CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State women’s track is making its second trip to Eugene this season for the Oregon Relays Friday, Apr. 25 at Hayward Field. The Beavers open competition with the 5,000-meters second section beginning at 4:40 p.m. and close the day with the first section of the 5,000-meters at 7:55.
“This is a meet we are looking forward to because it gives us an opportunity to get a lot of women to run against the best and get a measure as to where they are at,” head coach said. “I like where we are with our entire program. The focus has been off times this spring. The focus has been turning the dial up on comparing and competing. We’re going to carry that same thought process into this meet.”
More than 50 teams will be representing athletes at the event. Colleges, clubs and unattached athletes will be competing from all over the country from the top conferences and leagues.
Oregon State will be represented by 16 suited athletes accompanied by four unattached runners. The Beavers will compete in the 800-meters, 3,000-meter steeplechase, 1,500-meters and 5,000-meters races.
Last week the Beavers were in action at the Western Oregon Twilight where they made another strong showing for the season. Junior (Eugene, Ore.) led the way with a victory in the 800-meters and freshman (Portland, Ore.) took second in the 1,500-meters.
Beaver runners have been making some noise in the program’s top 10 all-time lists this season. Junior (Aloha, Ore.) ran the second fastest 1,500-meters time in Oregon State history at the Oregon Preview making for the third time she has entered the top 10 lists this season. The first time came at the Washington Indoor Classic where she ran Oregon State’s second fastest indoor mile. Her second top 10 performance came at the Willamette Opener where she ran the ninth fastest 800-meters time in school history.
Junior (Klamath Falls, Ore.) has been moving up the charts. In Washington at the Indoor Classic she ran the second fastest 3,000-meters indoor time in school history and had she not been running unattached she would have run the ninth fastest 3,000-meters time at the Oregon Preview.
Senior (Bend, Ore.) set a school record at the Washington Outdoor Preview in the 2,000-meter steeplechase. In the 5,000-meters freshman (Astoria, Ore.) ran the sixth fastest time at OSU. Chesimet also scored the tenth fastest 3,000-meters time at the Oregon Preview.
In addition, OSU had seven more runners break into the team’s all-time top 10 indoor lists at the Washington Indoor Classic. In the 3,000-meters sophomore (La Grande, Ore.) moved into fourth all-time; senior (Seaside, Ore.) moved into sixth all-time; freshman Hannah Soza-Hodgkinson (Forest Ranch, Calif.) moved into seventh all-time, and senior (Canby, Ore.) finished in ninth all-time.
At the same meet in the indoor mile Thomson finished fourth all-time, senior (Portland, Ore.) finished sixth all-time, and Lampi moved into seventh all-time. In the 800-meters freshman (Beaverton, Ore.) finished good for ninth all-time at OSU.
“We’re looking forward to good weather this weekend,” Sullivan said. “Every meet this season we’ve had less than ideal weather conditions. We’ve competed well regardless of conditions, but it would be nice to see what we are capable of with good weather.”
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