Willamette Set to Host and Compete at NWC Track & Field Championships
By Robert McKinney, Assistant Athletics Director, Communications
SALEM, Ore. -- The Willamette University track and field teams are ready to host the 2023 Northwest Conference Track & Field Championships at Charles Bowles Track on Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22. It is the first time Willamette has hosted the NWC Championships since 2013. Action is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. (PDT) on Friday and at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Friday's schedule features finals in the men's and women's hammer throw, men's and women's long jump, men's and women's pole vault, men's and women's discus, 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 Friday in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, the hurdles, and the 800-meter run. All track events on Saturday will be finals, while flights and finals will be held in the remaining field events.
Schedule of Events and Willamette Entries
Friday, April 21
10:00 a.m. - Men's 10,000-meter Run (Final)
10:00 a.m. - Men's Hammer Throw (Two Flights and Final) - Eric Kaszycki (Flight 1)
10:00 a.m. - Men's Pole Vault (Final) - Elijah Jones
10:50 a.m. - Women's 10,000-meter Run (Final)
12:00 p.m. - Women's Hammer Throw (Two Flights and Final) - Tenley Grant (Flight 2), Leanne Machado (Flight 1), Avery Mickelsen (Flight 1)
12:00 p.m. - Women's Pole Vault (One Flight and Final)
1:00 p.m. - Men's 110-meter Hurdles (Two Heats) - Jonas Cherry (Heat 2), Mason Williams (Heat 2)
1:15 p.m. - Women's 110-meter Hurdles (Three Heats) - Lecia Sincere (Heat 1), Sage Miller (Heat 1), Clara Thomas (Heat 2), Katherine Thornton (Heat 2)
1:30 p.m. - Men's 400-meter Dash (Two Heats)
1:40 p.m. - Women's 400-meter Dash (Two Heats) - Sami Riggs (Heat 1), Kenzie Lee (Heat 2)
1:50 p.m. - Men's 100-meter Dash (Two Heats)
2:00 p.m. - Women's 100-meter Dash (Two Heats) - Mashani Coleman Toliver (Heat 2)
2:00 p.m. - Women's Long Jump (Two Flights and Final) - Annabelle Smith (Flight 2)
2:00 p.m. - Men's Discus Throw (or 45 min. after women's hammer; Two Flights and Final)
2:10 p.m. - Men's 800-meter Run (Three Heats)
2:25 p.m. - Women's 800-meter Run (Two Heats) - Anna Bikle (Heat 1)
2:40 p.m. - Men's 400-meter Hurdles (Three Heats) - Jonas Cherry (Heat 1), Mason Williams (Heat 1), Kayden Gonzales (Heat 2), Simon Kidder (Heat 2)
2:55 p.m. - Women's 400-meter Hurdles (Three Heats) - Mashani Coleman Toliver (Heat 1), Clara Thomas (Heat 1), Katherine Thornton (Heat 1), Katie Briggs (Heat 2), Sage Miller (Heat 3)
3:10 p.m. - Men's 200-meter Dash (Three Heats)
3:30 p.m. - Men's 3,000-meter Steeplechase (Final) - Ian Curtis, William Hennum
3:50 p.m. - Women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase (Final) - Zoe Heino, Grace Kosmicki
4:30 p.m. - Men's Long Jump (Two Flights and Final) - Kaleb Mcarthur (Flight 1)
4:30 p.m. - Women's High Jump (One Flight and Final) - Whitley Stepp, Nora Wade
4:30 p.m. - Women's Discus Throw (Two Flights and Final) - Avery Mickelsen (Flight 1)
Saturday, April 22
10:30 a.m. - Women's Javelin Throw (One Flight and Final)
10:30 a.m. - Men's Shot Put (Two Flights and Final)
10:30 a.m. - Women's Triple Jump (Two Flights and Final) - Whitley Stepp (Flight 1), Nora Wade (Flight 1), Lecia Sincere (Flight 2)
10:30 a.m. - Men's High Jump (One Flight and Final)
11:45 a.m. - National Anthem
12:00 p.m. - Men's 4 x 100-meter Relay (Final) - Jonas Cherry, Kaleb Mcarthur, Hakan Gurler-Hatch, Jack Hickey
12:05 p.m. - Women's 4 x 100-meter Relay (Final) - Sami Riggs, Mashani Coleman Toliver, Annabelle Smith, Whitley Stepp
12:10 p.m. - Men's 1,500-meter Run (Final in Two Flights) - William Hennum (Flight 1)
12:20 p.m. - Women's 1,500-meter Run (Final) - Anna Bikle, Zoe Heino
12:35 p.m. - Men's 110-meter Hurdles (Final) - Must Qualify on Friday
12:40 p.m. - Women's 100-meter Hurdles (Final) - Must Qualify on Friday
12:50 p.m. - Men's 400-meter Dash (Final) - Must Qualify on Friday
12:55 p.m. - Women's 400-meter Dash (Final) - Must Qualify on Friday
1:00 p.m. - Men's 100-meter Dash (Final) - Must Qualify on Friday
1:00 p.m. - Women's Shot Put (Two Flights and Final) - Tenley Grant (Flight 1)
1:00 p.m. - Men's Triple Jump (Two Flights and Final) - Hakan Gurler-Hatch (Flight 1), Oliver Anderson (Flight 2), Kaleb Mcarthur (Flight 2)
1:00 p.m. - Men's Javelin Throw (Two Flights and Final)
1:05 p.m. - Women's 100-meter Dash (Final) - Must Qualify on Friday
1:10 p.m. - Men's 800-meter Run (Final) - Must Qualify on Friday
1:20 p.m. - Women's 800-meter Run (Final) - Must Qualify on Friday
1:30 p.m. - Men's 400-meter Hurdles (Final) - Must Qualify on Friday
1:40 p.m. - Women's 400-meter Hurdles (Final) - Must Qualify on Friday
1:50 p.m. - Men's 200-meter Dash (Final) - Must Qualify on Friday
1:55 p.m. - Women's 200-meter Dash (Final)
2:05 p.m. - Men's 5,000-meter Run (Final) - Jay Chew, Josh Evans
2:35 p.m. - Women's 5,000-meter Run (Final) - Zoe Heino
2:55 p.m. - Men's 4 x 400-meter Relay (Final) - Simon Kidder, Andres Huante, Bjorn Domst, Oliver Anderson
3:00 p.m. - Women's 4 x 400-meter Relay (Final) - Katherine Thornton, Sami Riggs, Kenzie Lee, Clara Thomas
3:30 p.m. - Awards Ceremony