Beavers win four events at Willamette Invite

Saturday, March 25

Salem, Ore.

All Day

Oregon State

Willamette

Senior Helen Ann Haun cleared 12-9.50 to win the pole vault.

Photo by: Oregon State Athletics

March 25, 2017 | Women's Track & Field

Results

By: Athletic Communications

SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon State track & field team won four events on Saturday at the Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational, sponsored by Willamette University.

Event winners for the Beavers were junior Venessa D'Arpino in the 400 (54.73); senior Helen Ann Haun in the pole vault (12-9); redshirt sophomore Dakota Steen in the 400 hurdles (1:02.62), and redshirt sophomore Saskia McNairy in the long jump (18-5.25).

The Beavers also set six all-time top-10 times or marks on a cool, breezy day at McCulloch Stadium.

D'Arpino's 54.73 in the 400 was the second-fastest time ever at OSU and just the second under 55 seconds. Her former PR was 56.86, set on March 18 at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open. Her 24.17 in the 200 was the third-fastest and bettered her former PR of 24.58, also set at Lewis & Clark.
McNairy's long jump (18-5.25) tied Lucinda Howard for the No. 8 all-time mark. Spring Break Open. Her former PR was 17-8.25, set indoors at the 2016 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships.
Sophomore Kindel Bailey took fourth in the javelin at 140-11.25, the No. 3 all-time mark. Her former PR of 138-6 was set last season.
Senior Kayla Fleskes took sixth in the javelin at 138-3, the No. 6 all-time mark. She improved her PR and former No. 6 all-time mark by more than six feet.
Freshman Sydney Guthrie-Baker (135-11.25) and Bailey (95-2.50) recorded the fifth- and seventh-best hammer throws in school history, respectively.
The Beavers have turned in 15 all-time top-10 times or marks this outdoor season, despite inclement conditions at all three competitions.

Junior Destiny Dawson, a Hawaii transfer redshirting this spring, took third in the javelin in 150-0. It is the second week in a row she would have established a school record were she competing attached; she threw 147-8 at Lane CC on March 17 in her OSU debut.

Junior Kerissa D'Arpino also competed unattached and took third in the 200 (24.27) and second in the 400 (55.31). Her 400 time would rank No. 3 on the all-time list.

Mt. Hood CC sophomore Danelle Woodcock, a 2017-18 signee, won the 100 (12.23) and took fifth in the long jump (17-6).

OSU will compete at the San Francisco State Distance Classic on Friday and at the Stanford Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The distance crew did not compete on Saturday.

Its next competition in Oregon is the John Knight Twilight Meet at Western Oregon on April 7. OSU's only home appearance of the year is the April 28-29 OSU High Performance Meet, at the Whyte Track and Field Center.

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Saturday's results:
Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational

100 METERS: 22. Dani Duran, 13.24.

200 METERS: 2. Venessa D'Arpino, 24.17. 3. Kerissa D'Arpino, 24.27, un.). 9. Saskia McNairy, 25.68.

400 METERS: 1. Venessa D'Arpino, 54.73. 6. Tarisa Olinski, 58.27.

800 METERS: 8. Kim Solberg, 2:23.80.

100 HURDLES: 9. Alba Villaronga, 15.87.

400 HURDLES: 1. Dakota Steen, 1:02.27. 4. Dani Duran, 1:05.27.

400 RELAY: Oregon State (Alba Villaronga, Dakota Steen, Helen Ann Haun, Madelayne Varela), DQ.

HIGH JUMP: 2. Ally Jackson, 5-5. 3. Rachel Proteau, 5-2.50.

LONG JUMP: 1. Saskia McNairy, 18-5.25.

TRIPLE JUMP: 5. Madelayne Varela, 36-11.75.

SHOT PUT: 4. McKenzie Byrd, 44-9.50. 7. Sydney Guthrie-Baker, 40-7.25.

DISCUS: 3. Rachel Picknell, 152-5.75. 4. Lindsay McShane, 139-1.25. 6. Kayla Fleskes (135-4.75. 22. Sydney Guthrie-Baker, 108-11.25.

HAMMER: 4. Lindsay McShane, 154-8.25. 5. Rachel Picknell, 154-2.25. 12. Sydney Guthrie-Baker; 135-11.25. 27. Kindel Bailey, 95-2.50.

JAVELIN: 3. Destiny Dawson (150-0, un.). 4. McKenzie Byrd, 143-8.25. 5. Kindel Bailey, 140-11.25. 6. Kayla Fleskes, 138-3. 7. Amber Peschka, 137-5.50. 13. McKenzie Allison, 125-5.

POLE VAULT: 1. Helen Ann Haun, 12-9.50. 2. Gillette Field, 11-3.75.

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