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EUGENE, Ore. (Apr. 21) ­ Teona Perkins and Brian Cronrath each earned victories for Seattle Pacific University during the final day of the Oregon Invitational at Hayward Field Saturday.

Competing in a steady rain and cold temperatures, Perkins (Sr., Kennewick, Wa.) notched her first high jump win of the outdoor season. She cleared 5 feet, 6 inches to win a jump-off with Utah State Carrie Yost.

Perkins came back to run the leadoff leg of 1600 relay, which won in a season-best time but just missed the provisional qualifying cutoff in 3:53.89. North Dakota State was second in 3:55.64.

Winning his section of the 1500 meters was Cronrath (Jr., Battle Ground, Wa.). He held on to edge conference rival Keith Lemay of Western Washington in 3:53.39.

Sloppy conditions and a prevailing headwind hampered the sprinters. NyEma Sims (Fr., Portland, Or./Jefferson) clocked a 12.21 in the 100 and 24.91 in the 200. She finished second and third, respectively. Latasha Essien (Fr., Portland, Or./Reynolds) ran a 12.37 in the 100 for third.

Essien, Sims and Jessica Pixler (Fr., Sammamish, Wa./Eastlake) ran the latter three legs of the relay.

Improving their NCAA qualifying times were Jane Larson (Fr., Fall City, Wa./Cedar Park Christian) in the 1500 and Eddie Strickler (Sr., Richland, Wa.) in the 800. Larson dropped nearly 3 seconds off her previous season best with a third-place time of 4:36.94. Strickler ran a personal-best 1:52.49 in finishing third.

At the Cougar Invitational in Pullman, Molly Barnes (Sr., Burien, Wa./Highline) threw for a big gain in her qualifying distance for the javelin. Barnes opened with a PR heave of 147-3 and wound up second.

On the Mooberry Track, Jessica Hinton (Fr., Lake Stevens, Wa.) won the 100 (12.70) and was fourth in the 200 with a PR of 25.61.

All of the Falcons will be in action next Friday night at the Western Washington Twilight in Bellingham.