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Bell, Kraybill, SPU Relay Improve NCAA Track Chances in Final Meet
May 12, 2001

SEATTLE (May 12) -- Seattle Pacific University's Cyrena Bell, Sarah Kraybill and 1600-meter relay all improved their qualifying times as the track & field regular season came to a close Saturday at the Ken Foreman Invitational.

Rachel Ross (Jr., Kennewick, Wa.) will enter the NCAA Division II Championships with an unbeaten record this season versus collegians after the Falcons' middle-distance ace won the meet's 1500-meter run in 4 minutes, 31.56 seconds. Ross ranks No. 4 in the nation in both events and the 800. She has won five metric miles and four 800 races this spring.

Ross, Bell (Sr., Kent, Wa./Christian Faith), Kraybill (So., Seattle, Wa./Ballard) and Karen Summers (Sr., Bremerton, Wa./Seattle Christian) combined to win the 1600 relay in a season-best time of 3:47.53--the No. 8 qualifying time in Div. II and No. 6 all-time at SPU.

Bell sprinted virtually unchallenged to her third 400 win in the last four meets in a personal-best time of 56.35 seconds. Kraybill moved onto the provisional qualifying list in the 800, taking third in 2:13.89--an improvement of nearly 2 seconds off her previous season-best..

Keysha Bayley of the Coquitlam (B.C.) Cheetahs was the meet's only three-event winner. Bayley finished first in the 100 (12.02), 200 (24.56) and long jump (18-11 1/4).

For the men, Western Oregon's Mike Hinshaw bolted to victory in both the 100 (10.59) and 200 (21.72), and was also a member of the Wolves winning 400 relay (41.48). Washington's Olympic sprinter, Ja'Warren Hooker, breezed to a win in the 400 (46.27) but was well off his school and meet record (44.91) set a year ago.

The Seattle Pacific men had three PRs. Paul Mach (Fr., Seattle, Wa./King's) ran the third-fastest 400 hurdles time in school records (54.69), finishing third. Kelsey Backen (Jr., Yakima, Wa./East Valley) moved to No. 4 in the 1500, taking seventh in 3:56.01 and Neal Fryett (Jr., Pullman, Wa./Logos) improved his best 800 time to 1:53.95.

Seattle Pacific's women will compete at the NCAA Division II Championships May 24-26 in Edwardsville, Ill. Washington will send its teams to the Pac-10 Championships, which begin Saturday in Berkeley, Calif.

Women's Results

100
1, Keysha Bayley, COQ, 12.02; 2, Jamara Smith, UW, 12.19; 3, Yvonne Mensah, FRA, 12.23.

200
1, Keysha Bayley, COQ, 24.56; 2, Chelsie Pentz, UW, 25.09; 3, Tonika Vickers, HCC, 25.21.

400
1, Cyrena Bell, SPU, 56.35; 2, Jill Wilmolsky, PLU, 58.25; 3, Leah Villegas, CWU, 58.75.

800
1, Sharon Burnett, PSU, 2:12.42; 2, Devin Golob, UW, 2:12.78; 3, Sarah Kraybill, SPU, 2:13.89.

1500
1, Rachel Ross, SPU, 4:31.56; 2, Desneige McLean, SFU, 4:39.93; 3, Sarah Leonard, CNW, 4:40.76.

3000
1, Sarah Forrey, CWU, 10:09.49; 2, Danyel Longmire, NWC, 10:12.11; 3, Kim Stone, NWC, 10:21.71.

5000
1, Lia Ossiander, PLU, 17:57.14; 2, Courtney Spence, UW, 17:57.52; 3, Abby Bielenberg, CWU, 18:03.19.

100 Hurdles
1, Kelsey Sheppard, UW, 14.40; 2, Sarah Peterson, UW, 14.55; 3, Kate Herber, WWU, 14.75.

400 Hurdles
1, Natalie Jackson, SFU, 1:00.74; 2, Jeannett Van Den Bulk, UNA, 1:01.75; 3, Melanie Szirony, SFU, 1:01.93.

400 Relay
1, UW, 46.75; 2, SPU, 47.93; 3, WOU, 48.73.

1600 Relay
1, Seattle Pacific, 3:47.53; 2, Simon Fraser, 3:49.64; 3, Washington B 4:11.95.

High Jump
1, Lisa Gunderson, PSU, 5-06; 2, Abby Harris, SPU, 5-04.25; 3, Natalie Svenvold, WWU, 5-04.25.

