Complete women's results (PDF)
        Complete men's results (PDF)
 
NORWALK, Calif. – The door cracked open on Friday. Jahzelle Ambus burst through it on Saturday.
 
Ambus became the second Seattle Pacific woman in two days to break the 25-second mark in the 200-meter dash, tying the sixth-fastest time in school history with a 24.90 at the Beach Invitational track and field meet.
               
The Falcons junior from Portland matched the time posted by Myisha Valentine in 2012. It also beat her career best of 25.03, which she set in winning the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges 200 title last spring for Lane CC of Eugene.
 
On Friday, freshman Becca Houk clocked 24.99 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in nearby Azusa.
 
The PR for Ambus on Saturday was one of nine for Seattle Pacific in the meet at Cerritos College.

 

Junior Maliea Luquin, who came close to her best-ever time in the 400-meter hurdles at last Saturday's Emilie Mondor Invitational in Burnaby, B.C., beat it with room to spare, coming across the finish line in 1:03.45. Her old mark was 1:03.98, which she missed by a scant five-hundredths of a second a week ago in Canada.
 
Luquin (Portland, Ore.) also had a season-best time of 14.68 in the 100 hurdles, an automatic qualifier for next month's Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships.

Sophomore Kyra Brannan beat her best time in the 200 meters with a 25.54. Brannan (Kennewick, Wash. / Kamiakin HS) went 25.69 as a freshman in March of 2014.

 

Sophomore Michaella Kahns got over an 11-foot bar in the pole vault for the first time. Kahns (Burlington, Wash. / Burlington-Edison HS) cleared 11-0 ¾ , an inch higher than she went on March 21 at the Rose City Preview.
 
Luisa McInnis went 5-3 in the high jump, surpassing her previous mark of 5-2 ¼ from the JD Shotwell Invitational on April 4.

 

David Ferguson ran his fastest 100-meter dash as a Falcon. The senior hit the wire in 11.03 seconds, beating his old time of 11.08 set in 2013.
 
A trio of SPU freshman men accounted for the other three PRs.
 
Peyton Harris got one of those, going 15.67 in the 110-meter hurdles. Not only was it more than half a second better than his previous best (16.22), it was some nice redemption for Harris (Boise, Idaho), who went down in the 110s on Friday at the Clay Invite after clipping a hurdle late in the race. The time made Harris a provisional qualifier for GNAC.

      

Mario Lopez continued a steady downward trend with his 400 meter time. His 49.19 on Saturday beat his old PR of 49.42, which he had run for two weeks in a row, and moved him up from GNAC provisional qualifying to automatic. Lopez (Chino, Calif.) also beat his indoor PR of 49.27 from the conference meet in February.
                               
Clifford Paulk ran his best time in the 100-meter dash with an 11.10. That was more than a full tenth better than his 11.22 in the JD Shotwell Invitational on April 4 and put Paulk (Marysville, Wash. / Marysville Pilchuck HS) onto the GNAC provisional qualifying list.
 
SPU will be in two meets next Saturday. One group will head to San Diego for the Triton Invitational. Another will make a short trip to Bellingham for the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational at Civic Stadium.
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Beach Invitational
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Cerritos College / Norwalk, Calif.
 
Team scores – Not kept.
 
