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Beavers Sending Record Number to NCAA West Regional
May 18, 2019 | Women's Track & Field
CORVALLIS – Now for the third consecutive year, the Oregon State track and field team is sending a record number of student-athletes to the NCAA West Preliminary Championships in Sacramento.
Distance specialist Lexi Reed, steeplechaser Grace Fetherstonhaugh, throwers Lindsay McShane, Taylor Crockem, Keely McLaughlin, Destiny Dawson and Jordynn Slater, and jump specialist Ann Wingeleth will all compete at the regional event from Thursday through Saturday at Sacramento State University.
The Beavers previous record, set last season, was set at seven student-athletes at the regional. OSU previously sent six in 2016, and four in 2011 and 2010.
Returning javelin All-American Destiny Dawson is the only athlete with prior regional experience making the trip to Sacramento. Fetherstonhaugh, McShane, Crockem, McLaughlin, Dawson, Slater and Wingeleth will all be making their first appearance.
Qualifiers from the West preliminary round will advance to the NCAA Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas on June 5-8. Each event features 48 competitors with the top 12 finishers in the Sacramento Regional and the Jacksonville Regional advancing to the finals in Austin.
Fetherstonhaugh is making her first appearance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase holding a season-best mark of 10:26.52. The freshman is seeded 40th in the field and currently holds the No. 4 mark on the Oregon State record books in the event. She is a graduate of New Westminster High School in New Westminster, British Columbia.
McShane is the only competitor for OSU to qualify for the regionals in multiple events, the hammer throw and discus. McShane is seeded No. 26 in the hammer throw and No. 48 in the discus, with season-best throws of 164-6 in the discus and 199-0 in the hammer. She holds the school record in the hammer, and sits at No. 3 on the all-time list in the discus. McShane hails from Amity, Ore. and is a graduate of Amity High School.
Redshirt freshman Taylor Crockem qualified for the regional event in the shot put on her first attempt. She is seeded at No. 45 thanks to her personal best throw of 50-feet, 2-inches which she achieved at the Pac-12 Championships in Tucson two weeks ago. Her mark puts her at No. 2 on the OSU leaderboards. Crockem is a native of Corona, Calif.
Another redshirt freshman, and school record holder, Keely McLaughlin will represent OSU in the shot put. McLaughlin initially tied the school record earlier this season, before breaking it twice and setting it at 50-feet, 4.75-inches. That mark seeds her at No. 42. McLaughlin is a graduate from Grove High School in Grove, Okla.
Returning All-American Destiny Dawson will attempt to pick up where she left off a season ago where she placed 9th at the NCAA Championships earning Second Team All-American honors. Dawson is seeded at No. 25 entering Sacramento with her best throw this season of 161-feet, 0-inches. Dawson holds the school record in the javelin (171-7) and hails from Cottage Grove, Ore.
True freshman Jordynn Slater will accompany Dawson in the javelin down in Sacramento. Slater came on strong at the end of the season throwing her best mark of 154-feet, 5-inches at the High Performance Meet in April. Slater is a graduate of La Pine High School in La Pine, Ore.
Redshirt junior Ann Wingeleth rounds out the competitors for the Beavers as a qualifier in the high jump. Seeded at No. 39 entering the regional event with a top mark this season of 5-feet, 8.75-inches. That mark puts her at No. 8 on the Oregon State all-time list. Wingeleth is hails from Lyman, Wyo. as a graduate of Lyman HS.
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Distance specialist Lexi Reed, steeplechaser Grace Fetherstonhaugh, throwers Lindsay McShane, Taylor Crockem, Keely McLaughlin, Destiny Dawson and Jordynn Slater, and jump specialist Ann Wingeleth will all compete at the regional event from Thursday through Saturday at Sacramento State University.
The Beavers previous record, set last season, was set at seven student-athletes at the regional. OSU previously sent six in 2016, and four in 2011 and 2010.
Returning javelin All-American Destiny Dawson is the only athlete with prior regional experience making the trip to Sacramento. Fetherstonhaugh, McShane, Crockem, McLaughlin, Dawson, Slater and Wingeleth will all be making their first appearance.
Qualifiers from the West preliminary round will advance to the NCAA Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas on June 5-8. Each event features 48 competitors with the top 12 finishers in the Sacramento Regional and the Jacksonville Regional advancing to the finals in Austin.
Fetherstonhaugh is making her first appearance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase holding a season-best mark of 10:26.52. The freshman is seeded 40th in the field and currently holds the No. 4 mark on the Oregon State record books in the event. She is a graduate of New Westminster High School in New Westminster, British Columbia.
McShane is the only competitor for OSU to qualify for the regionals in multiple events, the hammer throw and discus. McShane is seeded No. 26 in the hammer throw and No. 48 in the discus, with season-best throws of 164-6 in the discus and 199-0 in the hammer. She holds the school record in the hammer, and sits at No. 3 on the all-time list in the discus. McShane hails from Amity, Ore. and is a graduate of Amity High School.
Redshirt freshman Taylor Crockem qualified for the regional event in the shot put on her first attempt. She is seeded at No. 45 thanks to her personal best throw of 50-feet, 2-inches which she achieved at the Pac-12 Championships in Tucson two weeks ago. Her mark puts her at No. 2 on the OSU leaderboards. Crockem is a native of Corona, Calif.
Another redshirt freshman, and school record holder, Keely McLaughlin will represent OSU in the shot put. McLaughlin initially tied the school record earlier this season, before breaking it twice and setting it at 50-feet, 4.75-inches. That mark seeds her at No. 42. McLaughlin is a graduate from Grove High School in Grove, Okla.
Returning All-American Destiny Dawson will attempt to pick up where she left off a season ago where she placed 9th at the NCAA Championships earning Second Team All-American honors. Dawson is seeded at No. 25 entering Sacramento with her best throw this season of 161-feet, 0-inches. Dawson holds the school record in the javelin (171-7) and hails from Cottage Grove, Ore.
True freshman Jordynn Slater will accompany Dawson in the javelin down in Sacramento. Slater came on strong at the end of the season throwing her best mark of 154-feet, 5-inches at the High Performance Meet in April. Slater is a graduate of La Pine High School in La Pine, Ore.
Redshirt junior Ann Wingeleth rounds out the competitors for the Beavers as a qualifier in the high jump. Seeded at No. 39 entering the regional event with a top mark this season of 5-feet, 8.75-inches. That mark puts her at No. 8 on the Oregon State all-time list. Wingeleth is hails from Lyman, Wyo. as a graduate of Lyman HS.
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For more information on the Oregon State women's track and field team, visit OSUBeavers.com or follow the team's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverTFXC, on Facebook at Facebook.com/BeaverTFXC, or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverTFXC.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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