Oregon's A.J. Acosta, Mandy White and Zoe Buckman registered NCAA qualifying marks Saturday at the UW Last Chance Qualifier at the Dempsey Indoor Facility.
SEATTLE, Wash. - Sophomore Mike Arnold posted a career-high jump of 17-7.75 in the pole vault Saturday at the University of Washington Final Qualifier. Arnold's mark placed him in a five-way tie for second place. Arnold's previous best mark was 17-3.75, recorded at the Big Sky Conference Championship. Today's vault of 17-7.75 is another NCAA provisional mark for Arnold and is just 4.75 inches away from the NCAA automatic mark.
Sophomore Ben Blankenship defeated the likes of Galen Rupp in clocking the first sub-4 minute mile in Gopher history.
The No. 7 Red Raiders and No. 23 Lady Raiders will be sending a select few to the Iowa State and Washington Last Chance meets to try and qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Oregon will send seven individuals to the Husky Last Chance Qualifier on Saturday in Seattle. Competition gets underway at 10 a.m.