Eastern Washington Track and Field

 

Last updated 4/20/2023 at 8:49am



CHENEY — Eagles return from California with bounty of new top marks and momentum. EWU enters the home stretch of the 2023 outdoor season with less than a month left until conference championship

The Eastern Washington University Track and Field team wrapped up a highly competitive weekend late on Saturday night, returning to Cheney from the greater Los Angeles area with several new season-bests, top-10 marks in the Big Sky Conference and movement on EWU’s all-time outdoor performance list.

The teams competed at the Pacific Coast Invitational and Beach Invitational meets at Long Beach State University, as well as the Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa Pacific University.

“Going to California is always worth it due to the great weather,” said EWU Track and Field Director Erin Tucker. “This year, we brought the PNW weather with us on Thursday but Friday and Saturday turned out to be great days.”

Eagle distance runners competed at the Bryan Clay starting on Thursday and continuing through the late hours of Saturday night, turning in new personal bests and EWU marks.

Among those climbing the EWU all-time list on the women’s side were Kaylin Sheley in 1,500 meters (4:33.62; 9th) and 3,000-meter steeplechase 10:46.49; 5th, Lilly Fetzer in the 10,000 meters (36:43.55; 8th), and Nattie Ruzauskas in the 3,000-meter steeple 11:02.65; 7th. Sheley’s steeplechase mark puts her 5th in the Big Sky this season.

8th Big Sky, 6th EWU all-time

Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase

Cameron Stuard, 86th (9:13.68)

10th Big Sky

Men’s Decathlon

Cody Teevens, 8th (5,998)

2nd Big Sky

Men’s Decathlon

Elijah Conley, 10th (5,838)

4th Big Sky

Beach Invitational (April 14-15)

Women’s 100m Hurdles

Madelyn Knight, 31st (14.27)

8th Big Sky, 4th EWU all-time

Women’s Pole Vault

Hally Ruff, 10th (4.07m, 13’ 4.25”)

1st Big Sky, 43rd NCAA D-I, 7th EWU all-time

Savannah Schultz, 12th (3.92m; 12’ 10.25”)

2nd Big Sky

Women’s Shot Put

Carissa Stovall, 25th (13.96m)

4th Big Sky

Dyvhine Fonoti, 31st (13.78m)

6th Big Sky

Women’s Discus

Dyvhon Fonoti, 34th (43.48m; 142’ 8”)

8th Big Sky

Women’s Hammer

Carissa Stovall, 34th (51.29m)

10th Big Sky

Men’s 4x400m Relay

Camden Phelps, Liam Bracken, Alec Kness, Lucas Robert; 3rd (3:17.09)

4th Big Sky

Men’s Triple Jump

Bobby Say, 3rd (15.61m, 51’ 2.75”)

1st Big Sky, 31st NCAA D-I, 5th EWU all-time

Men’s Discus

Bradley Fillis, 39th (49.01m; 160’ 9”)

9th Big Sky

Men’s Javelin

Ryan Rieckmann, 8th (67.49m, 221’ 5”)

3rd Big Sky, 47th NCAA D-I, 5th EWU all-time

Pacific Coast Invitational (April 13)

Women’s Shot Put

Dyvhine Fonoti, 31st (45’ 2.5”)

6th in Big Sky

Men’s 400m

Liam Bracken, 2nd (47.80)

Men’s 800m

Alec Kness, 3rd (1:55.12)

Men’s Pole Vault

Zach Klobutcher, 7th (5.17m, 16’ 11”)

t-1st in Big Sky, 54th in NCAA D-I this season, 2nd in EWU all-time

Lucas Couron, t-27th (4.71m, 15’ 5”)

t-10th Big Sky

Corbin Luce, t-27th (4.71m, 15’ 5”)

t-10th Big Sky

Men’s Long Jump

Bobby Say, 4th (7.51m, 24’ 7.75”)

2nd in Big Sky, 5th in EWU all-time

Men’s Javelin

Ryan Rieckmann, 2nd (64.06m, 210’ 2”)

3rd in Big Sky (subsequently bested by his own mark at the Beach Invitational)

Several other Eagle student-athletes who didn’t make the trip to California competed locally at the Whitworth Twilight Meet in North Spokane on Thursday.

Whitworth Twilight Meet (April 13)

Women’s 200m

Emma Glanzer, 3rd (27.38)

Women’s 5000m

Maddie Drennen, 1st (18:07.52)

Women’s 4x400m Relay

Anna Harrison, Emma Clanzer, Amanda Nygard, Rhiannon Davies; 1st (4:26.15)

Women’s High Jump

Grace Bruno, 2nd (1.53m, 5’ 0.25”)

Women’s Hammer

Vatoria Keyes, 2nd (46.69m, 152’ 6”)

Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase

Jamie Christner, 1st (9:36.63)

 

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