FULL RESULTS

Junior Larry Still was crowned the pole vault champion for the second time in his collegiate indoor career during the second day of the Big Sky Indoor Championships for Eastern Washington University. Still won the event with a clearance of 16-8 1/4.
 
"Larry Still showed why he is a champion today," men's head coach Stan Kerr said. "Him winning the pole vault was one of those distinguished lifetime performances. We're very proud of how Larry represented EWU today."
 
Through six scored events, the men rank sixth with 25 points while the women sit in 12th with five points.
 
The final day of the championships take place tomorrow (Feb. 24) with field events at 9 a.m. Pacific Time and running events at 11 a.m.
 
Men's Top Performers
Securing the men's first title of the Big Sky Championships was junior Larry Still in the pole vault with a mark of 16-8 1/4, just behind his own school record of 17-0 3/4.  Junior Aaron Pullin was another medalist in the same event, finishing third with a clearance of 15-8 1/2.
 
"Another standout performance in the vault goes to Aaron Pullin who had a terrific day and earned an All-Conference title," Kerr said. "Overall, a very solid day for the Eagles and I am looking forward to tomorrow's finals."
 
Junior Parker Bowden broke EWU's school record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.03 during the prelims to qualify in tomorrow's finals. Steven Warner from 2012 previously held the record with an 8.07 time. Bowden will compete during the finals tomorrow at 11:40 a.m.
 
Freshman Joe Gauthier also qualified in the 60-meter dash with a prelim time of 6.86 and finishing eighth. He will compete in the finals tomorrow at 12:20 p.m.
 
Overall, three Eagles earned points for the team throughout the day. Sophomore Keshun McGee took sixth in the long jump with a mark of 23-3 1/4. Junior Chez Jackson was right behind him in seventh with a mark of 23-2 3/4. Sophomore Tim Beard earned seventh in the weight throw with a mark of 58-2 1/2.
 
The distance medley team, that included freshman Isaac Barville, sophomore Trey McAdams, freshman Brock O'Neal and senior Logan Stahl, also earned team points by taking seventh with a time of 10:27.64.
 
Women's Top Performers
Senior Rebecca Tarbert broke her own school record by finishing first in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.37 in the prelims. Her previous record was 7.47 from 2016. Freshman Alexis Rolan was right behind her in second place with a 7.52 time. Both will compete in the finals tomorrow at 12:10 p.m.
 
"As it has been happening all year, our sprinters are getting the job done," women's head coach Marcia Mecklenburg said. "It was just the prelims, but Rebecca Tarbert and Alexis Rolan are dominating the 60. Alexis is our comeback kid with a qualifying run for finals and a huge personal record in the 200. On top of that, she placed in the triple jump with another PR."
 
Rolan qualified in the 200 by finishing third with a time of 24.21. The time puts her second on EWU's all-time list with Joyce Rainwater from 1995 owning the record with 23.82. The finals take place at 12:50 p.m. tomorrow.
 
In the long jump, Rolan earned team points by taking eighth with a personal record jump of 18-11 1/4. Senior Paris Flenoy was the other Eagle to earn a top-10 spot by placing ninth in the shot put with a throw of 42-9.
 
Other comments from head coach Marcia Mecklenburg . . .
On individuals: "We didn't quite do as well as we had hoped in the shot put and high jump, but hopefully we can make those points up in the weight throw and pole vault tomorrow. It is going to be an exciting day three."
 
Other comments from head coach Stan Kerr . . .
On individuals: "Tim Beard got scoring started in the weight throw and we are ready for the shot putters to do their part in tomorrow's competition. The conference got a glimpse of Joe Gauthier's talent as he made finals and narrowly missed making the 200 meters finals. Parker Bowden shined in the hurdles today and will go into tomorrow's final as one of the favorites. The DMR ran tough and scored some team points against some of the top distance talent in the country."
 
Finals Marks/Times
Men:
Weight throw | Tim Beard, So. – 7th, 58-4 3/4; Shawn Buck, Jr. – 15th, 53-1 3/4; Dante Tyler, Jr. – 20th, 51-3 1/2; Trevor Payne, So. – 23rd, 49-8 1/4; Colton Kautz, Fr. –26th, 47-11 3/4
Long jump | Keshun McGee, So. – 6th, 23-3 1/4; Chez Jackson, Sr. – 7th, 23-2 3/4; Trenton Osborn, Sr. – 11th, 22-10 1/2
Pole vault | Larry Still, Jr. – 1st, 16-8 1/4; Aaron Pullin, Jr. – 3rd, 15-8 1/2
DMR | 7th, 10:27.64
Heptathlon | Quintin Porterfield, Fr. – 15th, 4,117
 
Women:
High jump | Tierra White, Sr. – 22nd, 5-1 1/4
Long jump | Alexis Rolan, Fr. – 8th, 18-11 1/4; Maegan McCurdy, So. – 9th, 18-5 3/4; Kendra Hamm, Sr. – 27th, 16-10
Shot put | Paris Flenoy, Sr. – 9th, 42-9; Samantha Boudreau, So. – 12th, 42-1 1/2; Justean Landis, So. – 20th, 39-8 3/4
5,000m | Gracie Ledwith, Sr. – 25th, 19:58.13
DMR | 10th, 13:56.63