Bethany Imperial

Position:
Jumps
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Riverside Christian HS/Lipscomb
Hometown:
Wapato, Wash.

PERSONAL BESTS

Long Jump – 16-6
Willamette Invitational
Salem, Ore., 3/26/16
Triple Jump – 39-0.25
Bulldog Invitational
Clovis, Calif., 4/23/16

Pac-12 Track & Field Championships
2016 - Triple jump, 15th, 37-10.50.

TRACK AND FIELD

2016
Outdoors: Posted No. 2 all-time mark (39-0.25) at Bulldog Invitational and became just second women in school history to break 39-foot barrier ... placed 15th at Pac-12 meet ... honorable-mention Pac-12 all-academic. Indoors: Improved in triple jump nearly three feet over the course of four meets ... set PR and No. 3 all-time mark (38-6) at MPSF Championships, where she placed 13th ... named to MPSF all-academic team. Season Bests: Outdoors - Triple jump, 39-0.25, Bulldog Invitational, Clovis, Calif. (4/23/16); long jump, 16-6, Willamette Invitational, Salem (3/26/16). Indoors - Triple jump, 38-6, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/16).

2015
Outdoors: Unleashed third-best triple jump in school history (37-7.75) at Oregon Twilight Meet (5/9), a PR by nearly a foot ... Had five jumps of 36-2 or better and exceded her old PR in 6 of 7 meets ... Named honorable-mention Pac-12 All-Academic. Indoors: Did not compete. Season Bests: Outdoors - Triple Jump - 37-7.75, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/9/15).

2014
Outdoors: Transferred from Lipscomb for sophomore year ... Made her Oregon State debut at the OSU Invitational on March 8, competing in the long jump, triple jump and 4x100m relay … PR’d in the long jump that day with a mark of 16-2.25 … Was part of the school’s first female relay squad since 2010 … Focused on the triple jump later in the year and had her best outing at the Titan Twilight on April 24, coming in second with a leap of 35-6, the fourth best in school history. Season Bests: Outdoors – Long Jump – 16-2.25/4.93m (PR), OSU Invitational, Corvallis, Ore. (3/8/14); Triple Jump – 35-6/10.82m (PR), Titan Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (4/24/14); 4x100m Relay – 49.62, John Knight Twilight, Monmouth, Ore. (4/11/14).

LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY
Competed in 12 different events between the 2013 indoor and outdoor seasons … During the indoor campaign ran the 200, 800, 55H and 60H and participated in the high jump, long jump, triple jump, shot put and pentathlon … Finished second in the 800m at the Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships with a PR of 2:41.78 … Also finished in the top ten at the conference meet in the high jump (4-6.25), shot put (26-9.75), long jump (16-0.5), 60H (10.59) and pentathlon (2590) … Ran the 200, 400, 100H and 400H during the outdoor campaign and also competed in the long jump and triple jump … Finished 13th in the triple jump at the Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships with a leap of 34-11.25 and 15th in the long jump (16-9.25).

RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
Competed for four years for Scott Wells … Member of league, district and regional Championship teams in 2009 and 2011 … Team Captain in 2010, 2011 and 2012 … Set school-record in triple jump with a leap of 36-1.75 junior year… Named All-League in field events in 2010, 2011 and 2012 … Spring Athlete of the Year in 2011 and 2012 … PRs in the long jump of 17-0 and 300-hurdles of 47.79 … Also competed in swimming for four years and owns three team records … State champion in 2011 … Played basketball as a freshman and junior.

PERSONAL
Apparel design major ... Daughter of Barbara and Manuel Imperial … Has a younger brother, Jonathan … Member of the National Honor Society and the National Society of High School Scholars … ASB President … Class president and vice president … Prep teammates competing in college include Fernando Valencia, Derek Byrne and Dana Wells at Washington State, Nate VanTuinen at Western Washington, Nathan Nobbs at Hillsdale College and Kyle Gartrell at Air Force … Describes her biggest athletic thrill to date as winning league her senior year and taking third as a team at the state championships.