Jan. 18, 2004

SEATTLE, Wash. - Dustin Wilson (So., Silverdale/Central Kitsap) won the men's 60 meter hurdles to lead eight top three performances by Western Washington University in open section action Sunday at the University of Washington Husky Indoor Track and Field Preview at the Dempsey Indoor facility.

"I'm pleased as heck with our performances," said Western coach Pee Wee Halsell. "We've just been going for a week and a half."

Wilson was timed in 8.57 seconds, with teammate Joshua Freeman (Jr., Bainbridge Island) second in 8.84.

Three other runner-up performances for the Vikings were Ryan Los (Jr., Gig Harbor/Peninsula) in the men's 400 (51.35), Tammy Carlson (Jr., Ridgefield) in the women's shot put (35-10 3/4) and Jessica Telleria (So., Boise, ID/Capital) in the weight throw (39-1 3/4).

Placing third for Western were Scott Romney (Jr., Gig Harbor) in the men's pole vault (14-5 1/4), and Kim Radke (So., East Wenatchee/Eastmont) in both the shot put (35-2 1/2) and weight throw (36-10 1/4).

Two Vikings competed Saturday in the invitational section with women's pole vaulter Danielle Juarez (Sr., Olympia/North Thurston) placing 11th as did men's distance runner Steve DeKoker (Sr., Maple Valley/Tahoma) in the 3,000.

Juarez, who missed the 2003 outdoor season because of a knee injury, cleared 11-9 3/4 to meet the provisional national qualifying standard. She earned outdoor All-America honors in 2002, placing fifth at the NCAA Division II National Championships.

DeKoker was clocked in 8:31.76.

WWU RESULTS:

MEN
60 meters (pre) - 6. Eddie Kaeka 7.29, 10. Dustin Wilson 7.37, 12. Jacob Petz 7.38,
16. Mikel Lenox 7.41, 19. Nick Nguyen 7.45, 26. Joshua Freeman 7.53,
39. Dan Thompsen 7.79
60 meters (final) - 5. Eddie Kaeka 7.24, 8. Dustin Wilson 7.33, 9. Jacob Petz 7.33
200 meters  - 7. Mikel Lenox 23.52, 13. Jacob Petz 23.87, 20. Brian Sweeney 24.02,
26. Nick Nguyen 24.62
400 meters - 2. Ryan Los 51.35, 7. Brian Sweeney 52.19, 8. Josh Freeman 52.37,
13. Chris McClung 53.03, 28. Andy Behl 56.93
60 meter hurdles - 1. Dustin Wilson 8.57, 2. Joshua Freeman 8.64
4x400 meter relay - 5. WWU (Petz, Sweeney, McClung, Los), 3:31.71
3000 (open) - 9. Sam Brancheau 9:05.19
3000 (invite) - 11. Steve DeKoker, 8:31.76
Pole Vault - 3. Scott Romney 14-5 1/4 (4.40), 5. Tyler Thornbrue 13-11 1/4 (4.25),
6. Andy Behl 13-11 1/4 (4.25), 11. Zack Koehnke 13-5 1/4 (4.10)
Long Jump - 5. Paul Danforth 20-9 1/2 (6.34), 11. Joshua Freeman 19-3 (5.87)
Shot Put - 8. Jason Willard 41-1 (12.52)
Weight Throw - 5. Jarrod Roberts 39-1 1/4 (11.92), 6. Tom Farris 38-11 (11.86)
WOMEN
60 meters - 9. Lauren Gardner 8.24, 20. Laura Burch 8.52
200 meters - 16. Lauren Gardner 27.63, 19. Jackie McCall 27.77, 20. LeAnne Evans 28.03,
25. Laura Burch 28.75, 26. Ruth Webster 29.09
400 meters - 9. Jackie McCall 1:03.12, 10. Laura Burch 1:03.24,
12. Ruth Webster 1:03.88
60 meter hurdles - 7. LeAnne Evans 9.82
High Jump - 11. Amy Kruckeberg 4-11 (1.50), 15. Jackie McCall 4-9 (1.45),
16. LeAnne Evans 4-9 (1.45)
Shot Put - 2. Tammy Carlson 35-10 3/4 (10.94), 3. Kim Radke 35-2 1/2 (10.73),
7. LeAnne Evans 33-1 1/4(10.09), 10. Kristina MacCully 29-0 (8.84)
Weight Throw - 2. Jessica Telleria 39-1 3/4 (11.93), 3. Kim Radke 36-10 1/4 (11.23),
4. Kristina MacCully 36-7 1/2 (11.16), 6. Tammy Carlson 33-7 1/2 (10.25)
Pole Vault (invite) - 11. Danielle Juarez, 11-9 3/4 (provisional mark)