Link to Information, Schedule and Results
 
This time, the time didn't matter for Parker Bowden on Thursday (May 26) at the NCAA West Regional in College Station, Texas.
 
The senior hurdler out of Spokane finished second in his heat with a time of 13.85 to automatically advance to the quarterfinals on Friday (May 28). He will be among the 24 competitors running at 4:45 p.m. Pacific time, with the top 12 advancing to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore.
 
"Parker had another solid performance to advance to Friday's competition," said Eastern head coach Stan Kerr. "Friday's races will determine who advances to Eugene for the NCAA Finals. Needless to say, Parker is very aware of what needs to happen and is laser-focused to make that goal come to life."
 
Gavin Lee in the javelin and Colton Kautz in the hammer throw also competed Thursday, but neither advanced. Six more Eagles – including three female pole vaulters – will compete Thursday and Friday in College Station, Texas, at the meet hosted by Texas A&M.
 
"Colton and Gavin represented the Eagles very well today in their respective events," added Kerr. "Although they didn't advance to the NCAA final championships in Eugene, they experienced a competition that will give them a lifetime of memories."
 
The nine athletes advanced to the preliminary round by ranking in the top 48 in the West Region based on marks posted during the outdoor season in 2021. The top 12 in the region advance to the NCAA Championships, which will take place June 9-12 in Eugene, Ore. Eugene will also be the site of the this year's US Olympic Trials on June 18-27.
 
The trio of pole vaulters include Big Sky champion Katrina Terry, as well as runner-up Morgan Fossen and seventh-place finisher Savannah Schultz. They enter with three of the top 42 marks in the region, with Fossen ranking 17th (13-8 1/2), Schultz 23rd (13-7 3/4) and Terry 42nd (13-3 1/2).
 
Other females competing include hammer thrower Vernice Keyes (198-2, 31st) and javelin thrower Emmanuella Engle (158-3, 34th). Also competing for the men is Justin Roosma in the steeplechase (8:54.69, 35th).
 
 
Women's Entrants at the NCAA West Regional (outdoor eligibility listed)
 
Morgan Fossen - Sr. - Medford, Ore. / North Medford HS '16 / Lane CC
Vernice Keyes - So. - Lynnwood, Wash. / Edmonds-Woodway HS '17
Savannah Schultz - Fr. - Portland, Ore. / Centennial HS '19
Katrina Terry - Jr. - Billings, Mont. / Billings West HS '17
Emmanuella Engle - Sr. - Okanogan, Wash. / Okanogan HS '16 / University of Washington
 
 
Men's Entrants at the NCAA West Regional (outdoor eligibility listed)
 
Parker Bowden - Sr. - Spokane, Wash. / Central Valley HS '15 / CC of Spokane
Colton Kautz - Jr. - Everson, Wash. / Nooksack Valley HS '17
Gavin Lee - Jr. - Vancouver, Wash. / Heritage HS '17
Justin Roosma - So. - Walla Walla, Wash. / W. Walla Valley HS '19 / Pacific Union Col.
 
 
Results/Schedule of Events (Times Pacific)
 
Wednesday, May 26
110 Hurdle Prelims (first round) - Parker Bowden . . . 13.85 (second in his heat and 21st-fastest among the field of 45)
Men's Hammer - Colton Kautz – 206-0 (20th among the field of 46)
Men's Javelin - Gavin Lee -- 194-4 (34th among the field of 46)
 
Thursday, May 27
11:30 am - Women's Hammer - Vernice Keyes
11:30 am - Women's Javelin - Emmanuella Engle 
1:00 pm - Women's Pole Vault - Morgan Fossen, Savannah Schultz, Katrina Terry
 
Friday, May 28
4:10 pm - Men's 3,000 Steeplechase - Justin Roosma
4:45 pm - 110 Hurdle Prelims (quarterfinals) - Parker Bowden
 
 
Men's Competitors
 
* Senior Parker Bowden had a time of 13.85 in Texas to finish second in his heat behind the winning time of 13.58, and just ahead of the third-place time of 13.87. The top three in each heat advanced, including the next six fastest times to create a field of 24 for the quarterfinals. Bowden, a graduate of Spokane's Central Valley High School, won EWU's first-ever Big Sky title in the high hurdles with a 13.58 time on May 15 in Ogden, Utah., to earn the meet's male Top Performer honor. His effort broke the meet record of 13.68, and was just .16 from the Big Sky all-time mark of 13.42. Twice previously he's earned All-Big Sky Conference honors with a top three finish at conference championship meets, but both of those came indoors. He was fifth in the hurdles the first and last time he competed at the Big Sky outdoor meet in 2018. Before the Big Sky Championships, he previously had a top time this season of 13.87 to rank 40th nationally and shatter the previous school record of 14.23. Entering this season, his own best was 14.25 (14.34 non wind-aided).
 
