Complete Results
Women's Pentathlon Results
Men's Heptathlon Results

Eastern Washington University sophomore Rebecca Thareek recorded the fourth-best indoor pentathlon score in school history in a winning effort to highlight the first day of the Candy Cane XII Indoor Track and Field Meet on Friday (Dec. 6) at Thorpe Fieldhouse in Cheney, Wash.
 
Two 55-meter hurdle marks in Friday's preliminaries were also recorded by Eastern athletes to rank in the top three in school history. Freshman Nyenuchi Okemgbo had a time of 7.26 to rank third all-time at EWU among EWU women, while senior Parker Bowden equaled his career best of 7.50 which is No. 3 on EWU's all-time list for men.
 
Some field events and sprint and hurdles preliminaries also took place Friday, as well as the first four events in the men's heptathlon. The final three events of the heptathlon start on Saturday (Dec. 7) at 8:30 a.m. The remainder of the meet begins at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, with running events starting at 1 p.m.
 
Thareek scored 3,410 points, ranking fourth all-time at EWU behind a trio of marks set by seniors, including the school record of 3,532 set by Dominque Butler last year. Thareek had the top high jump Friday of 5-5 to score 795 points, and the third-best long jump with a mark of 17-10 3/4. Her time of 8.78 in the 55-meter hurdles gave her 820 points.
 
Bowden, a graduate of Spokane's Central Valley High School, is chasing the school record of 7.40 set by Greg Rooney in 1979, with Michael Dwyer No. 2 on the list with a 7.46 mark. Bowden holds the school record in the 60-meter hurdles with a mark of 8.00 set in 2018.
 
Okemgbo is from Richland, Wash., and graduated in 2019 from Hanford High School. She ranks only behind Tina Brockway (8.20 in 1993) and Seville Broussard (7.85 in 1998) on EWU's all-time leaders list.
 
Following this week's competition, Eastern will resume its indoor schedule at the University of Idaho on Jan. 10-11.
 
 

Other Women's Top Performers . . .

 
Besides Thareek, Madelyn Knight had the 10th-best score all-time with 3,173 points. She had the top long performance of the day in the long jump with an 18-4 1/2 mark to score 729 points. She also scored 852 points in the hurdles with an 8.63 time. Aulane Mpouli had the best shot put among the 11 competitors with a mark of 37-10, but later dropped out of the competition.
 
In addition, sophomore Vernice Keyes had a personal record in the 35-pound weight throw, moving into ninth on EWU's all-time list with a winning mark of 57-10 1/4.
 
 

Other Men's Top Performers . . .

 
In the men's heptathlon, senior Aaron Pullin sits in third place with 2,681 points. His top performance was 809 points in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.71 to rank as the second-best in the competition. Elijah Hammer had the best shot put with a throw of 40-10 1/2 to score 634 points. He sits in fifth in the competition with 2,567 points.
 
 

EWU Men's Finishers

 
Heptathlon (first four of seven events)
3. Pullin, Aaron – 2,681
5. Hammer, Elijah – 2,567
7. Conley, Elijah – 2,449
13. Lane, James – 1,566
 
55 Meter Hurdles Prelims
1. Bowden, Parker 7.50 (#3 in EWU history)
2. Pullin, Aaron 7.89
 
55 Meter Dash Prelims
3. Mathews, Jonah - 6.47
4. Punsalen, Miguel – 6.61
7. Harrison, Cole – 6.80
9. Say, Bobby – 6.93
 
Weight Throw
1. Kautz, Colton – 55-9
2. Peoples, Garrett – 55-1 1/2
3. Chan, Tony – 49-9
5.  Johnson, Caleb – 45-11 3/4
6.  Law, Jonathan – 44-3 1/2
9. Howard, Ben – 38-5
 
Men Long Jump
1.  Say, Bobby - 22-9
3. Bowden, Parker - 21-10 3/4
 
Men High Jump
2. McGinnis, Killon – 6-4 3/4
7.  Conley, Elijah – 5-8 3/4
 
 

EWU Women's Finishers

 
Indoor Pentathlon
1. Thareek, Rebecca – 3,410 (#4 in EWU History)
4. Knight, Madelyn – 3,173 (#10 in EWU History)
6. Nelson, Margaret – 3,06
 
