CHENEY — Eagles return from California with bounty of new top marks and momentum. EWU enters the home stretch of the 2023 outdoor season with less than a month left until conference championship
The Eastern Washington University Track and Field team wrapped up a highly competitive weekend late on Saturday night, returning to Cheney from the greater Los Angeles area with several new season-bests, top-10 marks in the Big Sky Conference and movement on EWU’s all-time outdoor performance list.
The teams competed at the Pacific Coast Invitational and Beach Invitational meets at Long Beach State University, as well as the Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa Pacific University.
“Going to California is always worth it due to the great weather,” said EWU Track and Field Director Erin Tucker. “This year, we brought the PNW weather with us on Thursday but Friday and Saturday turned out to be great days.”
Eagle distance runners competed at the Bryan Clay starting on Thursday and continuing through the late hours of Saturday night, turning in new personal bests and EWU marks.
Among those climbing the EWU all-time list on the women’s side were Kaylin Sheley in 1,500 meters (4:33.62; 9th) and 3,000-meter steeplechase 10:46.49; 5th, Lilly Fetzer in the 10,000 meters (36:43.55; 8th), and Nattie Ruzauskas in the 3,000-meter steeple 11:02.65; 7th. Sheley’s steeplechase mark puts her 5th in the Big Sky this season.
8th Big Sky, 6th EWU all-time
Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase
Cameron Stuard, 86th (9:13.68)
10th Big Sky
Men’s Decathlon
Cody Teevens, 8th (5,998)
2nd Big Sky
Men’s Decathlon
Elijah Conley, 10th (5,838)
4th Big Sky
Beach Invitational (April 14-15)
Women’s 100m Hurdles
Madelyn Knight, 31st (14.27)
8th Big Sky, 4th EWU all-time
Women’s Pole Vault
Hally Ruff, 10th (4.07m, 13’ 4.25”)
1st Big Sky, 43rd NCAA D-I, 7th EWU all-time
Savannah Schultz, 12th (3.92m; 12’ 10.25”)
2nd Big Sky
Women’s Shot Put
Carissa Stovall, 25th (13.96m)
4th Big Sky
Dyvhine Fonoti, 31st (13.78m)
6th Big Sky
Women’s Discus
Dyvhon Fonoti, 34th (43.48m; 142’ 8”)
8th Big Sky
Women’s Hammer
Carissa Stovall, 34th (51.29m)
10th Big Sky
Men’s 4x400m Relay
Camden Phelps, Liam Bracken, Alec Kness, Lucas Robert; 3rd (3:17.09)
4th Big Sky
Men’s Triple Jump
Bobby Say, 3rd (15.61m, 51’ 2.75”)
1st Big Sky, 31st NCAA D-I, 5th EWU all-time
Men’s Discus
Bradley Fillis, 39th (49.01m; 160’ 9”)
9th Big Sky
Men’s Javelin
Ryan Rieckmann, 8th (67.49m, 221’ 5”)
3rd Big Sky, 47th NCAA D-I, 5th EWU all-time
Pacific Coast Invitational (April 13)
Women’s Shot Put
Dyvhine Fonoti, 31st (45’ 2.5”)
6th in Big Sky
Men’s 400m
Liam Bracken, 2nd (47.80)
Men’s 800m
Alec Kness, 3rd (1:55.12)
Men’s Pole Vault
Zach Klobutcher, 7th (5.17m, 16’ 11”)
t-1st in Big Sky, 54th in NCAA D-I this season, 2nd in EWU all-time
Lucas Couron, t-27th (4.71m, 15’ 5”)
t-10th Big Sky
Corbin Luce, t-27th (4.71m, 15’ 5”)
t-10th Big Sky
Men’s Long Jump
Bobby Say, 4th (7.51m, 24’ 7.75”)
2nd in Big Sky, 5th in EWU all-time
Men’s Javelin
Ryan Rieckmann, 2nd (64.06m, 210’ 2”)
3rd in Big Sky (subsequently bested by his own mark at the Beach Invitational)
Several other Eagle student-athletes who didn’t make the trip to California competed locally at the Whitworth Twilight Meet in North Spokane on Thursday.
Whitworth Twilight Meet (April 13)
Women’s 200m
Emma Glanzer, 3rd (27.38)
Women’s 5000m
Maddie Drennen, 1st (18:07.52)
Women’s 4x400m Relay
Anna Harrison, Emma Clanzer, Amanda Nygard, Rhiannon Davies; 1st (4:26.15)
Women’s High Jump
Grace Bruno, 2nd (1.53m, 5’ 0.25”)
Women’s Hammer
Vatoria Keyes, 2nd (46.69m, 152’ 6”)
Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase
Jamie Christner, 1st (9:36.63)
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