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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Not even a week had passed since Scout Cai made a splash at the NCAA indoor track and field nationals.
 
Now, she has put her name on the list for at least a chance to make the outdoor nationals.
 
The Seattle Pacific sophomore placed third in one event, fourth in three others, and took second place overall in the women's heptathlon at the Sacramento State Hornet Invitational. Cai's total for the Friday-Saturday competition at Hornet Stadium was 4,710 points. That put her ahead of everyone except Academy of Art junior Hannah Hensley, who totaled 4,910.

 

With that score, Cai easily beat the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying standard of 4,475. Her personal best is 4,894 from last year's Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships. To make the final cut for nationals, she likely will need at least that and possibly more by the end of this year's GNACs.
 
Coming off an All-American fifth-place finish in the pentathlon last Saturday at the indoor nationals in Pittsburg, Kansas, Cai began this weekend by placing 16^th in the 100-meter hurdles and tying for eighth in the high jump. But she then jumped up to fourth in the shot put, her mark of 33-3 ¾ (10.15 meters) coming within a quarter inch (one centimeter) of her 33-4 / 10.16-meter PR.
 
Cai finished Day 1 with a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash (26.38). That left her third overall with 2,721 points.
 
An eighth-place finish in the long jump to start Saturday, was followed by a fourth in the javelin (117 feet, 2 inches) and a third in the meet-ending 800 meters (2:23.37).

 

Falcons freshman Kellie May checked in eighth among the 17 who completed all seven events. May totaled 4,164 points. She was fifth in Friday's shot put (31-8 ½) and tied for fifth in Saturday's long jump (17-4 ¾).

May set a personal-best in the high jump, clearing 4-10½  on Friday. That topped her previous best of 4-6¾ from last week's PLU Open.
 
 

For freshman Renick Meyer, it was a bittersweet kind of a weekend. Meyer started strong on Friday, placing third in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.80, her college debut in that event. As of Saturday evening, that makes her one of just two GNAC athletes in the 14's this season.
 
But as Meyer moved on to the high jump, it was not her day. She did not clear the opening height of 4-4 ¾, leaving her with no points in that event.
 
Meyer bounced right back to finish sixth in the shot put, then capped off Friday by winning the 200-meter dash portion of the hep in a GNAC-leading time of 25.15 seconds. She kept it going on Saturday by tying for second in the long jump (17-8), then placing ninth in the javelin with a five-inch PR of 102-8, and ninth in the 800 meters.
 
AND THAT'S NOT ALL
-- Meyer's triumph in the heptathlon 200 was her second event win of the season and seventh overall for SPU. She also won the 100-meter dash at the Ed Boitano Invitational on March 3.
 

--Sophomore Lani Taylor joined the Falcons' list of GNAC automatic qualifiers on Saturday, clocking 56.71 seconds for fifth place in the 400-meter dash. Taylor was in her first outdoor meet of the year, having run the 400-meter leg on the distance medley relay that placed an All-American fifth at last weekend's NCAA indoor meet.
 
UP NEXT
The Falcons will be home for the third Doris Heritage Track Festival next Saturday. Competition at West Seattle Stadium begins with the javelin at 10 a.m. The first race on the track is at 12 noon. In addition to the meet, SPU will salute its 10 seniors with a Senior Day ceremony midway through the day.
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Hornet Invitational
Friday-Saturday, March 16-17, 2018
Hornet Stadium / Sacramento, Calif.
 
SPU EVENTS ONLY
 
Team scores – Kept only for NCAA Division I schools.
 