* Gavin Lee had a throw of over 200 feet for the second-straight meet (206-0) at the NCAA West Regional, but it was shy of the 213-8 he would have needed to advance to the NCAA Championships. Lee uncorked a personal best of 218-3 to capture second place at the Big Sky Championships on May 14, after coming into the meet with a best 199-4. The junior's mark is the eighth-best in school history.
 
* Junior Colton Kautz closed his season with an effort of 194-4 in the hammer throw in Texas, but would have needed a monster personal record of 213-7 to advance to the NCAA Championships. He had a 204-8 effort in the hammer throw to claim fourth with the third-best mark in school history at the Big Sky Championships. He came 16 inches from earning All-Big Sky honors with a top three finish.
 
* Sophomore Justin Roosma earned All-Big Sky honors in the steeplechase with a third-place finish on May 14, finishing with a time of 9:07.78 in the altitude of Ogden, Utah. He broke the school record in the steeplechase on April 30 with a time of 8:54.69 to rank fourth in the league entering the competition. His performance at the championships was the third top-three finish in that event in school history and the first in 16 years, with previous record holder Branden Fuller finishing as runner-up twice in 2004 and 2005.
 
 
Women's Competitors
 
* Eastern continued its dominance in the women's pole vault at the Big Sky Championships with a 1-2-7-8 finish on May 15 to score 20 points, led by a winning effort of 13-1 by junior Katrina Terry. Senior Morgan Fossen finished in a tie for second (12-9) and freshman Savannah Schultz was seventh (12-5 1/4). EWU's group of women's pole vaulters has ranked as high as seventh in NCAA Division I this season (currently 10th), and had a 1-2-3 sweep outdoors at the league meet in 2019. Both Schultz and Terry has previously earned All-Big Sky honors, with Schultz finishing second indoors in 2020 and Terry placing third outdoors in 2019. Eastern has now won six outdoor pole vault titles – all in the last nine meets since 2012 – with Samantha Raines the most recent in 2019 before Terry's winning vault this year.
 
* Senior graduate transfer Emmanuella Engle placed sixth in the javelin with a throw of 156-0 at the Big Sky Championships on May 15. She had entered the championships with the fifth-best throw in the javelin, an effort of 158-3 on May 1 which moved her to No. 8 on EWU's all-time leaders list. The transfer from the University of Washington had a previous best of 156-11 in her EWU debut on March 13, and as a Husky her top performance was 150-4 in 2019, which also ranked eighth on the UW's all-time list.
 
* Sophomore hammer thrower Vernice Keyes was the runner-up at the Big Sky Championships with a throw of 181-4, with the winner recording a mark of 199-0. She had entered the championships with a mark of 198-2 on April 30 to rank No. 2 in the league. Keyes, who earned All-Big Sky honors in 2020 with a third-place finish indoors in the weight throw, is ranked only behind marks of 199-8 (Nicole Luckenbach, 2010) and 203-1 (Kaytlyn Coleman, 2016) in school history in the hammer. Before her throw of 198-2, the previous career best for Keyes was 186-6 on April 17 at a meet at Whitworth, and coming into the season her high was 158-3 as a freshman in 2018.
 
 
On the Horizon
 
The top finishers qualify for the NCAA Championships on June 9-12 in Eugene, Ore., and hosted by the University of Oregon. Eugene will also host the U.S. Olympic Trials on June 18-27.
 
 
EWU Athletes Ranked in the Top 48 in the NCAA West Region
 
Men (Outdoor eligibility listed) – (4)
#12 (#20 nationally) - 110 Hurdles - 13.62 (altitude adjusted from 13.58) - Parker Bowden - Sr. - Spokane, Wash. / Central Valley HS '15 / CC of Spokane
#25 (#62) - Javelin - 218-4 - Gavin Lee - Jr. - Vancouver, Wash. / Heritage HS '17
#35 (#69) - Hammer - 204-8 - Colton Kautz - Jr. - Everson, Wash. / Nooksack Valley HS '17
#35 (#84) - Steeplechase - 8:54.69 - Justin Roosma - So. - Walla Walla, Wash. / W. Walla Valley HS '19 / Pacific Union Col.
 
