The first day of the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open wrapped up today (Jan. 11) for the Eastern Washington University track and field team.
                                     
Senior Dominique Butler finished in first place in the pentathlon with a personal record of 3,549 points, breaking her previous record of 3,532 on the all-time list. 

"The Eagles all had a mix of good performances as well as some struggles," said coach Dave Nielson. "The time away from event work over the holidays was apparent but all were game. The most notable performance of the day was Dominique Butler winning the pentathlon with a school record performance. She was a bit off in her high jump and shot put but came back in the 800 with a personal best by seven seconds."

Butler was in a three-way tie for first in the in the high jump with a jump of 5-3 for 736 points and second in the shot put with a throw of 37-2 1/2 for 618 points. In the 55-meter hurdles she placed fifth collecting her 840 points. In the long jump she placed first with a jump of 17-7 1/2 for 663 points.
 
Jessica Linde was the next Eagle to finish in seventh place with 2,929 points. 
  
In tenth place was Maria Cunningham with 2.437 points and Aulane Mpouli with 2,388 points placing 11th.
 
With four events concluded in the men's heptathlon, Quinton Porterfield is currently sitting in fourth place for the Eagles with 2,688 points and had a second place finish in the 60-meter with a time of 7.21 for 809 points.

"On the men's side there was a lot of change of scoring positions from event to event," said Nielson. "Quinton Porterfield was leading the day and is currently in fourth place at the end of day 1."

Freshman Caleb Johnson is in sixth with 2,475 and had a first place finish in the shot put with a throw of 44-5 1/2 for 701 points. Senior Forrest Wallace is right behind him in seventh place with a score of 2,407 and had a first place finish in the high jump with a jump of 6-3 1/2. The events will continue tomorrow (Jan. 12), at 9 a.m.
 
The individual field events begin at 9 a.m. and running events start at 11 a.m.