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Falcons' Rohde, Moriarty, Strickler Win at Foreman Invitational Meet
May 13, 2006

Complete Results

SEATTLE (May 13) ­ Seattle Pacific University's Karin Rohde won her third straight steeplechase while setting both school and meet records to highlight the Falcons' final regular season track and field meet, the Ken Foreman Invitational Saturday at West Seattle Stadium.

Rohde (So., Bellingham, Wa./Mount Baker) was one of three SPU winners and a total of three meet records were broken in clear but breezy conditions. Altogether, the Falcons added or improved upon four NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks.

Trimming more than 7 seconds off her previous best time, Rohde easily won the steeplechase in 10:58.7. Teammate Brandi McCoy (Jr., Richland, Wa.) boosted her qualifying chances with a second-place time of 11:13.1.

Mary Moriarty (Fr., Seattle, Wa./Ballard) strengthened her bid for nationals, cutting more than 8 seconds off her 3000 time and finishing first in 10:06.03.

Monica Anderson (So., Bremerton) made the NCAA qualifying list in the pole vault with a career-best clearance of 11-8, tying for second place. Kathleen Donahue surpassed her own meet record with a winning height of 12-11½.

The other meet record came from Simon Fraser's Ruky Abdulai, who broke a longstanding women's long jump record with a best leap of 20 feet, 5¾ inches. It broke Karin Grelsson's 13-year-old mark of 20-3¾. Abdulai also won the 100 hurdles in 14.17 and ran on the Clan's victorious sprint relay.

Seattle Pacific's Eddie Strickler (Jr., Richland, Wa.) summoned a big kick to win the 800 in 1:53.80.

Chris Randolph (Sr., Lone Tree, Co.) matched his No. 2 all-time SPU clearance in the pole vault at 14-11.

The NCAA will determine its finals participant list Tuesday, with the championship meet May 25-27 in Emporia, Kan.


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