Cougars Collect Eight Wins at Whitworth Peace Meet

Friday, April 5

Spokane, WA

All Day

Washington State University

Whitworth Peace Meet

Washington State men's and women's track and field teams wrapped up the second of two days of competition at the Whitworth Buc Scoring Invite Friday afternoon at the Whitworth Pine Bowl and Boppell Track.

Photo by: Washington State Athletics

April 05, 2024 | Track & Field

Results

SPOKANE, Wash. — Jared McAlvey clocked one of the top-15 400m hurdles times in the nation with a season-best 50.86 (second-fastest in the Pac-12 this season) to earn one of eight combined wins for the Washington State men's and women's track and field teams Friday at the one-day Whitworth Peace Meet from Boppell Track and Whitworth Pine Bowl.

Ashley Hollenbeck ran a personal-best time to win the women's 100m dash in 12.23 and later placed second in the women's 200m dash with a season-best 25.35. Ethan Willems won the men's 200m dash with a personal-best time of 21.49, and Pietra Ornelas later captured a win in the women's 800m in a lifetime-best 2:13.12.

Lucas Tailin placed runner-up in the men's pole vault competition after cleaning a season-best height of 4.93m, the fifth-best mark in the Pac-12 this season, and Caden Hottman caputured the win in the men's hammer throw with a personal-best 61.46m throw in one of the final events of the afternoon.

Up Next:
Washington State will splits its track teams between four separate meets next week on a busy weekend of track and field action around the nation. A select group of Cougs will compete in next Thursday's Whitworth Twilight, while the rest of the squads head to California for the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 11-13), LBSU Beach Invite (April 12-13), and UCLA Invitational (April 13).

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WSU Results - Whitworth Peace Meet
Men's 100m Dash
- Blake Deringer: 11.27, 7th
- Ryan Forson: 11.47, 13th

Women's 100m Dash
- Ashley Hollenbeck: 12.23, 2nd [PR]
- Tatum Moku: 12.54, 5th

Men's 200m Dash
- Ethan Willems: 21.49, 1st [PR]
- Ryan Forson: 22.69

Women's 200m Dash
- Ashley Hollenbeck: 25.35 [SB]

Men's 400m Dash
- Mason Mahacek: 49.24

Men's 400m Hurdles
- Jared McAlvey: 50.86, 1st [SB] [No. 2 in Pac-12] [No 13. in NCAA DI]
- Lyricc Lopez: 52.93, 2nd [PR]

Men's 800m Run
- Evan Gonzalez: 1:52.33, 3rd [SB]

Women's 800m Run
- Pietra Ornelas Da Silva: 2:13.12, 1st [PR]
- Isabela Alvarado: 2:20.07, 20th
- Lily Herman: 2:21.82, 26th

Men's 1,500m Run
- Ethan Martin: 3:50.66, 2nd [PR]

Women's 1,500m Run
- Lily Herman: 4:46.00, 8th [PR]
- Jaylyn Lehner: 4:52.47, 16th
- Sophia Cushman: 4:59.11, 24th [PR]

Women's 5,000m Run
- Jessica Duran: 17:56.73, 2nd

Men's 5,000m Run
- Grayson Wilcott: 15:21.06, 15th
- Brandon Moore: 15:45.95, 22nd

Men's Discus
- Max Moore: 49.04m/ 160' 10", 2nd
- Caden Hottman: 44.76m/ 146' 10", 7th
- Mason Mahacek: 38.36m/ 125' 10", 15th
- Cody White: 37.00m/ 121' 4", 18th

Women's Discus
- Nevaeh Wilson: 41.23m/ 135' 3", 1st

Women's Hammer Throw
- Laura Lindquist: 43.92m/ 144' 1", 11th

Men's Hammer Throw
- Caden Hottman: 61.46m/ 201' 7", 1st [PR]

Men's High Jump
- Antoni Smith: 1.82m/ 5' 11.50", 6th

Men's Javelin
- Reise Raymond: 47.69m/ 156' 5", 9th

Women's Javelin
- Laura Lindquist: 42.48m/ 139' 4", 1st

Men's Pole Vault
- Lucas Tailin: 4.93m/ 16' 2.0", 2nd [SB] [No. 5 in Pac-12]
- Gavin Dimick: 4.78m/ 15' 8.25", 4th [SB]

Women's Pole Vault
- Angie Turner: 3.15m/ 10' 4.0", 6th

Men's Shot Put
- Cody White: 13.80m/ 45' 3.50", 11th [PR]
- Mason Mahacek: 11.86m/ 38' 11.00", 19th

Women's Shot Put
- Nana Gyedu: 15.29m/ 50' 2.0", 1st

Men's Triple Jump
- Justin Sands: 14.11m/ 46' 3.5", 3rd [PR]

Men's Long Jump
- Justin Sands: 6.85m/ 22' 5.75" , 3rd
- Matthew Metcalf: 6.56m/ 21' 6.25", 7th