Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open results
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PORTLAND – Evan Bradford has run his way into the collegiate win column.

Just one week after taking second in his inaugural college outdoor 1,500-meter race, Seattle Pacific freshman Bradford (Santa Barbara, Calif.) now has a first-place finish to his credit with Saturday's 1,500 performance at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open.

Bradford went the distance on the track at L&C's Griswold Stadium in 4 minutes, 0.5 seconds – way ahead of runner up Bryan Cobb from Corvallis Running Project, who logged a 4:06.07, and bettering his provisional qualifying time for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference outdoor championships.

A week ago at the Pacific Lutheran Invitational in Tacoma, Bradford ran a hand-held time of 4:00.6.

Fellow Falcons freshman Dusty Duncan (Lynden, Wash./Lynden HS) also came up with a strong performance, his in the 400 meters. Duncan finished second in 49.95, putting him onto the GNAC provisional qualifying list and leaving him just one-tenth of a second away from the automatic list. Duncan also tied for fifth in the 200 in 22.90.

Senior Jacob Wahlenmaier (Everett, Wash./Cascade HS) took third in the 1,500 in 4:07.21.

OREGON PREVIEW
Farther south down Interstate 5, SPU sophomore Ryan Endresen (Portland, Ore.) had yet another strong run in the 400-meter hurdles, winding up third in 54.89 seconds at the Oregon Preview. That's just a quarter of a second shy of his personal-best 54.65. He already was on the GNAC automatic list, and he's now just less than a full second away from the NCAA provisional time of 53.90.

Junior Ray Zoellick (Bothell, Wash./Cedar Park Christian HS) exceeded his outdoor PR in the pole vault by more than a foot and a half. Zoellick cleared 14 feet, 1¼ inches (4.30 meters), way beyond the 12-6 he went last Saturday at PLU. It put him into the GNAC provisional list and is just half an inch short of automatic.

Sophomore Nate Seely (Lynden, Wash./Lynden HS) improved by nearly two seconds to 1:55.94 in the 800 meters, making GNAC provisional.



NCAA MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Griswold Stadium/Portland, Ore.

Team scores – 1, Pacific Lutheran 143; 8, Seattle Pacific 29.5.

100 – 1, Kevin Carpenter (L&C) 11.00. SPU placers – 13, Dustin Bratten 11.75; 16, Micah Grounds 11.83.
200 – 1, Carpeter (L&C) 22.02. SPU placers – T5, Dusty Duncan 22.90; 20, Dustin Bratten 23.97.
400 – 1, Zach Rial (Clackamas CC) 49.11. SPU placer – 2, Dusty Duncan 49.95*.
1500 – 1, Evan Bradford (SPU) 4:00.50*. Other SPU placers – 3, Jacob Wahlenmaier 4:07.21; 7, Nathanael Sleight 4:12.43; 16, Stephen York 4:22.94; 21, Gavin Brand 4:33.05; 22, Mat Edel 4:36.70.
Discus – 1, Shaun Lemafa (PLU) 140-3 ½ / 42.77m. SPU placer – 13, Nate Johnson 107-7 ½ / 32.81m.

No other events with SPU athletes.


Oregon Preview
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Hayward Field/Eugene, Ore.

Team scores – Not kept.

100 – 1, Dusty Jarvis (Unattached) 11.08. No SPU competitors.
200 – 1, Zach Stanfield (Unattached) 21.87. No SPU competitors.
400 – 1, Matt Kaino (W. Oregon) 48.44. No SPU competitors.
800 – 1, Tyler Mulder (Oregon Track Club) 1:46.86. SPU placer – 9, Nate Seely 1:55.94*.
1500 – 1, Kevin Chelimo (Oregon Track Club) 3:49.31. No SPU competitors.
3000 – 1, Chris Thompson (Oregon Track Club) 7:52.64 (meet record, breaks old record of 7:53.63 set by Jordan McNamara (Unattached) in 2010). No SPU competitors.
110 hurdles – 1, Eric Hersey (Oregon) 14.31. No SPU competitors.
400 hurdles – 1, Eric Hersey (Oregon) 53.04. SPU placer – 3, Ryan Endresen 54.89!.
2000 steeplechase – 1, Ben Bruce (Oregon Track Club) 5:40.20 (meet record, breaks old record of 5:44.59 set by Billy Nelson of Oregon Track Club in 2010). SPU placer – 7, AJ Baker 6:11.64. Other placer – 3, Chad Meis (Unattached) 5:57.13.
4x100 relay – 1, Oregon 41.04. No SPU team.
4x400 relay – 1, Oregon 3:21.77. No SPU team.
High jump – 1, Obum Gwacham (Oregon St.) 6-9 ½ / 2.07m. No SPU competitors.
Pole vault – 1, Austin Ouderkirk (Oregon) 16-0 ¾ / 4.90m. SPU placer – 4, Ray Zoellick 14-1 ¼ / 4.30m*.
Long jump – 1, Robbie Gallaugher (Langley Mustangs) 23-2 ½ / 7.07m. No SPU competitors.
Triple jump – 1, Trevor Ferguson (Unattached) 48-10 ¼ / 14.89m. No SPU competitors.
Shot put – 1, David Oppat (Willamette) 51-5 ½ / 15.68m. No SPU competitors.
Discus – 1, Erik Kuster (Unattached) 156-9 / 47.77m. No SPU competitors.
Hammer – 1, Jordan Stray (Oregon) 214-1 / 65.26m. SPU placer – 10, Billy Martin 139-0 / 42.36m*.
Javelin – 1, Michael Lauritzen (Air Force) 213-5 / 65.04m.

! GNAC automatic qualitier
*GNAC provisional qualifier



NCAA WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Griswold Stadium/Portland, Ore.

Team scores – 1, Pacific Lutheran 141; 11, Seattle Pacific 4.

200 – 1, Cheyenne Feliz (L&C) 26.35. SPU placer – 9, Lisa Weaver 27.88.
400 – 1, Cheyelle Feliz (L&C) 59.13. SPU placer – 5, Lisa Weaver 1:02.75.

No other events with SPU athletes.