ELLENSBURG, Wash.—After finishing the indoor season just under two weeks ago, Central Washington Track & Field is headed to the Pacific Lutheran Invitational for its first outdoor competition of the year this Friday and Saturday.
 
The meet will feature a cluster of both men's and women's teams from around the Pacific Northwest.
 
"Always excited to head into the outdoor season," Central Washington Head Coach Kevin Adkission said. "We consider this the primary season of the year, it's a little longer and our main peaking is focused on the end of the season and outdoor championships. Especially on the men's side, our entire roster is active compared to the smaller indoor season."
 
Meagan Smallbeck (weight throw), Austin Albertin (400m), and Lauryn Chandler (60m hurdles) are coming off of big finishes to their 2021-22 indoor seasons.
 
Smallbeck finished her indoor competitions winning the weight-throw and setting a career mark of 17.33 meters. Albertin took home the men's 400-meter in his indoor finale. Albertin won the event with a time of 49.56 seconds. Chandler won the women's 60-meter hurdles, just missing a new personal record with a time of 8.84 seconds.
 
Last season both the men's (130) and women's (132.5) teams finished third at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship meet.
 
The Hammer throw for both men and women will take place Friday, Mar. 11^th, while the remaining events will be held Saturday, Mar. 12^th.