OSU's Peterson, Garcia Earn Wins - Oregon State University Athletics

SALEM, Ore. - Oregon State’s Jean-Marie Peterson won the women’s 1,500 meters and the Beavers’ Julie Garcia won the women’s 800 meters at the Willamette Last Chance track and field meet Wednesday evening at McCulloch Stadium.

Peterson captured the 1,500 in 4 minutes, 32.89 seconds, a personal record by three seconds and a time that moved her into fifth place on OSU’s list of all-time top performers in the event. She was followed by Oregon State’s Holly Thomson in second place in 4:32.91, also a PR and good for sixth place on OSU’s all-time list. The Beavers’ Sylvia Veal was fourth in 4:36.37, another PR and good for 10th on the school’s all-time list.

Garcia was clocked in a personal record 2:13.76, good for fifth place on OSU’s all-time list of performers in the event. Noelle Harer finished third in 2:16.92.

“It was a really good way for them to end the season,” OSU head coach Kelly Sullivan said of the five runners. “To run at the Pacific-10 Championships on Saturday and Sunday, then come back and run personal records, I was happy for them.”

The next meet for an OSU runner will be May 25-26 at the NCAA West Regional in Eugene, when the Beavers’ Lauren Denfeld will compete in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.