Nothing like experiencing the elements in the first outdoor meet of the season!  We saw beautiful 60 degree temperatures and plenty of sunshine that would suddenly turn into 20+ MPH wind gusts and a steady stream of rain.

Nonetheless, MU Track & Field soldiered on with plenty of high quality performances across the board.  This was a fun meet because it scored the competition so the top 8 places each earned points.  (10 for 1st, 8 for 2nd, 6 for 3rd, 5 for 4th...all the way to 1 for 8th).

On the men's side, we finished 4^th overall out of 15+ teams competing with 45 points which was just awesome.  That was only 13 points behind 3^rd (Linfield) and ahead of programs such as Willamette Univ., Corban, Bushnell and several NWAC community colleges.  The men scored in 9 different events, established 4 new school records and achieved 6 CCC Qualifying Marks.  Amazing start!


Stand Out Performances:

1. 100m Dash - Daniel Dixon, 4^th overall with 11.31 - CCC Qualifying Mark and school record!
2. 110m Hurdles - Lawson McAlister, 2^nd overall with 16.12 - CCC Qualifying Mark and school record!
3. 200m Dash - Roderick Soto, 6^th overall with 22.95 - CCC Qualifying Mark and school record!
4. 400m Dash - Roderick Soto, 1^st overall with 49.21 - CCC Qualifying Mark and school record!
5. High Jump - Daniel Suelzle, 5^th overall with a jump of 1.77m - CCC Qualifying Mark!
6. Shot Put - Isaiah Harris, 9^th overall with a throw of 11.95m - CCC Qualifying Mark!
7. 400m Hurdles - Jacob Ribac, 7^th overall with 1:02.32 - 0.06 seconds from CCC Qualifying Mark
8. 800m Run - Caden Lowman, 2^nd overall with 1:58.92 - 1.35 seconds from CCC Qualifying Mark
9. 800m Run - Noa Miller, 4^th overall with a time of 2:04.45
10. 5000m Run - Daniel Larabee, 7^th overall in a time of 16:14.25

We only had two ladies compete today due to a number of issues including injuries but DeAsia Wosachlo and Dalila Rincan represented us well.  Rincan, in her first meet since March of 2020 because of COVID, finished 9^th in the 200 with a personal best of 27.92, just shy of the school record.  She also ran a personal best in the 100m finishing 12th.  Wosachlo debuted strong in the 1500m and then took 10^th place in the 800m which is a very difficult double event to accomplish.

Individual Results - https://www.tfrrs.org/results/71917/LCC_Open/
Team Results - https://live.athletictiming.net/meets/12602/scores/genderMSR%7C12602%7C1/list

MU T&F heads to Corvallis at Oregon State University next Saturday, March 19 in the Pacific Northwest Invitational.