TEMPE, Ariz/ Spokane, Wash -- The men's and women's track and field teams shone brightly in their outdoor season debut Friday and Saturday at both the GCU Invitational and Sam Adams Classic. The women's 4x100 relay team produced the third fastest time in program history. Jasneet Nijjar also reshuffled the record books as she finished in first while running the fourth-fastest 400m time in program history. 

The Cougars won 15  events set 16 PRs and saw 35 podium finishes as the cougar wrapped up competition at the GCU Invitational and Sam Adams Classic on Saturday. 
 
GCU Invitational Recap 
Throws Recap 
The women's hammer group opened the meet with three top five finishes on Friday. Every cougar who competed advanced to finals and were led by Tara Koonce (54.07m), Amy Kraemer (50.98m), and Alex Payne (50.90m) who each finished in the top-five. 
 
Nana Gyedu (14.99) and Ronald Grueso Mosqquera (18.18m) each took first-place in the women's and men's shot put events. Grueso Mosqquera won with a meet record (59ft, 7.75in) on his very throw of the day in the shot after finishing runner-up in the discus (50.65m), just ahead of teammate Max Moore who also hit the discus podium with a mark of 50.65m on his sixth and final throw of the afternoon. 
 
In her Cougar debut, Luceris Suarez Pacheco shattered the previous GCU Invitational meet record to take second in the javelin after a toss of 48.56m (159", 04') on first finals attempt, her fourth throw of the day overall. Maelyn George (39.86m) rounded out the top five of the women's javelin while Josh Farr (63.08m) placed fourth on the men's side. 
 
Jumps Recap 
In the jumping pits, Anna Rodgers cleared 5.74m to pick up her first win of the season and eighth of her career in the long jump while Kolby Weiss (3.77m) claimed third place in the women's pole vault. For the men, Daylon Hicks cleared 2.02m on his second attempt and finished runner-up in the high jump. 
 
Track Recap 
On the track, the women's 4x100 team brought home the gold, finishing first with a meet record at 44.70, a time that also ranks as the third-fastest time in WSU history. Jasneet Nijjar won the 400m in 53.87, a personal-best and the fourth-fastest time in WSU history. The women's 4x400 team (3:50.95) also sprinted to a first-place finish and the meet record. 
 
The Cougar's owned the podium on the 100m after Skyler Walton (11.73) and Elise Unruh-Thomas (11.91) finished first and second, respectively.  
 
Mackenzie Fletcher joined the winning ways for the Cougars as the senior won the women's 400m hurdles at 1:01.10 while Jared McAlvey (50.90) broke the GCU Invitational meet record in the men's 400m hurdles, also finishing in first.  
 
Parker Duskin (14.56) started his season well with a second-place finish in 110m hurdles. Zach Stallings (1:51.53) and Evan Gonzalez (1:51.91) saw a photo finish in the men's 800m, finishing first and second, respectively, in the event.  
 
Cristina Molteni (4:26.12), Alaina Stone Boggs (4:26.59), and Neema Kimtai (4:27.63) crossed the finish line within one second of each other in the women's 1500m to sweep the event in first through third, respectively. Caroline Jerotich jumped out ahead during the first steeplechase of the outdoor season and built on her lead position throughout to win the event by nearly one full minute at 10:51.03. 
 
Sam Adams Classic Recap 
Laura Lindquist was crowned champion of the Sam Adams Classic in the javelin, outthrowing the nearest thrower by nine feet with a personal-best mark of 44.29m for her first-career win. Lindquist also launched a personal best mark in the women's hammer throw to take second  
 
Freshman Caden Hottman won the men's discus (44.96m) for his first colligate win. Hottman won the event on his first throw of the day and later placed second in the hammer throw with a mark of 51.77m. 
 
Freshman Justin Sands also tallied his first-career win in the men's long jump (6.74m) while teammate Matthew Metcalf (6.38m) claimed fourth in the event. 
 
UP NEXT:  
The Cougars will return to the Pacific Northwest next weekend, March 23-34, to compete in the Buc Scoring Invite in Spokane, Wash., at Puryear Field/ Boppell Track at Whitworth Pine Bowl. 
 
