SPOKANE, Wash. – The Gonzaga women's and men's track and field teams are back at Whitworth University for the 14
th annual Sam Adams Classic Thursday and Friday.
Sam Adams Classic
Spokane | Pine Bowl
Thursday and Friday, March 21 and 22
First GU event – Women's 5000m, Thursday at 5 p.m.
Live Video
Sam Adams Classic: The Bulldogs are joined by runners from Whitworth, Washington State, Eastern Washington, Idaho, Lewis-Clark State, Community Colleges of Spokane at the meet … The Zags open the meet with the 5,000-meter races Thursday evening, before several GU runners take the track at the Pine Bowl Friday.
Thoughts from Director of GU Track and Field, Pat Tyson: Weather is looking very good for the meet. On the men's side, we will hold out most of our guys who will be racing at Stanford and San Francisco State next week. Still, we expect to compete well, and get some personal bests! Our rust buster event Friday evening will be the 3000-meter steeplechase. We had hoped to run it last Saturday, but the weather made it impossible. This challenging 7.5 lap race includes 28 hurdles, plus seven water jumps.
Kellen Manley,
Sammy Truax,
Luke Mason, and
Alex Walde will be the Gonzaga entries. So a good meet coming our way for Gonzaga track and field.
Last season at the meet: Jordan Thurston placed first in the women's 5,000 meters. She cruised to the win with a time of 17:23.98 … In the men's 5,000 meters,
Hunter Simpson came in sixth place with a time of 15:32.55 …
Brandon Pollard led a top-three sweep for the GU men in the 800 meters. He crossed the line at 1:56.94.
Scott Kopczynski was second with a time of 1:58.40,
Alex Heffelfinger followed closely behind at 1:58.48 … In the men's 1,500 meters,
Mason Villarma came in first with a winning time of 3:56.06. Four other Zags placed in the Top-10, led by Kopczynski in fifth at 3:58.36 …
Claire Gillett placed fifth in the women's 800 meters with a time of 2:25.15 … In the women's 400 meters,
Megan Dillon came in third in her heat and placed ninth overall at 1:05.12.
Last Time Out: Gonzaga picked up wins at the outdoor season-opening Buc Scoring Invite …
Jordan McPhee won the 800 meters with a time of 2:18.58 … The Zags swept the top four spots in the women's 1,500 meters, led by
Ally Legard's first-place finish. She nearly broke GU's all-time Top-10 with her 4:42.86 finish.
Claire Manley was second at 4:47.70 …
Jenna Rogers and
Monica Ripple were the top two finishers in the women's 5,000 meters. Rogers crossed the line at 17:56.56, followed closely by Ripple at 18:13.22 …
Stefan Bradley won the men's 800-meter and 1,500-meter races. He finished with a time of 1:58.51 in the 800 meters and 3:54.60.
Graham Wendle (3:55.57) and
Alex Walde (4:00.33) were second and third in the 1,500 meters … Eight Zags finished in the Top-10 of the men's 5,000 meters.
Jake Perrin was second at 14:46.01.
| Gonzaga's Schedule |
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| Thursday |
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| 5 p.m. |
Women's 5000m |
Lauren Haas, Lauren Bourgeois |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Men's 5000m |
Dominic Arce, Ciaran O'Leary, Cullen McEachern, Will Thompson, Bradley Rzewnicki, Sam McCloughan |
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| Friday |
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| 4:10 p.m. |
Men's 1500m |
Scott Kopczynski, Andrew Clusserath, Graham Wendle, Daniel Thompson, Javier Munoz-Maines |
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Women's 1500m |
Jordan McPhee, Aimee Piercy, Caroline McCarthy, Erin Boyle, Ariel Evans, Emma Morris, Mackenzie Richards |
| 4:35 p.m. |
Women's 100m Hurdles |
Felecia Bazie |
| 4:55 p.m. |
Women's 400m |
Morgan Greene, Brianna Vasquez, Gianna Bacher, Sammy Vowles |
| 5:25 p.m. |
Women's 800m |
Ally Legard, Claire Gillett, Emma Flood, Marissa Bailey, Lauren Haas, Brazee Smith, Alex Cerveny, Michaela Bruns, Molly Foster |
| 6 p.m. |
Women's 200m |
Felecia Bazie, Brianna Vasquez |
| 6:40 p.m. |
Men's 3000m Steeplechase |
Kellen Manley, Sammy Truax, Luke Mason, Alex Walde |
| 6:55 p.m. |
Women's 4x400m Relay |
Brianna Vasquez, Emma Flood, Morgan Greene, Jordan McPhee … Claire Gillett, Ally Legard, Marissa Bailey, Samantha Vowles … Gianna Bacher, Lauren Haas, Molly Foster, Aimee Piercy |
