Beavers Get Last Chance in Seattle

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Ken Shannon Last Chance

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February 22, 2024 | Women's Track & Field

By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State track and field is back in action this weekend with the Beavs traveling north on I-5 for their final chance to post NCAA Championship-qualifying marks.

The top-16 individuals and top-12 relays in each event reach NCAAs. The Beavs currently have Kaylee Mitchell in line to make the championships in the 3,000 meters as the no. 9 competitor in the event. Anneke Moersdorf ranks 23rd in the pentathlon with a final qualifying opportunity this weekend.

HOW TO FOLLOW
Watch Ken Shannon Invite
Live Results – Ken Shannon Invite

LAST TIME OUT
Oregon State earned five new all-time top 10 marks and saw growth from several young athletes at the Don Kirby Invitational and Husky Classic.

The best single race of the weekend for OSU was the 3,000 meters in Seattle, where Kate Laurent obliterated her previous PR and raced to the no. 5 spot at Oregon State with a 9:23.77. Noemi Lundgren, a freshman, entered the top 10 with a 9:35.91. Sage Brooks and Kaylee Mitchell, while not posting new personal bests, also ran times that would comfortably be in the top 10 and placed highly in a large field of runners at UW. Erika Cunniam raced to a personal best in the event as well.

Maya Baechler also scored a new top-10 mark in Seattle with a 2:11.20 in the 800 meters. The mark places her sixth all-time in one of the freshman's first collegiate races. Ava McKee just missed a top-10 mark with a PR of 2:16.96.

In Albuquerque, sophomore Lizzie Hatton made a mark with the eighth-best long jump mark at OSU: 5.66m/18-7. Veterans Delaney Bahn and Anneke Moersdorf each easily cleared 19 feet in the event as both close in on personal records and the Oregon State school record

2023 INDOOR IN REVIEW
Oregon State's 2022-23 indoor season was a showcase for the growth of the program since the hire of head coach Louie Quintana and his staff. The Beavers sent Kaylee Mitchell and Grace Fetherstonhaugh to nationals where they brought home three All-America honors. OSU also broke seven school records with six athletes rewriting the record books. The Beavers also had 22 new marks on the school's Top 10 list throughout the season.

UP NEXT
Qualifying Beavs head to Boston for the NCAA Championships on March 9-10. The remainder of the team opens outdoor season at Willamette on March 2.

BEAVER SCHEDULE (All Times Pacific)

Friday
Anneke Moersdorf - Pentathlon
60 Meter Hurdles (12:15 p.m.)
High Jump (1 p.m.)
Shot Put (3 p.m.)
Long Jump (4 p.m.)
800 Meters (5:40 p.m.)

60 Meter Prelim (3:45 p.m.)
Jada Hurley
Delaney Bahn
Abby Buckley

5,000 Meters (4:30 p.m.)
Kaylee Mitchell

Weight Throw (5:30 p.m.)
Jayla Hooper (unattached)

200 Meters (5:45 p.m.)
Abby Buckley

3,000 Meters (6:25 p.m.)
Sage Brooks
Kate Laurent
Noemi Lundgren
Erika Cunniam
Eimy Martinez
Emily Foote
Aleen Golla
Jamie Hamlin
Katie Kopec
Elize Eckman

Saturday
Long Jump (9 a.m.)
Anneke Moersdorf
Delaney Bahn
Lizzie Hatton

200 Meters (1:15 p.m.)
Jada Hurley
Abby Buckley
Treasure Rinaldi
Audrey Biggerstaff

400 Meters (4:05 p.m.)
Kylee Nelson

Saturday
High Jump (10 a.m.)
Savannah Reilly
Grace Proudfoot
Delaney Bahn

Mile (10:15 a.m.)
Ellie Hull
Noemi Lundgren
Kaylee Mitchell

400 Meters (11:15 a.m.)
Adael Scatena
Jada Hurley

800 Meters (11:55 a.m.)
Maya Baechler

OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).