Spring Break
Women's track continue to change top 10 records
Holly Thompson becomes the next Beaver to enter record book for OSU
Kacy Hochstatter
Issue date: 4/10/07 Section: Sports
Headlined by two all-time top 10 finishes, the Oregon State women's track team showed their continued improvement this past weekend at the Willamette Invitational.
The 2007 season has already yielded a series of records and personal bests, and the momentum continued this past weekend in Salem.
Junior Jean-Marie Peterson got the Beavers off to a fast start on Friday with her performance in the 3000 meter steeplechase. She placed second overall in the event with a time of 11:06.39, which is her personal best by nearly 18 seconds. Her time also put her second on the all-time top 10 list behind current teammate Lauren Denfield, who set the mark only a week earlier at the Stanford Invitational.
Friday also yielded personal bests for OSU runners Krista Stangel, Hayley Oveson and Rebecca Mishler. Stangel and Oveson had personal bests in the 1500 meters with Stangel finishing second overall in the event and Oveson topping her personal best by nine seconds. In the 5000 meters, Mishler cut over a minute off of her personal best to finish a strong first day for the Beavers.
The momentum from Friday carried over into Saturday as the Oregon State women continued to crack the record books and set multiple personal bests.
Holly Thompson headlined the day with her outstanding performance in the 800 meters. Her time of 2:14.49 was good for a fourth place finish out of 38 runners. More importantly, it put her into ninth on the all-time top 10 list in the event and was a personal best by two seconds. Holli Dieu also had an excellent 800 meters race by placing sixth overall with a time of 2:15.75. It was a personal best by three seconds, and she narrowly missed being the third Beaver to crack the all-time top 10 in the same weekend.
"We had a really good weekend," Sullivan said. "We moved a lot of people around to different events, and it worked out good."
One of those runners who were moved around was senior Julie Garcia. Primarily an 800 meters runner, Garcia ran the 400 meters on Saturday and she stepped up by getting a personal best in the event with a time of 58.91 seconds.
"It was a really nice run for her," Sullivan said.
Other solid performers on Saturday included Denfield and Katelyn Van Brunt in the 800 meters, as they finished ninth and 17th, respectively. Senior Katie Dye and sophomore Elise Aschwanden also both cracked the top 10 in the 1500 meters to top an all-around good weekend for the track team.
The 2007 season has already yielded a series of records and personal bests, and the momentum continued this past weekend in Salem.
Junior Jean-Marie Peterson got the Beavers off to a fast start on Friday with her performance in the 3000 meter steeplechase. She placed second overall in the event with a time of 11:06.39, which is her personal best by nearly 18 seconds. Her time also put her second on the all-time top 10 list behind current teammate Lauren Denfield, who set the mark only a week earlier at the Stanford Invitational.
Friday also yielded personal bests for OSU runners Krista Stangel, Hayley Oveson and Rebecca Mishler. Stangel and Oveson had personal bests in the 1500 meters with Stangel finishing second overall in the event and Oveson topping her personal best by nine seconds. In the 5000 meters, Mishler cut over a minute off of her personal best to finish a strong first day for the Beavers.
The momentum from Friday carried over into Saturday as the Oregon State women continued to crack the record books and set multiple personal bests.
Holly Thompson headlined the day with her outstanding performance in the 800 meters. Her time of 2:14.49 was good for a fourth place finish out of 38 runners. More importantly, it put her into ninth on the all-time top 10 list in the event and was a personal best by two seconds. Holli Dieu also had an excellent 800 meters race by placing sixth overall with a time of 2:15.75. It was a personal best by three seconds, and she narrowly missed being the third Beaver to crack the all-time top 10 in the same weekend.
"We had a really good weekend," Sullivan said. "We moved a lot of people around to different events, and it worked out good."
One of those runners who were moved around was senior Julie Garcia. Primarily an 800 meters runner, Garcia ran the 400 meters on Saturday and she stepped up by getting a personal best in the event with a time of 58.91 seconds.
"It was a really nice run for her," Sullivan said.
Other solid performers on Saturday included Denfield and Katelyn Van Brunt in the 800 meters, as they finished ninth and 17th, respectively. Senior Katie Dye and sophomore Elise Aschwanden also both cracked the top 10 in the 1500 meters to top an all-around good weekend for the track team.
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