Track & Field Sets Ten Program Records At Whitworth Invitational

All 12 student-athletes who competed this weekend set a program record in Spokane

SPOKANE, Wash.—Lewis & Clark College indoor track & field set 10 program records and all 12 student-athletes who competed made history on Friday and Saturday at the Whitworth Invitational.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Lewis & Clark opened the week with a pair of huge program records in the Distance Medley Relays.

On the women's side, sophomore Riley Buese, junior Macy O'Hara, freshman Malia Heien and junior Katya Schwieterman broke the previous program mark by over 20 seconds to finish in eighth place (12:39.09). The men's quartet of sophomore Max Aldrich, freshmen Jordan Lahusky and Noah Nelson and junior Frankie Reid finished fourth overall and shaved off more than 15 seconds off the previous program mark (10:31.54).

The Pioneers also had three individuals compete in the multi events starting on Friday.

Sophomore Olivia Farrar became the first ever Pioneers woman to compete in the pentathlon and put together a strong showing. She posted the fourth-best marks in program history in the 60M hurdles (10.50) and high jump (1.37M) and the eighth-fastest all-time mark in the 800M (2:46.24) to post a new program record mark of 2,333 points in the pentathlon.

Freshmen Nicholas Stade and Jonathan Fritz went back-and-forth all weekend in the men's heptathlon. Fritz opened the competition by finishing first overall and tying the program record with a time of 7.16 in the 60M Dash. The two freshmen would both post a number of top-10 finishes among the field in the seven-event competition with Stade barely edging out Fritz in the final standings. Stade set the program record with 4,467 points to finish sixth and Fritz was just behind him in seventh with 4,210 points.

Sophomore Cameryn Nagaji got the Pioneers off to a strong start on Saturday with a program record mark in the triple jump. The reigning Northwest Conference Champion in the event posted a leap of 10.65M (34-11.25M) to finish ninth overall.

In the women's 3,000M run, Buese placed third overall and first among Division III runners with a program-record time of 10:06.14. Her time was almost 50 seconds faster than the previous program-record time.

Lahusky added his second program record of the weekend in the 200M. The dual-sport athlete posted a time of 22.82 to break a program record that was set in 2010.

Nelson set the ninth and final program record of the weekend, when he broke his own mark in the 800M. Less than a week after setting the record for the first time, Nelson broke the two-minute mark in the 800M with a time of 1:59.24.

DEEPER LOOK

Stade posted the fastest all-time mark in program history in the 1,000M (2:51.67) and the second-best mark in the high jump (1.83M) during the heptathlon.
O'Hara just missed out on a program record time in the 200M. Her time of 26.83 is the second-fastest time in program history (.07 seconds). She also ran the second-fastest time in program history the 400M with a mark of 1:00.45.
Schwieterman posted a time of 11:08.63 in the 3,000M to finish 24^th overall.
Nagaji finished 19^th overall in the long jump with a mark of 4.67M (15-04.00 feet).
Farrar placed 14^th overall in the triple jump with a leap of 10.21M (33-06.00 feet).
Reid finished 25^th in the mile with a time of 4:33.86.
The Pioneers have numerous student-athletes in the top-100 in Division III after this weekend. Stade (36^th) and Fritz (56^th) are both inside the top-60 in the heptathlon. Both distance medley relay teams are in the top-60 as well, with the women ranking 41^st and the men sitting 53^rd. Buese is 53^rd overall in the 3,000M.