TACOMA, Wash. – The weather conditions weren't the best for today's Pacific Lutheran Invitational track and field meet, but the Eagles came away with some positive results. Temperature was in the 50's and rain fell most of the day on the event.
 
CarrieAnne Steele won the women's long jump with a leap of 5.33m (17-06.00). She then took second place in the triple jump with a distance of 10.60m (34-09.50). Kyle Cole had a third place finish in the men's 1500m coming in with a time of 4:04.68 and then came back to finish 4^th in the 5000m run with his time of 16:13.75.
 
Shandon Lystad and Reegan Moore went 2^nd and 3^rd in the women's 3000m steeplechase. Lystad had a time of 12:56.97 and Moore was in at 14:12.10. Michelle Perez took third place in the women's 800m with a 2:30.37.  Janelle Kono was third in the women's pole vault at 2.88m (9-05.25).
 
Other Eagles competing today*:

• Hannah DeLapp – Women's 1500m – 5:40.02; 800m – 2:50.54
• Leila Praino – Women's 1500m – 6:02.69; 800m – 3:04.57
• Cameron Siler – Men's 1500m – 4:12.08; 5000m – 17:16.16
• Dean Willis – Men's 1500m – 4:20.59; 5000m – 16:45.30
• Gino Bruce – Men's 1500m – 4:21.82; 5000m – 18:05.31
• Braden Garland – Men's 100m – 12.65
• Emily Campbell – Women's 200m – 30.85; Javelin – 17.47m (57-04); Shot Put – 6.24m (20-05.75)
• Carter Cunningham – Men's Shot Put – 10.27m (33-08.50); Javelin - 42.53m (139-06); Discus - 35.71m (117-02)
• Megan Fenton – Women's Shot Put – 7.55m (24-09.25); Discus - 28.99m (95-01)
• Caleb Smith - Men's Javelin - 38.88 (127-07)

Coach Mark Mandi on today's meet: "It was good to finally begin our outdoor season. While we had to deal with constant rain today, it didn't stop our team from competing well. We had several athletes place in the Top 3 and many had their best outdoor season debuts. I'm excited about building on the success we had during the indoor season."