Geoducks shine at George Fox University All-Comers Track and Field Meet

Contact: Erik Snyder (360) 867-6537
snydere@evergreen.edu
Sports Information Director
The Evergreen State College

April 9, 2005

Evergreen Track and Field earned a few podium finishes at Saturday's meet at George Fox University in Newberg, OR as the young Geoduck runners return to competition after two off weeks.

Competing with out top male runner Josh Klimek, the Geoduck men got good results from some of the younger runners on the team.

Freshman James Hudson led the Geoducks with his 2nd place finish in the men's 10,000 meters posting an excellent debut time of 34:30.00.

Jason McConnell followed in 35:44. McConnell will be attempting to qualify for the NAIA Marathon at the Run for The Roses Half Marathon in Portland next Sunday along with women's ace Megan Mower.

Mower finished in third place in the women's 10,000 meters, covering the 25 laps in 43:45.80--a 7:03 per mile pace.

Frosh redshirt, Miguel Pineda, competed in both the 1500 & 800 meters. He ran season bests in both events, a 4:21.39 (6th) and 2:09.4 (14th) respectively.

Liesl Plomski finished third in the 800 meters (2:44.4) in her season opener at that distance.

Rachel Williams made her debut in the 5,000 meters finishing in 6th place and running 6:45 miles to a personal best of 20:59.4.

The men's 5,000 meters had recent Evergreen transfer Joel Pearson running unattached to finish 10th in 16:48. James Hudson did the super double of the day, coming back four hours after the 10,000 meters to finish 12th in the race. His 17:09 was well off his season best but a courageous effort nonetheless.

Evergreen Track and Field will compete next Saturday at the Spike Arlt Invitational hosted by Central Washington University in Ellensburg.

Full Results go to http://www.georgefox.edu/athletics/track/2005/results/0409.html