Complete Results

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (Apr. 27) – Eddie Strickler broke into the Seattle Pacific University all-time top five in the 800 meters and Jessica Hinton swept the short sprints at the Western Washington Twilight track and field meet Friday night at Civic Stadium.

It was the final activity for the Falcons prior to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships, to be held May 4-5 on the same track.

They were winners in seven of the nine women’s races they entered and took second place in the others.

Strickler (Sr., Richland, Wa.) continued his string of solid performances by slicing three-quarters of a second off his personal record. His time of 1 minute, 51.73 seconds rates No. 4 at SPU and improves his chances of qualifying for next month’s NCAA Division II Championships. Strickler was runner-up to Nectaly Barbosa (1:50.88), who ran unattached.

Hinton (Fr., Lake Stevens, Wa.) was a winner in both the 100 (12.68) and 200 (26.20), and she took the baton for the second leg of the victorious 400 (48.12) and 1600 (3:53.98) relays.

Besides Strickler, the only other individual to improve an existing provisional qualifying time was Jane Larson (Fr., Fall City, Wa./Cedar Park Christian), She won the 3000 in 10:07.64.

Strickler ran the first lap of the Falcons’ first-place 1600 relay (3:25.35).

Seattle Pacific’s other firsts came from Jennifer Marsh (Sr., Kirkland, Wa./Juanita) in the 800 (2:17.41), Karin Rohde (Sr., Bellingham, Wa./Mt. Baker) in the 1500 (4:45.2) and NyEma Sims (Fr., Portland, Or./Jefferson) in the long jump (16-10 ½).