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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Maliea Luquin saved her best for last – and wound up with a personal-best score in the women's heptathlon at the Sam Adams Combined Events on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Seattle Pacific junior ran an 800-meter time that was 11 seconds faster than she had ever run before, giving her the final 808 points of the 4,522 she scored during the two-day, seven-event test at Westmont Track Stadium.
 
Luquin's point total put her 11^th in the meet and easily exceeded her old PR of 4,342, scored at the 2013 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Multi-Event Championships. It also easily put her onto the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying list, beating the minimum score of 4,377.
 
SPU sophomore Maddi Hommes was 13^th overall with 4,218 points.
 
Luquin (Portland, Ore.), who had an outdoor PR of 5-0 ½ in the high jump on Friday, completed her weekend's work by finishing her 800 in 2:21.17, good for ninth place. Her previous best in that race was 2:32.50, also from the 2013 GNACs.
 
The top finish for Hommes (Lynden, Wash. / Lynden HS) on Saturday was ninth in the javelin at 121-8 ½. On Friday, she had a personal-best of 33-7 ¼ in the shot put.
 
FALCON WOMEN WIN 3 EVENTS, TEAM TITLE AT SHOTWELL INVITE
A 1-2-3-4 finish in one race helped clinch No. 1 in the women's team race for Seattle Pacific.
 
Becca Houk, Tasia Baldwin, Jasmine Johnson, and Cheryl Hong took the top four places in the 200-meter dash on Saturday afternoon, giving the Falcons 29 team points on the way to a final winning total of 129 in the JD Shotwell Invitational.
 
SPU also got individual victories from Jahzelle Ambus in the 400 meters and Ali Sowers in the 800 at Baker Stadium on the University of Puget Sound campus.
 
The Falcons won a tight three-way battle with GNAC rivals Western Washington and Central Washington. The Vikings finished with 127; Central had 124.
 
 

Houk (Oregon City, Ore.), a freshman, got to the finish line in 25.33 seconds, just ahead of seniors Baldwin (Tacoma, Wash. / Foss HS, 25.70) and Johnson (Federal Way, Wash. / Federal Way HS, 25.75). Hong (Federal Way, Wash. / Jefferson HS), racing in another heat, clocked 25.96.
 
Falcons junior Ambus (Portland, Ore.) led most of the way in the 400, winning in 57.90 seconds. Johnson was third in that race (58.41) and Hong took fifth (58.71).

 

Sophomore Sowers (Lacey, Wash. / Northwest Christian  HS) went back and forth with Alison Wise of Puget Sound through the final lap of the 800. Wise took the lead going into the final turn, but Sowers passed her for good about 40 meters from the finish line. She won in 2:18.82, just beating Wise's 2:19.19.
 
Houk finished second in the 100 in 12.23. Both that time and her 200 were SPU personal bests.
 
Luisa McInnis (Santa Rosa, Calif.), a junior, and freshman Naphtali Ward (Gig Harbor, Wash. / Gig Harbor HS) went 2-3 in the high jump. Both cleared 5-2 ¼; McInnis got the higher place on fewer misses. Junior Michaela Farner threw a season-best 130-1 to take second in the javelin.
 
MARKHAM GETS THAT 40-FOOTER
For her entire season as a freshman and her first month as a sophomore, the 40-foot arc in the shot put pit had eluded Sammi Markham.
 
But it only takes one to get there. And on Saturday morning, the first one is all it took.

 

Markham's initial attempt kicked up just enough gypsum dust to be measured at 40 feet, ¾ of an inch, giving her fourth place in the JD Shotwell Invitational.
 
She had come close twice this season, going 39-8 at the season opening UPS Outdoor Preview in the same Baker Stadium pit, then matched that last weekend at the Club Northwest Spring Break Open in West Seattle.
 
"My PR indoors is 42, 43 (42-10 ¾, to be exact), so I would like to get there," Markham said. "It's good to know that I'm working toward it."
 
Markham (Gig Harbor, Wash. / Gig Harbor HS) had to wait for the official measurement on Saturday to know for sure that she was officially a 40-footer outdoors.
 
"I didn'tknow if it would be 40, because the lines ae sometimes off," she said. "But I was excited that I got that far."
 
Markham is already a provisional qualifier for next month's Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships, and is easily within the top 16 to get into that meet. Saturday's distance leaves her just four inches short of the 40-4 ¾ automatic mark. But she doesn't want to stop there.
 
"In a perfect world, I would get 45," she said, cutting loose with a smile. "In a good world, I would get back to my (Indoor) PR of 42 or 43 feet. I think I can do it."
 
IT'S MORE – WAY MORE – FOR MORETON
When he stepped onto the Baker Stadium track a month ago for his first college outdoor meet, SPU freshman Chris Moreton was just trying to beat the two-minute mark in the 800 meters – and he did.
 
On Saturday, Moreton not only beat it again, he beat everyone else on that same track.

