Complete women's results
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ELLENSBURG -- Emily Quatier and Ryan Endresen keep going faster. Natalie Nobbs keeps going farther.

All three of those Seattle Pacific athletes, along with veteran Jennifer Pike, found the win column on Saturday in their respective events at the Spike Arlt Invitational on the campus of Central Washington University.

Sophomore Nobbs (Yakima, Wash./Riverside Christian HS) enjoyed what undeniably was her best day of the spring. Nobbs went 17 feet, 2¾ inches to win the long jump. It was a PR by 5¼ inches from the 16-8½ she went last year as a freshman, and was a 1 foot, 3 inches farther than her season best of 15-11¾, which she set just last week in Spokane. It put her from nowhere in terms of GNAC qualifying onto the automatic list.

Seattle Pacific freshmen Trinna Miranda (Tigard, Ore.) and Kelly Jenkins (Hillsboro, Ore.) combined with Nobbs for a 1-2-3 finish. Miranda went 17-2 for second; Jenkins went 16-7 3/4 for third.

Nobbs also sliced more than a full second off her previous best time in the 400 hurdles, placing second behind Falcons teammate Jennifer Pike with a 1:05.27, thus moving from provisional to automatic qualifying status for GNACs. Pike (Vancouver, Wash./Skyview HS), a junior, won in 1:04.19.

Quatier already was on the Great Northwest Athletic Conference automatic qualifying list for the 400, and the moved up to the automatic list in the 200 on Saturday, finishing third in a personal-best 26.10 seconds.

Freshman Katy Gross (Everett, Wash./Cascade HS) moved off the provisional and onto the GNAC automatic list in the high jump, clearing a personal-best 5 feet, 5 inches for second place. That was two inches better than her previous mark and brings her within in inch of the 5-6 NCAA provisional standard.

Kira Lewis (Yakima, Wash./West Valley HS), another Falcon freshman moved into the conference picture in the 100 hurdles. Her time of 15.49 was good for second place, was 68 hundredths of a second faster than her old best of 16.17 and put her on the provisional qualifying list. She is within range of the GNAC automatic time of 15.19. Pike (15.60) and Gross (15.69) combined with Lewis for a 2-3-4 finish.

MEN MOVING UP IN JAVELIN
All three Seattle Pacific javelin throwers continued their steady climb up the yardstick.

Junior Jace Derwin (Snoqualmie, Wash./Mount Si HS) became a GNAC automatic qualifier with a toss of 180 feet, 4 inches, giving him eighth place. It was just last weekend at War III when Derwin set his previous best of 177-3.

Freshman Nate Johnson (Boise, Idaho), obliterated his former best mark by nearly 18 feet. Johnson, coming off a throw of 150-3 in the decathlon at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational on April 9, threw 168-0 for 12^th place on Saturday. He is now a provisional qualifier for GNACs.

Senior Nate Wagner (Olympia, Wash./Northwest Christian HS) also PR'd at 167-6. He already is a conference provisional qualifier.

Freshman Andrew Van Ness (Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue Christian HS) ran a strong second in the 1,500 meters, stopping the watch in 4:05.15. That was a career mark by almost five seconds and moved him into GNAC provisional status.

Also notching a second-place finish with a personal-best time was freshman AJ Baker (Au Gres, Mich.) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Baker crossed the line in 9:45.6. Baker has trimmed nearly 20 seconds from his season-opening time of 10:05.26.

Freshman Will Harrison (Tucson, Ariz.) took his first shot at the 10,000, and wound up fourth in a GNAC provisional time of 33:03.47.

Team scores were not kept.

The Falcons return to action next Friday in the Western Washington Twilite meet at Bellingham's Civic Field. First events start at 2:45 p.m.


NCAA Women's Track & Field
Spike Arlt Invitational
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Tomlinson Stadium/Ellensburg, Wash.

Team scores -- None kept.

