OSU to compete in Portland, Boise

Corvallis, Ore. – The Oregon State track and field team will compete in two indoor meets in Portland this week.

The Beavers will face Portland, Portland State, Seattle and some Division II and Division III programs at the Portland Indoor Invitational on Thursday, and then participate in the House of Track High Performance Meet #4 on Friday.

Both events will be staged at the House of Track, located at 2400 NW Front Street in Portland.

Also, throwers Melissa Ausman and Rachel Picknell will also compete in the weight throw at the Bronco Invitational at Boise State on Friday, as that event is not offered at either Portland meet. Ausman set a school record in that event (53-11.25) at the Washington Invitational on Jan. 29.

Ausman and long jumper Jasmin McKenzie set school records and OSU athletes posted 13 other career top-10 indoor marks at the Washington Invitational, their initial meet of the season.

No overall team scores were kept. OSU finished 4-2 in the dual-meet portion of the meet, with wins over Cal Poly (53-28), Gonzaga (67-10), Idaho (60-42) and Nevada (60-44) and losses to Washington (88-28) and Long Beach State (57.33-44.67).

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This week's probable entries:

Portland Indoor Invitational

200 METERS: Ahsha Mootz, Jasmin McKenzie.

400 METERS: Venessa D'Arpino, Kerissa D'Arpino

800 METERS: Kala Kopecek, Morgan Anderson, Juliana Mount

MILE: Holly Cavalluzzo, Gwyneth McMorris, Kira Kelly.

60 HURDLES: Devin Collins, Kara Hallock; Saskia McNairy

LONG JUMP: Lucinda Howard, Jasmin McKenzie, Saskia McNairy

TRIPLE JUMP: Michele Turney, Bethany Imperial, Lucinda Howard

High Performance Meet #4

800 METERS: Kelsi Schaer (possible), Juliana Mount (possible)

MILE: Morgan Anderson (possible)