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It was day of historic milestones for the Eastern Washington University track and field team as the Eagles picked up a pair of titles on the third day of the Big Sky Conference Track and Field Championships on Friday (May 10) in Missoula, Mont.

Keshun McGee set a school record with his fifth individual men's championship, winning the long jump with a school record effort of 25-4 1/2.

Shortly after that, Samantha Raines led a 1-2-3 sweep in the pole vault with a winning mark of 13-4 1/2. It's the first EWU women's sweep in 32 years in the Big Sky, and the fifth time in eight years the Eagles had at least two women's vaulters finish in the top 3. Eastern has won five titles in that same span.
 
With the sweep, Eastern vaulted into the women's team scoring lead with 42 points. Heading into the final day of the meet, the men are ninth with 20 points.
 
"What a day! I can't say enough about Coach Eric Allison and our vault crew," said women's coach Marcia Mecklenburg. "Samantha Raines, Elizabeth Prouty, and Katrina Terry swept the vault with a 1-2-3 finish. It was the first time the Eastern women have ever swept an event at a Big Sky Conference Championships! It was only fitting that it happened in the pole vault. We have such an amazing tradition in that event."
 
"Keshun's breaking the school record again and winning the long jump was easily the highlight of the day," said men's head coach Stan Kerr. "The long jump competition was decided deep into the event. We've been impressed with Keshun's vigilance all season and today it paid off significantly."  
 
Tomorrow, the field events start at 8 a.m. Pacific time with the Women's hammer, and the running events start at 12:30 p.m.
 
Top Performances
In the field, senior Madison Doepker took home the gold in the javelin with a new personal best throw of 154-8, which also placed her No. 9 on the EWU all-time list. Paris Flenoy threw 47-0 1/4, placing fourth. In the pole vault Morgan Fossen finished in a three-way tie for sixth place behind the trio that swept the vault.  
 
Killion McGinnis placed third in the high jump and gave EWU six points with a jump of 6-8 1/4. Sophomore Colton Kautz placed eighth in the discus with a throw of 162-4, scoring one point for the Eagles, he also placed 13th in the hammer. 
 
On the track, sophomore Joe Gauthier ran a personal best time of 10.59 in the 100-meter prelims and is going into the final tomorrow seeded in fourth place. Isaac Barville slid into the last qualifying spot in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:50.63.
 
More comments from men's head coach Stan Kerr..
"Killion McGinnis also earned hardware with an all-conference performance in the high jump. You could sense he was up for a good day of jumping."   
 
"Colton also helped our scoring by placing in the discus."  
 
"It will be a thrill to see tomorrow's final in the 1500 meters and the 100 meters. Isaac Barville in the 1500 will have his hands full as he'll battle a deep, talented group of runners. Joe Gauthier could be the surprise of the day as he'll go into the 100-meter final seeded fourth. Joe had college personal best in both of his races and is excited about tomorrow's final."
 
"Scoring at the conference championships is a tough task. This group is ready will be getting after it tomorrow."
 
More comments from women's head coach Marcia Mecklenburg…
"Sammie's win also was at 13-4 which should get her to the NCAA West Regional Meet. And then to top it off, Morgan Fossen tied for sixth in the vault. I couldn't be happier for that crew." 
 
"As the pole vault was happening so was the javelin. Our attention was switching back and forth between the javelin and the vault. Madison Doepker took the lead early on in the javelin and no one was able to make a comeback which gave her the win. She was definitely the underdog in that event and she surprised a lot of people. I am super excited for her."
 
"Paris Flenoy finished her college career with a fourth place in the shot. It was a bittersweet end. She has been such an incredible competitor, coming in as a walk-on and ending her shot career as one of the top shot putters ever in the program. It would have been nice to see her make the podium but it was a tough competition. She still has the hammer and discus tomorrow so she isn't done yet."
"One more day to go. The plan is to finish strong tomorrow."