Kraybill becomes Falcons' First NCAA Track Qualifier
March 22, 2003

SACRAMENTO (Mar. 22) -- Sarah Kraybill of Seattle Pacific University earned a national provisional qualifying mark and finished second in the 1500 meter run at the Stan Wright Invitational Saturday.

Kraybill (Sr., Seattle, Wa./Ballard), resuming outdoor racing after taking fourth in the NCAA Division II indoor 800 a week ago, improved her personal best by over 11 seconds, to 4 minutes, 40.22 seconds. The Falcons' Josie Lavin (So., Bremerton, Wa.) was third in a PR of 4:42.37. Melanie Cleland finished first in 4:27.27.

Kraybill, the team's first first outdoor provisional qualifier, also came back to run the 400 dash in a near-PR of 57.81, placing third.

Jamie Witt (So., Folsom, Ca.) got the lone SPU win in the women's 5000 with a time of 17:57.03.

Other highlights for Seattle Pacific included a long jump of 18 feet, 3 1/2 inches by Danielle Ayers-Stamper (Fr., LaCrosse, Wa.) and a PR of 54.92 by Micah Kellcy (Sr., Lakewood, Wa./Clover Park) in the men's 400 hurdles.

At the Oregon Preview in Eugene, Paul Mach was third in the 400 hurdles in 53.94.