Women (Outdoor eligibility listed) – (5)
#17 (#35) - Pole Vault - 13-8 1/2 - Morgan Fossen - Sr. - Medford, Ore. / North Medford HS '16 / Lane CC
#23 (#43) - Pole Vault - 13-7 3/4 - Savannah Schultz - Fr. - Portland, Ore. / Centennial HS '19
#31 (#70) - Hammer - 198-2 - Vernice Keyes - So. - Lynnwood, Wash. / Edmonds-Woodway HS '17
#34 (#72) - Javelin - 158-3 - Emmanuella Engle - Sr. - Okanogan, Wash. / Okanogan HS '16 / University of Washington
#42 (#77) - Pole Vault - 13-3 1/2 - Katrina Terry - Jr. - Billings, Mont. / Billings West HS '17
 
 
EWU Top-10 Lists
 
Spring 21 Updates Include:
 
Women
- Morgan Fossen, No. 2 – Pole Vault | 13-8 1/2
- Savannah Schultz, No. 3 – Pole Vault | 13-7 3/4
- Vernice Keyes, No. 3 – Hammer | 198-2
- Alyssa Hoffman, No. 4 – 100-Meter Hurdles | 14.46
- Madelyn Knight, No. 5 – 100-Meter Hurdles | 14.60
- Madelyn Knight, No. 4 – Heptathlon | 4,749 points
- Katrina Terry, No. 7 – Pole Vault | 13-3 1/2
- Emmanuella Engle, No. 8 – Javelin | 158-3
- Alyssa Oates, No. 8 - High Jump | 5-6
- Alyssa Hoffman, No. 8 – 400-Meter Hurdles | 1:02.00
 
Men
- Parker Bowden, School Record – 110 hurdles | 13.58 (#2 in Big Sky History; Meet Record)
- Justin Roosma, School Record – 3,000 Steeplechase | 8:54.69
- Daniel Gaik, No. 2 – 400 Meters | 47.00
- Zach Klobutcher, No. 2 – Pole Vault | 16-9 1/4
- Justin Roosma, No. 3 – 1,500 Meters | 3:48.43
- Joe Gauthier, No. 3 – 100 Meters | 10.50
- Colton Kautz, No. 3 – Hammer Throw | 204-8
- Jonah Mathews, No. 4 – 100 Meters | 10.52
- Justin Roosma, No. 5 – 800 Meters | 1:50.31
- Jonah Mathews, No. 6 – 200 Meters | 21.29
- Carter Ledwith, No. 7 – 10,000 Meters | 30:12.69
- Dimeji Adekanbi, No. 8 – 100 Meters | 10.66
- Joe Gauthier, No. 8 – 200 Meters | 21.34
- Gavin Lee, No. 8 – Javelin | 218-3
- Bobby Say, No. 9 – Triple Jump | 49-4 1/4
- 4 x100-Meter Relay, No. 3 | 40.75 (Joe Gauthier, Daniel Gaik, Dawson Lack, and Jonah Mathews)
 
 
EWU Scorers at 2021 Big Sky Conference Championships (top 8 finish)
 
