Complete women's results (PDF)
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Kishia Mitchell keeps going faster. And Madi Webster keeps going higher.
 
Mitchell set a personal-best time in winning the 400 meters and Webster added six inches to her PR in the pole vault on Saturday to highlight Seattle Pacific's performances at the Oregon State Invitational outdoor track and field meet.
 
Falcons senior Mitchell (Puyallup, Wash. / Rogers HS) stopped the watch in 57.09 seconds in the 400. That beat her previous best time of 57.37, which she set as a freshman in 2011, and made her an automatic qualifier for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship meet.
 
That wasn't Mitchell's only victory of the day. She ran the second leg on the victorious 4x100 relay that came across the line in 47.43 seconds. Mitchell took the baton from leadoff runner BryAnne Wochnick (Portland, Ore.), then handed it to freshman Kyra Brannan (Kennewick, Wash. / Kamiakin HS). Junior Tasia Baldwin (Tacoma, Wash. / Foss HS) brought it home.
 
Mitchell also made a GNAC provisional qualifying time in the 100-meter dash at 12.43, giving her fourth place, and ran on the second-place 4x400 relay.
 
SPU sophomore Webster (Colorado Springs, Colo.) went over the pole vault bar at 10 feet, 8 inches. It was just last Saturday at the UPS Outdoor Preview in Tacoma that she topped 10 feet for the first time, going 10-2, making it on her final attempt. She then took three tries at 10-8, but was unable to clear.
 
Baldwin also set a PR in the 400 on Saturday, taking third place in 58.79. That beat her previous best of 58.95 from last April.
 
Sophomore distance runner Anna Patti (Renton, Wash. / Lindbergh HS) whacked 14 seconds off of her personal best in the 1,500 meters. Patti took third place in 4:45.38, well below her best freshman year clocking of 4:59.89.
 
STRAKER HAS BIG DAY
Sprint success for the Falcons wasn't limited to the women's meet, however. SPU junior RJ Straker enjoyed some of his own in the men's meet.
 
For the second week in a row, Straker (Pasadena, Calif.) set a personal best in the 400 meters. His time of 52.07 bettered the 52.48 he posted last Saturday at UPS. He came into the season never having gone faster than 53.34 in a Seattle Pacific uniform.
 
Straker also tied his PR in the 100, finishing in 11.58.
 
Sophomore Adam Avischious (Colorado Springs, Colo.) broke two minutes in the 800 for the first time as a Falcon, crossing in 1:57.56.
 
Seattle Pacific will not have an outdoor meet next week while attention shifts to the NCAA Division II indoor championships in Winston-Salem, N.C. Falcon senior McKayla Fricker (Canby, Ore.) and sophomore Lynelle Decker (Vancouver, Wash. / Mountain View HS) both will compete in the 800 meters, with preliminaries on Friday and the finals on Saturday.
 
Fricker is the No. 4 seed, but the top four are bunched within one second of each other. She has back-to-back All-American finishes, placing fifth as a sophomore, and fourth as a junior. Decker is in the meet for the second straight year, and is the No. 12 seed.
 
SPU will resume the outdoor season on Saturday, March 22, at the Oregon Preview in Eugene.
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Oregon State Invitational
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Whyte Track & Field Center / Corvallis,Ore.
 
Team scores – Not kept.
 
