Women's Track & Field Places Sixth At Erik Anderson Memorial Icebreaker Meet

Freshman Clare Lucey posted three top-10 performances on Saturday

MCMINNVILLE, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College women's outdoor track & field posted 14 top-10 showings on Saturday, to wrap up the Erik Anderson Icebreaker Memorial Meet-their first outdoor track & field meet of the season.

THE BASICS

6^th Place – 39 points

HOW IT HAPPENED

Freshman Malia Heien posted three top-seven marks and fellow freshmen Clare Lucey and Piper McCoy Harmon added fourth-place showings to lead the Pios in their outdoor track & field opener.

Heien posted the top result for the Pioneers on the day in the 400m. The All-Region cross country runner finished in third place with a time of 1:04.17 (35th-fastest in program history). Freshmen Elsie Chin (1:08.16) and Miriam Reside (1:13.07) placed ninth and 13^th in the event.

Heien added a fourth-place showing in the high jump. She posted the 27^th best jump in program history when she cleared 1.43m (4-08.25) feet. She also led the Pios in the long jump. Hein placed seventh in the event with a leap of 4.49m (14-08.75 feet) that puts her in a tie for 47^th all-time. Sophomore Cameryn Nagaji took ninth in the event with a jump of 4.23m (13-10.50 feet). Freshmen Alma Williams (4.21m/13-09.75 feet) and Anli Davis (4.10m/13-05.50 feet) placed 10^th and 11^th.

McCoy Harmon posted the top result for the Pioneers throwers on Saturday. She finished fourth in the discus with a heave of 34.41m (112-10 feet). Fellow freshman Reilyn Sabado took 19^th (29.11m/95-06 feet) and freshman Nia Pile ended the event 28^th (23.33m/76-06 feet).

Freshman Autumn Loporto led four throwers in the javelin. Loporto's throw of 31.85m (104-06 feet) put her in seventh in the event. McCoy Harmon took ninth (30.55m/100-02 feet), with Sabado (26.14m/85-09 feet) and sophomore Olivia Farrar (20.71m/67-11 feet) finishing in 12^th and 14^th.

In the final throwing event, Pile and McCoy Harmon finished in 13^th and 14^th places. Pile's best throw flew 9.47m (31-01 feet) with McCoy Harmon just behind her (9.29m/30-05.75 feet).

Lucey posted the second-best finish of any Pioneer on the track. The freshman led three runners in the 1,500m when she finished the race in fourth-place (5:12.18). Sophomore Katya Schwieterman (5:28.19) and freshman Tara Elsa (5:59.40) registered 11^th and 22^nd-place showings.

Lucey was also the top finisher in the 800m. She finished the race in 2:39.63 to place eighth. Sophomore Maggie Martin, who was making her competition debut this year, recorded a 10th-place showing (2:42.87). Elsa took 21^st place with a time of 3:06.10.

Junior Macy Carroll represented the Pios in the 400m hurdles. She finished in eighth place with a time of 1:22.35. In the 100m hurdles, senior Sarah Carney took 12^th place when she crossed the line in 21.64. Farrar added a time of 30.50 in the 200m to place 27^th overall.

The Pioneers added top-four showings in both of the relay events.

In the 4x100m relay, Farrar, Pile, Chin and junior Macy O'Hara finished in third place with a time of 56.28. The quartet of O'Hara, Lucey, Reside and Chin took fourth in the 4x400m relay when they finished in 4:37.27

BY THE NUMBERS

All three Pioneers who threw the discus posted top-35 marks in program history. McCoy Harmon posted the 13^th-best mark all-time (34.41m), Sabado ranks 27^th (29.11m) and Pile moved into 34^thplace (23.33m).
Martin was competing in her first collegiate track or cross country meet since her freshman year fall when she ran the Lewis & Clark Invite on October 16, 2021.
The Pioneers added three top-35 marks in program history in the javelin. Loporto sits 19^th all-time after her throw of 31.85m. McCoy Harmon is just behind her in 22^nd place (30.55m) and Sabado ranks 34^th(26.14m).
Heien accounted for 13 of the Pioneers 39 points on Saturday. Lucey added six points individually and was part of the 4x400m relay team that tacked on five points.
Pile and McCoy Harmon added top-35 mark in the shot put. Pile is 30^th all-time (9.47m) and McCoy Harmon moved into 31^st place (9.29m).