CLOVIS, Calif./ CORVALLIS, Ore. — Washington State men's and women's track and field teams combined for three top-10 all-time times between two meets on Saturday; the Oregon State High Performance Meet and the Fresno State Invitational.

Elena Willems posted the sixth-fastest women's 800-meter (2:05.48) in WSU history to place second at the Whyte Track and Field Center in Corvallis while down in California, Jasneet Nijjar improved to third all-time in the women's 400-meter dash (53.16) while placing sixth, and Jared McAlvey clocked a 50.24 — tied for seventh all-time at WSU — to win the men's 400m hurdles.

Fresno State Invitational Recap
The Cougs began the day on the track inside Veterans Memorial Stadium with a pair of runner-up finishes in both the men's 4X100-meter (39.87) and women's 4X100-meter (44.83) relays.

Micaela De Mello clocked a season-best 13.42 to earn first win of the outdoor season in the women's 100m hurdles.  Her win was followed shortly by Jasneet Nijjar's sixth-place finish to move up the WSU 400-meter dash all-time list for a second time this season.

Louie Hinchliife tallied his second collegiate win in the men's 100-meter dash after clocking a 10.33 and Skyler Walton finished third in the women's 100-meter dash field with a personal-best time of 11.55.  Mason Lawyer followed up with a 20.88 to win the men's 200m dash, a time that would have stood as a WSU freshman record if not for wind-aided conditions.

Oregon State High Performance Recap
Ronald Grueso Mosquera tallied his second-career outdoor win in the men's shot put with a mark of 18.36m while Josh Farr finished runner-up in the men's javelin (60.94m).

The Cougars' young distance group tallied a trio of PR's in the men's 800m run from Jacob Easton (1:53.27), Aiden Emerson (1:52.15), and Kyle Ortega-Gammill (1:52.09), but the team was led in the event by Evan Gonzalez who finished 12th overall at 1:51.91.

Neema Kimtai hit a season-best time (2:06.63) in the women's 800-meter run but saw her name slide one spot down the all-time list as Willems jumped just ahead of her teammate with her second-place finish at 2:05.48.

Up Next:
Washington State will have a one-week break before heading back to Walnut, Calif., for the 2023 Pac-12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships.  Qualifying student-athletes will continue their season at the 2023 NCAA West Preliminary Round (May 24-27) in Sacramento, Calif.  The top performers at each preliminary round will wrap up the outdoor season in Austin, Texas at the 2023 NCAA Championships (June 7-10) from Mike Myers Stadium.

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WSU Results - Oregon State High Performance Meet Day 1 (Friday, April 28)
Women's Hammer Throw 
- Tara Koonce: 53.94m, 4th 
- Alex Payne: 53.38m, 5th 
- Amy Kraemer: 46.65m, 14th 
Men's Hammer Throw
- Caden Hottman: 57.40m, 2nd [PB] 
 
Women's Discus
- Gracie Strickland: 39.99m, 10th 
Men's Discus
- Max Moore: 52.27m, 2nd [PB] 
- Ronald Grueso Mosquera: 51.62m, 3rd  
- Caden Hottman: 46.67m, 5th 
- Lee Walburn: 40.40m, 13th 
 
Men's Pole Vault
- Lucas Tailin: 4.65m, 2nd  
Women's Pole Vault
- Kolby Weiss: 3.80m, 1st [SB] 
 
Men's Long Jump
- Justin Sands: 6.34m, 16th
- Matthew Metcalf: 6.26m, 17th
- Lee Walburn: 5.98m, 26th
Women's Long Jump
- Gilana Wollman: 5.42m, 9th
- Anna Rodgers: 4.22m, 39th
 
Men's 200m Dash
- Lee Walburn: 22.48, 12th
 
Women's 1500m Invitational
- Neema Kimtai: 4:20.48, 4th [PB] [7th all-time at WSU] 
- Cristina Molteni: 4:23.92, 9th [PB] [9th all-time at WSU] 
- Alaina Stone Boggs: 4:26.79, 12th  
Men's 1500m Invitational
- Aiden Emerson: 3:48.97, 5th [PB]
- Kyle Ortega-Gammill: 3:52.33, 8th
- Jacob Easton: 4:01.67, 15th
Men's 3000m Steeplechase Invitational
- Kelvin Limo: 8:48.34, 1st [SB]
- Sam Griffith: 8:59.52, 2nd [SB]
Women's 3000m Steeplechase Invitational
- Caroline Jerotich: 10:14.15, 3rd [PB] [2nd all-time at WSU]

Women's 5000m Open 
- Samantha Boyle: 17:56.45, 3rd [PB] 
Men's 5000m Invitational
- Brain Barsaiya: 14:12.27, 4th
- Turlan Morlan: 14:24.83, 10th [PB]
- Jacob Lawrence: 14:31.66, 16th
- Leif Swanson: 14:35.90, 18th
Men's 5000m
- Grayson Wilcott: 14:54.80, 8th [PB]