Peyton Scoring Meet
Meet ResultsTACOMA, Wash. –
Jeremy Parkinson's (So., Hubbard, Ore.) victory in the triple jump and
Jesse Bethke's (Jr., Cave Junction, Ore.) led a pair of strong team performances for the Pacific track and field teams at the Peyton Scoring Meet, held Saturday amidst rainy conditions at Baker Stadium.
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Parkinson, in his first triple jump outing of the season, was a narrow winner over Whitworth's Dane Larson, winning the event on his second jump with 42 feet, 6.75 inches.
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Bethke, meanwhile, captured top honors in the men's discus by eight feet, winning the event with a throw of 137 feet, 6 inches.
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The two wins led a fourth place finish for the Pacific men in the team competition, scoring 93 points. Pacific's women scored 20.5 points to place fifth.
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Trey Oshiro-Atabay (Jr., Aiea, Hawaii) added a second place finish in the men's long jump, clearing a season-best 21 feet, 3.5 inches. He later finished third in the 400 meters with a time of 51.28 seconds.Â
Kelson Kawai (Sr., North Kohala, Hawaii) had a second place finish in the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 4.75 inches.
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Budweiser Hawkins (Jr., Las Vegas, Nev.) placed third in both the high jump and the long jump, clearing 6 feet, 2.75 inches in the high jump and leaping 20 feet, 10 inches in the long jump.
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Daniel Wagner (Jr., Honolulu, Hawaii) placed third in the men's 400-meter hurdles, finishing in 57.79 seconds. He also finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.12 seconds.
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For the women,
Kelsey Lee (So., Monroe, Wash.) led the way with a third place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, clocking 1:09.23.Â
Mackenzie Huddleston (So., Milwaukie, Ore.) finished fifth in the high jump, clearing 4 feet, 7 inches, while
Katie Johnson (So., Portland, Ore.) finished fifth in the pole vault, clearing 9 feet. 0.25 inches.
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Pacific returns to action next weekend, competing in the Linfield Jenn Boyman Memorial Invitational in McMinnville.
