NAMPA, Idaho – Senior Jasmine McMullin won the long jump to highlight the first day of action as the Western Washington University track & field program opened competition at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Indoor Championships on Friday, hosted at the Jacksons Indoor Center.
At the conclusion of Friday’s competition, the WWU women are 4th with 41 points while the WWU men are 6th with 17 points. The two-day meet resumes Saturday morning with field events starting at 9 am PT/10 am MT and running events beginning at 10:25 am PT/11:25 am MT.
McMullin (Sequim, WA) had a leap of 5.73m (18-9 ¾) on her second attempt to earn the long jump title and total 10 points toward the women’s team score. The effort was an indoor personal-best and NCAA Division II provisional-qualifying mark ranking No. 3 on the WWU top-10 list. Her previous personal-best was 5.48m (17-11 ¾) at the 2016 GNAC Indoor Championships when she finished 4th.
Following Friday, McMullin has provisional-qualifying marks in two events during the season after recording a provisional-qualifying effort in the triple jump (12.00m, 39-4 ½) at the season-opening UW Preview. A two-time GNAC indoor triple jump in 2015 and 2016, she is set to compete in the triple jump on Saturday. Friday’s long jump title was the fifth individual GNAC title for McMullin (indoor and outdoor), and first in the long jump.
In addition to McMullin’s 10 points in the long jump, the WWU women totaled 20 of their 41 points in the pole vault on Friday with five WWU competitors among the top 8.
Junior Rachael Roberts (Woodinville, WA/Bellevue College) led WWU in 3rd at a personal-best height of 3.51m (11-6 ¼) and was followed in 4th by sophomore Jewels Oliquiano (Kaneohe, HI/Castle) at a height of 3.41m (11-2 ¼). Also clearing 3.41m (11-2 ¼) was freshman Hannah Dodson (Seattle, WA/Nathan Hale) in a personal-best effort. Robertsheight is No. 6 on the WWU top-10 list while Dodson’s ranks No. 10.
Freshmen Amanda Andersen (Richland, WA/Hanford) and Mariah Brelsford (Bozeman, MT) both cleared 3.26m (10-8 ¼) with Andersen placing 6th and Brelsford finishing in 7th.
The women also scored points in the 5,000m as sophomore Sophia Galvez (Los Alamos, NM) finished 7th and was followed by senior Alexandra Laiblin (Oak Harbor, WA) in 8th. Galvez crossed the line in 18:11.31 while Laiblin finished in a personal-best time of 18:14.88, ranking No. 9 on the WWU top-10 list.
Freshman Heather Faretta (Hanalei, HI/Kapaa) added points by finishing 4th in the high jump, clearing 1.60m (5-3) to lead three Vikings in the event. Her personal-best effort is No. 7 on the WWU top-10 list.
The WWU women’s distance medley relay team of sophomore Aundrea Koger (Osage City, KS), senior Deja Svastisalee(Spokane, WA/North Central), freshman Shawnee Konrad (Mead, WA/Mount Spokane) and freshman Talia Dreicer (Los Alamos, NM) placed 6th (12:40.60) to add to the team score as well.
The WWU women had two qualifiers in the 60m preliminaries as sophomore Hannah Bradley (Bellingham, WA) finished 3rd (7.86) and freshman Kelsey McLean (Kirkland, WA/Juanita) tied for 5th in a time of 7.89. Both were personal-best performances with Bradley’s time ranking No. 3 in WWU history and McLean’s ranking tied for 5th.
Junior Savannah Smith (Renton, WA) qualified for Saturday finals in the 200m and 400m. She led four Vikings in the 400m, finished 6th in a personal-best time of 57.95 to rank No. 4 in WWU history. In the 200m, she was also the top WWU finisher among four Vikings competing with a time of 25.39, placing 5th for the No. 2 time in WWU history.
On the men’s side, WWU scored the majority of its points in the 5,000 with three placers among the top 8. Sophomore Eric Hamel (Enumclaw, WA) finished 4th with a time of 15:17.86 and was followed in 5th by junior Peter Butler (Port Angeles, WA) in a time of 15:22.72. Junior Dylan Hayes (Seattle, WA/Garfield) came in 7th (15:24.39) as the Vikings scored 11 points in the event.
The men’s distance medley relay team of sophomore Ben Crowell (Puyallup, WA/Rogers), junior Reid Lovercamp(Wenatchee, WA), sophomore Liam Cossette (Spokane, WA/Ferris), and freshman Ian Fay (Duvall, WA/Cedarcrest) placed 4th in a time of 10:25.60 to rank No. 9 on the WWU top-10 list and add to the team score.
Sophomore Nick Makrakis (Concord, CA/Northgate) also had a top-8 finish to score points for the Vikings, placing 8th in the long jump with a leap of 6.70m (21-11 ¾).
Sophomore Cordell Cummings (Arlington, WA) tied for 5th overall (8.53) in the 60m hurdles to qualify for Saturday’s final as one of three Friday qualifying performances for the WWU men.
Junior Kyler Sager (Snohomish, WA/Everett CC) recorded a personal-best time (1:54.63) in placing 2nd during the 800m preliminaries to advance to Saturday’s final. His time is No. 2 in WWU history.
Freshman Bryant Welch (Burien, WA/Mount Rainier) qualified for the 400m final with a personal-best time of 49.79, placing 7th in the preliminaries. His time ranks 5th on the WWU top-10 list.
The conference meet continues Saturday morning with live results available at GNAC.live. Select events will stream live on the GNAC Facebook page.
GNAC Indoor Championships Friday Results
Men’s Team Scores:
1. Simon Fraser (27)
2. Concordia (21)
3. Alaska Anchorage (20)
4. Northwest Nazarene (18)
4. MSU-Billings (18)
6. Western Washington (17)
7. Central Washington (14)
8. Western Oregon (13)
9. Saint Martin’s (6)
10. Seattle Pacific (2)
Women’s Team Scores:
1. Seattle Pacific (59)
2. Central Washington (58)
3. Concordia (47)
4. Western Washington (41)
5. Alaska Anchorage (24)
6. Western Oregon (21)
7. Simon Fraser (10)
8. Saint Martin’s (9)
9. Northwest Nazarene (3)
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