ELLENSBURG & LACEY, Wash. – A blazing fast time in the 100m, a top-5 time in program history in the 110m Hurdles and a top-10 pole vault mark highlighted a great day of competition for the Western Washington University Track & Field program on Saturday.
 
The Vikings were split across the state, with a majority of the team at the Jay Hammer Invitational hosted by Saint Martin's University in Lacey and a trio of throwers at the CWU Wildcat Invitational in Ellensburg.
 
Freshman sprinter Karlington Anunagba turned in the performance of the day winning the 100m at the Jay Hammer Invite in a time of 10.33 (NCAA wind-legal +2.9). The speedy time is the second-fastest in both WWU and Great Northwest Athletic Conference history, trailing only the 10.22 set by former Viking All-American Alex Donigian in 2015. Anunagba, a freshman from Lagos, Nigeria, also recorded an NCAA II provisional mark and is 3rd-fastest in NCAA II this season.
 
Junior Cordell Cummings set a PR in the 110m Hurdles finishing 2^nd at the Jay Hammer Invite in 14.81. The time moves him up to 5^th in WWU history, just behind his father Trey, who clocked a 14.76 in 1986.
 
Sophomore Bryant Welch finished 3^rd in the 100m in 10.80, setting a personal best and entering the WWU top-10 in a tie for 7^th place.
 
At the CWU Invite, sophomore Ben Malquist set a PR while finishing 2^nd in the shot put with a mark of 15.56m/51-0.75 for the 9^th-best mark in WWU outdoor history.
 
Junior pole vaulter Lexi Perry recorded the top mark at the Jay Hammer Invite clearing 3.64m/11-11.25, moving up to 6^th in the WWU outdoor record book. Her mark was also just short of the NCAA II provisional standard of 3.65m/11-11.75.
  The following are links to complete results for both meets that were held on Saturday

• Jay Hammer Invitational: Official Results | TFRRS Results  
• CWU Wildcat Invitational: Official Results | TFRRS Results  

Through the first month of the outdoor season, WWU has had 16 new entries in the WWU Outdoor Track & Field record book and one school record. Senior Maddie Taylor broke a 35-year-old school record in the high jump, clearing 1.74m/5-8.5 at the Doris Heritage Track Festival on March 16. Freshman Karlington Anunagba has moved up to 2^nd in the WWU record book with a 10.33 in the 100m. Here is a look at the top marks that have entered the WWU all-time outdoor record book so far in 2019:

• Maddie Taylor – High Jump (School Record) – 1.74m/5-8.5
• Karlington Anunagba – 100m (2^nd) – 10.33
• Sophia Galvez – 10,000m (3^rd) – 36:28.86
• Avery Lux – Hammer Throw (4^th) – 54.90m/180-1
• Cordell Cummings – 110m Hurdles (5^th) – 14.81
• Dylan Hayes – 3,000m Steeplechase (5^th) – 9:10.99
• Talia Dreicer – 3,000m Steeplechase (5^th) – 10:58.11
• Ian Rinefort – Decathlon (5^th) – 6,303 Points
• Lexi Perry – Pole Vault (6^th) – 3.64m/11-11.25
• Chanelle Eddy – Shot Put (6^th) – 12.52m/41-1
• Bryant Welch – 100m (T7^th) – 10.80
• Paige Shimkus – Javelin (9^th) – 47.01m/154-3
• Ben Malquist – Shot Put (9^th) – 15.56m/51-0.75
• Ethan Sterkel – Long Jump (T9^th) – 7.01m/23-0
• Heather Faretta – High Jump (10^th) – 1.65m/5-5
• Bryant Welch – 400m (11^th) – 48.95

UP NEXT FOR THE VIKS
Several members of the team will travel to Southern California for the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 17-19) and the Beach Invitational (April 19-20). WWU hill host the Ralph Vernacchia Track & Field Meet April 27 at Civic Stadium in Bellingham.