Complete women's results (PDF)
        Complete men's results (PDF)
 
TACOMA – The Seattle Pacific Falcons cleared the first-meet-of-the-season hurdle on Saturday – in more ways than one.
 
Maliea Luquin won the 400-meter hurdles in an automatic qualifying time for the conference meet, and Cheryl Hong won the 100-meter hurdles in the UPS Outdoor Preview track and field meet at Baker Stadium.
 
The Falcons also got winning performances from Sammi Markham in the shot put and from its 4x400 relay to finish third among the five women's teams competing in the outdoor season opener. SPU finished with 86 ½ points. Whitworth won handily with 190, and Western Washington was second with 120.
 
Luquin (Portland, Ore.), a junior clocked 1 minute, 4.62 seconds in the long hurdles race. That was less than a second shy of her personal-best time of 1:03.98 set at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships in 2013. She did not compete last year. Saturday's time guaranteed her a spot in that race at this year's GNACs.
 
SPU sophomore Hong (Federal Way, Wash. / Jefferson HS) took the shorter hurdles race in 16.84 seconds.
 
Luquin also led off Seattle Pacific's victorious 4x400. Freshman Chynna Phan, and sophomores Maddi Hommes and Ali Sowers carried the baton after her, and the Falcons were across the finish line in 4:03.15.
 
Sophomore Markham (Gig Harbor, Wash. / Gig Harbor HS) had the best mark of the day in the shot put at 39 feet, 8 inches. That was a PR by nearly 11 inches, easily beating her old mark of 38-9 ¾ and put her onto the GNAC provisional qualifying list.
 
All three of Seattle Pacific's pole vaulters made GNAC provisional. Sophomore Michaella Kahns (Burlington, Wash. / Burlington-Edison HS) tied for third at 10-6. Junior Madi Webster (Coloardo Springs, Colo.) and freshman Michelle Louie (Bellevue, Wash. / Bellevue HS) both got over at 10 feet.
 
Junior Michaela Farner (Molalla, Ore.) made the conference provisional list with a javelin throw of 129 feet, 10 inches.
 
LOPEZ EARNS MEN'S PROVISIONAL TIME
Falcons freshman Mario Lopez made his college outdoor debut in speedy fashion, posting a GNAC provisional qualifying time in the 200-meter dash. Lopez (Chino, Calif.) came across the line in 22.51 seconds, good for third place.
 
Lopez also led off SPU's second-place 4x400 relay, teaming with freshman Chris Moreton (Everett, Wash. / Kamiak HS), Justin Ramsey (Colorado Springs, Colo.), and Adam Avischious (Colorado Springs, Colo.) for a time of 3:27.66. That already is faster than any Falcons team ran in 2014, when the best time was 3:28.16.
 
SPU was fourth among the five men's teams with 57 points. Whitworth won with 232, and host University of Puget Sound was a distant second with 99.
 
SPU will not have an outdoor competition next week as focus shifts to the NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala. Junior Lynelle Decker will run the 800 meters, and will join freshmen Jessica Rawlins and Becca Houk, and fellow junior Anna Patti on the 4,000-meter distance medley relay.
 
Outdoor action resumes on Saturday, March 21, at the Rose City Preview in Greshman, Ore.
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
UPS Outdoor Preview
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Baker Stadium / Tacoma, Wash.
 
Team scores – 1, Whitworth 191; 2, Western Washington 120; 3, Seattle Pacific 86 ½; 4, Puget Sound 75; 5, Lewis & Clark 50 ½.
 
