by Tiara Pajimola
The women’s track and field team qualified eight more competitors for the Northwest Conference Championships at last Thursday’s second annual Twilight Meet at the Pine Bowl. The meet was the last chance to advance to conference and among the last-minute qualifiers were five freshmen and three sophomores.
Freshman Dakota Kliamovich qualified in the hammer throw with a distance of 158-11, moving her into the second spot in the Northwest Conference standings. Freshman Mary Data qualified in the shot put throwing 39-10, and moving her up to third in the conference rankings.
Data was overwhelmed with this kind of accomplishment as a freshman.
“It was really just an amazing feeling,” Data said. “I was kind of struggling earlier this season so it felt good to finally PR.”
Data has been stuck under 40 feet for her personal best in the shot put for the past couple of years and has set her standards high for conference.
“I’ve been trying to break 40 feet for a while and now I am only a couple of inches away from that,” Data said. “My ultimate goal is to win conference.”
As far as the capability of the women’s team to come away with the conference title, Data has no doubt.
“Absolutely,” Data said.“We have such a great team this year [not just] athletically but also we’re always there for each other and we just have this family. We really want to win the conference title.”
Their dry streak in conference titles proves to be encouraging for Data.
“It’s been awhile since the girls won so I think we just need to put everything forward so we can do our best and not have any regrets when the day is done. We’re excited to compete.”
Freshman Kelsey Mix qualified in the 100-meter dash running a time of 13.35 while sophomore Stephanie Barrong qualified in the 200-meter dash running a time of 27.00. Freshman Cassiana Busch qualified in the 400-meter race with a time of 1:01.28 and sophomore Kate Jones qualified in the 400-meter hurdles crossing in just over one minute, 12 seconds.
Sophomore Meghan Holzer cleared 4-11 to qualify in the high jump while freshman Chandler Mason qualified in the discus throwing 111-1.
During the season 31 of the 39 Whitworth women have advanced to the Northwest Conference Championships. Head track and field coach Toby Schwarz was pleased with the performances.
“For the last meet before the Northwest Conference meet, it was a huge success,” Schwarz said. “Now we train and heal up and get mentally and physically prepared for the Northwest Conference meet.”
The women will travel to Salem Ore. for the Northwest Conference Championships starting on Friday April 26 at 2 p.m.
The women’s track and field team qualified eight more competitors for the Northwest Conference Championships at last Thursday’s second annual Twilight Meet at the Pine Bowl. The meet was the last chance to advance to conference and among the last-minute qualifiers were five freshmen and three sophomores.
Freshman Dakota Kliamovich qualified in the hammer throw with a distance of 158-11, moving her into the second spot in the Northwest Conference standings. Freshman Mary Data qualified in the shot put throwing 39-10, and moving her up to third in the conference rankings.
Data was overwhelmed with this kind of accomplishment as a freshman.
“It was really just an amazing feeling,” Data said. “I was kind of struggling earlier this season so it felt good to finally PR.”
Data has been stuck under 40 feet for her personal best in the shot put for the past couple of years and has set her standards high for conference.
“I’ve been trying to break 40 feet for a while and now I am only a couple of inches away from that,” Data said. “My ultimate goal is to win conference.”
As far as the capability of the women’s team to come away with the conference title, Data has no doubt.
“Absolutely,” Data said.“We have such a great team this year [not just] athletically but also we’re always there for each other and we just have this family. We really want to win the conference title.”
Their dry streak in conference titles proves to be encouraging for Data.
“It’s been awhile since the girls won so I think we just need to put everything forward so we can do our best and not have any regrets when the day is done. We’re excited to compete.”
Freshman Kelsey Mix qualified in the 100-meter dash running a time of 13.35 while sophomore Stephanie Barrong qualified in the 200-meter dash running a time of 27.00. Freshman Cassiana Busch qualified in the 400-meter race with a time of 1:01.28 and sophomore Kate Jones qualified in the 400-meter hurdles crossing in just over one minute, 12 seconds.
Sophomore Meghan Holzer cleared 4-11 to qualify in the high jump while freshman Chandler Mason qualified in the discus throwing 111-1.
During the season 31 of the 39 Whitworth women have advanced to the Northwest Conference Championships. Head track and field coach Toby Schwarz was pleased with the performances.
“For the last meet before the Northwest Conference meet, it was a huge success,” Schwarz said. “Now we train and heal up and get mentally and physically prepared for the Northwest Conference meet.”
The women will travel to Salem Ore. for the Northwest Conference Championships starting on Friday April 26 at 2 p.m.
Multi-Event recap:
Sophomore Christina Dobbins and sophomore Emily Moore were the only two women to travel last week to Parkland, Wash. to compete in the Northwest Conference Multi-Event Championships. Dobbins took fourth after all seven events in the heptathlon with 4,184 points while Moore took seventh with 3,637 points. Their combined places will score a total of seven points towards the Whitworth women’s team score at the Northwest Conference Championships on April 26 and 27.
Contact Tiara Pajimola at tpajimola16@my.whitworth.edu