Results

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — The Pacific Lutheran University men's track & field squad won a pair of events and logged four more top five finishes on Saturday, placing fourth as a team at the Pacific Open.
 
"We're really happy with today. We didn't travel a full team but had a lot of strong performances. Carson had a great day in javelin and he's continuing to develop really nicely. Micah had a nice PR in shot put as well. The team keeps improving and that's all you want to see heading towards conference," said Head Coach Trey Henderson.
 
Keola Sanchez won the 100-meter dash, topping the 67-athlete field with a winning effort of 11.00 seconds. Grady Lemma took top billing in the 400-meter hurdles, making one trip around the track in 56.56 and finishing third in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.44.
 
Carson Olmstead threw a personal best 192 feet, 4 inches, to place second overall in the javelin with teammate Darius Chaffin placing fourth in the same event with a season best toss of 187' 8". 
 
Bridger Hanis cleared a personal best 5' 11 ½" in the high jump to finish fifth overall. Dylan Jones was seventh in the pole vault (14' 2 ½") while Micah Ragaza-Bourassa finished in the same position in the shot put with a personal best throw of 44' 0 ½". Cooper Claxton jumped to a personal record in the triple jump, leaping 42' 2 ¾" to place 10th. 
 
Despite sending just a partial squad, the Lutes tied for fourth overall at the 16-team meet. PLU scored 50 points finishing just 2.5 points shy of host Pacific University. Lane Community College won the team title with 95.5 points with Whitworth University runner-up with 69. 
 
The Lutes are back in action on Friday, competing at the Doris Heritage Invitational hosted by Seattle Pacific University.