100 – 1, Raquel Tjernagel (Coquitlam Cheetahs) 11.58. SPU – 37, Becca Houk 12.20!.
200 – 1, Raquel Tjernagel (Coquitlam Cheetahs) 23.58. SPU – 30, Jahzelle Ambus 24.90!; 49, Tasia Baldwin 25.28*; 54, Becca Houk 25.36*; 59, Kyra Brannan 25.54*; 63, Jasmine Johnson 25.56*.
400 – 1, Morgan Milbrath (N. Dakota State) 54.14. SPU – 18, Jasmine Johnson 56.38!.
800 – 1, Gabriella Stafford (Toronto) 2:04.61. SPU – 10, Lynelle Decker 2:09.42#!.
1500 – 1, Brenda Flores (Corre A.C.) 4:19.05. SPU – 58, Jessica Rawlins 4:44.47.
5000 – 1, Yuliana Navarro (Corre A.C.) 16:24.32. No SPU.
10,000 – 1, Alex Sciocchetti (Idaho) 36:32.00. No SPU.
4x100 relay – 1, Eastern Washington 46.81. SPU – 3, Seattle Pacific (Becca Houk, Jahzelle Ambus, Kyra Brannan, Tasia Baldwin) 46.99.
4x400 relay – 1, Marquette 3:44.98. No SPU.
100 hurdles – 1, Sharon Kwarula (W. Texas A&M) 13.52. SPU – 25, Maliea Luquin 14.68!.
400 hurdles – 1, Melissa Kitching (N. Dakota State) 58.65. SPU – 26, Maliea Luquin 1:03.45!; 39, Jalen Tims 1:04.76!; 46, Maddi Hommes 1:05.39*.
3000 steeplechase – 1, Alex Burkhart (Chico State) 10:27.26. No SPU.
High jump – 1, Mary Wirth (S. Dakota State) 5-8 ¾ / 1.75m. SPU – 29, Luisa McInnis 5-3 / 1.60m; T32, Naphtali Ward 5-1 / 1.55m.
Pole vault – 1, Leanna Carriere (Edmonton Int.) 13-10 / 4.22m. SPU – 43, Michaella Kahns 11-0 ¾ / 3.37m; 50, Michelle Louie 10-6 ¾ / 3.22m.
Long jump – 1, Abrianna Torres (Colorado) 19-9 ¾ / 6.04m. SPU – 23, Kyra Brannan 17-10 ½ / 5.45m!; 49, Tasia Baldwin 16-5 ½ / 5.02m.
Triple jump – 1, Danylle Kurywchak (U Mary) 41-5 ¼ / 12.63m. No SPU.
Shot put – 1, Itohan Aikhionbare (Unattached) 55-3 ½ / 16.85m. No SPU.
Discus – 1, Fernando Martins (Bmf Bovespa) 199-3 / 60.74m. No SPU.
Javelin – 1, Katie Reichert (W. Washington) 165-7 / 50.48m. No SPU.
Hammer – 1, Marina Shelton (Long Beach State) 195-11 / 59.72m. No SPU.
 
 
NCAA MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Beach Invitational
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Cerritos College / Norwalk, Calif.
 
Team scores – Not kept.
 
100 – 1, Justin Jenkins (Sam Houston State) 10.36. SPU – 48, David Ferguson 11.03*; 54, Clifford Paulk 11.10*.
200 – 1, Austin Mitsch (Colorado) 21.03. No SPU.
400 – 1, Korey Thieleke (Portland) 46.82. SPU – 29, Mario Lopez 49.19!; 64, Chris Moreton 50.42.
800 – 1, Abraham Alvarado (Cal State Stanislaus) 1:48.09. No SPU.
1500 – 1, Jose Juan Esparza (Corre A.C.) 3:41.08. No SPU.
5000 – 1, Diego Leon (Hartnell) 14:26.65. No SPU.
10,000 – 1, Taylor Guske (Cal Baptist) 30:52.50. No SPU.
4x100 relay – 1, Air Force 41.12. SPU – 6, Seattle Pacific (David Ferguson, Peyton Harris, Mario Lopez, Clifford Paulk) 43.05.
4x400 relay – 1, North Dakota State 3:11.71. No SPU.
110 hurdles – 1, Matthew Viverette (Sam Houston State) 13.85. SPU – 35, Peyton Harris 15.67*.
400 hurdles – 1, Matthew Viverette (Sam Houston State) 51.62. No SPU.
3000 steeplechase – 1, Derrick Williams (Colorodo State-Pueblo) 8:55.42. No SPU.
High jump – 1, Keyvan Rudd (Minnesota State) 7-1 / 2.16m. No SPU.
Pole vault – 1, Michael Montgomery (Long Beach State) 17-0 / 5.18m. No SPU.
Long jump – 1, Desmond Gulley (Arkansas-Little Rock) 23-8 ¾ / 7.23m. SPU – 28, Peyton Harris 21-11 ½ / 6.69m.
Triple jump – 1, Ryan Sanders (Long Beach State) 51-2 ¾ / 15.61m. No SPU.
Shot put – 1, Grant Hamilton (Air Force) 60-3 ¾ / 18.38m. No SPU.
Discus – 1, Ronald Juliao (Bmf Bovespa) 200-4 / 61.06m. No SPU.
Javelin – 1, Slater Hirst (W. Washington) 207-3 ½ / 63.19m. No SPU.
Hammer – 1, Colin Dunbar (Unattached) 234-9 / 71.56m. No SPU.