PACIFIC LUAU: Bruins Take First in 10 Events at Pacific Luau Meet

Complete Results 

FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Led by double-event winners Irene Johnson and Dakari Kongela, the George Fox University Bruins captured 10 events in all at the Pacific University Luau track and field meet Saturday here at Lincoln Park Stadium.

The Bruin women won seven events, led by Johnson’s first-place times in the 100 meter dash (12.88) and the 100 meter hurdles (15.41).  Although not her best marks of the season in those events, Johnson already stands first in the 100 in the Northwest Conference and third in the 100 hurdles.

Other winning women for the Bruins were Rachel Meis in the 200 meter dash (27.12), Mollie Honan in the 400 meter dash (1:01.61), Connie Evjen in the pole vault (9-0.25 / 2.75), Emily Hodgin in the triple jump (34-10.5 / 10.63), and Hana Fisher in the hammer (119-7 / 36.46).  Hodgin’s triple jump mark moved her into second place in the NWC standings.

Kongela captured the men’s long jump (21-4.25 / 6.51) and the triple jump (41-7 / 12.67).  He already stood fourth in the NWC in the long jump, and moved into sixth in the triple jump.

Garrett Blizzard won the men’s 400 meter dash with a time of 49.50, moving into second in the NWC.  His time was also only one second off an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying mark for the National Championships.

Among the second-place finishers for the Bruin women were Meis in the 100 (13.24), Lizzy Alaimo in the 100 hurdles (16.09), Marlee Zakrevsky in the hammer (109-9 / 33.46), and Fisher in the javelin (108-2 / 32.98).

The only second for the George Fox men was by the 4x400 meter relay “B” team of Jacob Cuniff, Ryan Erickson, Ryan Lane and Bradley Higgins, which posted a time of 3:37.09, less than two seconds behind the University of Puget Sound’s “A” team.

A few of the Bruins will be back in action Monday and Tuesday in the Northwest Conference Multi-Events at Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash.  The next event for the full squads will be the Lewis & Clark Invitational in Portland on Friday-Saturday, Apr. 17-18.