April 23, 2016 ELLENSBURG, Wash. - Western Washington University senior Travis Milbrandt bettered his own school and Great Northwest Athletic Conference record in the 110m Hurdles to highlight the performances at the CWU Spike Arlt Invitational Saturday at Tomlinson Stadium.
Milbrandt (Longview, WA/Mark Morris) recorded a PR of 14.19 in his marquee event, besting his own school and conference mark of 14.21 set at the 2015 GNAC Championships. His current time moved him into 12th in the NCAA II standings for the season.
Also earning wins in their events on the men's side were Dylan Brown (1500, 4:05.84) and the 4x400 relay (3:24.04).
On the women's side junior Megan Mortensen (Tacoma, WA/Franklin Pierce) won the discus with a throw of 39.57m.
Here are the full results of WWU athletes in Saturday's competition:
Men's Results:
200m: Reid Lovercamp, 7th, 22.70
400m: Ben Crowell, 9th, 54.09
1500m: Dylan Brown, 1st, 4:05.84; Logan Giese, 2nd, 4:08.17; Keaton Spiller, 8th, 4:21.88
110m Hurdles: Travis Milbrandt, 1st, 14.19 (WWU record)
400m Hurdles: Jade Wilson, 3rd, 57.82
4x400 Relay: 1st, 3:24.04
Pole Vault: Gordie Kordas, 2nd, 4.40m; Jacob Hino, 4th, 4.25m; Matt Coelho, 5th, 4.10m
Long Jump: Rudy Mataya, 2nd, 6.98m; Somit Shhim, 4th, 6.60m; Jacob Ringold, 5th, 6.53m
Triple Jump: Mark Seely, 2nd, 13.85m; Jacob Ringold, 7th, 12.76m
Shot Put: Bryan Lee, 4th, 12.67m
Discus: Bryan Lee, 3rd, 47.65m; Brandon Pless, 8th, 42.10m
Hammer Throw: Bryan Lee, 2nd, 51.11m; Brandon Pless, 3rd, 49.86m
Javelin: Alex Barry, 2nd, 57.48m; David Costel, 6th, 49.98m
Women's Results:
100m: Veronica Ivancic, 4th, 12.39; Rachel Ivancic, 5th, 12.48
200m: Savannah Smith, 8th, 26.13; Cheyenne Konrad, 9th, 26.23; Rachel Ivancic, 13th, 26.53
400m: Cheyenne Konrad, 3rd, 59.07; Savannah Smith, 6th, 1:00.34
1500m: Taylor Graham, 5th, 5:04.18; Mikhaela Woodward, 13th, 5:25.95; Katie Tyburczy, 14th, 5:29.00
3000m: Sara Taferre, 3rd, 10:46.09; Maddy Hutchison, 4th, 10:59.07; Sofia Marikis, 6th, 11:10.06
100m Hurdles: McKenna Hunt, 8th, 15.71
4x100 Relay: 2nd, 49.00
4x400 Relay: 4th, 4:32.09
High Jump: Katelyn Wright, 2nd, 1.60m
Pole Vault: Anna Paradee, 3rd, 3.45m; Leah Huey, 5th, 3.15m; Rachael Roberts, 6th, 2.85m
Long Jump: Malea Munoz, 10th, 4.99m
Discus: Megan Mortensen, 1st, 39.57m; Sophia Roberts, 6th, 30.99m
Hammer Throw: Sophia Roberts, 4th, 39.61m; Megan Mortensen, 5th, 38.07m
The Vikings return to action next weekend hosting the 2016 Ralph Vernacchia Invitational on Saturday (April 30) at Civic Stadium in Bellingham.