Steve Scott Invitational Results
 
Oregon State High Performance Meet Results
 
The Eastern Washington University's outdoor men's and women's track and field teams completed their busy weekend competing in two separate states at the Steve Scott Invitational today (Apr. 30) in Irvine, Calif., and at the Oregon State High Performance Meet in Corvallis, Ore.
 
Once again, the bulk of the athletes competed in the Oregon State High Performance Meet hosted by Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore., while a handful of track and field event athletes competed at the Steve Scott Invitational in Irvine, Calif.
 
In total four new all-time top-ten marks were set by Daniel Gaik (men's 200-meter), Alex Bishop (men's high jump), Rebecca Thareek (women's triple jump), and Madelyn Knight (women's 100-meter), and two events were won by Alex Bishop (high jump), and Liam Bracken (men's 400-meter dash). 
 
Next weekend on May 7^th the action will continue at the Tom Gage Classic in Missoula, Mont., at Dornblaser Field. This will be the last meet before the Big Sky Championships for the athletes to show what they can do in their events. 
 
Steve Scott Invitational Recap
 
Gaik competed in the men's 200-meter dash and placed sixth with a time of 21.46. This time set a new all-time top-ten mark in the Eastern Washington University record book. This time places him 10^th on the list. Gaik also competed in the men's 400-meter dash and placed third with a time of 47.99. 

"Gaik's 200-meter puts him on the all-time top-ten 200-meter list at 10th. This makes him the first male in Eagle history to be top-ten in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter," explained head men's coach Stan Kerr.  
 
Joe Gauthier placed ninth in the men's 100-meter dash with a time of 10.77. 
 
Katrina Terry, Hally Ruff, and Savannah Schultz competed in the women's pole vault and placed 2-4-8. Terry placed second with a mark of 12-5 1/2. Ruff placed fourth with a mark of 12-5 1/2. Schultz placed eighth with a mark of 11-11 3/4. 
 
"Our women vaulters competed at the Steve Scott Invitational today. That crew was led by Terry who finished second and just vaulted under 13 feet. Ruff tied for fourth and Schultz placed eighth. I know that crew didn't quite vault as high as they wanted to, but they had some good competition and that was another goal for having them compete at that meet," explained head women's coach Marcia Mecklenburg. 
 
Oregon State High Performance Meet Recap
 
"It was a great day for a track and field meet. There were occasional rain showers, but it never got very cold, so we had some pretty good performances," stated Mecklenburg.
 
Bishop competed in the men's high jump and placed first with.a mark of 6-10 3/4. This time sets a new school record on the EWU all-time top-ten list where he is tied for ninth with Chad Chambers who set the same mark in 2007.
 
Ryan Rieckmann competed in the men's javelin and placed sixth with a mark of 196-10. 

"Reickmann had a solid day in the javelin and now sits ninth in conference. Peoples won the hammer and is showing he's definitely ready for the championships," explained Kerr.
 
Garrett Peoples and Tony Chan competed in the men's shot put and placed third and eighth. Peoples placed third with a mark of 54-0 1/2. Chan placed eighth with a mark of 47-2 1/4.
 
Bobby Say competed in the men's triple jump and placed second with a mark of 49-5 3/4. 
 
In the men's 110-meter hurdles Quintin Porterfield, Elijah Conley, and Parker Wubbena competed and placed 3-6-8. Porterfield placed third with a time of 15.55. Conley placed sixth with a time of 16.04. Wubbena placed eighth with a time of 16.68. 
 
Logan Allen competed in the men's 100-meter dash and placed seventh with a time of 10.99. 
 
Porterfield, Conley, Wubbena, and Race Treat competed in the men's 4x400-meter relay and placed fifth with a time of 3:36.57. 

"Liam Bracken took care of business in winning the 400-meter," stated Kerr.  

Bracken and Camden Phelps competed in the men's 400-meter dash and placed first and 10^th. Bracken placed first with a time of 48.70. Phelps placed 10^th with a time of 51.12. 

Kerr explained, "Bracken is also aiming to put points on the board at the championships. Say is also looking to put points on the board in Pocatello, Idaho. He is a great and very consistent jumper who is a hard worker."

Mecklenburg stated, "Our top finishers were Knight in the 100-meter hurdles, Thareek in the triple jump and Katie Petsch in the 100-meter, all placing third."
 
Knight competed in the women's 100-meter hurdles and placed third with a time of 14.58. This time improves her previous time on the all-time top-ten list in the EWU record book that was 14.59. She is still fifth in that event in the EWU record book. 
 
Thareek competed in the women's triple jump and placed third with a mark of 37-8 3/4. This mark sets a new mark in the EWU record book on the all-time top-ten list. This mark ties her for eighth with Wiyanna Kramer who set the record in 2005 and Sierra Arlauskas who set the record in 2013.
 
Petsch competed in the women's 100-meter dash and placed third with a time of 11.93. 
 
Felicity Hempstead and Alyssa Hoffman also competed in the women's 100-meter hurdles and placed fifth and eighth. Hempstead placed fifth with a time of 15.06. Hoffman placed eighth with a time of 15.32. 
 
Madison Tareski competed in the women's javelin and placed eighth with a mark of 140-02. 
 
Hayden McAuliff, Knight, Hoffman, and Petsch competed in the women's 4x100-meter relay and placed fifth with a time of 48.52. 
 
Faith Kennedy and Haven Nutting competed in the women's 400-meter dash and placed sixth and 10^th. Kennedy placed sixth with a time of 58.82. Nutting placed 10^th with a time of 59.10. 
 
"I was also happy to see Kennedy run the 400-meter in the 58's this week. I hope that is a confidence boost for her. Jenni Bissell came back from the distance carnival last night and ran a sub 2:18 in the 800-meter. I think that was another personal record performance for her. It is great to see her run so well in back to back days. Dyvhon Fonoti threw a personal record in the shot put and made it to the finals. She has been struggling with that event all season and it is finally coming around for her," explained Mecklenburg.
 
Knight, Hoffman, Kennedy, and Nutting competed in the women's 4x400-meter relay and placed third with a time of 4:00.25. 
 
Bissell competed in the women's 800-meter and placed 18^th with a time of 2:17.75. 
 
Carissa Stovall competed in the women's shot put and placed fourth with a mark of 44-7. Fonoti also copeted and placed eighth with a mark of 41-2 1/2.
 
Mecklenburg explained, "Overall, the team continues to improve. We are two weeks out from the Big Sky Championships, so it is important to see the athletes getting better each week."

"Going into this meet we knew the team would be pushed to conference worthy performances. Based on the results over the past two days we are just a heartbeat away from being fully set to do our best in Pocatello, Idaho," stated Kerr.