 

Moreton picked off four runners on the final lap, with Kyler Sager of Everett Community College the last of them  about 40 meters from the finish line. Moreton hit the wire in 1:57.78 to record his first college victory. That was nearly a full second in front of Sager's 1:58.73, and more than a full second better than his old PR of 1:59.01 that he ran in Tacoma four Saturdays ago on March 7.
 
 "I just wanted to let the other guys lead it because of this wind and let them do all the work," said Moreton (Everett, Wash. / Kamiak HS). "Then coming around the last lap, I just started trying to pick off some guys. With 150 to go, I saw it was just me and another guy (Sager) and he was reachable. So I just dug deep and tried to get him. And in the end, I got him."
 
Moreton, having notched his first win in college, considers himself to be more of a 400-meter man, but said his abilities in that event are beneficial for the longer race.
 
"I have a lot more foot speed than the other guys who do it because of the 400," he said. "So I figure if I can just manage to hold on, I have a good fighting chance to get them at the end."

Freshman Mario Lopez is definitely a 400-meter man. Lopez (Chino, Calif.) proved it again on Saturday by winning that race in a personal-best 49.42 seconds. That was his first collegiate win.
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Sam Adams Combined Events
Friday-Saturday, April 3-4, 2015
Westmont Track Stadium / Santa Barbara, Calif.
 
Final scores – 1, Barbara Mwaba (Santa Barbara Track Club) 6,292. SPU placers – 11, Maliea Luquin 4,522#!; 13, Maddi Hommes 4,218*.
 
FRIDAY EVENTS
100 hurdles – 1, Barbara Nwaba (Santa Barbara TC) 13.38 (1,068 points). SPU placers – 16, Maliea Luquin 14.95* (848); 22, Maddi Hommes 17.07 (589).
High jump – 1, (tie) Barbara Nwaba (Santa Barbara TC), Sharon Day-Monroe (Asics) and Lindsay Schwartz (Santa Barbara TC) 5-10 / 1.78m (953 points). SPU placers – 14, Luquin 5-0 ½ / 1.54m* (666); T16, Maddi Hommes 4-10 ¼ / 1.48m (599).
Shot put – 1, Sharon Day-Monroe (Asics) 49-5/ 15.06m. SPU placers – 17, Maddi Hommes 33-7 ¼  / 10.24m (545); 19, Maliea Luquin 29-3 ¾ / 8.93m (460).
200 – 1, Barbara Mwaba (Santa Barbara TC) 23.94 (969 points). SPU placers – 14, Maliea Luquin 26.31 (770); 15, Maddi Hommes 27.12 (702).
 
SATURDAY EVENTS
Long jump – 1, Lindsay Lettow (Santa Barbara TC) 19-7 / 5.97m (840 points). SPU placers – 11, Maliea Luquin 17-0 ¼ / 5.19m* (612); 18, Maddi Hommes 14-4 / 4.37m (396).
Javelin – 1, Annett Fleming (LC Jena) 169-3 / 51.58m (891 points). SPU placers – 9, Maddi Hommes 121-8 ½ / 37.09m (612); 15, Maliea Luquini 77-10 ¼ / 23.73m (358).
800 – 1, Barbara Mwamba (Santa Barbara TC) 2:07.47 (1,002 points). SPU placers – 9, Maliea Luquin 2:21.17 (808); 10, Maddi Hommes 2:234.60 (775).

# NCAA provisional qualifying
! GNAC automatic
* GNAC provisional


JD Shotwell Invitational
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Baker Stadium / Tacoma, Wash.

Team scores – 1, Seattle Pacific 129; 2, Western Washington 127; 3, Central Washington 124; 4, Mount Hood CC 64; 5, Saint Martin's 51; 6, Pacific Lutheran 41; 7, Puget Sound 39; 8, Everett CC 27; 9, Trinity Lutheran 23; 10, Olympic College 20; 11, Alaska Fairbanks 12; 12, Christ Life 10; 13, Simon Fraser 5; 14, Green River CC 4; 15, Clark College 1.
 
