SEATTLE (Apr. 19) ­ Carrie Houck of Mark Morris High School, Jennifer Pike of Vancouver's Skyview, and Andrew Matschiner of Portland's Jesuit High School have signed national letters of intent to compete for Seattle Pacific University next season in track and field.

Hauck has the top pole vault mark in the Greater St. Helens League this spring at 9 feet, 6 inches. The Longview resident finished tied for fifth in the state 3A championships as a junior, clearing 11-0.

Pike qualified for the state 4A 100 and 300 hurdles as a junior. She took eighth in the intermediate hurdles at the Pasco Invitational earlier this month.

Matschiner, a top shot and discus thrower, won the Metro League and took fifth place in the Oregon 4A shot put as a junior. Last week he was fourth in the shot and seventh in the discus at the Pasco Invitational meet. His best marks this season are 54 feet, 3 inches in the shot and 149-5 in the discus.

Seattle Pacific is the defending Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's indoor and outdoor champion, and the Falcons finished seventh in the NCAA Division II indoor championships this winter. The Falcon women's team includes former Portland area sprinters NyEma Sims (Fr., Portland, Or./Jefferson) and Latasha Essien (Fr., Portland, Or./Reynolds).