Bearcats are Set to Compete at NWC Track and Field Championships

By Robert McKinney, Assistant Athletics Director, Communications

SALEM, Ore. -- The Willamette University track and field teams will be competing at the 2021 Northwest Conference Track and Field Championships at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, on Thursday, May 13 and Friday, May 14. Action gets underway at 1 p.m. (PDT) on Thursday and at 10:30 a.m. on Friday.

On Thursday, finals will be held in men's pole vault, men's and women's long jump, men's and women's hammer throw, men's and women's shot put, women's high jump, men's and women's 3,000-meter steeplechase, and men's and women's 10,000-meter run. Preliminary heats will take place on Thursday in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, the hurdles, and the 800-meter run. All events on Friday will be finals.

Bearcats Competing this Week

Schedule of Events

Thursday, May 13

1:00 p.m. - Women's Long Jump (One Flight and Final) - Katherine Thornton
1:00 p.m. - Women's Hammer Throw (Flights and Final) - Leanne Machado (Flight 1), Avery Mickelsen (Flight 1), Samantha Waters (Flight 2)
1:00 p.m. - Men's 3,000-meter Steeplechase (Final) - Alex Matteson, Ronan Davies
1:20 p.m. - Women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase (Final) - Maggie Chapin, Audrey Piacsek
2:50 p.m. - Men's 100-meter Dash (Heats) - Keaton Beckmann (Heat 2)
3:30 p.m. - Men's Hammer Throw (Flights and Final) - Eric Kaszycki (Heat 1)
3:55 p.m. - Women's 400-meter Hurdles (Heats) - Katherine Thornton (Heat 2)
4:10 p.m. - Men's 200-meter Dash (Heats) - Oliver Anderson (Heat 1), Keaton Beckmann (Heat 2)
4:20 p.m. - Women's 200-meter Dash (Heats) - Sami Riggs (Heat 1)
7:00 p.m. - Men's 10,000-meter Run (Final) - Jonathan Wallace, Carson Herrick
7:50 p.m. - Women's 10,000-meter Run (Final) - Risa Shutz, Dana Hamilton

Friday, May 14

10:30 a.m. - Men's Discus Throw (Flights and Final) - Eric Kaszycki (Flight 1)
12:20 p.m. - Women's 1,500-meter Run (Final) - Audrey Piacsek
12:50 p.m. - Men's 400-meter Dash (Final) - Jeremy Falk
12:55 p.m. - Women's 400-meter Dash (Final) - Sami Riggs
1:00 p.m. - Men's Triple Jump (Flights and Final) - Oliver Anderson (Flight 2)
1:00 p.m. - Men's Javelin (One Flight and Final) - Keaton Beckmann
1:00 p.m. - Men's 100-meter Dash (Final) - Must Qualify on Thursday
1:40 p.m. - Women's 400-meter Hurdles (Final) - Must Qualify on Thursday
1:50 p.m. - Men's 200-meter Dash (Final) - Must Qualify on Thursday
1:55 p.m. - Women's 200-meter Dash (Final) - Must Qualify on Thursday
2:05 p.m. - Men's 5,000-meter Run (Final) - Gabriel Regimbal, Alex Matteson