TACOMA, Wash. – The Evergreen State men's and women's track and field teams competed at 2022 Peyton-Shotwell Invitational hosted by the University of Puget Sound on Saturday.
On the women's side, the Geoducks were able to pick up a pair of individual event winners as
Lexi Sanchez won the long jump with a season-best jump of 15-2 1/4 (4.37m) and
Isabelle Jensen won the triple jump for the third time on the spring with a 34-5 3/4 (10.51m).
Abigail Strickland was second in the 400m hurdles in a season-best time of 1:08.39 to go along with a seventh-place finish in the 100m hurdles with a time of 17.22. The performance in the 400m hurdles by Strickland is a Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship qualifying mark.
Lily Stewart took third in the discus with a throw of 119-5 (36.39m). Plus,
Tabea Shepler and
Alex Olvera were 14th (5:38.40) and 17th (5:47.01), respectively in the 1,500m run. The performance by Shepler is a PR for the freshman from Palmer, Alaska.
On the men's side,
Ian Hunt was third in the high jump with a clearance of 5-7 (1.70m) and fourth in the 110m hurdles (16.78).
Seth Keeney posted a pair of PRs, finishing ninth in the 100m dash with a time of 11.86 and 10
th in the 200m dash with a time of 24.11.
