SEATTLE (Feb. 25) ­ Teona Perkins of Seattle Pacific University matched the nation's top qualifying mark in the high jump and also posted the sixth-best 800-meter time at the NCAA Division II Northwest Last Chance track and field meet Saturday at the Dempsey facility.

Perkins (Jr., Kennewick, Wa.) went over the bar at 5 feet, 8 inches to win the high jump and move up to No. 3 on the SPU all-time list. She then ran the 800 in 2 minutes, 13.11 seconds­an improvement of 1.54 over her previous best.

In the women's mile, Mary Moriarty broke her own school record in 5:00.37, which would rank 16th in the NCAA.

The field for the NCAA Indoor Championship will be announced Wednesday, and the meet is Mar. 10-11 in Boston.