BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The Western Washington University Track & Field team battled rainy and windy conditions, but still put up solid marks in the 2^nd Annual WWU Team Invitational held Friday at Civic Stadium.
 
The Vikings men's and women's track & field teams hosted the University of British Columbia, Seattle Pacific University and Saint Martin's University in a four-team quad meet. The WWU men recorded a wide-margin of victory with 248.5 points, well ahead of UBC (189 points). The women placed 2^ndbehind UBC with 184.5 points.
 

2019 WWU Team Invitational
Men's Team Scoring			Women's Team Scoring
1.	Western Washington	248.5	1.	British Columbia	211.0
2.	British Columbia	189.0	2.	Western Washington	184.5
3.	Saint Martin's	118.5	3.	Saint Martin's	101.5
4.	Seattle Pacific	34.0	4.	Seattle Pacific	50.0

 
Here are some of the highlights of WWU's performances on Friday:
 
Men's Highlights:
»       Freshman Karlington Anunagba made his WWU debut in style, winning the 100m in a time of 10.77 for the 6^th-fastest time in program history. Also the fastest time in the GNAC this season and top 50 in NCAA II.
»       Sophomore Bryant Welch won the 400m in PR time of 48.95, just off the top 10 in program history and 3^rd-fastest in the GNAC this season.
»       Sophomore Seren Dances won the long jump with a top mark of 7.07m/23-2.5, the 2^nd-best mark in the GNAC this season.
»       Freshman Ethan Sterkel finished 2^nd in the long jump and moved into a tie for 9^th in the WWU record book with a jump of 7.01m/23-0.
»       Senior Kyler Sager won the 800m in 1:52.46, just off his PR of 1:51.94 and 2^nd-fastest in the GNAC this season.
»       Senior Jacob Ringold won the triple jump in 13.86m/45-5.75, the 2^nd-best mark in the GNAC this season.
»       Sophomore Ben Malquist set a PR in the shot put at 15.30m/50-2.5, just off the WWU all-time top 10 and 5^th in the GNAC this season.
»       Sophomore Avery Lux won the discus with a throw of 45.44m/149-1.
»       JavU – Sophomore Cooper McNatt (55.48m/182-0) and junior Costel David (53.97m/177-1) placed 1-2 in the men's javelin competition.
 
Women's Highlights:
»       Sophomore Talia Dreicer won the 3,000m steeplechase in 10:58.11, only the fifth sub 11-minute steeplechase performance in program history. Recorded an NCAA II provisional mark and is the 5^th-best mark in WWU history. Also the 5^th-best mark in the GNAC this season.
»       Junior Lexi Perry set a PR in winning the pole vault clearing 3.55m/11-7.75, 9^th-best in WWU history.
»       Senior Maddie Taylor won the high jump clearing 1.67m/5-5.75.
»       Junior Chanelle Eddy set a PR winning the shot put with a top mark of 12.52m/41-1, remaining at No. 6 in the all-time WWU outdoor top 10. Eddy also won the discus with a throw of 44.01m/144-5, just below her PR of 44.04m/144-6, and the 2^nd-best mark in the GNAC this season.
»       JavU – Freshman Paige Shimkus and junior Raquel Pellecer went 1-2 in the women's javelin, with Shimkus winning the competition with a throw of 43.48m/142-8.
  The Vikings return to action next Saturday at the Jay Hammer Track & Field Meet hosted by Saint Martin's University.