The indoor track and field season is about to begin for Eastern Washington, as the team will travel just up the road for the Spokane Invite on Saturday, Dec. 10. The meet will be at The Podium in Spokane. Director of Track and Field Erin Tucker will take the reins for his first indoor competition since taking over the team in August.

"We are really excited to test ourselves against other teams as a way to gauge our fall training," Tucker said. "Some first meet jitters are expected, but we have all competed at track meets before and this is no different. Finals ended today and we are excited to have some fun and end this quarter on a high note. Go Eags!"
 
Live results from invite can be viewed by clicking the link HERE.

The field events will begin at 9 a.m. Pacific Time with the men's high jump, women's wright throw and the women's long jump.

The running events begin at 10 a.m. with the women's 5000m, followed by the men's 5000m at 10:25 a.m.

Eastern will compete against athletes from Washington State, Gonzaga, Hawaii, Idaho, Fresno State, Stanford, Oregon State, Cal Poly, Nevada, Central Washington, Boise State, Seattle Pacific, Eastern Oregon, Western Oregon, Western Washington, Spokane CC, Lewis and Clark, San Francisco and Multnomah.

At the 2022 Big Sky Track and Field Indoor Championships, both the men's and women's teams placed sixth, with 46.5 and 57 points respectively.

The Eagles return four All-Conference performers from last season with Zach Klobutcher (pole vault), Savannah Schultz (pole vault), Joe Gauthier (60-meter) and Bobby Say (triple jump and long jump).

The team had three all-conference performers graduate in the offseason including Morgan Fossen (pole vault), Katrina Terry (pole vault) and Vernice Keyes (weight throw).

Eastern will also have back two placers from the pole vault team that swept the 2022 Big Sky Championships in Hally Ruff and Rosalie Folger-Vent. Ruff and Folger-Vent placed fourth and sixth respectively at the indoor championships.
 
Full Schedule
Field Events
9:00 a.m. Men's High Jump (2 pits)
9:00 a.m. Women's Weight Throw
9:00 a.m. Women's Long Jump
10:00 a.m. Women's Pole Vault (pit 1)
10:00 a.m. Men's Pole Vault (pit 2)
10:00 a.m. Men's Long Jump
12:15 p.m. Men's Weight Throw (to follow Women's Weight)
1:30 p.m. Women's Shot Put
2:00 p.m. Women's Pole Vault – INVITE (pit 1)
2:00 p.m. Men's Pole Vault – INVITE (pit 2)
2:00 p.m. Women's Triple Jump
2:00 p.m. Men's Triple Jump
2:45 p.m. Women's High Jump (2 pits)
3:00 p.m. Men's Shot Put (to follow Men's Weight)
 
Running Events
10:00 a.m. Women's 5000 Meters
10:25 a.m. Men's 5000 Meters
11:15 a.m. Women's 60m Hurdles, Qualifying
11:30 a.m. Women's 60 Meters, Qualifying
11:50 p.m. Men's 60 Meters, Qualifying
12:15 a.m. Women's 60m Hurdles, Prelim
12:30 a.m. Men's 60m Hurdles, Prelim
12:45 p.m. Women's 60 Meters, Prelim
12:55 p.m. Men's 60 Meters, Prelim
1:10 p.m. Women's 60m Hurdles, FINAL
1:20 p.m. Men's 60m Hurdles, FINAL
1:30 p.m. Women's 60 Meters, FINAL
1:35 p.m. Men's 60 Meters FINAL
1:50 p.m. Women's Mile
2:00 p.m. Men's Mile
2:10 p.m. Women's 400 Meters
2:35 p.m. Men's 400 Meters
 2:55 p.m. Women's 300 Meters
3:10 p.m. Men's 300 Meters
3:20 p.m. Women's 800 Meters
3:25 p.m. Men's 800 Meters
3:35 p.m. Women's 600 Meters
3:40 p.m. Men's 600 Meters
 3:45 p.m. Women's 200 Meters
4:15 p.m. Men's 200 Meters
4:45 p.m. Women's 3000 Meters
5:00 p.m. Men's 3000 Meters
5:25 p.m. Women's 4x400-Meter Relay
 
Up Next
Eastern Washington will be off until mid-January when they return to The Podium for the Spokane Indoor Challenge. The competition runs from Jan. 13 through Jan. 14.