Mario Lopez main hole GNAC MITF.
Mario Lopez' 49.27 on Saturday was way faster than his previous 49.91.

Lopez rewrites his own school record

Speedy SPU freshman takes down his own 400-meter standard at GNAC indoors

2/22/2015 12:02:00 AM


        Complete results (PDF)

NAMPA, Idaho – Mario Lopez hasn't even run 10 individual races yet as a Seattle Pacific freshman.
 
But two of them have been of the record-setting variety.
 
The latest of those was Saturday. Lopez (Chino, Calif.) took fifth place in the 400 meters in 49.27 seconds. That broke his mark of 49.91, set in the season-opening UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 17.
 
That previous PR broke a 10-year-old school record of 49.99, set by Chris Randolph in 2005. Lopez came into Saturday's final as the No. 7 seed, going 50.26 on Friday. He thus shaved nearly a full second off of that.
 
Another freshman, Clifford Paulk, was the only other Falcon to score individual points. Paulk (Marysville, Wash. / Marysville-Pilchuck HS) placed seventh in the triple jump at 42-0 ¾. That was six inches farther than the 41-6 he went at the UW Indoor Open last Sunday.
 
SPU finished ninth with 12 points. Alaska Anchorage won with 142, dethroning two-time defending champion Western Washington. The Vikings were second with 136.
 

NCAA MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
GNAC Championships
Friday, February 20, 2015
Jackson's Track at the Idaho Center / Nampa, Idaho
 
Team scores – 1, Alaska Anchorage 142; 2, Western Washington 136; 3, Simon Fraser 95; 4, Northwest Nazarene 86.5; 5, Central Washington 65; 6, Western Oregon 61; 7, Saint Martin's 42.5; 8, Montana State Billings 23; 9, Seattle Pacific 12.
 
SATURDAY FINALS
60-meter dash – 1, Alex Donigan (WWU) 6.82. No SPU placers.
200 – 1, Cody Warner (WOU) 21.60. No SPU placers.
400 – 1, Joel Webster (SF) 48.34. SPU placer – 5, Mario Lopez 49.27 (school record, breaks old record set by Lopez in 2015).
800 – 1, Cameron Proceviat (SF) 1:52.41. No SPU placers.
Mile – 1, Brady Beagley (WOU) 4:10.31. SPU competitors – 13, Adam Avischious 4:32.06; 17, Ben Halladay 4:41.09.
3000 – 1, Henry Cheseto (UAA) 8:27.83. SPU competitors – 16, Turner Wiley 8:58.60; 30, Clark Sterling 9:33.38.
4x400 relay – 1, Simon Fraser 3:16.49. SPU placer – 5, Seattle Pacific (Mario Lopez, Chris Moreton, David Ferguson, RJ Straker) 3:24.08.
60 hurdles – 1, Travis Milbrandt (WWU) 8.08. No SPU placers.
High jump – 1, Brett Watson (WWU) 6-9 / 2.06m. No SPU competitors.
Triple jump – 1, Luke Plummer (CWU) 49-5 / 15.06m. SPU placer – 7, Clifford Paulk 42-0 ¾ / 12.82m.
Weight throw – 1, Kevin Stanley (CWU) 55-9 ¼ / 17.00. No SPU competitors.
 
FRIDAY FINALS
5000 – 1, Henry Cheseto (UAA) 14:39.24. SPU placer – 10, Turner Wiley 15:19.60; 16, Brian Comer 16:18.99.
4000 distance medley relay – 1, Simon Fraser 10:14.41. SPU placer – 7, Seattle Pacific (Ben Halladay, Chris Moreton, Clark Sterling, Adam Avischious) 10:38.75.
Long jump – 1, Vladislav Tsygankov (SF) 23-6 ¾ / 7.18m. SPU placer – 17, Clifford Paulk 20-2 ¼ / 6.15m.
Pole vault – 1, Payton Lewis (NNU) 16-11 / 5.16m (meet record, breaks old record of 16-1 ¼ / 4.91m set by Ryan Brown (WWU) in 2010). No SPU competitors.
Shot put – 1, Kevin Stanley (CWU) 51-10 / 15.80m. No SPU competitors.
 
FRIDAY PRELIMINARIES
60-meter dash – 1, Alex Donigian (WWU) 6.80. SPU competitor – T10, David Ferguson 7.26.
200 – 1, Alex Donigian (WWU) 21.76 (meet record, breaks old record of 21.79 set by Donigian in 2014). SPU competitors – 9, David Ferguson 22.50; 16, Mario Lopez 23.94.
400 – 1, Joel Webster (SFU) 48.60. SPU finals qualifier – 8, Mario Lopez 50.26. Other SPU competitors – 13, Chris Moreton 51.07; 16 RJ Straker 51.53; 18, Justin Ramsey 51.88.
800 – 1, Nathan Kipchumba (UAA) 1:51.70. No SPU competitors.
60 hurdles – 1, Travis Milbrandt (WWU) 8.15 (meet record, breaks old record of 8.24 set by Peter Maguire (WWU) in 2014). No SPU competitors.
 
HEPTATHLON
Top 3 – 1, Cody Thomas (UAA) 4,985; 2, Jaysen Yoro (STM) 4,870; 3, Micah Spatz (NNU) 4,639. No SPU competitors.
60-meter dash – 1, Jaysen Yoro (STM) 7.07 (858 points).
Long jump – 1, Cody Thomas (UAA) 21-10 / 6.65m (732).
Shot put – 1, Cody Thomas (UAA) 37-8 ¾ / 11.50m (576).
High jump – 1, Jaysen York (STM) 6-6 ¼ / 1.99m (704).
60 hurdles – 1, Cody Thomas (UAA) 8.50 (860).
Pole vault – 1, Preston Schubert (MSUB) 13-11 ¼ / 4.25m (688).
1000 – 1, Conner West (UAA) 2:45.86 (809.
 
 
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