Evergreen freshman DeAndre Wright set the school record in the men’s 100-meter dash in 10.97 in the team’s first outdoor meet at the Ed Boitano Invitational, hosted by the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, last weekend.
In addition, Wright already qualified for the Cascade Collegiate Conference Championships in the 100-meter dash and the triple jump, while four other Geoducks also qualified for the CCC meet.
Wright’s record-setting time placed him ninth out of 56 runners in the 100-meter dash. In the triple jump, Wright’s top mark was 42 feet as he took fifth place. It was the third-best triple jump in Evergreen history. He was just 0.04 meters (1.5”) out of fourth place and just 0.14 meters (5.5”) out of second place.
Joining Wright as qualifiers for the CCC Track and Field Championships were sophomore Max Baeder, sophomore Jackson Rye, freshman Jarvae Lindsay, and freshman Haleigh Hanson. Baeder registered a time of 31:58.72 in the men’s 10,000-meter run for second place on Evergreen’s all-time list. Rye earned the fourth-fastest time at Evergreen in the men’s 10,000 in 32:26.61.
Lindsay achieved a top distance of 41 feet, 6 inches, to finish in sixth place in the men’s triple jump while moving into fourth on the Geoducks’ all-time list. Hanson earned a top mark of 108’5” in the women’s discus throw as she took eighth place at the meet. Hanson’s throw ranks fourth all-time at Evergreen.
Also excelling for the Geoducks was junior Evan Williams in the men’s 5,000-meter run. He completed the race in 15:55 for the 10th-fastest time in school history. He took seventh place in the meet.
The Evergreen track and field teams will be back in action at the PLU Open on Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14. The meet will be held on the Pacific Lutheran campus in Tacoma.
