SEATTLE -- Washington State's women high jumpers racked up the points Saturday at the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships at Husky Track in Seattle.
Kiana Davis (junior, Longview, Wash.) was the runner-up in the women's high jump after clearing a height equal to her season-best of 5-feet, 8 3/4 inches (1.75m), the same height as the winner, Lisanne Hagens of Arizona, who won on fewer misses. Liz Harper (junior, Missoula, Mont.) took fourth at 5-7 1/4 (1.71m), and Lateah Holmes (senior, Fife, Wash.) tied for sixth place with a mark of 5-5 1/4 (1.66m).
Harper, who took third place in the heptathlon last weekend, also qualified for the 400m hurdles final with her prelim time of 59.08 seconds, sixth-best in the Saturday heats.
In the women's javelin, Kelsie Taylor (senior, Naches, Wash.) placed fourth with a throw of 144-11 (44.17m). Brad Stevens (redshirt sophomore, Snoqualmie, Wash.) took sixth in the men's javelin with a throw of 220-0 (67.05m).
Austin Sodorff (senior, Woodinville, Wash.) cleared 16-2 3/4 (4.95m) for sixth place in the men's pole vault while decathlete Dino Dodig took ninth but with a PR height of 15-9 (4.80m).
Forrest Shaffer (senior, Petaluma, Calif.) took seventh place in the men's 3000m steeplechase with a PR time of 8 minutes, 51.63 seconds. Nathan Wadhwani's time of 9:21.65 was 15th in the race. In the women's 3000m steeplechase final, Devon Bortfeld placed 13th with a time of 10:44.80 and Emily Dwyer finished 17th in a PT time of 11:10.04.
In the women's 10,000m, CharLee Linton (senior, Shorewood, Wash.) scored at seventh place with a time of 34:15.91 and Morgan Willson ran a time of 36:19.63 for 15th.
Travis Pickett (redshirt junior, Snohomish, Wash.) placed eighth in the men's hammer with a toss of 185-1 (56.11m).
After seven events, Oregon leads the women's team standings with 57 points followed by UCLA 41, Colorado 33, USC 30, Washington State 28, Washington 23, Arizona 22, Stanford 20, Arizona State 12, Oregon State 4 and California 3. On the men's side after eight events, Washington leads with 61 points followed by Oregon 57, UCLA 45, USC 27, Arizona State 26, Stanford 22, Colorado 22, Arizona 19, California 19 and WSU 14.
The WSU men's 400m relay of Zach Smith, Ja'Maun Charles, Terrance Chambers and Jonnie Green ran the third-best time in the prelims of 40.41 and advanced to the final. CJ Allen won his heat and had the fastest time of the men's 400m hurdles of 51.01. He'll race Sunday at 3:20 p.m. to reclaim his 2014 Pac-12 title.
Late in the afternoon, Chambers (senior, Federal Way, Wash.) ran the men's 200m in a time of 21.50, second place in the first heat of the prelims and he will race in the final. Smith's time of 21.66 was 10th, Green's time of 21.97 was 15th, and Charles' time of 22.18 was 18th.
In the women's 100m hurdles prelims, Candice McFarland ran a season-best time of 14.17 for ninth and missed qualifying for the final by 8/100s second. The news was worse for the Cougars in the men's 110m hurdles prelims where Abu Kamara ran a PR time of 14.44 for ninth and missed the finals by 1/100s second. Christapherson Grant took 11th in the high hurdles with a time of 14.70.
The women's 4x100m relay of Regyn Gaffney, Danielle Darden, Christiana Ekelem and Dominique Keel dropped the baton and did not finish the prelim race, a big blow to the Cougar women's point chances since this relay squad had the fourth-best time coming into the championships.
Other WSU women competing in prelim racing Saturday but not advancing to finals were: Regyn Gaffney, 100m (11.87 - 17th) and 200m (25.18 - 23rd); Danielle Darden, 100m (12:15 - 24th) and 200m (25.27 - 24th); Christiana Ekelem, 400m (55.24 - 11th); and Dominique Keel, 200m (24.12 - 11th) and 400m (55.43 - 12th).
WSU men who competed but did not advance included: Ja'Maun Charles, 100m (10.61 - 9th); Zach Smith, 100m (10.65-11th); Ray Littles, 400m (49.79 - 17th); Matthew Swanson, 800m (PR 1:50.07 - 9th); Reid Muller, 800m (1:52.81 - 16th); Jackson Haselnus, 800m (1:59.26 - 20th); Chandler Teigen, 1500m (PR 3:47.68 - 14th); John Whelan, 10,000m (29:46.79 - 12th); and Michael Williams, 10,000m (30:09.33 - 15th).
Other Cougars' marks and places in Saturday field events: Audrey Ketcham, women's high jump (5-3 1/4 / 1.61m - 13th); Essence White, women's long jump (18-5 1/4 -/5.62m - 15th); Peyton Fredrickson, men's long jump (21-9 / 6.63m - 13th); Matt Wardell, men's shot put (53-9 3/4 -/16.40m - 16th); and Jake Callaghan, men's shot put (50-6 /15.39m - 17th).
The Pac-12 Track & Field Championships conclude Sunday, May 15, with the individual and relay events at Husky Track.