{"id":3042,"date":"2016-02-26T12:34:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T20:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2016-02-26T12:34:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T20:34:24","slug":"wolves-hurdle-over-gnac-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wolves-hurdle-over-gnac-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves hurdle over GNAC opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Jamal Smith\r\nSports Editor<\/pre>\n
The Western Oregon track and field team traveled to Nampa, Idaho on Friday, Feb. 19 to compete in the GNAC Indoor Championships, an event spanning both Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n
The men finished second place in the team race, behind the University of Alaska Anchorage, with a combined total of 93 points. The women finished the Championships in eighth place by accumulating 29 points.<\/p>\n
On Friday, during the preliminaries, sophomore sprinter Cody Warner got Western off to a great start by finishing in first place in the 200-meter with a time of 21.89. Then on Saturday, Warner followed up his triumphant performance the day before with an even better time of 21.78 which earned the sprinter a league title in the 200-meter.<\/p>\n
Warner also came in second in the 60-meter sprint with a time of 6.95.<\/p>\n
Sophomore David Ribich, who set the Western Oregon school record for the fastest time in the mile the previous weekend at the Husky Classic, was edged in a photo-finish. Ribich finished in second place with a time of 4:10.14.<\/p>\n
On the final day of competition, the men\u2019s squad had seven athletes finish in top-three spots. In the 60-meter hurdles, sophomore Kaleb Dobson followed up his record-setting performance last weekend in the Husky Classic with a time of 8.33 which earned him second place.<\/p>\n
As for the women, senior Emmi Collier got second place in the shot put with a distance of 14.38-meters, and senior Stephanie Stuckey finished fifth in the mile run with a time of 5:08.05.<\/p>\n
Freshman Olivia Woods broke the Western Oregon\u2019s school record in the 400-meter during the Friday preliminaries with a time of 57.54 which slotted her into sixth place. Woods went on to finish seventh in the final on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Next up, on Saturday, Feb. 27, the Wolves look to make an impact at the Seattle Pacific Final Qualifier.<\/p>\n
Contact the author at jsmith15@wou.edu or on Twitter @journalsportWOU <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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