Beavers conclude action at MPSF meet

Saturday, February 25

Seattle, Wash.

All Day

Oregon State

MPSF Championships

Morgan Anderson placed ninth in the 3,000 meters with the No. 4 time in school history.

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

February 25, 2017 | Women's Track & Field

Final results

By: Athletic Communications

SEATTLE, Wash. – The Oregon State track & field team posted three more all-time top-10 times or marks on Saturday on Day 2 of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation indoor championships at the Dempsey Indoor Center in Seattle.

Morgan Anderson ran 9:43.11, the fourth-best time in school history. She bettered her former PR of 9:43.76 by more than half a second.

Gwyneth McMorris ran 2:15.12 in the 800, the second-fastest time in school history. She had been No. 4 at 2:15.54.

Lindsay McShane improved four feet in the shot put with a throw of 40-5.50, the No. 10 all-time mark. Her previous PR was 36-5.

All told the Beavers set four school records and posted 11 all-time top-10 times or marks at the two-meet, which concluded the indoor season. They scored 11 points and placed 15^th among 18 teams.

"We had a very solid meet," coach Kelly Sullivan said. "Setting four more school records and adding seven other top-10 times or marks shows our hard work is paying off.

"The D'Arpino twins had a great day on Friday, with each of them setting a school record. Venessa just missed another school record today. Our throwers and jumpers continue to progress, even though it has been very hard to train with all the inclement weather we've had.

"We are ready for some rest, and are very much looking forward to the outdoor season. The rest of the team will join us after some of them were held out of indoor competition because their events are not held [javelin, hammer, discus, steeplechase], or to save wear-and-tear on their bodies.

"Our entire team will be fired up and ready to go for the entire outdoor campaign when it starts next month."

On Friday, school records were set by:

Kerissa D'Arpino, who took eighth in the 200 meters in 24.65 to break Venessa D'Arpino's former standard of 24.67.
Venessa D'Arpino, who ran 7.55 in the 60, breaking Kerissa D'Arpino's old record of 7.58.
Gillette Field, who took 13^th in the pole vault in a school-record 12-6.25, nearly eight inches higher than her former indoor PR of 11-6.75 and almost five inches higher than the old mark of 12-1.50, set by Helen Ann Haun in 2016.
The 4,000-meter distance medley relay foursome of Juliana Mount (1,200), Kerissa D'Arpino (400), McMorris (800) and Anderson took fifth place in 11:24.59 to shatter the former school mark of 11:32.53 by nearly eight full seconds.

The Beavers set seven school records and posted 31 all-time top-10 times or marks in their three meets this winter. They established one school record and had nine top-10 times or marks at the Husky Classic on Feb. 10-11, and set two school records and 11 all-time top 10 performances at the Washington Invitational on Jan. 27-28.

OSU is now idle until March 17-18, when it opens the outdoor season at the Lewis & Clark Invitational in Portland.

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Friday's results

60 METERS (prelims): 16. Venessa D'Arpino, 7.55. 20. Kerissa D'Arpino, 7.57. No advance.
200 METERS: 8. Kerissa D'Arpino, 24.65. 9. Venessa D'Arpino, 24.67.
60 HURDLES (prelims): 13. Devin Collins, 8.73. 26. Alba Villaronga, 9.69. No advance.
DISTANCE MEDLEY: 5. Oregon State (Juliana Mount 1200, Kerissa D'Arpino 400, Gwyneth McMorris 800, Morgan Anderson 1600), 11:24.59.
LONG JUMP: 13. Jasmin McKenzie, 18-1.50. Madelayne Varela, NM.
PENTATHLON: 3. Kara Hallock, 3,914 points (60H, 8.65, 984 points; HJ, 5-4.50, 783; SP 37-8.50, 627; LJ 18-7, 747; 800m 2:23.73, 773).
POLE VAULT: 13. Gillette Field, 12-6.25. 17. Helen Ann Haun, 12-0.50.
WEIGHT THROW: 24. Lindsay McShane, 49-0.75. 25. Rachel Picknell, 48-1.25. 28. Sydney Guthrie-Baker, 44-5.50.

Saturday's results

400 METERS: 11. Venessa D'Arpino, 55.61.
800 METERS: 27. Gwyneth McMorris, 2:15.12.
MILE: 39. Lexi Reed, 5:04.09.
3,000 METERS: 9. Morgan Anderson, 9:43.11.
1,600 RELAY: Oregon State (Kerissa D'Arpino, Venessa D'Arpino, Kara Hallock, Gwyneth McMorris, Devin Collins); no time this winter.
TRIPLE JUMP: 21. Madelayne Varela, 36-6.75.
HIGH JUMP: 10. Ally Jackson, 5-5. 24. Rachel Proteau, 5-3.
SHOT PUT: 20. Lindsay McShane, 40-5.50. 22. Sydney Guthrie-Baker, 39-0.50.

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