PORTLAND, Ore. – Drew Weber has been inching his way up the Western Washington University record books all season long and Saturday he found his way to the very top breaking a 22-year-old record.
Weber, a third-year freshman in outdoor eligibility, placed 2nd out of 41 competitors at the Portland Twilight racing near his hometown of Vancouver, Washington. His time of 1:49.81 edged teammate
Mac Franks (1:50.05) and clipped the previous WWU record of 1:49.84 set by All-American and WWU Athletics Hall of Famer Devin Kemper in 2000.
Weber's sub-1:50 time also moves him up to No. 7 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference history and likely moves him into the top 20 in the nation by improving his NCAA II provisional qualifying mark.
Franks' time of 1:50.05 moves him up to No. 3 in WWU history with his lifetime best in the race, edging his indoor PR of 1:50.07 that stands as the WWU program indoor record. He now also owns the No. 10 mark in GNAC history.
WWU also had a pair of entries in the men's 1500m at the Portland Twilight at Griswold Stadium on the Lewis & Clark College campus outside of Portland. Senior
Calahan Warren placed 5th out of 71 runners in a time of 3:44.71 and freshman
Kevin McDermott was 48th in 4:08.04.
The Vikings were represented at the Linfield Open by the women's 4x400 relay squad of
Mia Crocker,
Sophie Wright,
Caitlyn Cheney and
Naomi Bates. WWU recorded a season-best time of 4:03.27 to finish 2nd behind Western Oregon (4:02.48). The mark is currently No. 6 in the GNAC this season.
The Vikings entered the weekend with the men ranked No. 5 and women No. 8 in the West Region. In the USTFCCCA conference ratings, the WWU men and women are listed No. 1 in the GNAC.
UP NEXT
The Vikings will next be in competition May 13-14 at the GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the CWU Recreation Sports Complex in Ellensburg. The WWU men are the two-time defending team champions (2019 & 2021). All championship information will be posted on
GNACSports.com, including the meet schedule, heat sheets and live results.
