FINAL RESULTS

SALEM, Ore. – On the final day of the dual meet between cross town rivals Corban and Willamette Friday at McCullough Stadium, the Warriors' men's track & field team qualified 10 athletes for this year's Cascade Collegiate Conference Championships.

As a team, Corban captured three individual titles and earned a team victory in the 4x400 meter relay but fell to NCAA Division III member Willamette in the final event tally, 12-6, in the two-day event.

In the day's opening event, freshman James Myrvold (Sandy, Ore.) won the long jump with a CCC Championship-qualifying leap of 6.50 meters (21-feet, 4-inches). Along with Myrvold, sophomore Joash Pangilinan (Honolulu, Hawaii) finished second thanks to an automatic qualifying jump of 6.27 meters (20-feet, 7-inches).

Myrvold would registered his third win of the meet in the triple jump, as the first-year Warrior turned in a CCC qualifying leap of 12.91 meters (42-feet, 4.25-inches) en route to earning the victory. Fellow freshman Jordan Hatfield (Heppner, Ore.) would also meet the conference's minimum qualification mark with a jump of 12.37 meters (40-feet, 7-inches), while Pangilinan rounded out a clean sweep in the event with a CCC qualifying jump of 12.36 meters (40-feet, 6.75-inches).

At the same times as the long and triple jump, freshman Zach Conlee (Milton-Freewater, Ore.) was competing in the shot put and turned in a third place finish with a CCC qualifying throw of 11.90 meters (39-feet, 0.50-inches). Fellow freshman Kent Wilson (Bonney Lake, Wash.) also threw for the Warriors in the shot put, as he finished fourth with a toss of 10.92 meters (35-feet, 10-inches).

Sophomore David Brown (Meridian, Idaho) would earn Corban's third win of the afternoon with a victory in the 3,000 meter steeplechase thanks to a CCC qualifying time of 9:58.98. Finishing right behind Brown was senior Jason Hardrath (Baker, Ore.), who also turned in a conference qualifying time of 10:33.24. Rounding out Corban's runners in the event was sophomore John Trimble (Vancouver, Wash.) with a fifth place showing thanks to a time 11:00.33.

In the 100 meter dash, Pangilinan and Hatfield would finish fourth and fifth with times of 11.81 and 11.97, respectively.

The 200 meter dash would feature four Warriors – freshman Kyle Croft (Spokane, Wash.), Myrvold, sophomore Seth James (Snyder, Colo.), and freshman Chris McGehee (Jefferson, Ore.) – that finished third, fourth, sixth, and seventh, respectively. Croft would lead the charge with a time of 24.09, while Myrvold (24.33), James (24.42), and McGehee (25.64) all broke the 26-second mark.

In the 400 meter dash, James led Corban's contingent with a runner-up finish with a conference qualifying time of 51.19. Along with James, senior David Anderson (Salem, Ore.), sophomore Bryce Petersen (Salem, Ore.), and sophomore Jefferson Forrest (Springfield, Ore.) rounded out the final four spots with times of 52.17, 52.76, and 58.22, respectively.

Senior Ben Search (Battle Ground, Wash.) would secure an automatic qualifying time in the 800 meter run with a runner-up showing that turned in a time 1:58.37, while freshman Josh Dyer (Tokatee, Ore.) finished fifth in the event with a time of 2:20.05.

In the 1,500 meter run, sophomore Taylor Adrian (Portland, Ore.) and junior Caleb Goins (Scio, Ore.) finished fourth and fifth thanks to times of 4:07.45 and 4:11.18, respectively. Adrian's time was a mere 0.40 seconds off the CCC qualifying mark, as the second-year Warrior ran only his second race of the season in a non-stop rain.

The event's 5,000 meter run featured one Warrior – freshman Jay Jacobsen (Sequim, Wash.) – that finished fifth overall with a time of 18:13.71.

In the final race of the evening, Corban swept the 4x400 meter relay as the 'A' team defeated the 'B' team thanks to a time of 3:32.58. The Warriors' winning team featured Anderson, Petersen, Goins, and Croft, while Corban's second squad showcased James, Forrest, Adrian, and Dyer. The difference in the race was just over 16 seconds, asthe Warriors' first squad turned in the fifth best time in program history.

Corban's men's track & field team will return to the oval on Saturday, March 26th, at the second annual Club Northwest Invitational beginning at 10:00 a.m. in Seattle, Washington on the campus of the University of Washington.