Eastern Washington University's Aulane Mpouli recorded the seventh-best women's pentathlon score in school history when she scored 3,287 points Friday (Jan. 10) at the Lauren McCluskey Multi at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.
 
The sophomore from Auburn, Wash., led a four-athlete contingent from EWU, which also included Madelyn Knight (2,976 points), Maggie Nelson (2,902) and Rebecca Thareek (2,485). Mpouli's top scoring event was the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.46 to score 816 points, and she also had the second-best shot put among the 11 total competitors with a 38-3 1/4 effort (639 points).
 
Thareek, who scored 3,410 last month at EWU's Candy Cane XII competition to rank fourth in school history, didn't receive a mark in the long jump at Idaho. Knight scored 3,173 at that meet to rank 10th all-time (now 11th after Mpouli's performance).
 
In the men's heptathlon, Grant Shurtliff scored 2,855 in the first four events to lead the way for a contingent of seven Eastern athletes. He is making his official Eagle debut in Moscow, and is transfer from Lane Community College and is from Springfield, Ore.
 
Shurtliff had the top marks among the 18 competitors in the high jump (6-4 1/4, 749 points) and long jump (22-0 3/4, 748), and had the second-best shot put (40-6 3/4, 628) and third-best 60-meter dash time (7.38, 752).
 
Aaron Pullin is next for the Eagles with 2,517 points, and is followed by Elijah Conley (2,350), Elijah Hammer (2,403), Parker Wubbena (2,204), James Lane (1,922) and Quintin Porterfield (1,912). Porterfield had the top time in the 60-meter dash (7.19, 816), but later received no mark in the long jump. Hammer had the top mark in the shot put (40-6 3/4, 626).
 
The final three events of the heptathlon begin Saturday (Jan. 11) at 8:55 a.m. in Moscow. The multi events athletes will be joined by the rest of the EWU indoor track and field team that morning and afternoon for the Vandal Open at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.