100 – 1, Ashlan Best (Stanford) 11.90. SPU – 19, Julia Stepper 12.48; 24, Becca Houk 12.61.
200 – 1, Best (Stanford) 24.28. SPU – 13, Grace Bley 25.33!; 29, Houk 25.99; 35, Stepper 26.15.
400 – 1, Samantha Lind (U. San Fran.) 55.21. SPU – 5, Lani Taylor 56.71!; 18, Bley 59.68.
800 – 1, Addy Townsend (Simon Fraser) 2:08.55. SPU – 9, Chynna Phan 2:13.93.
1500 – 1, Marie Bouchard (U. San Fran.) 4:19.28. SPU – 9, Alyssa Foote 4:39.57; 31, Elizabeth Thompson 4:52.35.
5000—1, Annie Roberts (Humboldt) 17:13.75. SPU – 7, Katherine Walter 17:58.73; 22, Sedona McNerney 18:48.59.
4x100 relay – 1, Sacramento State 46.52. SPU – DQ.
400 hurdles – 1, Cassidy Zurn (Sac. State) 1:01.11. SPU – 21, Brooke Benner 1:09.09.
High jump – 1, Andrea Stapleton (Brigham Young) 5-9 ¼ / 1.76m. SPU – 17, Geneva Lehnert 5-1 / 1.55m; Benner no height.
Long jump – 1, Noelle Schiller (Cal) 19-10 ¾ / 6.08m. SPU – 27, Lehnert 16-5 ¾ / 5.02m.
Triple jump – 1, Isabella Morten (Cal) 41-7 / 12.67m. SPU – 18, Benner 34-8½  / 10.58m.

HEPTATHLON
Final top 3 – 1, Hannah Hensley (Academy of Art) 4,910; 2, Scout Cai (SPU) 4,710#!; 3, Emilia Del Hoyo (Sac State) 4,662. Other SPU – 8, Kellie May 4,464; 11, Renick Meyer 4,105.
 
FRIDAY
100 hurdles – 1, Nicole Lord (Brigham Young) 14.04 (973 points). SPU – 3, Meyer 14.80 (868 points); 11, May 15.68 (767); 16, Cai 16.07 (706).
High jump – 1, Lord (Brigham Young) and Hannah Hensley (Acad. Art) 5-8 / 1.73m (891 points). SPU – T8, Cai 5-2¼ / 1.58m (712 points); 12, May 4-10 ½ / 1.49m (610); Meyer no height (0).
Shot put – 1, Devanique Brown (SF State) 38-1 ½ / 11.62m (636 points). SPU – 4, Cai 33-3 ¾ / 10.15m (539 points); 5, May 31-8 ½ / 9.66m (507); 6, Meyer 30-11 ¼ / 9.43m (492).
200 – 1, Meyer (SPU) 25.15 (873 points). Other SPU – 4, Cai 26.38 (764 points); 14, May 28.07 (625).
DAY 1 TOTALS – 1, Hensley (Academy Art) 2,920. SPU – 3, Cai 2,721; 8, May 2,509; 15, Meyer 2,233.
 
SATURDAY
Long jump – 1, Del Hoyo (Sac.State) 17-11 ½ / 5.47m (691 points). SPU – T2, Meyer 17-8 / 5.39m (665 points); T5, May 17-4 ¾ / 5.30m (643); 8, Cai 17-2 ¼ / 5.24m (626).
Javelin – 1, Julia Grimm (Sac. State) 146-1 / 44.52m (754 points). SPU – 4, Cai 117-2 / 35.72m (585 points); 9, Meyer 102-8 / 31.29m (501); 16, May 78-11 / 24.05m (364).
800 – 1, Hensley (Academy Art) 2:18.67 (842 points). SPU – 3,Cai 2:23.37 (778 points); 9, Meyer 2:28.98 (706); 12, May 2:33.1 (648).
 

NCAA MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Hornet Invitational
Friday-Saturday, March 16-17, 2018
Hornet Stadium / Sacramento, Calif.
 
SPU EVENTS ONLY
 
Team scores – Kept only for NCAA Division I schools.
 
800 – 1, Brayden Leach (Humboldt) 1:51.13. SPU – 30, Jesse Phan 1:57.14; 40, Brysten James 1:58.15.
1500 – 1, Jacob Allen (U. San Fran) 3:46.78. SPU – 55, Ben Hansen 4:07.55.
5000 – 1, Seth Totten (SRA) 14:23.93. SPU – 20, Elius Graff 15:20.81; 39, Shad Galloway 15:41.94; 47, Royce Garcia 15:52.03.
110 hurdles – 1, Misana Vitz (U. San Fran) 13.92. SPU – 11, Peyton Harris 15.50.
Long jump – 1, Cory Barger (Sac. State) 24-5 / 7.44m. SPU – 20, Harris 21-2 / 6.45m.