Almen, D'Arpino win at Hayward
May 07, 2016 | Women's Track & Field
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Senior Sara Almen and sophomore Kerissa D'Arpino won their events on Friday to lead the Oregon State track & field team at the Oregon Twilight meet at Hayward Field.
It was OSU's final competition before the Pacific-12 Conference championships, set for May 14-15 in Seattle. Each team can send 27 athletes; the Beavers placed 11th in 2015.
Almen cleared 5-8, her second-best outdoor mark of the season, and tied for first. Sophomore Amy Hilger and senior Jessica Lautenbach each cleared 5-2.25 and placed third and fifth, respectively.
D'Arpino won the 400 hurdles in 1:00.20, improving her PR by more than one-half second with the third-best time in school history. It was just her fifth race at that distance; she has shaved 2.6 seconds off her time in that span.
Junior Morgan Anderson PRed in the invitational section of the 1500 and lowered her No. 2 all-time clocking to 4:22.94, from 4:23.53.
Senior Helen Ann Haun and junior Annie Sidor went 2-3 in the pole vault at 12-5.50 to tie the school record. Haun PRed by two inches, Sidor by more than seven inches.
Junior Melissa Ausman took fourth in the discus at 165-7. Senior Rachel Picknell was seventh at 158-4, a PR by nearly four feet and the No. 2 mark in school history. They reversed their placing in the hammer.
Juniors Kristiane Width and Emily Weber went 2-3 in their section of the 1500. Width (4:29.33) PRed by more than two seconds with the No. 9 time in OSU history; Weber ran 4:30.04, a season-best by more than two seconds.
The Beavers set a school record and had six all-time top-10 marks on Friday. They have set 14 school records and have posted 54 all-time top-10 times or marks since starting the outdoor campaign at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Invitational on March 19.
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Friday's results:
800 METERS (B section): 6. Kala Kopecek, 2:15.95.
1500 METERS (A section): 12. Morgan Anderson, 4:22.94.
1500 METERS (B section): 2. Kristiane Width, 4:29.33. 3. Emily Weber, 4:30.04.
100 HURDLES: 3. Devin Collins, 13.51. 4. Kara Hallock (un), 14.24. 7. Alba Villaronga, 14.84.
400 HURDLES: 1. Kerissa D'Arpino, 1:00.20.
HIGH JUMP: 1. Sara Almen, 5-8. 3. Amy Hilger, 5-2.25. 5. Jessica Lautenbach, 5-2.25.
POLE VAULT: 2. Helen Ann Haun, 12-5.50. 3. Annie Sidor, 12-5.50. 7. Gillette Field, 11-3.75.
TRIPLE JUMP: 4. Michele Turney, 38-6.25.
LONG JUMP: 3. Kara Hallock (un), 18-11.75.
DISCUS: 4. Melissa Ausman, 165-7. 7. Rachel Picknell, 158-4. 11. Kayla Fleskes, 129-8.
HAMMER: 4. Rachel Picknell, 168-6. 7. Melissa Ausman, 155-11.
JAVELIN: 8. Kindel Bailey, 131-1. 10. McKenzie Byrd, 125-11. 11. Kayla Fleskes, 119-8. 12. Amber Peschka, 110-1.
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