SEATTLE, WA.—The Wildcats opened the spring 2021 season at Seattle Pacific University in the Doris Heritage Track Festival.

QUOTABLE
"It was definitely good to be back at it after over a year. We saw a good number of things with some high placers, event winners with some new people in the mix. We had some great competitiveness against some of the top GNAC schools like Western Washington and SPU. In addition to event winners we had some personal records for a bunch of people which is super encouraging." Said CWU Head Coach Kevin Adkisson. "After such a long time it was like a shake off the dust type of meet, getting back to remembering what competition is like, which is expected for a lot of people. We did see a lot of people that were excited to be out there and re-learn events and the feeling of completion. Our goal is to keep building on that into next week. The weather was decent, but the one unfortunate piece of the event was the rain kicked back up in the afternoon and the Men's Pole Vault had to be cancelled."

'CATS IN ACTION
Spencer Solvberg got the Wildcat's morning started in the 1500, finishing in 13^th with a time of 4:20.84. Caitlin Gohr represented the Women in the 1500 and ran a 5:09.40 taking 12^th place.

The 'Cats filled plenty of spots in the 5000 with Molly Mattson taking 4^th with a time of 18:29.78. Katelynn Strate was the next finisher for the 'Cats taking 8^th with a time of 18:59.77. The next pair of 'Cats were Madison Child in 10^th with a time of 19:24.92 followed by Zoie Mastin in 11^th with a time of 19:27.30.

Ryan Thomas represented that 'Cats in the Men's Javelin. He threw a strong 50.79m, earning himself a 3^rd place finish.

The Women's Hammer Throw was a cake walk for the 'Cats as Meagan Smallbeck took 1^st place for the 'Cats with a distance of 48.90m.

The 'Cats lit up the scoreboard in the Men's Hammer Throw. Aidan Cain led the way for the team placing 3^rd with a throw of 53.43m. Andrew Harris was just behind him taking 5^th with a throw of 52.15m. Ethan Tonder followed up in 6^th with a toss of 51.72m and Angus Beaton just behind him in 7^th with a throw of 49.94m.

Two 'Cats landed on the podium in Men's Shot Put with Ethan Tonder finishing in 2^nd with a distance of 15.09m followed by 3^rd place teammate Aidan Cain with a distance of 14.88m. Omar Young earned himself the 7^th place spot with a distance of 12.61m. Ryan Thomas placed in 11^th with a distance of 11.23m followed by 12^th place teammate Angus Beaton with a distance of 11.20m

Avery Fisk took the lead for Central in the Women's shot put, earning herself 2^nd place with a toss marked at 12.92m. Brittany Dodge took 5^th place with a toss of 11.76m followed up by Saran Sidibe in 7^th with a toss marked at 11.42m.

Rachelle Hamilton took 7^th in the Women's High Jump for the 'Cats, jumping a 1.55m.

For the Men's 400 Meter Dash, Doc Porter sprinted to a 2^nd place finish with a time of 49.82. Bryan Sidor followed him up taking 5^th with a time of 50.70. The Women's 400 Meter Dash showed out as well as Jasmyne Neria stole 3^rd place with a time of 1:00.15. Tess Sparks came sprinting in just behind her, taking 6^th with a time of 1:04.25.

The Wilcat's had a group of top ten finishers in the Women's 100 Meter Dash with Makenna Hansen in 6^th running a 12.74, E'Lexis Hollis in 7^th running a 12.86, Kiarra Green in 9^th running a 13.16 and Morgan Robydek in 10^th with a 13.19.

Gunner Vallatini won the 'Cats the Men's 400 Meter Hurdles. Vallatini finished with a time of 56.31. Logan Easley finished in 9^th with a time of 58.63.

McCall DeChenne stole the spotlight for the 'Cats in the Women's 400 Meter Hurdles, finishing 2^nd with a time of 1:03.45. Rachel Krill gave the 'Cats another top five finish taking 5^th with a time of 1:08.32.

The Men sprinted to a trio of top ten finishes in the 200 Meter Dash. Bryan Sidor took 5^th with a time of 22.50, Zachary Davis in 7^th with a time of 22.83 just beating out 8^th place teammate Doc Porter with a time of 22.88. The Women found a top ten finisher with Makenna Hansen taking 10^th with a time of 26.48.

The 'Cats next meet is the Ed Boitano Invitational in Tacoma, WA on Saturday March 27^th.