100 – 1, Allanah Whitehall (UPS) 12.20. No SPU competitors.
200 – 1, Allanah Whitehall (UPS) 25.15. SPU placers – 6, Michaella Kahns 27.33; 7, Ryan Conlin 27.49; 14, Madi Webster 29.37; 15, Michelle Louie 29.48.
400 – 1, Shawna Troupe (WWU) 59.10. SPU placers – 2, Kelsey Chase 1:00.64; 4, Chynna Phan 1:01.35; 7, Ryan Conlin 1:01.83; 8, Jessie Mathison 1:02.51.
800 – 1, Katie McKay (Whitworth) 2:15.58. SPU placers – 6, Hannah Calvert 2:26.31; 12, Kiley Zeitler 2:43.19.
1500 – 1, Haley O'Connor (WWU) 4:37.26. SPU placers – 6, Mary Charleson 4:51.88; 8, Hannah Calvert 4:55.62; 12, Hailey Kettel 5:03.83; 15, Sophie Carroll 5:07.58.
10,000 – 1, Alexandra Laiblin (WWU) 39:06.12. No SPU competitors.
4x100 relay – 1, Whitworth 49.79. No SPU team.
4x400 relay – 1, Seattle Pacific (Maliea Luquin, Chynna Phan, Maddi Hommes, Ali Sowers) 4:03.15. Other SPU placer s – 2, Seattle Pacific (Jessie Mathison, Ryan Conlin, Kelsey Chase, Cheryl Hong) 4:06.76; 6, Seattle Pacific (Sophie Carroll, Mary Charleson, Hailey Kettel, Hannah Calvert) 4:17.13.
100 hurdles – 1, Cheryl Hong (SPU) 16.84. No other SPU competitors.
400 hurdles – 1, Maliea Luquin 1:04.62!. Other SPU placers – 3, Cheryl Hong 1:08.87; 4, Maddi Hommes 1:09.87; 5, Ali Sowers 1:11.25.
3000 steeplechase – 1, Kenall Chin (Whitworth) 11:35.35. No SPU competitors.
High jump – 1, Katelyn Wright (WWU) 5-1 ¾ / 1.57. No SPU competitors.
Pole vault – 1, Anna Paradee (WWU) 11-5 ¾ / 3.50m. SPU placers – T3, Michaella Kahns 10-6 / 3.20m*; 5, Madi Webster 10-0 / 3.05m*; T6, Michelle Louie 10-0 / 3.05m* (Webster higher place on fewer attempts to clear).
Long jump – 1, Kayla Brase (Whitworth) 16-5 ¾ / 5.02m. No SPU competitors.
Triple jump – 1, Kayla Brase (Whitworth) 35-7 ¾ / 10.86m. No SPU competitors.
Shot put – 1, Sammi Markham (SPU) 39-8 / 12.09*. Other SPU placers – 6, Maddi Hommes 32-10 ½ / 10.02m; 8, Maliea Luquin 28-10 ¾ / 8.83m; 9, Madison Buttice 28-9 ¾ / 8.78m.
Discus – 1, Courtney Fairhart (Whitworth) 139-11 / 42.65m. SPU placers – 5, Sammi Markham 114-9 / 34.97m; 9, Madison Buttice 83-8 / 25.51m.
Hammer – No competitors.
Javelin – 1, Katie Reichert (WWU) 159-2 / 48.51m. SPU placers – 3, Michaela Farner 129-10 / 39.57m*; 5, Maddi Hommes 115-5 / 35.19m; 6, Emily Corona 110-0 / 33.52m; 7, Maliea Luquin 92-3 / 28.11m.
 
! GNAC automatic  qualifying
* GNAC provisional qualifying
 
 
NCAA MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
UPS Outdoor Preview
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Baker Stadium / Tacoma, Wash.
 
Team scores – 1, Whitworth 232; 2, Puget Sound 99; 3, Western Washington 95; 4, Seattle Pacific 57; 5, Lewis & Clark 52.
 
100 – 1, Matthew Landon (Whitworth) 11.47. SPU placer – 2, Mario Lopez 11.53.
200 – 1, Nicholas Gosselin (Whiteworth) 22.28. SPU placers – 3, Mario Lopez 22.51*; 5, Clifford Paulk 23.05; 11, Justin Ramsey 24.16.
400 – 1, Nicholas Gosselin (Whitworth) 50.26. SPU placer – 5, Justin Ramsey 52.84.
800 – 1, Daniel Harper (Whitworth) 1:57.51. SPU placers – 2, Adam Avischious 1:58.98; 3, Chris Moreton 1:59.01; 4, Ben Halladay 2:02.70; 5, Clark Sterling 2:03.44; 6, Josiah Zering 2:10.16.
1500 – 1, Jeff Mullins (L&C) 4:04.58. SPU placers – 3, Turner Wiley 4:06.50; 12, Brian Comer 4:20.50.
10,000 – 1, Tyler Shipley (UPS) 31:27.60. No SPU competitors.
4x100 relay – 1, Whitworth 42.95. No SPU team.
4x400 relay – 1, Whitworth 3:22.91. SPU placers –2, Seattle Pacific (Mario Lopez, Chris Moreton, Justin Ramsey, Adam Avischious) 3:27.66; 7, Seattle Pacific (Ben Halladay, Clark Sterling, Brian Comer, Turner Wiley) 3:50.88.
110 hurdles – 1, Travis Milbrandt (WWU) 14.71. No SPU competitors.
400 hurdles – 1, Kodie Artner (L&C) 56.19. No SPU competitors.
3000 steeplechase – 1, Matt Lutz (WWU) 9:24.73. No SPU competitors.
High jump – 1, Chris Bueno (UPS) 6-2 ¾ / 1.90m. No SPU competitors.
Pole vault – 1, Joseph Green (Whitworth) 15-11 / 4.85m. No SPU competitors.
Long jump – 1, Rudy Mataya (WWU) 21-2 ½ / 6.46m. No SPU competitors.
Triple jump – 1, Christen Cromer (L&C) 41-7 ¾ / 12.69m. SPU placer – 4, Clifford Paulk 40-11 / 12.47m.
Shot put – 1, Corey Burth (Whitworth) 49-4 ½ / 15.05m. No SPU competitors.
Discus – 1, Ryan Macdonald (WWU) 159-6 / 48.63m. No SPU competitors.
Hammer – No competitors.
Javelin – 1, Chase Wright (Whitworth) 207-10 / 63.35m. No SPU competitors.
 
* GNAC provisional qualifying