MONMOUTH, Ore.—Lewis & Clark women's track & field posted a trio of second-place finishes in one of their final tune-ups before the Northwest Conference Championship Meets. 
 
THE BASICS 
 
8^th Place out of 14 Teams – 30 Points 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Junior Macy O'Hara and freshman Malia Heien each earned a second-place finish individually and were part of the women's 4x400m relay team that took second place at the John Knight Twilight Meet. 
 
O'Hara placed second out of 16 runners in the 400m. She broke the 60-second mark in the event for the second time this season with a mark of 59.93. 
 
Heien led four Pioneers in the 800m. She placed second out of 23 runners, behind only a runner from Division I Oregon State University, with a PR time of 2:17.87. Her time puts her into the top five in program history. Fellow freshman Clare Lucey placed ninth overall with a time of 2:29.63. Freshman Miriam Reside posted a time of 2:35.83 to take 13^th place. Freshman Tara Elsa was the final Pioneer to finish, as she ended the race with a mark of 2:48.14. 
 
The Pioneers 4x400m team placed second only to Oregon State in the 4x400m relay. The quartet of freshman Elsie Chin, sophomore Olivia Farrar, Heien and Lucey earned second place after crossing the line in 4:17.87.
 
Senior Sarah Carney was the Pioneers lone hurdler on Friday night. She took 10^th in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:22.62. In the 100m hurdles, Carney came across in 19.38 to take 13^th. 
 
In the 200m, Chin finished in 29.61 to finish 13^th. 
 
Freshman Ali Kerschner was the lone Pioneer long distance runner on Friday night. She took 13^th in the 1,500m run with a time of 5:45.02. 
 
Farrar earned the top finish for Lewis & Clark in the field events. The sophomore placed fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 10.67m (35-00.25 feet). Freshman Anli Davis earned a 10^th-place showing in the event with a jump of 9.17m (30-01.00 feet). 
 
Freshman Nia Pile notched a seventh-place showing in the shot put. Pile launched the shot put 10.82m (35-06.00 feet). Pile also placed 16^th in the hammer throw with a toss of 26.43m (86-08 feet). 
 
Freshman Reilyn Sabado posted a heave of 27.96m (91-08 feet) to take 13^th in the discus throw. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Heien's time of 2:17.87 in the 800m puts her in fourth in program history. 
• Farrar's jump of 10.67m in the triple jump is the ninth-best jump in program history. 
• O'Hara was the only non Oregon State University runner in the top four in the 400m. She finished ahead of three of the four Beavers runners who competed in the race. 
• Pile set a PR mark in the shot put. Her toss of 10.82m was nearly a half-a-foot further than her previous PR (10.70m) and moves her into 15^th in program history in the event. She also moved into 16^th in program history in the hammer throw.  
• Lucey cracked the top-50 in program history in the 800m on Friday. She now sits 50^th all-time with her time of 2:29.63.

WHAT'S NEXT
 
Heien and Farrar will travel to Tacoma for the Northwest Conference Championship Multis Meet on Monday and Tuesday. The heptathlon will kick off on Monday with the 100m hurdles at 11:30 a.m.