Complete results (PDF)

ELLENSBURG – Kishia Mitchell had just enough footspeed – and just enough lean at the wire – to win the 100-meter dash on Saturday at the Spike Arlt Invitational track and field meet.

A bit more of that footspeed, and she could find herself leaning right into the NCAA Division II championships.

Seattle Pacific freshman Mitchell came up with a pair of victories in Ellensburg. But it was her performance in the 100 that stood out, as her time of 12.10 seconds was enough to beat Sabrina Nettey by the bare minimum of one one-hundredth of a second and leave her just five hundredths shy of a D-2 provisional qualifying mark.

Mitchell (Puyallup, Wash./Rogers HS), who also captured the 200 meters, was one of four Falcon women's winners in the meet at Central Washington University, as SPU finished a solid second in the team standings. The host Wildcats won with 203.5 points; the Falcons wound up with 191.

Joining Mitchell as meet champions were sophomore Katy Gross (Everett, Wash./Cascade HS) in the high jump, sophomore Trinna Miranda (Tigard, Ore.) in the long jump, and junior Brittany Aanstad (Lake Stevens, Wash./Lake Stevens HS) in the javelin.

Mitchell's 12.10 clocking in the 100 was the second-fastest time in Great Northwest Athletic Conference history, trailing only the 11.90 recorded by former SPU star NyEma Sims in 2007. In fact, the Falcons now own the top three all-time 100-meter marks in the GNAC, with Latasha Essien's 12.11 from last season ranking third.

Mitchell's time in the 100 was nearly half a second better than her previous SPU career best of 12.51 set on March 19 at the Oregon Preview in Eugene. Going twice as far in her next race on Saturday, Mitchell also set a new PR in the 200 at 25.21 seconds, 15 hundredths faster than what she ran on April 2 at the JD Shotwell Invitational in Tacoma.

That put Mitchell into the No. 6 spot on the all-time GNAC list. Sims also leads that one with a 23.99, set in 2007. Prior to Saturday, Mitchell wasn't even among the top 10 in either event.

Sophomore Emily Quatier (Portland, Ore.) came up big in the 200, as well, posting a personal-best 25.77 to take third place and put herself onto the automatic qualifying list for next month's GNACs.

Miranda led a 1-2-3 sweep of the long jump for the Falcons, flying 17 feet, 3 ¼ inches / 5.26 meters. Aanstad was next in a personal-best 17-2 / 5.23 meters, and junior Natalie Nobbs (Yakima, Wash./Riverside Christian HS) came in third at 16-5 ¼ / 5.01 meters.

Aanstad won the javelin at 141-5, an NCAA provisional qualifying toss, although two feet shy of her season best 143-5 that she threw on March 19 in Eugene. She added a second-place finish in the triple jump on Saturday, giving her 26 points for the day.

Gross cleared 5-2 ¼ / 1.58 meters to win the high jump. She also was busy elsewhere, taking fourth in the 100-meter hurdles, seventh in the javelin, and 19^th in the 200.

Senior hurdler Jennnifer Pike put a pair of second-place finishes into the books. She ran a career-best 15.17 seconds in the 100s, moving into GNAC automatic status, and ran 1:06.43 in the 400s.

Senior pole vaulter Melissa Peaslee tied Central Washington's Becca Clark for the highest clearance of the day at 11-5 ¾ / 3.50 meters. Clark wound up with the nod for first place by having cleared an earlier height in fewer attempts. But for Peaslee, it was seven inches higher than her previous season best and left her four inches away from the NCAA provisional standard of 11-9 ¾ / 3.60 meters.

Seattle Pacific, ranked 24^th nationally in Division II and fourth in the West Region, will split its squad next week, sending some to Eugene for the Oregon Relays on Friday and Saturday, and sending everyone else to Bellingham for Saturday's Western Washington Twilite meet – although this year, it will take playing during daylight hours, starting at 9:45 a.m. at Civic Stadium.