100 – 1, Allie Church (Unattached) 12.29. SPU placers – 4, Kishia Mitchell 12.43*; 5, BryAnne Wochnick 12.73; 6, Kyra Brannan 12.78; 10, Christie Adams 13.08; 13, Kelsey Chase 13.50; Tasia Baldwin false start.
200 – No race.
400 – 1, Mitchell 57.09!. Other SPU placers – 3, Baldwin 58.79*; 5, Wochnick 59.15; 7, Brannan 59.76; 9, Chase 1:01.16; 10, Adams 1:01.69; 13, Lindsay LeBrun 1:03.47.
800 – 1, Kelsi Schaer (Oregon St.) 2:14.91. SPU placers – 10, Ellen Ruby 2:25.26; 14, Kiley Zeitler 2:36.48.
1500 – 1, Maddie Hibshman (Portland) 4:40.61. SPU placers – 3, Anna Patti 4:45.38; 6, Sarah Macdonald 4:53.20; 12, Hannah Calvert 5:06.74; 14, Kiley Zeitler 5:11.87.
3000 – 1, Casey Masterson (Unattached) 9:47.53. SPU placer – 11, Claire Rachwitz 10:33.63.
100 hurdles – 1, Rochelle Pappel (W. Oregon) 14.95. SPU placers – 6, Cheryl Hong 16.41; 7, Ali Sowers 16.95; 11, Maddi Hommes 18.00.
400 hurdles – No race.
2000 steeplechase – 1, Tansey Lystad (Portland) 6:54.10. No SPU competitors.
4x100 relay – 1, Seattle Pacific (Wochnick, Mitchell, Brannan, Baldwin) 47.43. No other SPU teams.
4x400 relay – 1, Western Oregon 4:01.45. SPU placers – 2, Seattle Pacific 'A' (Baldwin, Mitchell, Jasmine Johnson, Hong) 4:04.80; 4, Seattle Pacific 'B' (Brannan, Hommes, Wochnick, Ruby) 4:13.97; 5, Seattle Pacific 'C' (Calvert, Macdonald, Patti, Rachwitz) 4:17.39.
High jump – 1, Elizabeth Venzon (Clackamas CC) 5-5 / 1.65m. SPU placers – T6, Sowers 4-11 / 1.50m; 15, Hommes 4-9 / 1.45m.
Pole vault – 1, Helen Ann Haun (Oregon St.) 11-3 ¾ / 3.45m. SPU placer – 3, Madi Webster 10-8 /3.25m.
Long jump – 1, Jordyn Searle (Unattached) 18-3 ¾ / 5.58m. SPU placers – 8, Hong 15-11 ¼ / 4.86m; 10, Sowers 15-5 / 4.70m; 12, Hommes 14-0 ½ / 4.28m.
Triple jump – 1, Emma Hill (Clackamas CC) 36-11 / 11.25m. No SPU competitors.
Shot put – 1, Emmi Collier (W. Oregon) 42-8 ¾ / 13.02m. SPU placer – 5, Sammi Markham 38-1 ¼ / 11.61m.
Discus – 1, Melissa Ausman (Oregon St.) 144-3 ½ / 43.99m. No SPU competitors.
Hammer – 1, Rachel Picknell (Oregon St.) 141-8 / 43.18m. No SPU competitors.
Javelin – 1, Seabre Church (W. Oregon) 155-9 / 47.48m. SPU placers – 6, Michaela Farner 119-3 / 36.36m; 8, Markham 115-10 ½ / 35.33m; 9, Emily Corona 115-4 ½ / 35.17m; 14, Hong 77-0 / 23.47m; 15, Sowers 67-11 ¾ / 20.72m.
 
 
 
NCAA MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Oregon State Invitational
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Whyte Track & Field Center / Corvallis,Ore.
 
Team scores – Not kept.
 
100 – 1, Jeff Howard (W. Oregon) 10.95. SPU placers – 9, RJ Straker 11.58; 12, Sean Russell 11.72; 13, David Ferguson 11.74; 18, Cody Lang 12.07; 19, Justin Ramsey 12.10; 20, Ian Adams 12.17; 22, Graham Reid 12.27.
200 – No race.
400 – 1, Michael Trofimchik (Corban) 49.31. SPU placers – 9, Straker 52.07; 12, Ferguson 52.56; 14, Ramsey 53.18.
800 – 1, Kent Nowak (Portland) 1:55.26. SPU placers – 7, Adam Avischious 1:57.56; 11, Alex Horton 1:59.30.
1500 – 1, Danny Martinez (Portland) 3:58.28. SPU placer – 12, Alex Horton 4:06.89.
3000 – 1,Martinez (Portland) 8:30.87. SPU placer – 6, Turner Wiley 8:52.79.
110 hurdles – 1, Kody Rhodes (W. Oregon) 14.93. No SPU competitors.
400 hurdles – No race.
2000 steeplechase – 1, Timo Goehler (Portland) 5:58.57. SPU placer – 8, Colin Wilkins 7:04.54.
4x100 relay – 1, Corban 42.62. SPU DQ.
4x400 relay – 1, Corban 3:23.14. SPU placer – 4, Seattle Pacific (Ferguson, Avischious, Horton, Straker) 3:32.41.
High jump – 1, Matt Winterer (Portland) 6-2 ¾ / 1.90m. No SPU competitors.
Pole vault – 1, Daniel Fauss (Clackamas CC) 14-5 ¼ / 4.40m. No SPU competitors.
Long jump – 1, Nathan DeVaughn (Portland) 19-10 ¼ / 6.05m. SPU placer – 2, Ben Smith 19-9 ¾ / 6.04m.
Triple jump – 1, Matt Chastain (Portland) 45-8 /13.92m. SPU placer – 3, Smith 40-2 / 12.25m.
Shot put – 1, Thomas Blatner (Portland) 44-2 / 13.46m. SPU placers – 7, Rodney Greiling 29-3 ¼ / 8.92m; 8, Ryan Alcantara 26-2 ¾ / 7.99m.
Discus – 1, Dane Walker (Corban) 135-9 / 41.38m. No SPU competitors.
Hammer – 1, Triton Pitassi (Portland) 150-3 / 45.80m. No SPU competitors.
Javelin – 1, Shane Brooks (W. Oregon) 211-6 ½ / 64.49m. SPU placer – 11, Greiling 109-8 / 33.42m.
 
Next outdoor meet – Seattle Pacific at Oregon Preview (Eugene), Saturday, March 22, 12:35 p.m. (field and running).