Feb. 25, 2018 Results
SEATTLE, Wash. - Junior J.T. Konrad recorded a personal-best pole vault mark to improve upon his NCAA Division II provisional-qualifying effort set earlier in the season as seven Vikings competed at the Seattle Pacific University Final Qualifier on Saturday, hosted at Dempsey Indoor on the campus of the University of Washington.
Konrad (Mead, WA/Mount Spokane) cleared 4.87m (15-11 ¾) on Saturday, improving from his previous provisional mark of 4.73m (15- 6 ¼) set at the UW Open on Feb. 11. His effort ranks No. 8 on the GNAC top-10 list, No. 5 on the WWU top-10 list and tied for No. 26 nationally as of Saturday night.
He bettered his previous personal-best of 4.81m (15-9 ¼) set in 2016 and he placed 3rd of 4 on Saturday.
Senior Jasmine McMullin (Sequim, WA) had a leap of 5.44m (17-10 ¼) to place 2nd of 7 competitors in the long jump. Her mark did not better her season-best and personal-best leap of 5.73m (18-9 ¾). Her top long jump mark was set while winning the event at the GNAC Indoor Championships last weekend, ranking tied for No. 26 nationally as well as No. 3 on the WWU top-10 list.
Freshman Hannah Dodson (Seattle, WA/Nathan Hale) recorded a personal-best in the pole vault (3.52m/11-6 ½) to place 13th in the event. Her mark ranks No. 6 on the WWU top-10 list.
High jumpers Tupre Wickliff (Jr, Vancouver, WA/Evergreen/Clark College) and Garrett Davies (Fr., Vancouver, WA/Mountain View) also competed on Saturday with Wickliff placing 3rd (1.97m/6-5 ½) and Davies placing 4th (1.92m/6-3 ½) among 5 competitors. Davies recorded a personal-best mark while Wickliff's personal-best (2.01m/6-7) was set last weekend in winning the event at the GNAC Indoor Championships.
Saturday's meet marked the final meet of the indoor season before the NCAA Division II Championships, set for March 9-10 at the Robert W. Plaster Center in Pittsburg, Kansas. McMullin has an automatic-qualifying mark in the triple jump with her school record effort of 12.68m (41-7 ¼), which ranks No. 5 nationally and was recorded in winning the triple jump at the GNAC Indoor Championships
The last day a qualifying mark can be made is Sunday (Feb. 25), with the NCAA announcing declarations Monday (Feb. 26) by 3 pm Eastern time. The NCAA will post championships fields online by 6 pm Eastern time on Tuesday (Feb. 27).
A field of 270 women and 270 men will make the NCAA Division II National Championships field. A desired minimum of 16 spots for individual running and field events, as well as 14 spots for pentathlon and heptathlon and 12 spots for each relay race, exist to fill the field. Once student-athletes with automatic-qualifying standards have been entered, the national committee will select student-athletes from a declared descending-order list to fill the fields.
WWU begins the outdoor season before the indoor championships, traveling to the University of Puget Sound for the Ed Boitano Invitational on March 3.
SPU Final Qualifer WWU Results:
Long Jump: Jasmine McMullin, 5.44m (17-10 ¼), 2nd
Pole Vault: Hannah Dodson, 3.52m (11-6 ½), 13th - No. 6 on WWU top-10 list; Rachael Roberts, NH
High Jump: Tupre Wickliff, 1.97m (6-5 ½), 3rd; Garrett Davies, 1.92m (6-3 ½), 4th
Pole Vault: J.T. Konrad, 4.87m (15-11 ¾), 3rd - NCAA II provisional mark, No. 5 on WWU top-10 list; Adam Thomas, NH
2018 Indoor Schedule:
Meet | Date | Location |
UW Preview | Jan.13 | University of Washington (Seattle, WA) |
UW Invitational | Jan. 26-27 | University of Washington (Seattle, WA) |
Cougar Indoor | Feb. 2-3 | Washington State University (Pullman, WA) |
Husky Classic | Feb. 9-10 | University of Washington (Seattle, WA) |
UW Open | Feb. 11 | University of Washington (Seattle, WA) |
GNAC Championships | Feb. 16-17 | Jacksons Indoor Center (Nampa, ID) |
SPU Final Qualifier | Feb. 24 | Dempsey Indoor (Seattle, WA) |
NCAA Championships | March 9-10 | Robert W. Plaster Center (Pittsburg, KS) |
