Fisher Places 6th To Lead Boxers In NWC Multi-Event Meet
Results
SPOKANE, Wash. – A strong second day for Kasey Fisher (So., Denair, Calif.) translated into a person best of over 400 points in the heptathlon Tuesday, lead Pacific's three competitors at the Northwest Conference Multi-Event Championships at Whitworth University's Boppell Field.
Fisher finished the seven-event discipline with a total of 3,717 points to place sixth in the competition. The three team points she earned with the finish will go towards the Boxers' point totals at the upcoming NWC Track & Field Championships, Apr. 22-23 in McMinnville.
Chloe Hallyburton (So., Dayton, Ore.) finished ninth in the heptathlon. She accomplished a 700-point personal best in her second attempt at the competition with a score of 3,090 points.
Aaron Koford (Fr., Wilsonville, Ore.), Pacific's only competitor in the men's decathlon, finished the day in ninth place with a personal best of 5,274 points.
Fisher came through the second day with three season best performances. She opened the day with a sixth place finish in the long jump with a mark of 15 feet 6 inches, then added two feet to her javelin best with a fourth place mark of 99 feet, 5 inches. Fisher closed the day with an eight-second best in the 800 meters, placing seventh in 2:40.53.
Hallyburton also put together three season best performances in the individual disciplines. She finished 10th in the long jump at 13 feet, 4.75 inches, seventh in the javelin at 83 feet, 1 inch and fourth in the 800 meters at 2:38.42.
Koford finished the final five events of the decathlon with three season bests. After opening the day with a ninth place time in the 110-meter hurdles of 18.66 seconds, he put together a an effort of 110 feet, 3 inches, to finish fifth in the discus. Koford put together a season best in the pole vault of 10 feet, finishing eighth, and a 14-foot best in the javelin of 148 feet, 8 inches to place sixth. He closed the day with a 10th place finish in the 1,500 meters with a season best of 5:17.75.
Willamette's Evan Colignon won the decathlon with a total of 6,419 points. George Fox's Nate Dillow with second with 6.141 points, while his brother David was third with 6,037 points. The Bruins will enter the NWC Championships with 14 points to their credit in the men's competition, with Willamette earning 12.
George Fox swept the top two places and four of the top five spots in the heptathlon to enter the NWC Championships with a commanding 27 points. Alexis Arnold won the event with a total of 4.456 points with Beth Stam taking second at 4,266 points.
