New Cougars impress, veterans produce strong showing at Spokane Sports Showcase

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New Cougars impress, veterans produce strong showing at Spokane Sports Showcase

January 12, 2024 | Track & Field

Results (PDF)

Washington State combined for four wins and several of the nation's top marks in the first meet of 2024.

SPOKANE, Wash. — Lake Stevens, Wash., product Grant Buckmiller set a program record in the men's 300-meter dash, winning the event in 32.88 (sixth-fastest in the nation this season), while fellow freshman, Eva Lowder, vaulted to the seventh-best mark in Division I at 4.22m/13' 10.00" to win the women's pole vault, and Washington State men's and women's track and field teams combined for four total wins Friday at the Spokane Showcase from The Podium.

Final results (PDF)
Micaela De Mello ran the 10th-best time in the NCAA this season with a season-best 8.26, placing second overall in the final of the women's 60-meter hurdles. Lowder, a true freshman from Boise, Idaho, reached the seventh-best mark in nation in the women's pole vault at 4.22m/13' 10.00" to win her Cougar debut. Her teammate Tatum Moku took the runner-up spot in the competition with a final mark of 3.90m.

On the opposite side of the oval, AJ McGloflin reached a mark of 2.00m/6' 6.75" to finish second in his collegiate debut. Eli Lawrence later claimed the top spot in the men's triple jump, his third consecutive triple jump title at The Podium, finishing his day with a mark of 14.96m/ 49' 1.00" to wrap a strong the day for the WSU jumpers.

Caden Hottman posted the best finish of the afternoon for the Washington State throwers, placing third in the men's weight throw with a PR for a second consecutive meet at 16.96m (55' 7.75").

Having already posted the nation's top time to win the women's 400m in 54.11, Jasneet Nijjar followed-up her win by running the leadoff leg of the women's 4X400m relay team that combined for a time of 3:42.65, the seventh-best in the country and fifth-fastest all-time at WSU. The Cougars' fourth and final win of the day on the track came from the men's 4X400m team of Jared McAlvey, Grant Buckmiller, Mason Lawyer, and Ethan Willems, who finished Friday's relay in 3:11.22, the eighth-best time in program history and the fastest in Division I this season.

Washington State will have a small group of distance runners competing in Saturday's UW Indoor Preview, as well as a pair of athletes competing in the two-day Spokane Indoor Challenge which concludes Satuday back at The Podium.

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WSU Results

Track Results

Women's 60m Qualifying

- Gilana Wollman: 7.70q, 2nd Heat 2

- Ashley Hollenbeck: 7.78q, 4th Heat 3

- Daj Williams: 8.17, 8th Heat 1

Men's 60m Qualifying

- Allan McKeraghan: 7.02q, 5th Heat 3 [WSU career debut]

- Mason Mahacek: 7.09, 4th, Heat 2

- Blake Deringer: 7.11, 5th, Heat 1

- Ryan Forson: 7.25, 6th , Heat 1

Women's 60m Hurdles Prelims

- Micaela De Mello: 8.42q, 2nd Heat 2

- Tatum Moku: 9.02, 3rd Heat 3

- Sarah Kovich: 9.18, 3rd Heat 3

Men's 60m Hurdles Prelims

- Parker Duskin: 8.29q, 2nd Heat 1

- Lee Walburn: 8.49q, 4th Heat 2

Women's 60m Prelims

- Skyler Walton: 7.58q, 2nd Heat 1

- Gilana Wollman: 7.67, 5th Heat 3

- Ashley Hollenbeck: 7.73, 8th Heat 3 [PR]

Men's 60 Prelims

- John Parades: 6.93, 7th Heat 1 [SB]

- Allan McKeraghan: 7.05, 5th Heat 2

Women's 60m Hurdles Final

- Micaela De Mello: 8.26, 2nd [SB] [No. 10 in NCAA DI]
Men's 60m Hurdles Final

- Parker Duskin: 8.28, 6th

- Lee Walburn: 8.44, 7th

Women's 60m Final

- Skyler Walton: 7.53, 5th

Women's 400m

- Jasneet Nijjar: 54.11, 1st [No. 1 in NCAA DI]

- Elena Willems: 57.76, 8th [No. 8 in NCAA DI]

Men's 400m

- Ethan Willems: 47.62, 3rd [No. 3 in NCAA DI]

Men's 300m

- Grant Buckmiller: 32.88, 3rd [No. 6 in NCAA DI] [WSU career debut] [WSU school record]

Men's 800m

- Ferran Verges: 1:56.70, 10th [PR]

Women's 200m

- Elise Unruh-Thomas: 24.77, 5th

- Brooke Lyons: 24.86 , 11th [WSU career debut]

- Ashley Hollenbeck: 25.60, 22nd

- Gilana Wollman: 25.71, 25th

- Sarah Kovich: 28.20, 41st [PR]

Men's 200m

- Jared McAlvey: 21.55, 6th [PR] [No. 21 in NCAA DI]

- Mason Lawyer: 21.62, 8th [No. 26 in NCAA DI]

- John Parades: 22.10, 11th

- Blake Deringer: 22.85, 21st

- Ryan Forson: 22.93, 22nd

- Allan McKeraghan: 22.94, 23rd

Men's 3,000m

- Ethan Martin: 8:39.05, 11th [PR]

- Evan Bruce: 8:50.36, 14th

Women's 4X400m Relay

- Nijjar, Unruh-Thomas, Lyons, Willems: 3:42.65, 2nd [No. 7 in NCAA DI] [5th fastest in WSU history]

Men's 4X400m Relay

- McAlvey, Buckmiller, Lawyer, Willems: 3:11.22, 1st [No. 1 in NCAA DI] [8th fastest in WSU history]

Field Results
Women's Weight Throw

- Laura Lindquist: 12.80m/ 42' 0.00", 22nd

Women's Long Jump

- Daj Williams: 5.14m/ 16' 10.50", 22nd

Women's Pole Vault

- Eva Lowder: 4.22m/ 13' 10.00", 1st [7th in NCAA DI] [WSU career debut]

- Tatum Moku: 3.90m/ 12' 9.50", 2nd

- Madisyn Negro: 3.60m/ 11' 9.75", 9th

Men's Weight Throw

- Caden Hottman: 16.96m/ 55' 7.75", 3rd [PR]

- Tristian Webb: 13.82m/ 45' 4.25", 10th

- Henry Sheldrup: 13.01m/ 42' 8.25", 11th

Men's High Jump

- AJ McGloflin: 2.00m/ 6' 6.75", 2nd [WSU career debut]

- Antoni Smith: 1.85m/ 6' 0.75", 6th [PR]

Men's Pole Vault

- Lee Walburn: 4.60m/ 15' 1.00", 6th

- Brayden Freitag: 4.60m/ 15' 1.00", 6th

- Gavin Dimick: 4.60m/ 15' 1.00", 6th

Women's Shot Put

- Nana Gyedu: 13.41m/ 44' 0.00", 7th

Men's Triple Jump

- Eli Lawrence: 14.96m/ 49' 1.00", 1st [PR] [No. 22 in NCAA DI]

Men's Shot Put

- Max Moore: 13.78m/ 45' 2.50", 11th

- Mason Mahacek: 12.14m/ 39' 10.00", 16th

A FIRST-PLACE Cougar debut for Eva Lowder in the women's pole vault! #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/ZnSBcUuhKL
— Washington State XC/TF (@WSUCougarXCTF) January 12, 2024