McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Catherine Street set a school record in the pole vault to highlight the Linfield Jenn Boyman Memorial Invitational on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Maxwell Field.
Street cleared a height of 13-3 1/2, besting the rest of the field by nearly three feet. She attempted to break the national record but missed on all three tries at 13-9.
Linfield got two more first-place efforts from Chelsea Machida and Anna LaBeaume (Jr., Sequim, Wash.). Machida won the high jump, clearing a height of 5-3 3/4. LaBeaume was the event winner in the shot put with a personal-best heave of 43-2 1/4.
Finishing two-three in the javelin were Kate Shear (Jr., Knappa, Ore.) and Kristen Allison. The two both threw season bests as Shear posted a throw of 137-7 and Allison threw 121-0.
Courtney Alley (Jr., Eagle, Idaho) was third in the discus with a heave of 108-5.
In the running events, Morgan Cohen (Soph., Hillsboro, Ore.) placed second in the 100-meter dash (12.83) and third in the 200 (27.06). Both times were season-bests, and her mark in the 100 is the eighth-fastest all-time at Linfield.
Other second place finishes came from Siena Noe (Soph., Yakima, Wash.) in the 10,000 run (41:56.68) and Brooke Bekkedahl in the 400 hurdles (season-best 1:07.84).
Michaela Neary of Clackamas Community College was the only double-event winner on the women’s side, winning both the 100 hurdles (15.82) and the 400 hurdles (1:07.24).
For the Linfield men, Nick Turner placed second in the 100 with a season-best time of 11.32. Also finishing second in his event was Lester Maxwell (Sr., Corvallis, Ore.) in the 800 (1:55.83).
Eric Weinbender was the only other top-3 finisher for the Wildcats, taking third in the 1,500 (4:08.16).
Lewis & Clark’s Kevin Carpenter was the top runner of the day. He crossed the tape first in both the 100 (11.02) and the 200 (22.28). Unattached Ethan Moore was also a double event-winner, taking first in the long jump (21-08.75) and the triple jump (43-03).
Team scores were not compiled at the meet.
NEXT: The ‘Cats compete next Saturday at the Pacific Luau, beginning at 10 a.m.
Catherine Street
School-record 13 feet, 3 1/2 inches
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Kelly Bird
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Linfield College
McMinnville, OR 97128
E-mail: kbird@linfield.edu
Phone: 503-883-2439
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