100 -- 1, Chanel James (Spokane CC) 11.94. SPU placers -- 10, Karie Chamberlain 14.86.
200 -- 1, James (Spo CC) 24.93. SPU placers -- 3, Emily Quatier 26.10; 12, Chamberlain 30.46.
400 -- 1, Emily Quatier (SPU) 58.10. Other SPU placers -- 6, Jocelyn Charette 1:01.78; 10, Kelsey Brown 1:03.33.
800 -- 1, Haida Ikeda (W. Wash.) 2:21.04. SPU placers -- 6, Brown 2:29.31.
1500 -- 1, Danielle Slaughter (W. Wash.) 4:54.0. SPU placer -- 10, Laura Moser 5:44.1.
5000 -- 1, Kelsey Loomans (Everett CC) 19:05.80. No SPU competitors.
10,000 -- 1, Amber Green (Unattached) 42:25.58. No SPU competitors.
100 hurdles -- 1, Tanya Bjornsson (W. Wash.) 15.42. SPU placers -- 2, Kira Lewis 15.49; 3, Jennifer Pike 15.60; 4, Katy Gross 15.69; 9, Brittany Tri 16.22.
400 hurdles -- 1, Pike 1:04.19. Other SPU placer -- 2, Natalie Nobbs 1:05.27.
3000 steeplechase -- 1, Shawna Schooley (Everett CC) 11:40.9. SPU placers -- 3, Mary Williams 12:35.2; 4, Kayla Wilkins 12:42.0; 5, Krysta Carrick 12:47.9.
4x100 relay -- 1, Spokane CC 47.83. No SPU team.
4x400 relay -- 1, Spokane CC 4:00.64. No SPU team.
High jump -- 1, Amanda Overdick (W. Wash.) 5-5 (1.65m). SPU placers -- 2, Katy Gross 5-5 (1.65m); 4, (tie) Jacquie Mattson and Tri 4-11 (1.50m).
Pole vault -- 1, Elsa Couvelier (W. Wash.) 11-3 3/4 (3.45m). No SPU placers.
Long jump -- 1, Natalie Nobbs (SPU) 17-2 3/4 (5.25m). Other SPU placers -- 2, Trinna Miranda 17-2 (5.23m); 3, Kelly Jenkins 16-7 3/4 (5.07m); 9, Tri 15-2 (4.62m); 10, Pike 14-4 (4.37m).
Triple jump -- 1, Katharine Lotze (C. Wash.) 38-1 1/4 (11.61m). SPU placers -- 4, Jenkins 34-5 1/2 (10.50m); 5, Miranda 33-9 1/4 (10.29m).
Shot put -- 1, Krissy Tandle (Unattached) 47-5 (14.45m). No SPU competitors.
Discus -- 1, Torrie Self (C. Wash.) 139-0 (42.37m). No SPU competitors.
Hammer -- 1, Self (C. Wash.) 170-9 (52.05m). No SPU competitors.
Javelin -- 1, Anna Brooks (Spokane CC) 135-11 (41.42m). SPU placers -- 3, Carly Andrews 129-10 (39.57m); 7, Tri 119-0 (36.28m); 13, Pike 92-8 (28.25m); 14, Gross 83-5 (25.42m).

NCAA Men's Track & Field
Spike Arlt Invitational
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Tomlinson Stadium/Ellensburg, Wash.

Team scores -- None kept.

100 -- 1, Anthony Wright (C. Wash.) 10.65. SPU placers -- 8, Micah Grounds 11.39; 21, Hilario Ramirez 11.96.
200 -- 1, Wright (C. Wash.) 21.5. SPU placer -- 11, Grounds 23.44;
400 -- 1, Scott Morrison (C. Wash.) 49.18. No SPU competitors.
800 -- 1, Seth Pierson (Everett CC) 1:55.53. SPU placers -- 5, Jacob Wahlenmaier 2:00.35; 9, Nathanael Sleight 2:02.92; 13, Jordan Lance 2:06.27.
1500 -- 1, Cody Barton (E. Wash.) 4:00.26. SPU placers -- 2, Andrew Van Ness 4:05.15; 4, Wahlenmaier 4:07.14; 7, Daniel Friesen 4:09.22.
5000 -- 1, Manuel Santos (C. Wash.) 15:48.99. No SPU competitors.
10,000 -- 1, Santos (C. Wash.) 32:23.70. SPU placers -- 4, Will Harrison 33:03.47; 5, Gavin Brand 34:19.68; 8, Daniel Hamilton 35:27.00.
110 hurdles -- 1, Anthony Hogan (C. Wash.) 15.02. No SPU competitors.
400 hurdles -- 1, Ryan Endresen (SPU) 54.86. No other SPU competitors.
3000 steeplechase -- 1, Emanuel Contreras (Everett CC) 9:32.1. SPU placer -- 2, AJ Baker 9:45.6.
4x100 relay -- 1, Central Washington 'A' 41.0. No SPU team.
4x400 relay -- 1, Central Washington 3:23.65.
High jump -- 1,  Deonta Edwards (Unattached) 6-8 3/4 (2.05m). No SPU competitors.
Pole vault -- 1, Scott McCoy (Club NW) 16-2 3/4 (4.95m). SPU placer -- 10, Nate Johnson 13-3 1/2 (4.05m).
Long jump -- 1, Thomas Han (Unattached) 22-10 1/2 (6.97m). No SPU competitors.
Triple jump -- 1, Rendel Jones (C. Wash.) 46-2 1/2 (14.08m). No SPU competitors.
Shot put -- 1, Jeff Kintner (Whitworth) 56-5 1/4 (17.20m). SPU placer -- 21, Billy Martin 36-3 (11.05m).
Discus -- 1, Carter Comito (Whitworth) 165-3 (50.37m). SPU placer -- 14, Martin 127-5 (38.85m); 17, Johnson 117-5 (35.79m).
Hammer -- 1, Tyler Fischer (C. Wash.) 189-7 (57.78m). No SPU placers.
Javelin -- 1, Ryan Weidman (Unattached) 216-2 (65.89m). SPU placers -- 8, Jace Derwin 180-4 (54.97m); 12, Johnson 168-0 (51.20m); 13, Nate Wagner 167-7 (51.07m).