Oregon State
John Knight Twilight
Track and Field Have Impressive Showing at John Knight Twilight
April 13, 2012 | Women's Track & Field
April 13, 2012
MONMOUTH, Ore. – The Oregon State track and field program finished competition at the John Knight Twilight meet tonight, hosted by the Western Oregon University Wolves. The Beavers were able to rebound off a tough competition at the Stanford Invite with several impressive performances tonight.
"We had a much better meet tonight with a lot of personal bests and good performances," head coach Kelly Sullivan said. "I liked the way that some of them bounced back after last week. Overall, it was a really good meet."
Laura Carlyle made her outdoor track debut in an expectant fashion finishing in second place overall and in second place in heat one of the 800 meter run. She ran the race with a time of 2:10.26 clocking the fastest time in the event on the team this season.
"She didn't tell me until after the race was over that she has been sick the last couple of days, so it was good to see her get back out there and she ran a great time and a great race," Sullivan said. "She is coming off such a great indoor season and she has felt a little under the weather the last week or so, but for her to run and race as well as she did tonight was a really good step."
Lacey London also competed in heat one with Carlyle and finished the race in fourth place with a time of 2:14.06. This was only the second time this season that London has competed in the 800 meter run, beating her previous time by close to seven seconds.
The Hunt sisters rounded out the Beavers in the 800 meter run. Taylor Hunt finished in seventh place overall in heat one with a time of 2:21.15, while Haley Hunt finished third in heat two with a time of 2:23.27.
In her first outing as a Beaver, Kylee Cook finished in first place in heat three of the 400 meter dash. She finished with a time of 1:01.99, being the first Oregon State athlete to compete in the event this season.
Oregon State had nine different athletes competing in the 1,500 meter run, with six of them notching season best times. Marsha Lampi, Erin Jones, Sandra Martinez, Sarah Olson, Whitney Pitman and Sabrah de Voir all improved their 1,500 meter times by at least two seconds.
Jones finished in second place in heat two of the 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:45.41 with Martinez right behind her in third place with a time of 4:47.48. Olson placed seventh in heat two and improved her time in the 1,500 meter run for the fourth meet in a row to a 4:52.74.
"Sarah came in here and her college personal record was unforatunately only 5:15, so the last three meets that she has run, she has improved her time and has gotten back to what she was out of high school," Sullivan said. "We had recruited her pretty hard out of high school, so it has been fun to kind of see her get back to that level and over the next month we will see her drop even considerably more the next few meets."
Kristin Oenning continued her consistent performance in the high jump as she finished in third place overall with a jump of 5-03.00. She was joined by newcomer on the team Justine Bird who finished tied for eighth place with a jump of 4-09.00.
The Beavers will return to action on April 19 when they will have athletes competing at the competitive Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif. or the Oregon Relays hosted by the University of Oregon.
Oregon State Results
400 Meter Dash (Heat 3)
1 Kylee Cook, 1:01.99
800 Meter Run (Heat 1)
2 Laura Carlyle, 2:10.26
4 Lacey London, 2:14.06
7 Taylor Hunt, 2:21.15
800 Meter Run (Heat 2)
3 Haley Hunt, 2:23.27
1500 Meter Run (Heat 1)
12 Marsha Lampi, 4:51.87
1500 Meter Run (Heat 2)
2 Erin Jones, 4:45.41
3 Sandra Martinez, 4:47.48
7 Sarah Olson, 4:52.74
9 Sabrah de Voir, 4:54.82
10 Olivia Poblacion, 4:55.86
13 Latane Cox, 4:58.93
14 Whitney Pitman, 4:59.25
15 Raelyn Robinson, 5:00.29
High Jump
3 Kristin Oenning, 5-03.00
8 Justine Bird, 4-09.00
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