Beavers head to Willamette Invitational

Saturday, March 25

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Hurdlers Kara Hallock, Devin Collins and Alba Villaronga race at Lewis & Clark.

March 23, 2017 | Women's Track & Field

2017 performance list All-time list Willamette Invitational schedule Meet information

By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State track & field team heads to Salem on Saturday for the Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational.

The meet will be held at McCulloch Stadium in Salem; the hammer throw will be contested at nearby 1850 Oxford St, behind the Math Learning Center. Feld events begin at 9:30 a.m. with the shot put and long jump; track events start at 11:30 a.m. with the 400-meter relay.

OSU will have no entrants in any individual race longer than 800 meters. The distance crew will train through the weekend to prepare for the upcoming San Francisco State Distance Carnival (March 31) and the Stanford Invitational (March 31-April 1).

The Beavers opened the outdoor season last weekend by winning the team title and eight events at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open at Portland, and by taking first place in the hammer and third place in the discus at the Lane CC Preview at Eugene.

Led by redshirt sophomore sprinter Venessa D'Arpino, they posted nine all-time top-10 times or marks at the two meets. D'Arpino had the No. 5 all-time clocking in the 200 (24.58) and 400 (56.86), despite the inclement conditions.

Their next competition in Oregon is the John Knight Twilight Meet at Western Oregon on April 7. Their only home appearance of the year is the April 28-29 OSU High Performance Meet, at the Whyte Track and Field Center.

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Saturday's entrants, with outdoor season's-best in parenthesis:

Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational

100 METERS: Dani Duran (nm).

200 METERS: Venessa D'Arpino (24.58); Saskia McNairy (nm); Kerissa D'Arpino (24.35; un.)

400 METERS: Venessa D'Arpino (56.86); Tarisa Olinski (nm).

800 METERS: Kim Solberg (2:24.56).

100 HURDLES: Kara Hallock (14.40); Saskia McNairy (15.90); Alba Villaronga (17.40).

400 HURDLES: Dakota Steen (1:03.62); Dani Duran (1:06.55); Kara Hallock (nm); Alba Villaronga (nm).

400 RELAY: Oregon State (Venessa D'Arpino, Helen Ann Haun, Madelayne Varela, Dakota Steen, Alba Villaronga, nm).

1600 RELAY: Oregon State (Dakota Steen, Saskia McNairy, Kara Hallock, Tarisa Olinski, Alba Villaronga, 3:58.47).

HIGH JUMP: Ally Jackson (5-4.50); Rachel Proteau (5-2.50); Amy Hilger (5-0.50); Kara Hallock (nm).
LONG JUMP: Saskia McNairy (nm).

TRIPLE JUMP: Madelayne Varela (37-7.75).

SHOT PUT: McKenzie Byrd (44-9.75); Sydney Guthrie-Baker (39-4.50).

DISCUS: Rachel Picknell (150-5); Kayla Fleskes (137-2.25); Lindsay McShane (135-7.75); Sydney Guthrie-Baker (nm).

HAMMER: Rachel Picknell (160-9); Lindsay McShane (157-4); Sydney Guthrie-Baker (132-3); Kindel Bailey (nm).

JAVELIN: Amber Peschka (142-7); Kindel Bailey (138-3); McKenzie Byrd (133-7); McKenzie Allison (127-9); Kayla Fleskes (nm); Kara Hallock (nm); Destiny Dawson (147-8, un.).

POLE VAULT: Helen Ann Haun (12-3.50); Gillette Field (12-3.50).

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