The Eastern Washington University track and field team continues its outdoor season at Whitworth University for the second week in a row for the 14th Annual Sam Adams Classic, marking EWU's first multi-event competition of the season.

The two-day meet starts on Thursday (March 21) with the decathlon at 11 a.m. and the heptathlon following at 11:30 a.m.

"The Sam Adams Meet is a terrific opportunity for our combined events athletes to experience the decathlon and heptathlon at an early outdoor season meet," said head coach Stan Kerr. "Whitworth does a great job of hosting this meet and we're excited to see exactly where our combined events crew are physically and mentally."  
                                               
"Although we have a few individual athletes competing at the Sam Adams Track Meet, this meet was scheduled mainly for our heptathletes and decathletes," said head coach Marcia Mecklenburg. "It is the first multi-event competition of the outdoor season so it will be good to see what they can do. With Dominique Butler coming off the indoor season with a new school record in the pentathlon, we will see if she can carry that momentum into the heptathlon. The weather is going to be great so I am expecting some good early season marks."

Other events take place during the day with two throwing events beginning at 2 p.m. The first day will wrap up with the women's 5,000-meter race at 5 p.m. followed by the men's at 5:30 p.m.

On Friday (March 22), the decathlon continues at 10 a.m. followed by the heptathlon at noon. Field events begin at 2 p.m. with the track events starting at 3 p.m.

Last Time Out
The Eagles are coming off a successful outdoor season opener from last weekend (March 16) at the Buc Scoring Meet. The women left the meet with eight first-place finishes while the men finished with eight as well.

Freshman Aulane Mpouli placed first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.53. In the 100 meters, junior Samantha Raines placed first with a time of 12.86.
 
Senior Elizabeth Prouty won the pole vault with a vault of 12-6. Freshman Rebecca Thareek won the high jump with a jump of 5-2 1/2.
 
In the shot put, freshman Hadassah Ward placed first with a throw of 45-9 1/4. In the hammer throw senior Madison Doepker won with a throw of 181-7, which was a personal best. 
 
In the javelin, junior Margret Nelson won with a throw of 141-8. Madison Dopeker was right behind her in second with a throw of 137-3. 
Sophomore Joe Gauthier placed first in the 100 meters with a time of 10.91. In the 200 meters, Quinton Porterfield won with a time of 22.12. 
 
In the 400, freshman Liam Bracken won with a time of 49.89. Junior Aaron Pullin placed first in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.37.
 
In the field, senior Killion McGinnis placed first in the high jump with a jump of 6-5. In the pole vault, junior Larry Still won with a vault of 16-0 3/4. 
 
Keshun McGee, the Big Sky Indoor Champion in the long jump and the triple jump, placed first in the long jump with a jump of 22-11 1/4, and first in the triple jump with a jump of 46-4 3/4.
 
In the shot put, freshman Garrett Peoples placed first with a throw of 49-2 1/2.