Track: Saints earn multiple automatic conference qualifying marks

March 19, 2007

Tacoma, WA (March 17) – The Saint Martin’s track and field team picked up five automatic conference qualifying marks Saturday at the PLU Invitational.

The first to pick up one of those qualifying marks was Jessie Dunnam who ran the women’s 10k in 39:16.56; just one second shy of the school record. Bill Richardson set a school record in the high jump at 6’6”, to earn him automatic conference mark. In the men’s 10k Niwar Nasim posted a time of 33:20.41.

Both the men’s and women’s 4 x 400m relay teams picked up automatic qualifying marks. The women’s team of Chelsi Claussen, Kaleigh Bishop, Jessica Pendon, and Krinda Carlson finished with a time of 4:22.49 while the men’s team of Josh Gatbunton, Asiki Ayume, John Riak and Caleb Timmer ran a 3:29.15.

Aaron Edwards took fourth in the high jump with 6’0”, his best collegiate jump. He also set a new PR in the triple jump with a jump of 42’05” good enough for second place. Both jumps gave Edwards provisional qualifying marks.

Other Saints to pick up provisional qualifying marks included Krinda Carlson who ran the 800m in 2:22.25 and Riak in the 1500m with a time of 4:01.44. Timmer finished the men’s 800m in 1:58.22 while Ayume posted a time of 1:58.73. Jessica Pendon posted a time of 63.22 in the 400m and Taylor Shipman ran the 10k in 43:05.17. Claussen picked up two provisional marks, one in the 100m with a time of 13.09 and one in the 200m at 27.07. Tristan Beach ran the 10k in 34:45.23, a new PR for him.

Robbie Wilbur set a new PR in the 1500m finishing with a time of 4:11.12. Also posting a new PR was Katelynn Blume in the women’s 1500m at 5:55.43.

Amy Layton ran the women’s 1500m in 5:17.24. In the women’s shot Danika Washington threw for 28’01”. On the men’s side Brian Daltoso ran the 100m in 12.48 and the 200m in 25.52. Steven LaLonde posted a time of 2:12.83 in the 800m and 4:30.07 in the 1500m. Devin Sturgeon threw the shot 33’10.75 and the javelin 95’11”. Gatbunton finished the men’s 1500m with a time of 4:09.25.

In other track action, John Riak participated in the UW Outdoor Preview Friday night and finished 3rd in the 3000m setting a new school record of 8:34.13.