OSU Heads to Lane CC for Thursday Meet
The Oregon State track & field team will compete at the Titan Twilight Meet on Thursday.
Fresh off an outstanding effort at last weekend’s Oregon Relays, the Beavers will send approximately 15 runners, jumpers and throwers to Lane Community College for the competition, which begins at 2:30 p.m.
No team scores will be kept. It is OSU’s final meet before the third-annual High Performance Meet, set for May 1 at the Whyte Track & Field Center. They will not compete at Fresno State this weekend, as was previously scheduled.
The Beavers had 10 all-time top-10 performances, 31 top-10 finishes and 14 top-5 finishes at Hayward Field this past weekend. Juniors Kara Hallock (heptathlon) and Michele Turney (triple jump) and sophomore Melissa Ausman (discus) took second. Junior Morgan Anderson ran the second-fastest 1,500 (4:24.55) in school history.
“We also had a number of personal-bests and season-bests,” OSU coach Kelly Sullivan said. “So overall [it was] a really good weekend against some outstanding competition.”
Beavers with season-bests at Eugene were:
· Allie Church in the 100 (12.08).
· Morgan Anderson in the 1,500 (4:24.55).
· Melissa Ausman in the shot put (42-1.25) and discus (164-2).
· McKenzie Byrd in the hammer (128-10) and javelin (139-7).
· Holly Cavalluzzo in the 5,000 (17:07.18).
· Nicole Goecke in the 800 (2:13.48) and 1,500 (4:36.36).
· Kara Hallock in the heptathlon (5,380) and 100 hurdles (14.29).
· Lucinda Howard in the long jump (18-5.25) and triple jump (38-3.50).
· Tricia Ingraham in the shot put (37-8).
· Kira Kelly in the 5,000 (17:15.18).
· Kala Kopecek in the 400 (59.53)
· Samantha Lewis in the 5,000 (18:04.51).
· Kaitlyn Mason in the long jump (18-8).
· Jasmin McKenzie in the 100 (12.68) and long jump (17-10.25).
· Ahsha Mootz in the 400 (58.25).
· Michele Turney in the long jump (18-1) and triple jump (38-7.75).
The Titan Twilight starts at 2:30 p.m. with the hammer throw. Track events begin at 4 p.m. with the 4x100 relay.
For more information on the Oregon State track & field team, follow the team by Facebook at Facebook.com/OSUTrackCrossCountry or on Twitter at twitter.com/@beavers_track.
OSU’s projected Titan Twilight entries:
100 METERS: Allie Church, Kerissa D'Arpino
200 METERS: Kerissa D’Arpino.
400 METERS: Kelly Audis, Ahsha Mootz, Bridget Regan.
800 METERS: Kala Kopecek.
4 X 100 RELAY: Oregon State (Allie Church, Jasmin McKenzie, Michele Turney, Kerissa D’Arpino).
HIGH JUMP: Ally Jackson, Jessica Lautenbach.
LONG JUMP: Jasmin McKenzie, Kaylene Rust.
TRIPLE JUMP: Laura Schaudt, Bethany Imperial.
SHOT PUT: Tricia Ingraham, Melissa Ausman.
DISCUS: Melissa Ausman, Tricia Ingraham, McKenzie Byrd.
HAMMER: Melissa Ausman, McKenzie Byrd.
POLE VAULT: Helen Ann Haun.