Long Jump
1. Manzo, Alma – 17-9 1/2
2. McCurdy, Maegan – 17-9 1/2
 
55 Meter Hurdles Prelims
1. Okemgbo, Nyenuchi – 8.26 (#3 in EWU history)
3. Njadoe, Ami – 8.87
4. Hoffman, Alyssa – 8.88
5. Visscher, Marieke – 9.09
7. Hempstead, Felicity – 9.80
8. Tellis, Brittany – 11.05
 
55 Meter Dash Prelims
2. Petsch, Katie – 7.35
3. Raines, Samantha – 7.38
5.  Visscher, Marieke – 7.45
6. Herrera, Ashley – 7.65
7. Tellis, Brittany – 7.67
8. Rowe, Abby – 7.89
 
Weight Throw
1. Keyes, Vernice – 57-10 1/4 (#9 in EWU history)
2. Doepker, Madison – 56-1 1/4
3. Boudreau, Samantha – 52-4
4. Ward, Hadassah – 52-1 1/4
5. Paller, Kaitlyn – 52-1
6. Landis, Justean – 51-11 3/4
7. Scocco, Riley – 48-7 1/4
10. Leeking, Hailey – 44-7 1/2
12. Stovall, Carissa – 38-10 1/2
13. Dibisceglie, Chloe – 34-10 1/2
 
Women Pole Vault
2. Raines, Samantha – 12-10 1/4
4. Schultz, Savannah – 12-4 1/2
5. Folger-Vent, Rosalie – 11-10 1/2
7. Ruff, Hally – 11-4 1/2
 
 

Remaining 2019-20 EWU Indoor Track & Field Schedule

 
Saturday - Dec. 7, 2019 - EWU Candy Cane XII - Cheney, Wash.

• Men's Heptathlon 8:30 am, Field Events 9 am/Running Events 1 pm

Fri/Sat - Jan. 10-11, 2020 - Lauren McCluskey Open - Moscow, Idaho
Fri/Sat - Jan. 17-18, 2020 - Univ. of Washington Preview - Seattle, Wash.
Thursday - Jan. 23, 2020 - Idaho Open - Moscow, Idaho
Fri/Sat - Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2020 - UW Invitational (plus multi events) - Seattle, Wash.
Friday - Feb. 7, 2020 - Idaho Division I Challenge - Moscow, Idaho
Saturday - Feb. 15, 2020 - Bronco Challenge - Boise, Idaho
Thur/Fri/Sat - Feb. 27-29, 2020 - Big Sky Track & Field Indoor Championships - Pocatello, Idaho
Fri/Sat - March 13-14, 2020 - NCAA Division I Indoor Championships - Albuquerque, N.M.
 
 
 

Returning NCAA Championships Participants

 
Keshun McGee – (2019 Outdoors: 18th in Triple Jump/51-9, No Place in Long Jump/No Mark)

 
 

Returning Men's All-Big Sky Athletes

 
(Top 3 finish at the Big Sky Championships)
 
Bailey Aiello – (2019 Outdoors: 3rd in pole vault/15-9 3/4; 2019 Indoors: 3rd in the pole vault/15-4 1/4)

Tim Beard – (2018 Outdoors: 3rd in hammer/190-4)
 
Parker Bowden – (2018 Indoors: 2nd in 60-meter hurdles/8.00)

Joe Gauthier – (2019 Outdoors: 3rd in 100/10.54; 2019 Indoors: 3rd in the 60-meters/6.83) 

Keshun McGee – (2019 Indoors: 1st in long jump/25-4 1/2, 1st in triple jump/50-11; 2019 Indoors: 1st in long jump/25-6, 1st in triple jump/51-5; 2018 Outdoors: 1st in long jump/24-10 1/2, 2nd in triple jump 51-6 1/4; 2017 Indoors: 1st in long jump/25-0, 2nd in triple jump/51-1)
 
Killion McGinnis – (2019 Outdoors: 3rd in high jump/6-8 1/4)
 
Aaron Pullin – (2018 Indoors: 3rd in pole vault/15-8 1/2)
 
Bobby Say – (2019 Indoors: 3rd in triple jump/48-3 1/2)
 
 

Returning Women's All-Big Sky Athletes

 
(Top 3 finish at the Big Sky Championships)
 
Madison Doepker – (2019 Outdoors: 1st in javelin/154-8; 3rd in hammer/193-2; 2018 Outdoors: 3rd in the javelin/147-11)

Samantha Raines – (2019 Outdoors: 1st in pole vault/13-4 1/2; 2019 Indoors: 2nd in the pole vault/13-2 1/2)
 
Katrina Terry – (2019 Outdoors: 3rd in pole vault/12-6 3/4)