L&C Spring Break Open Produces Fast Times
March 22, 2014

Under blue skies befitting Spring Break, the Lewis and Clark Open proved to be a good day for the Wildcats. In the distance events, Katie Skinner was second in her first career 3,000-meter steeplechase (12:19.14), qualifying for the NWC championships and Hannah Greider claimed runner-up status in the 1,500 in 4 minutes, 48.81 seconds, just 1.81 seconds away from cracking the Linfield Top 10.

Katie Skinner attacks the water barrier on her way to a strong showing in the 3k steeplechase.

“The highlight of the meet for me was having five women under 5:05 in the 1500 meters,” stated distance coach Greg Mitchell. “Hannah in 4:48, Audrey in 4:54, Madison in 4:58, Siena in 4:59 and Calli 5:04 – it really shows the depth of our team.”

Maddy Noe, Siena Noe, Hannah Greider and Calli Dowdy crank it up in the 800m.

On the men’s side, Chris Roth and Brandon Lemerande both qualified for the conference meet by finishing fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Roth clocked in at 10:41.23 while Lemerande registered a time of 10:41.51, dropping nearly seven seconds off his previous best time.

In other distance events, Michael O'Neil placed fifth in the 1,500 (4:03.78) and was fourth in the 5,000 (career-best 16:01.30).

Art O'Kelly leads the field during the men's 800m.

“We had good showings in everything from the 800 to the 5000,” stated Mitchell. “We had some tired legs going in to this meet, so it was fun to see fast times despite the heaviness.”