OSU High Performance Meet
Corvallis, Ore. | Whyte Track and Field Center
Friday, April 26
First GU event – Women's 3,000-meter steeplechase, 6:40 p.m.
Live Results
Penn Relays
Philadelphia, Penn. | Franklin Field
Saturday, April 27
Only GU event – 4xMile Relay, 1:10 p.m. PT
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Live Results
OSU High Performance: This is the fifth year of a two-day meet, which starts on Friday afternoon with an expanded Distance Carnival, the pole vault, the hammer and the discus. The Distance Carnival includes the 1,500 and 5,000-meter races, and the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Over 2,500 competitors have entered the event, which has evolved from modest beginnings to become the jewel of OSU's outdoor season, and one of the premier regular-season meets in the Pacific Northwest. Forty-four teams or track clubs are expected to be in attendance spanning all levels of collegiate athletics. Some of the teams competing at the High Performance Meet this weekend includes Oregon, Gonzaga, Washington State, Idaho, Portland, Portland State, Santa Clara, Seattle U. and more.
Penn Relays: The Bulldogs make their first-ever appearance at the prestigious meet. The Penn Relays is the world's first — and most widely recognized — annual relay meet. Each year, this historic rite of spring draws crowds of up to 100,000 to the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field. Over the course of the three-day festival, which celebrates its 125th year in 2019, top high school, collegiate, masters and even Olympic athletes take to historic Franklin Field. The Penn Relays' status as America's largest amateur track meet goes back to the very first running meet, held in 1895 to stoke flagging student interest in track and field.
Last Season at the OSU High Performance: Gonzaga appeared in the event for the first time in program history …
Aimee Piercy ran the third-fastest 3,000-meter steeplechase time in program history. Her 11:34.03 finish was 13th in the event … In the women's 1,500 meters,
Ally Legard was fourth in her heat with a time of 4:48.59 …
Elena Slavoski led a quartet of Bulldogs in the 5,000 meters. She crossed the line at 18:00.83, placing seventh.
Caroline McCarthy was ninth with a time of 18:01.22.
Last Time Out: James Mwaura cruised to the 10,000-meter title at the Cardinal Classic last Saturday night. Mwaura shattered the program record with a time of 29:15.75.
Phillip Fishburn's fourth place time of 30:09.34 ranks eighth in program history …
Andrew Gardner won the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase title with a time of 8:46.16. His time ranks second on the Gonzaga all-time list.
Kellen Manley ran a personal record of 8:57.03, which ranks third all-time in program history and 25th in the West Region.
Sammy Truax (9:08.97) and
Alex Walde (9:11.38) rose up the program's all-time list to ninth and 10th in GU history …
Aimee Piercy improved the program's third-fastest women's 3,000-meter steeplechase time in program history. She crossed the line at 10:51.03 …
Scott Kopczynski climbed to No. 8 on the GU all-time list in the men's 1,500 meters …
Yacine Guermali ran the fourth-fastest 5K time in men's program history. He placed fifth with a time of 14:02.64 …
Claire Manley was second in the women's 5,000 meters at 16:36.35. Her time ranks sixth on the GU all-time list.
Where Gonzaga stands in the Region*: 3,000m Steeplechase –
Andrew Gardner (11
th, 8:46.16, 15
th in NCAA),
Kellen Manley (25
th, 8:57.03) … 5,000m –
Andrew Gardner (24
th, 13:52.03),
James Mwaura (31
st, 13:57.05),
Yacine Guermali (44
th, 14:02.64) … 10,000m –
James Mwaura (32
nd, 29:15.75)
* Listing Top-50 current times in the region. The Top-48 from each respective event qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary Round.