NCAA WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Spike Arlt Invitational
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Central Washington University/Ellensburg, Wash.

Team scores – 1, Central Washington 203.5; 2, Seattle Pacific 191; 3, Spokane CC 133; 4, Western Washington 93; 5, Eastern Washington 36; 6, Puget Sound 26; 7, Everett CC 25; 8, Saint Martin's 20; 9, Northwest University 19.5; 10, Pacific Lutheran 5; 11, Whitworth 4.

100 – 1, Kishia Mitchell (SPU) 12.10!. Other SPU placers – 6, BryAnne Wochnick 12.59*; 7, Emily Quatier 12.61*; 9, Myisha Valentine 12.75*.
200 – 1, Mitchell 25.21!. Other SPU placers – 3, Quatier 25.77!; 4, Wochnick 26.37*; 7, Valentine 26.84; 19, Katy Gross 27.80.
400 – 1, Chelsea Lawhead (EWU) 1:00.45. SPU placer – 5, Lisa Weaver 1:01.79.
800 – 1, Paige DeLapp (NW) 2:21.40. SPU placer – 6, Kelsey Brown 2:28.52.
1500 – 1, Rachel McDaniel (Spo) 4:49.92. SPU placer – 2, Alli Cutting 4:52.49*; 6, Heidi Laabs-Johnson 4:59.13.
5000 – 1, Erin Philbeck (WWU) 19:44.37. No SPU competitors.
10,000 – 1, Sierra Brisky (WWU) 39:14.7. No SPU competitors.
100 hurdles – 1, Chelsea Genther (CWU) 14.86. SPU placers – 2, Jennifer Pike 15.17!; 4,Gross 15.42*; 5, Terra Schumacher 15.78*.
400 hurdles – 1, Shayle Decellem (Spo) 1:05.35. SPU placers – 2, Pike 1:06.43*; 4, Natalie Nobbs 1:09.16; 9, Kira Lewis 1:13.64.
3000 steeplechase – 1, Mikel Elliott (Spo) 11:45.9. SPU placers – 3, Kayla Wilkins 12:12.7*; 5, Krysta Carrick 12:18.8*; 7, Josie Becker 12:56.2.
4x100 relay – 1, Central Washington 48.50. SPU placer – 3, Seattle Pacific (Mitchell, Wochnick, Quatier, Trinna Miranda) 48.79.
4x400 relay – 1, Spokane CC 4:01.45. SPU no team.
High jump – 1, Gross 5-2 / 1.58m*. Other SPU placer – T4, Ariana Warren 4-10 ¼ / 1.48m.
Pole vault – 1, Becca Clark (CWU) 11-5 ¾ / 3.50m. SPU placers – 2, Melissa Peaslee 11-5 ¾ / 3.50m!; 4, Schmacher 10-11 ¾ / 3.35m!.
Long jump – 1, Miranda (SPU) 17-3 14 / 5.26m*. Other SPU placers – 2, Brittany Aanstad 17-2 / 5.23m*; 3, Nobbs 16-5 ¼ / 5.01m.
Triple jump – 1, Katharine Lotze (CWU) 38-8 ¾ / 11.80m. SPU placer – 2, Aanstad 34-6 ¾ / 10.53m.
Shot put – 1, Shaina Afoa (CWU) 41-3 / 12.57m. No SPU competitors.
Discus – 1, Mari Bingham (Unattached) 150-0 / 45.72m.
Hammer – 1, Torrie Self (CWU) 181-2 / 55.23m. No SPU competitors.
Javelin – 1, Aanstad (SPU) 141-5 / 43.10m#. Other SPU placers – 3, Carly Andrews 128-2 / 39.06m*; 5, Brittany Tri 122-5 / 37.32m*; 6, Pike 120-0 / 36.59m*; 7, Gross 117-8 / 35.86m.

# NCAA provisional qualifying
! GNAC automatic qualifying
*GNAC provisional qualifying