100 – 1, Princess Joy Griffey (Christ Life) 1215. SPU placers – 2, Becca Houk 12.23!, 5, Kelsey Chase 12.77; 13, Ryan Conlin 13.29.
200 – 1, Becca Houk (SPU) 25.33*. Other SPU placers – 2, Tasia Baldwin 25.70*; 3, Jasmine Johnson 25.75*; 4, Cheryl Hong 25.96*; 9, Kelsey Chase 26.40.
400 – 1,  Jahzelle Ambus (SPU) 57.90*. Other SPU placers – 3, Jasmine Johnson 58.41*; 5, Cheryl Hong 58.71*.
800 – 1, Ali Sowers (SPU) 2:18.82. Other SPU placers – 3, Jessie Mathison 2:20.48; 6, Chynna Phan 2:23.07
1500 – 1, Katelyn Steen (W. Washington) 4:42.79. SPU placer – 4, Chynna Phan 4:49.70.
5000 – 1, Taylor Guenther (W. Washington) 17:53.84. SPU placer – 15, Kiley Zeitler 20:06.37.
4x100 relay – 1, Pacific Lutheran 49.48. No SPU team.
4x400 relay – 1, Central Washington 3:58.49. No SPU team.
100 hurdles – 1, Courtney Andre (Mt. Hood CC) 14.82. No SPU competitors.
400 hurdles – 1, Emily Bland (Everett CC) 1:04.47. No SPU competitors.
3000 steeplechase – 1, Katelyn Steen (W. Washington) 10:32.92 (meet record, breaks old record of 10:59.99 set by Brittany Hodgson in 2008). No SPU competitors.
High jump – 1, Miranda Osadchey (W. Washington) 5-4 ¼ / 1.63m. SPU placers – 2, Luisa McInnis 5-2 ¼ / 1.58m* (judge's decision); 3, Naphtali Ward 5-2 ¼ / 1.58m*.
Pole vault – 1, (tie) Elizabeth King (UPS) and Anna Paradee (W. Washington) 10-10 ¾ / 3.32m. SPU placers – 3, Michaella Kahns 10-10 ¾ / 3.32m* (judge's decision); 4, Michelle Louie 10-4 ¾ / 3.17m*; Madi Webster no height.
Long jump – 1, Brandi Williams (Unattached) 18-0 ½ / 5.50m. SPU placer – 3, Tasia Baldwin 16-0 ½ / 5.09m.
Triple jump – 1, Shanice Lakes (Mt. Hood CC) 36-4 / 11.07m. No SPU competitors.
Shot put – 1, Kahili Novikoff (Saint Martin's) 41-7 ¾ / 12.69m. SPU placer – 4, Sammi Markham 40-0 ¾ / 12.21m*; 19, Madison Buttice 29-0 ½ / 8.85m.
Discus – 1, Megan Mortensen (W. Washington) 146-7 / 44.69m. No SPU competitors.
Javelin – 1, Kathryn Walker (Saint Martin's) 152-10 / 46.59m. SPU placers – 2, Michaela Farner 130-1 / 39.65m*; 11, Emily Corona 108-9 / 33.16m.

! GNAC automatic qualifying
* GNAC provisional

 
NCAA MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
JD Shotwell Invitational
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Baker Stadium / Tacoma, Wash.
 
Team scores – 1, Western Washington 139; 2, Saint Martin's 86; 3, Pacific Lutheran 59 ½; 4, Central Washington 53 ½; 5, Everett CC 50; 6, Seattle Pacific 40 ½; 7, Puget Sound 37; 8, Trinity Lutheran 36; 9, Mount Hood CC 34; 10, Club Northwest 24; 11, Green River CC 15 ½; 12, (tie) Trinity Western and Clark College 10; 14, Simon Fraser 7; 15, Tacoma City Running Club 5; 16, (tie) Olympic College and Alaska Fairbanks 4.
 
100 – 1, Marcus Gaylor (Unattached) 10.73. SPU placers – 7, Clifford Paulk 11.22; 13, David Ferguson 11.39.
200 – 1, Alex Donigian (W. Washington) 21.42. SPU placers – 7, David Ferguosn 22.55; 9, Clifford Paulk 22.79; 20, Justin Ramsey 23.92.
400 – 1, Mario Lopez (SPU) 49.42*. Other SPU placer – 6, Justin Ramsey 51.91.
800 – 1, Chris Moreton (SPU) 1:57.78. Other SPU placer – 21, Ka'eo Lindsey 2:09.04.
1500 – 1, Matthew Lutz (W. Washington) 4:00.63. SPU placer – 12, Ben Halladay 4:07.92.
5000 – 1, Isaac Derline (W. Washington) 14:59.26. SPU placer – 10, Brian Comer 15:53.77; 24, Clark Sterling 16:40.41.
4x100 relay –  1, Western Washington 42.16. SPU placer – 2, Seattle Pacific (David Ferguson, Peyton Harris, RJ Straker, Mario Lopez) 43.16.
4x400 relay – 1, Western Washington 3:26.06. SPU no team.
110 hurdles – 1, Joshua Turner (Mt. Hood CC) 15.34. No SPU competitors.
400 hurdles – 1, David Durden (Saint Martin's) 55.36. SPU placer – 5, Peyton Harris 57.95.
3000 steeplechase – 1, Christopher Fisher (Club NW) 9:32.61. No SPU competitors.
High jump – 1, Derek Alderks (Unattached) 6-6 ¾ / 2.00m. No SPU competitors.
Pole vault – 1, Nathan Dunford (Trinity Western) 16-2 / 4.93m. No SPU competitors.
Long jump – 1, Brian Watson (W. Washington) 23-0 ½ / 7.02m. SPU placer – 7, Peyton Harris 21-0 ¾ / 6.42m.
Triple jump – 1, Mark Seely (W. Washington) 46-8 / 14.22m. No SPU competitors.
Shot put – 1, Tevon Stephens-Brown (PLU) 50-6 ¼ / 15.40m. No SPU competitors.
Discus – 1, Scott Miller (Everett CC) 150-11 / 46.01m. No SPU competitors.
Javelin – 1, Slater Hirst (W. Washington) 210-3 / 64.09m. No SPU competitors.