Newberg, Ore. – The Boxer men and women's track teams competed in the Rich Allen Classic meet hosted by George Fox University on Saturday, March 16. Two more school records fell: first, Henry Tierney broke the men's 1500m school record by winning the race and running a new PR of 3:49.55. The previous record was 3:51.4 set by David Nees in 1976. This is Tierney's second school record this year. Next, Ally Hammond set her sixth school record this year. Hammond broke the women's 200m school record by winning the race in a new PR of 25.83. The previous record was 25.86, ste by Marissa Smith in 2016.
Top Performers
In addition to Tierney and Hammond's school records, the Boxers saw a lot of success on Saturday. Angelica Gatica Gomez won the women's 400m dash with a time of 59.71, and Emily Rutkowski won the women's 400m hurdles with her time of 1:06.36. Annie Berry won the women's 5,000m with her time of 17:57.36. Ally Hammond also won the women's long jump with her mark of 5.42m. The Boxers had five runner-up finishes: Ally Hammond in the 100m hurdles (15.59), Russ Carmichael in the men's discus (40.62m), Ryan Miller in the men's long jump (6.68m), both the men's 4x100m relay team (43.26) and the women's 4x400m relay team (4:08.08), and three third-place finishes: Morgan Boddy in the women's 1500m (5:13.78) and Jayden Fordham in the men's long jump (6.53m),
NWC Conference Qualifiers This Week
1500m - Henry Tierney
100m Hurdles - Ally Hammond, Greta Koegler, Courtney Tiernan
400m - Angelica Gatica Gomez, Kameron Shields
100m - Lucas Dahl, Romel Moreland
800m - Henry Tierney
400m Hurdles - Katrina Brisbois, Greta Koegler, Emily Rutkowski
200m - Ally Hammond, Romel Moreland
5,000m - Annie Berry, Cris Brethower, Maddy Hubbs
Pole Vault - Jarod Moren
High Jump - Jayden Fordham, Ryder Mackay
Long Jump - Ally Hammond, Jonette Singh, Jayden Fordham, Ryan Miller
Javelin - Mikayla Tuiolemotu
Shot Put - Mikayla Tuiolemotu
Up Next
The Boxers will compete in the Willamette Invitational meet on Saturday, March 23.
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