Pole Vault
1, Heather Hunt, GFC, 12-05.50; 2, Jennifer Hunter, VAL, 11-07.75; 3, Sandy Erickson, UNA, 11-07.75.

Long Jump
1, Keysha Bayley, COQ, 18-11.25; 2, Zee Ogarro, UW, 18-05; 3, Morgan Ranta, SPU, 17-04.

Triple Jump
1, Shelley Comstock, WOU, 36-10.5; 2, Kelsey Baron, GFC, 36-10.5; 3, Natalie Dorow, SPU, 36-8.25.

Shot Put
1, Searan Salibian, UW, 43-07.25; 2, Dionna Anderson, SPU, 42-06; 3, Celeste Hill, WWU, 41-08.75.

Discus
1, Celeste Hill, WWU, 131-11; 2, Sarah Zempal, GFC, 129-03; 3, Lauren Kooy, SPU, 125-09.

Hammer
1, Leslie Seeiye, PLU, 164-03; 2, Kameko Gay, UW, 162-04; 3, Jenni Dunkin, WOU, 160-03.

Javelin
1, Holly Conrad, WOU, 151-08; 2, Kellie Kathman, WOU, 139-05; 3, Heather Reichmann, UW, 138-07.

Men's Results

100
1, Mike Hinshaw, WOU, 10.59; 2, Willem Ryan, COQ, 10.60; 3, D'Andrae Alexander UW, 10.85.

200
1, Mike Hinshaw, WOU, 21.72; 2, Willem Ryan, COQ, 22.08; 3, Ian McLellan, COQ, 22.38.

400
1, Ja'Warren Hooker, UW, 46.27; 2, Ian McLellan, COQ, 47.91; 3, Leo Suzuki, WHT, 49.07.

800
1, Marty Cluff, VAL, 1:51.32; 2, Neal Fryett, SPU, 1:53.95; 3, Dan McLean, UPS, 1:54.35.

1500
1, John Russell, UW, 3:50.24; 2, Jason Fayant, UW, 3:51.37; 3, Geoff Perry, UW, 3:52.46.

3000 Steeplechase
1, Jeff Kurantes, SFU, 9:18.00; 2, Reagan Grabner, UPS, 9:24.17; 3, Ben Mangrum, WWU, 9:31.15.

5000
1, Kevin Smith, unat., 14:54.69; 2, Phil Olson, NWC, 14:55.63; 3, Ben Gall, EOU, 14:55.97.

110 Hurdles
1, Greg Barber, UW, 14.48; 2, Navin Fernandes, WHT, 14.88; 3, Corey Christianson, UW, 14.90.

400 Hurdles
1, Brad Goodrich, UW, 51.53; 2, Chad Van Tonguen, SFU, 53.88; 3, Paul Mach, SPU, 54.69.

400 Relay
1, WOU, 41.48; 2, UW, 42.27; 3, PSU, 42.58.

1600 Relay
1, Washington, 3:14.57; 2, Pacific Lutheran, 3:15.89; 3, George Fox, 3:16.26.

High Jump
1, Joel Perry, UW, 6-10.75; 2, Nathan Lindeman, WWU, 6-10.75; 3, Sean Steele, UW, 6-10.75.

Pole Vault
1, Bryan Quinn, OIT, 14-09; 2, Scott Alexander, CWU, 14-09; 3, Jon Hill, UW, 14-09.

Long Jump
1, Joe Smith, CWU, 22-05; 2, Tyriff Rudder, UW, 21-09; 3, Anthony Sizer, OIT, 21-08.

Triple Jump
1, Beau Ross, CWU, 46; 2, Greg Reed, WIL, 45-1.50; 3, Bryan Wadlow, GFC, 44-4.

Shot Put
1, Doug Jackson, UW, 50-11.5; 2, Dave Bernardy, WWU, 48-0; 3, Brendan Tuohy, UW, 46-10.l75

Discus
1, Mat Schwinn, UW, 163-03; 2, Ryan Dirks, PLU, 159-09; 3, Jeff Aichele, WOU, 149-02.

Hammer
1, Ryan Dirks, PLU, 181-7; 2, Kelly Bertrand, LIN, 171-10; 3, Greg Gottfried, WOU, 165-8.

Javelin
1, Travis Huntsinger, WWU, 207-03; 2, Marcus Rismiller, PLU, 196-05; 3, Jay Sohlman, WOU, 188-06.