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WSU Entries: Sam Adams Classic  
Men's 100m  
- Justin Sands DNS 
Men's Discus Throw  
- Caden Hottman 44.96m (147-06.00), 1st PR 
Women's Discus Throw  
- Julia Parra 39.36m (129-01.00), 3rd SB 
- Gracie Strickland  35.50m (116-05.00), 6th PR and collegiate outdoor debut 
Women's Hammer Throw   
- Laura Lindquist 44.29m (145-03.00), 2nd PR 
Men's Hammer Throw  
- Caden Hottman 51.77m (169-10.00), 2nd PR 
Women's Javelin Throw   
- Laura Lindquist 42.07m (138-00.00) 1st PR 
Men's Javelin Throw  
- Mark Schlichting DNS 
Men's Long Jump  
- Matthew Metcalf 6.38m (20-11.25), 4th  
- Justin Sands 6.74m (22-01.50), 1st PR 
Women's Shot Put  
- Gracie Strickland 12.70m (41-08.00), 2nd  
 
WSU Entries: GCU  
Women's Hammer throw  
Audrey Hughes: 45.92m (150-08), 8th PR 
Alex Payne 50.90m (167-00), 5th  
Tara Koonce: 54.07m (177-04), 3rd 
Amy Kraemer: 50.98m (167-03), 4th   
Men's 100m  
- Mason Lawyer 10.51, 2nd   PR [broke meet record] 
- Bode Brewer  10.68, 7th  
- De'Antae Choates 10.89, 9th 
Men's 200m   
- Mason Lawyer 21.27, 5th PR 
- De'Antae Choates 22.97, 30th  
- Bode Brewer 21.86, 12th, PR 
- Lucas Tailin 23.35, 43rd PR 
Men's 400m  
- Ethan Willems 48.04, 7th PR 
Men's 800m  
- Kyle Ortega-Gammil  1:52.29, 4th  
- Zach Stallings 1:51.53. 1st  
- Aiden Emerson 1:56.23, 9th  
Evan Gonzalez 1:51.91, 2nd 
Men's 1500m   
-- Sam Griffith 3:51.94, 4th  
- Grayson Wilcott 4:05.53, 25th PR 
- Kelvin Limo 4:01.27, 21st PR 
- Kyle Ortega-Gammill 4:00.90, 20th PR 
- Brian Barsaiya 3:55.22 12th 
- Leif Swanson 3:55.22, 11th PR 
Men's 110m hurdles  
- Parker Duskin 14.56, 2nd  
Men's 400m Hurdles  
- Jared McAlvey  50.90, 1st [meet record] 
- Parker Duskin 58.16, 12th  
Men's 4x100m  
- Brewer, Lawyer, Choates, Willems, 40.37, 3rd PR [broke previous meet record] 
Men's 4x400m  
"A" McAlvey, Duskin, Walburn, Willems: DNS 
Men's High Jump  
- Daylon Hicks 2.02m  (6-07.50), 2nd  
- Taino Ferdinand No Mark 
Men's Pole Vault  
- Lucas Tailin No Mark 
Men's Shot Put  
- Ronald Mosqquera Grueso 18.18m (59-07.75), 1st [Meet record] PR 
Men's Discus   
- Ronald Mosqquera Grueso 51.14m (167-09) 2nd 
- Max Moore 50.65m (166-02), 3rd  
- Lee Walburn 41.89m (137-05) 11th 
Men's Javelin  
- Josh Farr 63.08m (206-11), 4th PR 
Women's 100m  
- Skyler Walton 11.73, 1st  
- Elise Unruh-Thomas 11.91, 2nd  
Women's 200m  
- Skyler Walton 24.23, 3rd  
- Gilana Wollman 25.362, 19th  
- Elise Unruh-Thomas 24.28, 4th  
Women's 400m  
- Jasneet Nijjar 53.87, 1st [fourth-all time] PR 
- Elena Willems  55.72, 5th SB 
Jada Van Staden 56.08, 6th PR 
Women's 1500m  
- Neema Kimtai 4:27.63, 3rd  
- Christina Molteni 4:26.12, 1st  
- Alaina Stone Boggs 4:26.59, 2nd  
Women's 100m hurdles  
- Renick Meyer 14.52, 5th  
Women's 400m hurdles  
- Mackenzie Fletcher 1:01.10, 1st SB 
- Renee Yang DNS 
Women's 3000m steeplechase  
- Caroline Jerotich 10:51.03, 1st  
Women's 4x400m  
- Nijjar, Willems, Kimtai, Van Staden, Fletcher: 3:50.95, 1st [MEET RECORD]  
Women's 4x100m   
- Wollman, Unruh-Thomas, Nijjar, Walton: 44.70,1st [MEET RECORD] [THIRD-ALL TIME] PR 
Women's High Jump  
- Suzy Pace 1.62m (5-03.75), 3rd  
Women's Pole Vault  
- Kolby Weiss 3.77m (12-04.50), 3rd 
Women's Long Jump  
- Anna Rodgers 5.74m (18-10.00), 1st 
- Gilana Wollnman 5.28m (17-04.00), 11th  
- Renick Meyer 5.28m (17-04.00), 9th  
Women's Shot put  
- Nana Gyedu 14.99m (49-02.25), 1st 
Women's Discus  
- Audrey Hughes FOUL 
Women's Javelin  
- Luceris Suarez Pacheco 48.56m (159-04), 2nd [Previous Meet record] 
- Maelyn George  39.86m (130-09), 5th  
- Renick Meyer 33.91m (111-03), 10th