Men (Outdoor eligibility listed) - Total of 17
CHAMPION - 4x100 Relay – 40.75 - Joe Gauthier, Daniel Gaik, Dawson Lack, Jonah Mathews
CHAMPION - 110 Hurdles - 13.58 - Parker Bowden - Sr. - Spokane, Wash. / Central Valley HS '15 / CC of Spokane
CHAMPION - 100 - 10.50 - Joe Gauthier - Jr. - West Richland, Wash. / Hanford HS '17
2nd - 100 - 10.52 - Jonah Mathews - Sr. - Tacoma, Wash. / Fife HS '15
2nd - Javelin – 218-3 - Gavin Lee - Jr. - Vancouver, Wash. / Heritage HS '17
3rd - 400 – 47.00 - Daniel Gaik - Fr. - Kent, Wash. / Kentwood HS '20
3rd - Steeplechase – 9:07.78 - Justin Roosma - So. - Walla Walla, Wash. / W. Walla Valley HS '19 / Pacific Union Col.
3rd - 4x400 Relay - 3:15.12 - Trey McAdams, Jayce Freeman, Liam Bracken, Daniel Gaik
4th - 200 - 21.34 - Joe Gauthier - Jr. - West Richland, Wash. / Hanford HS '17
4th – Triple Jump - 48-10 3/4 - Bobby Say - So. - Maple Valley, Wash. / Tahoma HS '18
4th - Hammer - 204-8 - Colton Kautz - Jr. - Everson, Wash. / Nooksack Valley HS '17
4th - Long Jump - 24-1 1/2 - Bobby Say - So. - Maple Valley, Wash. / Tahoma HS '18
5th - Decathlon - 6,142 - Quintin Porterfield - Jr. - East Wenatchee, Wash. / Eastmont HS '17 / Wenatchee Valley CC
6th - 100 - 10.73 - Dimeji Adekanbi - Jr. - Seattle, Wash. / Nathan Hale HS '16 / Everett CC
7th - 400 – 48.49 - Liam Bracken - So. - Republic, Wash. / Republic HS '18
7th - Decathlon - 5,761 - Parker Wubbena - So. - Vancouver, Wash. / Mountain View HS '17
8th - Decathlon - 5,755 - Chris Homen - Fr. - Spokane, Wash. / Ferris HS '19
 
Women (Outdoor eligibility listed) - Total of 11
CHAMPION - Pole Vault – 13-1 - Katrina Terry - Jr. - Billings, Mont. / Billings West HS '17
2nd (tie) - Pole Vault - 12-9 - Morgan Fossen - Sr. - Medford, Ore. / North Medford HS '16 / Lane CC
2nd - Hammer - 181-4 - Vernice Keyes - So. - Lynnwood, Wash. / Edmonds-Woodway HS '17
6th - 400 Hurdles - 1:03.54 - Alyssa Hoffman - So. - Renton, Wash. / Kennedy Catholic HS '18
6th - Javelin - 156-0 - Emmanuella Engle - Sr. - Okanogan, Wash. / Okanogan HS '16 / University of Washington
6th - High Jump - 5-6 - Alyssa Oates - So. - Wilbur, Wash. / Wilbur-Creston HS '18
7th - Pole Vault - 12-5 1/4 - Savannah Schultz - Fr. - Portland, Ore. / Centennial HS '19
7th - Shot Put - 44-9 1/2 - Kaitlyn Paller - Jr. - Shelton, Wash. / Shelton HS '17 / Olympic CC
8th - Pole Vault - 11-11 1/4 - Rosalie Folger-Vent - Fr. - Portland, Ore. / Madison HS '19
8th - Shot Put - 44-4 1/4 - Carissa Stovall - Throws - Fr. - Yelm, Wash. / Yelm HS '19 
8th - 4x100 Relay – 47.99 - Samiah Kuntz, Faith Kennedy, Alyssa Hoffman, Katie Petsch
8th - 4x400 Relay – 3:59.96 - Emily Madura, Felicity Hempstead, Haven Nutting, Faith Kennedy
 
 
Returning Men's All-Big Sky Athletes
(Top 3 finish at the Big Sky Championships)
 
Parker Bowden – (2020 Indoors: 3rd in 60-meter hurdles/7.94; 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) 
Killion McGinnis – (2019 Outdoors: 3rd in high jump/6-8 1/4)
Bobby Say – (2019 Indoors: 3rd in triple jump/48-3 1/2)
* 4x100-meter relay – (2018 Outdoors: 1st place finish/40.57; Jonah Mathews, Dawson Lack, and Joe Gauthier are returning members from that team.)
 
 
Returning Women's All-Big Sky Athletes
(Top 3 finish at the Big Sky Championships)
 
Vernice Keyes – (2020 Indoors: 3rd in weight throw/61-8 1/2
Savannah Schultz – (2020 Indoors: 2nd in pole vault/12-10 3/4
Katrina Terry – (2019 Outdoors: 3rd in pole vault/12-6 3/4) 
  
 
2020-21 Remaining EWU Outdoor Track & Field Schedule
 
We/Th/Fr/Sat - May 26-29, 2021 - NCAA West Regional Championships - College Station, Texas
We/Th/Fr/Sat - June 9-12, 2021 - NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships - Eugene, Ore. - TBA
Fr-Sun - June 18-27, 2021 - U.S. Olympic Trials - Eugene, Ore. – TBA