SEATTLE – This week in Seattle Pacific University Athletics, the track & field teams compete at Oregon State on Friday and Saturday, and the women's rowing team hosts the Falcon Regatta on Saturday at 8:00 a.m.
TRACK & FIELD
March 20-21 – all day
at the OSU PNW Invite
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- Last Friday, Hannah Chang competed at the NCAA Indoor National Championships.
- She finished with a time of 8.77 in the 60-meter hurdles preliminary heats.
- Her time was good enough to earn All-American Honorable Mention in the event.
- Chang's indoor season featured the GNAC Indoor Championships, where she set the program record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.52.
- The record was previously held by Maliea Luquin's 8.53, which was set on March 11, 2016, at the NCAA indoor preliminaries in Pittsburg, Kansas.
- Chang was just 0.02 seconds off the GNAC indoor record of 8.51 seconds, set by Central Washington's Mariyah Vongsaveng in 2017.
- Most of the Falcons last competed at the chilly PLU Open last weekend.
- Avery Erickson earned the top spot in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:01.51.
- Erickson won the race by 8.4 seconds and was named the GNAC Track Athlete of the Week.
- Mason Hrcek cleared 14-11.0 in the pole vault, earning third place in the event.
- Thomas Worby finished fourth in the same event, clearing 13-11.25.
- Maya Ewing had a strong showing in the 1,500-meter run, winning the event with a time of 4:44.39.
- Ewing was named the GNAC Track Athlete of the Week for her performance in the race.
- Lucia Templeton took fourth in the same race, clocking a 4:54.46.
- Templeton set a new personal best in the event with that time.
- Lysandra Plant had a massive performance in the javelin throw, winning the event with a toss of 122-09.0.
- Plant's event-winning javelin throw of 122-09 was a personal best.
- Tamia Cates took third in the event with a mark of 114-08.0.
- Cates also had a new personal best in the javelin with a mark of 114-08.
WOMEN'S ROWING
March 22 – 8:00 a.m.
vs. the Falcon Regatta –
live results
FROM THE COACH
"The Falcon Regatta is an event we look forward to every year," head coach
Kenzie Waltar said. "The current team loves it when the SPU Rowing community comes together like this. The night before the regatta, it is tradition to host our Falcon Family Dinner, where we gather the team and their families to celebrate our graduating class. Then, on race day, the team gets to throw down against some fierce GNAC competitors. We are honored to host both Cal Poly Humboldt and Western Washington University on our home waterway. Come out on Saturday and support your Falcons."
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- The Falcons opened their season in windy conditions at the American Lake Sprints on March 7, 2026.
- The Varsity 8+ boat clocked a 7:07.1 in their first heat.
- They raced Western Washington, who turned in a 7:04.05.
- Next, the Varsity 4+ crew faced Western Washington and Oregon, beating both the Vikings and the Ducks with a time of 8:15.5.
- The Novice 4+ had a solid race against Pacific, finishing with a time of 9:01.7.
- In the second flight of the Varsity 8+ race, the Falcons finished with a 7:06.7, beating the Vikings by 6.2 seconds.
- The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association announced its preseason poll on Feb. 11, with the Falcons selected in fourth place.
- The GNAC announced its Preseason Coaches Poll on Feb. 26, with the Falcons slotted for a third-place finish by the league's coaches.
- On Friday night before Saturday's race, the Falcons will celebrate Brittan Dalberg, Gem Gatmaytan, Aleksia Haugen, Emma Jones, Bella Lisenby, Amelia Pape, Lexi Roybal, and Racquel Wesley.
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