April 25, 2003

EUGENE, Ore. - Running in her first 10,000-meter race, Western Washington University's Lisa Pearl (So., Kenmore/Inglemoor) set a school record with a NCAA Division II national provisional qualifying time of 37:10.77 as she placed fifth at the University of Oregon Invitational Track and Field meet Friday at Hayward Field.

The Vikings' Zach Boteilho (Sr., Camas), the defending meet champion in the men's 10,000, ran a personal best and bettered his national provisional qualifying time by over 30 seconds as he finished eighth in 30:33.23.

"Lisa had a phenomenal race," said Western coach Pee Wee Halsell. "She basically ran two 18:30 5,000s, with her personal best in the 5,000 being 18:07."

"She ran conservatively and picked people off as she went along. She looked very smooth."

Pearl, running in a field of 23 runners, bettered a school standard that had stood since 1992. The old mark of 37:23.4 was held by Kris Maraveller.

Boteilho won the 10,000 at last year's Oregon meet as an unattached runner in 30:57.32. He ran nearly 24 seconds faster Friday, but the winning time in the 25-lap race was 29:57.44 by Nike Portland's Ian Solof.

"Zach was running to win and he ran some laps in the low 70s and that came back to haunt him. But he bettered his personal best and ran very well."

Winning the women's 10,000 in 36:33.02 was Anne Glenn from UC Davis.

Twelve other Western athletes will compete in the Oregon Invite on Saturday, with the balance of the Viking squad participating in the Western Oregon University Invitational at Monmouth, Ore.

Results:

Women's 10,000 - 1, Anne Glenn, UC Davis, 36:33.02. 2, Laura Cherdack, UC Davis,
36:40.06. 3, Danielle Johnson, Nike Portland, 37:03.61. 4, Dolores Bergmann, Humboldt
State, 37:08.06. 5, Lisa Pearl, Western Washington, 37:10.77. 6, Heidi Colpitts,
Montana State, 37:23.97. 7, Chloe Glare, UC Davis, 37:27.20. 8, Karen Olsen, Utah
State, 37:39.51. 9, Liana Bernard, Southern Oregon, 37:43.61. 10, Kayla Christensen,
Boise State, 37:44.66. 11, Yesewzer Kebede, Clark, 37:58.51. 12, Kathy Rice, Portland,
38:06.87. 13, Anne Kawasaki, Portland State, 38:11.02. 14, Kendra Colyar, Spokane CC,
38:21.36. 15, Larisa Manuel, Gonzaga, 38:21.36. 16, Kierra Bernales, Southern Oregon,
38:47.49. 17, Michelle Pierce, Portland, 39:17.08. 18, Erin Gerhardt, Lane CC, 39:25.71.
19, Stephanie Carter, Lane CC, 39:37.08. 20, Sarah Doty, Boise State, 39:49.33. 21,
Erin Ferguson, Portland, 41:01.60. 22, Wogahata Haile, Highline, 41:54.73. 23,
Lindsay Devitt, Spokane CC, 46:56.79.

Men's 10,000 - 1, Ian Solof, Nike Portland, 29:57.44. 2, Kevin Murphy, Montana
State, 30:05.50. 3, Ahrlin Bauman, Club Northwest, 30:05.83. 4, Clark Bryner, Utah
State, 30:06.17. 5, Mark McManus, Unat., 30:07.78. 6, Patrick Chessar, Spokane CC,
30:10.06. 7, Micah Rolfe, Unat., 30:11.66. 8, Zach Boteilho, Westen Washington, 30:33.23.
9, Matt Franck, Unat., 30:33.32. 10, Takamichi Hayashi, Team Eugene, 30:39.29. 11,
Clay Hemlock, Highline, 30:41.58. 12, Steve Manos, Seattle U., 31:00.95. 13, Steve
Schaefer, Portland, 31:05.50. 14, David Danley, Utah State, 31:05.88. 15, Miles
Wiscombe, Boise State, 31:06.55. 16, Brandon Stum, Spokane CC, 31:15.37. 17, Matt
Sheeks, Unat., 31:31.31. 18, Benn Wynn, Utah State, 31:35.10. 19, Chuck McKenzie,
Portland, 31:39.04. 20, Matt Laye, UC Davis, 31:39.23. 21, Jeff Sather, Team Eugene,
31:42.28. 22, Leif Olson, Spokane CC, 31:53.93. 23, Chris Hollis, Portland State,
31:56.31. 24, Will Merchad, UC Davis, 32:01.52. 25, Oscar Bauman, Club Northwest,
32:15.51. 26, Matt Perez, Portland, 32:16.64. 27, Charlie Miller, Birmingham-
Southern, 32:25.80. 28, Brice Roncace, NW Nazarene, 32:28.14. 29, Matthew Schmitt,
Unat., 32:29.04. 30, Brandon Wedam, Portland, 33:30.27. 31, Jesse Stringer, Unat.,
33:41.18. 32, Brian Murphy, Portland, 33:52.50. 33, Andrew Melton, Portland, 33:58.70.
34, Adam Kenyon, Lane CC, 34:25.69. 35, Bill Madden, Portland, 34:52.83.