Total Team Effort Opens Pac-12 Championships

Photo by: Oregon State Athletics

May 13, 2023 | Women's Track & Field

By: Athletic Communications

WALNUT, Calif. – Oregon State Track and Field recorded a successful first day at the Pac-12 Championships with outstanding performances in both the day's prelims and finals.

OSU scored in both of the day's finals – the 10,000 meters and javelin – while also setting up scoring chances down the line in the 1,500 meters and 400-meter hurdles. The Beavs are tied with Oregon for sixth with five points after the first day of action.

"Today was the kind of day we had envisioned for this program when we signed on in 2017-2018," head coach Louie Quintana said. "We had our hand in so much of the meet today. You could see the impact our team is having all of the competition. From Anneke in the hepthathlon to Ella and Maryann making the final of the javelin to Adael getting to the final of the 400h and Kaylee in the 1500 and then to cap it off with Christina scoring in the 10K. Wow. A fun and balanced approach. I'm extremely proud of the coaches and our athletes for kicking off things right for this meet."

TODAY'S FINALS
Ella Knott scored Oregon State's first points of the meet in the javelin. Knott picked up three points, throwing 48.91m/158-1 to finish sixth. In addition, Maryann Ackerman moved up to the OSU no. 8 spot with a strong 46.83m/153-7 placing ninth.

Christina Geisler's tenacious performance added two more points for the Beavs to close the day. The senior appeared to be stuck in ninth with two laps to go in the 10,000 meters, but found an extra gear and reeled in two opponents to finish seventh. Geisler improved her own OSU no. 2 mark in the with a time of 33:37.18.

TRACK PRELIMS
Adael Scatena broke OSU's school record in the 400-meter hurdles by .2 seconds with a time of 58.62, placing fourth and qualifying for the finals by placing second in her heat.

Kaylee Mitchell eased her way into a qualifying spot for the finals as well finishing fourth in her heat with a solid time of 4:20.02.

Though she did not advance, Delaney Bahn improved her personal best time to in 24.64 in the 200 meters and moved up to the OSU no. 8 spot . Jada Hurley also entered the top 10 with a PB of 24.71

HEPTATHLON DAY 1
Anneke Moersdorf had a day in the heptathlon with two personal bests. First she broke into the OSU no. 5 spot for the 100-meter hurdles running 13.95, then scoring a personal best in high jump (1.69m/5-6.5) to set herself up for a strong day two tomorrow.

The redshirt junior competes in the heptathlon long jump, javelin, and 800 meters tomorrow before potentially attempting to score in the long and triple jumps. Moersdorf is one of two athletes for Oregon State with the opportunity to score individually in three events (heptathlon, long jump, triple jump). The other is Mitchell (1,500m, 3,000m steeplechase, 5,000m).

UP NEXT
Oregon State will have five scoring chances tomorrow with the close of the heptathlon as well as the hammer, shot put, long jump and steeplechase. Action starts with Markayla Billings and Keely McLaughlin in the hammer at 12:30 p.m.

HOW TO WATCH
The championships are broadcast on Pac-12 Networks and streamed on Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app. More info on how to watch each event can be found here and live results will be available here.

BEAVER SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES PACIFIC)

Friday, May 12

Heptathlon Day 1
Anneke Moersdorf
4. 100 Meter Hurdles – 13.95 - OSU #5
5. High Jump – 1.69m/5-6.50 - PB
9. Shot Put – 11.31m/37-1.25
3. 200 Meters – 25.45

Track
1,500 Meter Prelims
4. Kaylee Mitchell – 4:20.02Q

200 Meter Prelims
21. Delaney Bahn – 24.62 - OSU #8
22. Jada Hurley – 24.71 - OSU #10

400 Meter Hurdle Prelims
4. Adael Scatena – 58.62Q – School Record
13.Taylor Weidinger – 1:00.49

10,000 Meters
7. Christina Geisler – 33:37.18 - OSU #2

Field
Javelin
6. Ella Knott – 48.19m/158-1
9. Maryann Ackerman – 46.83m/153-7 - OSU #8
17. Jazlyn Romero – 40.41m/132-7

Saturday, May 13

Heptathlon Day 2
Anneke Moersdorf
Long Jump (1:30 p.m.)
Javelin (3:00 p.m.)
800 Meters (5:50 p.m.)

Track
100 Meter Hurdles Prelims (4:20 p.m.)
Adael Scatena

100 Meters Prelims (5:25 p.m.)
Jada Hurley

800 Meters Prelims (6:10 p.m.)
Jillian Brown
Paige Sefried

3,000 Meter Steeplechase Final (6:50 p.m.)
Grace Fetherstonhaugh
Kaylee Mitchell

Field
Hammer (12:30 p.m.)
Markayla Billings
Keely McLaughlin

Shot Put (5:00 p.m.)
Taylor Crockem
Keely McLaughlin

Long Jump (5:30 p.m.)
Anneke Moersdorf
Delaney Bahn
Chelsea Howard

Sunday, May 14

Track
4x100 Meter Relay (1:10 p.m.)
Chelsea Howard, Jada Hurley, Taylor Weidinger, Delaney Bahn

1,500 Meters Final (1:30 p.m.)
100 Meters Hurdle Final (1:50 p.m.)
100 Meters Final (2:25 p.m.)
800 Meters Final (2:40 p.m.)
400 Meter Hurdles Final (3:00 p.m.)
200 Meters Final (3:20 p.m.)

5,000 Meters Final (3:50 p.m.)
Kaylee Mitchell
Grace Fetherstonhaugh
Liv Downing
Christina Geisler
Kate Laurent
Eimy Martinez
Gabby Peterson
Zoe Simmons

4x400 Meter Relay Final (4:25 p.m.)
Adael Scatena, Paige Sefried, Jada Hurley, Taylor Weidinger

Field
High Jump (1:45 p.m.)
Delaney Bahn
Emma Nelson
Grace Proudfoot
Savannah Reilly

Discus (1:45 p.m.)
Jade Whitfield
Caitlyn Marx
Keely McLaughlin

Triple Jump (2:00 p.m.)
Anneke Moersdorf