The Eastern Washington University track and field teams stayed close to home for their outdoor debut of the season at the Whitworth BUC Scoring Invite on Thursday, March 17 and Friday, March 18, in Spokane, Wash.
 
The Eagles had seven Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championships qualifiers at the meet, including Kaytlyn Coleman, Joey Payne, Joey Day, Kendra Hamm, Jeremy VanAssche, Dominique Butler, and Aaron Cunningham.
 
Coleman qualified for the Big Sky Conference Championships in the hammer throw with a toss of 189-7, winning the event.
 
Payne placed third in the men's javelin with a throw of 193-03, qualifying for the conference championships. Day also qualified for the conference championships in the event, finishing fourth with a distance of 190-03.
 
Hamm placed first in the women's heptathlon (4,545 points), qualifying for the conference championships. Her best events for the heptathlon were the 100-meter hurdles (first place, 16.05), javelin (109-6), and long jump (first, 17-6 3/4).
 
VanAssche placed first in the men's 100 meters with a time of 10.54, qualifying for the conference championships.
 
Butler placed first in the women's triple jump with a distance of 38-0 3/4 and qualified for the conference championships in the event.
 
Cunningham placed first in the men's shot put with a distance of 53-2 3/4, qualifying for the event.
 
Up Next . . .
 
The EWU track teams will take the next two weeks off to prepare for competition at the Al Manuel Invitational in Missoula, Mont., on April 1. Regional qualifiers will travel to Palo Alto, Cali., to compete at the Stanford Invite on April 1.
 
Top Women's Performances . . .
 
Rebecca Tarbert placed first in the 100 meters with a time of 12.08, just missing the qualifying standard by eight hundredths of a second. Monson placed second in the event with a time of 12.81.
 
Paris Flenoy placed first in the shot put with a throw of 45-3, just .01 meters away from qualifying for the conference championships. Morgan Romney placed second in the event with a throw of 44-0.
 
Anandae Clark and Erin Clark tied for first in the pole vault with a height of 11-11 3/4, just .05 meters away from qualifying for the conference championships. Elizabeth Prouty, Loryn Musgrove, and Macey Weitz all had heights of 11-5 3/4, finishing in a three-way tie for third.
 
Eastern went 1-2-3 in the hammer throw, with Coleman placing first (189-7), Kelsie Forcier second (174-5), and Samantha Lester third (161-0).
 
Lester and Forcier also placed second and third, respectively, in the women's discus. Lester had a throw of 144-10 and Forcier had a throw of 142-11.
 
Eastern went 1-2-3 in the high jump as well, with Tierra White finishing first (5-4 1/4), Kaitlyn Grunst second (5-0 1/4), and Brooklyn Bellomy third (4-10 1/4).
 
Megan Murphy placed third in the triple jump with a jump of 35-1.
 
Dominique Butler placed third in the long jump with a distance of 17-2 1/4.
 
The women's 4x100 relay team of Paige Hammock, Erika Lombardo, Brooke Monson, and Rebecca Tarbert placed first with a time of 47.15.
 
Leanne Asper placed first in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.15. Paige Hammock placed third with a time of 1:04.95.
 
Asper also placed first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.76. Loryn Musgrove placed third with a time of 16.19.
 
Paule Gil-Echevarria and Mayra Chavez placed second and third in the 1,500 meters, respectively. Gil-Echevarria had a time of 4:41.94 and Chavez had a time of 4:42.24.
 
Janessa Day placed first in the 400 meters with a time of 1:00.06. Lombardo placed second in the event with a time of 1:00.09.
 
Brooke Monson placed first in the 200 meters with a time of 25.85, while Lombardo placed second with a time of 26.30.
 
Bridgette Underwood placed second in the javelin with a toss of 136-1.
 
Top Men's Performances . . .
 
Aaron Obert placed third in the shot put with a toss of 50-10 3/4.
 
Aaron Cunningham also placed third in the hammer throw with a toss of 162-1.
 
Jonah Mathews placed second in the 100 meters with a time of 10.95.
 
Austin Upmeyer placed second in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.43.
 
The men's 4x100 relay team placed first with a time of 42.08. The team consisted of Chez Jackson, Jonah Mathews, Obinna Nnadi, and Jeremy VanAssche.
 
The men's 4x400 relay team of Drew Schreiber, Stephen Bottoms, Steaven Zachman, and Nik Taylor placed third (3:30.68).
 
Big Sky Conference Qualifying Standards . . . 
 
MEN
EVENT STANDARD
100-Meters 10.75
110-Meter Hurd. 14.80
200-Meters 21.70
400-Meters 49.00
400-Meter Hurd. 54.50
800-Meters 1:53.30
1500-Meters 3:51.00
3000-Stplchase 9:18.00
5000-Meters 14:30.00*
10000-Meters 31:00.00*
High Jump 2.05m
Long Jump 6.90m
Triple Jump 13.80m
Pole Vault 4.80m
Shot Put 16.00m
Discus 48.50m
Javelin 57.00m
Hammer 54.00m
Decathlon 6,200
400 M Relay All Declared
1600 M Relay All Declared
 
WOMEN
EVENT STANDARD
100-Meters 12.00
100-Meter Hurd. 14.40
200-Meters 24.60
400-Meters 56.00
400-Meter Hurd. 1:02.00
800-Meters 2:12.00
1500-Meters 4:30.00
3000-Stplchase 11:00.00
5000-Meters 17:20.00*
10000-Meters 38:00.00*
High Jump 1.70m
Long Jump 5.70m
Triple Jump 11.50m
Pole Vault 3.70m
Shot Put 13.80m
Discus 45.00m
Javelin 42.00m
Hammer 54.00m
Heptathlon 4,450
400 M Relay All Declared
1600 M Relay All Declared
 
* To qualify in the 5,000-meters, athletes must either meet the 5,000 meter
standard or a standard time in the 10,000-meter run: Men: 30:40.00;
Women: 37:00.00.
* To qualify in the 10,000-meters, athletes must either meet the 10,000
meter standard or a standard time in the 5,000-meter run: Men: 15:00.00;
Women: 18:00.00.
++Top 20 declared athletes make it into the meet. Top 16 for Multi-Events;
Squad Size is 28 per gender