McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Linfield prevailed in three of the four relay events and Wildcat athletes won six individual events to crown a successful outing at the Jenn Boyman Memorial Invitational Saturday at Maxwell Field.
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The annual meet is held in honor of the late Jenn Boyman of the class of 1997, a conference championship thrower who died of cancer while in her 20s.
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MEN
Dylan Jackson won the 100-meter dash (11.46 seconds) and
Evan Fisette was third (11.64).
Charles Dayton was fifth (11.65) in the same event.
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Alex Oathout was the first to reach in the finish line in the 1,500 run with a season-best effort of 4:02.36.
Bradley Kiltow was third in the 3,000 steeplechase (10:03.97).
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Emil Miller won the 5,000 run with a mark of 16:16.28, more than a minute faster than the next closest competitor.
For the third straight weekend,
Jacob Slifka was the top finisher in the discus, recording a mark of 155 feet, 4 inches. Slifka was also fourth in the hammer (138-11).
The Linfield 4x400 relay, made of Jackson, Fisette,
Liam Christensen and
Calvin Cahill, cruised to a victory in the final event with a season-best time of 3:25.89.
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Bradley Kiltow placed third in the 3,000 steeplechase in 10:03.97 and
Jevon Cloy took fifth place in the 110 hurdles in 16.88
Also turning in notable performances in the field events were
Nick Olsen, who tossed the shot put 46-4 to place second, and
Cole Massar who placed fifth in the long jump (21-5½).
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WOMEN
Linfield's 4x100 relay, comprised of
Hillary Connors,
Rachelle Silis,
Paige Kasso and
Kira Hawaaboo, blazed to a first-place finish in a time of 49.75.
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The final event of the day saw the Wildcat women's 4x400 relay win the race easily in 4:10.44, a full 10 seconds better than runner-up Clark. The relay included
Jordan Hayes,
Jennifer Torres-Bermudez,
Justice McBride-Steiger and
Rachelle Silis.
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Hawaaboo placed first in the long jump with a school-record mark of 18-9¾.
Siera Crawford was runner-up in the pole vault (11-0¼).
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Logan Roberts won the high jump (4-11¾) while
Siera Crawford was fourth (4-7¾) and
Ashley Hayes was fifth (4-6) in the same event.
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Paige Kasso edged Connors in the 100 dash, 13.43 to 13.45, placing third and fourth, respectively. Kasso was also fifth in the 200 in 27.19.
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Torres-Bermudez turned in an impressive performance in the 800 run, clocking 2:21.42 in a driving rain to place second.
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Silis secured third place in the 400 dash (1:01.67), a split second faster than McBride-Steiger (1:01.79). And
Jayden Taylor clocked 12:30.98 to place fifth in the 3,000 steeplechase.
In the field events,
Jordan Roberts was third overall in the triple jump (32-6¼) and Margaritah Bañuelos placed fifth in the discus with a heave of 109-10.
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COMING UP
Selected athletes are scheduled to compete Monday and Tuesday at the Northwest Conference Multi-Event Championships at Willamette University's McCulloch Stadium. The remainder of the Linfield roster will travel to Portland to compete in the L&C Larry Byerly Invitational on Saturday.
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