Bailey sets javelin mark on Day 2 of HPM

Kindel Bailey broke the school record in the javelin.

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

April 29, 2017 | Women's Track & Field

By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Sophomore Kindel Bailey set an Oregon State record in the javelin on Saturday to lead a plethora of outstanding performances on Day 2 of the High Performance Meet at the Whyte Track & Field Center.

Bailey threw 151-feet even in the opening round to break McKenzie Byrd's former school record by 2.75 inches. Bailey's former PR was 149-8.75, the old No. 2 all-time mark.

"I've really been working on my block, and my full approach," said Bailey, whose PR entering the season was 131-10, set at the 2016 Pacific-12 Conference championships, where she placed 10^th after missing finals by one foot.

"We've been putting in a lot of time and I've made some big improvements since high school," when she was a 4A state champion for the Banks Braves. "And having new, fresh eyes on me has helped," she said, alluding to new throws coach David Dumble.

"And it really helps to have teammates who are right up there with the best," she added, noting that eight of OSU's all-time top 10 performers in the event are on this year's team. "We push each other every day."

Bailey's was one of three all-time top-10 marks the Beavers established in the javelin, the first event in Day 2 of the fifth-annual meet, which featured more than 600 competitors.

Senior Kayla Fleskes took 10^th in 139-9, bettering her No. 6 all-time mark by more than a foot. Freshman Mikayla Pivec – a starter on OSU's Pac-12-championship basketball team, and a former Washington state champion competing in her first college meet – was 13^th at 134-4, the No. 8 all-time mark.

Junior Destiny Dawson, a transfer from Hawaii who is redshirting, won the event at 162-9, a PR by more than 12 feet. However, her mark does not count in the record book because she was competing unattached.

The Beavers set two school records and recorded nine all-time top-10 times or marks in their lone home appearance of the spring. They have set six school records and 51 all-time top-10 times or marks this season.

Senior Ally Jackson won the high jump with a PR of 5-7.25, the No. 8 mark. Senior Devin Collins was second in the 100 hurdles (14.01), fifth in the 400 hurdles (1:01.14) and ran a 56-second second leg in the 4x400 relay, which placed third in a season-best 3:55.31.

Redshirt sophomore Venessa D'Arpino won the 400 in a meet-record 54.17, just .03 off her school record. She also placed second in the 200 meters in 23.72, the fourth consecutive meet she has gone under 24 seconds.

Redshirt sophomore Nicole Goecke PRed in the 800 at 2:12.74, the No. 10 all-time clocking. Bailey also improved her No. 7 all-time mark in the hammer by eight feet to 103-0 on Friday at Western Oregon.

OSU's 13 graduated/graduating/post-graduate seniors were honored on Saturday. They are Monica Anderson; Morgan Anderson; Devin Collins; Kayla Fleskes; Kara Hallock; Helen Ann Haun; co-captain Lucinda Howard; co-captain Samantha Lewis, Ally Jackson; co-captain Rachel Picknell; Rachel Proteau, Madelayne Varela and Emily Weber.

Hallock and McNairy will compete at the Pacific-12 Conference Combined Events (heptathlon) championships at the Whyte Center on Saturday and Sunday. The remaining Beavers will go to the Oregon Twilight Meet at Hayward Field on Friday.

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OSU's results:
Oregon State High Performance Meet
Friday's results

1500 METERS: 33. Nicole Goecke, 4:37.08.
5000 METERS: 5. Morgan Anderson, 16:17.50. 11. Emily Weber 16:56.04. 14. Samantha Lewis, 17:16.56.
3000 STEEPLECHASE: 6. Juliana Mount, 10:22.97. 8. Kristiane Width, 10:30.06. 22. Kaely Gordon, 12:34.50.
POLE VAULT: 2. Helen Ann Haun, 12-6.75. 6. Gillette Field, 12-6.75. 7. Annie Sidor (un), 12-0.75.
HAMMER: 13. Lindsay McShane, 154-4. 14. Sydney Guthrie-Baker, 138-10. 17. (141-6), Destiny Dawson, 114-4 (un.); Kindel Bailey, 103-0.

Saturday's results

200 METERS: 2. Venessa D'Arpino, 23.72. 5. Kara Hallock, 25.34. 8. Saskia McNairy, 25.57.
400 METERS: 1. Venessa D'Arpino, 54.17.
800 METERS: 22. Nicole Goecke, 2:12.74. 23. Kala Kopecek, 2:12.87. 35. Tarisa Olinski, 2:19.38. 38. Kim Solberg, 2:23.06.
100 HURDLES: 2. Devin Collins, 14.01.
400 HURDLES: 5. Devin Collins, 1:01.14. 11. Dakota Steen, 1:04.15. 14. Dani Duran 1:07.23.
1600 RELAY: 3. Oregon State (Tarisa Olinski, Devin Collins, Kim Solberg, Dakota Steen), 3:55.31.
HIGH JUMP: 1. Ally Jackson, 5-7.25. 3. Rachel Proteau, 5-3.25. 6. Amy Hilger, 5-3.25. 12. Saskia McNairy, 5-1.25. 14. Kara Hallock, 4-11.50.
LONG JUMP: 4. Jasmin McKenzie (un.), 19-1.50. 13. Madelayne Varela, 17-2.25.
TRIPLE JUMP: Madelayne Varela, NM.
SHOT PUT: 6. McKenzie Byrd, 44-4.25. 11. Sydney Guthrie-Baker, 41-7.25. 14. Kara Hallock, 36-11. 16. Saskia McNairy, 34-8.50.
DISCUS: 4. Rachel Picknell (un.), 156-11. 8. Lindsay McShane, 141-10. 10. Kayla Fleskes, 129-11. 12. Sydney Guthrie-Baker, 126-5.
JAVELIN: 1. Destiny Dawson (un), 162-9. 4. Kindel Bailey, 151-0. 10. Kayla Fleskes, 139-9. 11. McKenzie Byrd, 139-3. 13. Mikayla Pivec, 134-6. 15. Lindsay McShane, 132-5. 16. McKenzie Allison, 131-8. 19. Amber Peschka, 125-10.

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