NEWBERG, Ore.—Lewis & Clark track & field competed in field events for the first time this season on Sunday at the George Fox Indoor Open #1 Meet.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Freshman
Nicholas Stade led the Pioneers men's team. In the 60M Hurdles prelims, Stade (9.05) and fellow freshman
Jonathan Fritz (9.07) finished fifth and sixth to advance to the finals. Stade improved his PR time to 9.05 in the finals to finish fourth overall. Fritz came in seventh in the finals with a time of 9.17.
Stade also posted a top-10 showing in the pole vault. The Pios freshman cleared 13-01.50 feet to place sixth overall.
Fellow freshman
Andrew Baum led a quartet of Lewis & Clark throwers in the shot put. Baum earned the ninth and final spot in the finals and threw a team-best 40-11.00 feet on his first throw of the day.
Senior
Elijah Woody placed second on the team (15
th overall) with a heave of 37-04.00 feet. Fritz (33-03.25 feet) and Stade (25-10.00 feet) came third and fourth on the team.
Fritz also represented the Pioneers in the high jump. He placed 12
th in the event after clearing 5-07.75 feet.
On the women's team, freshman
Alma Williams earned a top-10 showing in the high jump. Williams cleared 4-07.75 feet to place seventh overall.
Freshman
Nia Pile led a quintet of throwers making their collegiate debut in the shot put. Pile placed 11
th overall after throwing 33-06.75 feet. Fellow freshman
Piper McCoy Harmon came in second on the team and 14
th overall with a heave of 33-02.00 feet. Freshmen
Autumn Loporto (30-02.75 feet) and Michèe Brika
(27-04.50 feet) placed third and fourth on the team. Sophomore
Olivia Farrar (23-00.50 feet) finished fifth in her first time competing in the event.
Sophomore
Cameryn Nagaji led a trio of Pioneers in the long jump. Nagaji took 16
th in the event with a leap of 14-05.25 feet. Williams (13-06.75 feet) and freshman
Anli Davis (13-01.50 feet) finished in 21
st and 22
nd place.
Farrar was the lone women's sprinter to compete. She finished 17
th in the 60M hurdle prelims with a time of 10.72.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Baum and Woody moved into second and third place in program history in the shot put.
- Pile (shot put) and Williams (high jump) moved into second place in indoor program history in their respective events.
- Fritz moved into third place in program history in the high jump and Stade now sits fourth in the pole vault.
- Farrar cracked the top-five in the 60M hurdles and now sits fourth in program history.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Pioneers will send a group of student-athletes to Spokane for the Whitworth Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
