SEATTLE, Wash. – Led by a personal best and the 7th-fasted time in WWU history in the 400m by sophomore Myles Smith, the Western Washington University track & field team wrapped up competition at the UW Invitational at Dempsey Indoor.
WWU had a total of five new entries into the program’s indoor record book, including four during the first day of competition on Friday.
The Vikings are off next week, returning to action Feb. 8-9 at the UW Classic at Dempsey Indoor. The Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships will be held Feb. 15-16 in Nampa, Idaho.
MYLES MOVES UP IN 400
Sophomore Myles Smith (Puyallup, WA) finished 14th out of 37 competitors in the 400m, setting a PR with a 49.88. Besting his previous best set earlier this season, Smith moved up to 7th in the WWU indoor record book.
RELAY RESULT
The Viking men placed 6th out of 9 entries in the 4×400 relay finishing in 3:23.32, just missing a program top 10 mark. The WWU foursome included sophomore Jon Oglesby (Athens, GA/Cedar Shoals), freshman Koby Okezie (Tacoma, WA/Todd Beamer), senior Reid Lovercamp (Wenatchee, WA) and freshman Mark Daniels (Seattle, WA/Nathan Hale).
HEPTATHLON
Freshman Ian Rinefort (Ashland, OR) moved up four spots to finish 16th in the heptathlon, highlighted by a 4th-place finish in the 1,000m (2:39.05) and 11th-place finish in the pole vault (4.10m/13-5.25). Seren Dances was in 4th place after the first day of competition, but did not compete on Saturday.
