TACOMA, WA - The Northwest track and field team had a great Saturday at the University of Puget Sound for the Peyton-Shotwell Meet. 

Emri Butcher and Marissa Guthrie both competed in the women's 1500 run finishing sixth and seventh overall respectively. Butcher finished with a time of 5:14.86 while Guthrie followed right behind with a time of 5:15.02. 

Elizabeth Behnke and Naomi Limb competed in the women's 100 dash and both finished in the top five overall. Behnke finished third with a time of 12.67 while Limb crossed fifth with a time of 12.76. 

Josiah Jaquith, Jarron Ransford and Jack Kopatich all competed in the men's 800 run and all finished in the overall top ten. Jaquith was the runner-up, clocking in a time of 1:56.55. Ransford finished fourth with a time of 1:59.43. Kopatich came in sixth with a time of 2:01.38. 

Levi Nichols and Kai Ushikubo both competed in the men's 5k run. In heat one, Nichols finished eighth with a time of 15:44.04. Ushikubo won the entire second heat, clocking in at 16:10.38. 

Isaiah Hollinger and Ethan White both competed in the men's long jump and both finished in the top ten overall. Both competed in the first flight and finished in the top two with Hollinger taking the win with a distance of 6.37m while White cleared 6.27m. 

The track team will travel to Pacific Lutheran University for the third and final time next weekend for the PLU Spring Invite. 

"We had a great day at UPS," said Head Coach Mark Mandi. "I really loved seeing how well our team competed and continued to improve from meet to meet. Josiah and Lizzy both finished in the Top 3 of their events in competitive races. Jenisha was able to make finals in two events. Ethan made a statement that he's going to be someone to watch out for in the horizontal jumps. Kai won his first track race ever when he won his heat of the 5k in dramatic fashion. Teammates, coaches, and parents were all over the place to offer support to competitors. Thankful to God for days like these."