BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The Western Washington University Track & Field program hosted the first of two home meets during the 2022 season on Saturday with the WWU Team Invitational.
 
The Vikings won both the men's and women's competitions while competing against the University of British Columbia and Central Washington University. The WWU men scored 67 points to finish just ahead of the 59 by UBC and the WWU women scored 117 points to finish ahead of the 45 points of UBC. Team scores were recorded using the Alternate Scoring guidelines: 5-3-2-1 for the top 4 individuals regardless of affiliation and 5-3-2-0 for relays (only one relay per institution may score).
 
The meet held at Civic Stadium in Bellingham was highlighted by 12 event wins by the men and seven event wins by the women. Three top-10 program marks also were established during the meet.
 
Senior Amanda Short won the women's javelin competition with a throw of 47.48m/155-9 just missing her personal-best mark of 47.62m/156-3 set in 2019. Her season-best mark will likely move her into the top five in the nation when results are recorded from this weekend.
 
Freshman Drew Weber won the 800m in 1:51.78 for the No. 4 time in WWU history and just outside of the NCAA provisional mark criteria of 1:51.64.
 
Additional top-10 program marks achieved by the Vikings on Saturday included Ila Davis in the 3000m Steeplechase (No. 5, 10:51.21) and Sophie Wright in the 1500m (No. 8, 4:35.64).
 
Here is a look at WWU's event winners from the WWU Team Invitational:
   
WWU Men's Event Winners:
200m: Brian Le (22.87)
400m: Bryant Welch (49.31)
800m: Drew Weber (1:51.78) – No. 4 in WWU history
110m Hurdles: Koby Okezie (14.96)
400m Hurdles: Jaden Edwards (54.60) – PR
4x100 Relay: 42.78
4x400 Relay: 3:25.54
High Jump: Beau Sheeran and Ethan Sterkel (2.00m/6-6.75)
Pole Vault: Kacey Provo (4.57m/15-0)
Triple Jump: Damian Mercado (13.25m/43-5.75)
Shot Put: Ben Malquist (15.26m/50-0.75)
Javelin: Jaydon Tryon (58.15m/190-9) – PR
 
WWU Women's Event Winners:
100m: Caitlyn Cheney (12.60)
4x400 Relay: 4:19.97
High Jump: Leanne Kibbee (1.50m/4-11)
Pole Vault: Annie Tran (3.50m/11-5.75)
Long Jump: Matty Lagerwey (5.58m/18-3.75)
Discus: Katie Potts (42.59m/139-9)
Javelin: Amanda Short (47.48m/155-9)
 
Complete results can also be viewed online via TFRRS.