OREGON TECH INVITE | LARRY BYERLY INVITE

By Isaac Fernandez, Assistant SID

PORTLAND/KLAMATH FALLS – The Southern Oregon track and field team boasted by far the most successful Saturday of the outdoor season, producing five NAIA Championship qualifying marks, six top SOU all-time marks, and nine wins across the Larry Byerly Invitational and Oregon Tech Invitational.
 
Just 67 miles from Ashland at Moehl Stadium, Carson Le Bel became an automatic qualifier in pole vault and the first Raider in 20 years to clear five meters (16-04 ¾). It was a five-inch personal best for the junior from Central Point and tied him for No. 2 on the Raiders' all-time list. He's only the fourth vaulter to clear five meters this year.
 
Elsewhere, in Portland at Griswold Stadium, the Raider distance squad continued to rewrite the record book.

Frankie Maciel and Jalen Griego both notched the 'B' standard and became the fastest pair of teammates over 10,000 meters in Raider history. Maciel won with an SOU No. 2 time of 30 minutes 26.18 seconds (30:26.18), just under two seconds off of Eric Ghelfi's school record of 30:24.63. Griego took third in 30:41.36 and moved to No. 5 on the Raiders' all-time list. It's a 41-second improvement from his 10k opener in San Francisco two weeks ago and an 18-second personal best.
 
Maciel and Griego are the first Raider duo to earn a provisional mark for 10,000 meters in the same season since Noah Oberriter (30:38.76) and Ben Harter (31:06.07) achieved the feat in 2019 when the 'A' and 'B' standards were 31:16 and 31:45, respectively. They moved to No. 6 and No. 14 on the NAIA outdoor performance list.
 
In the women's 5,000-meter, Cammeo Ramirez snagged the 'B' standard, and Alyssa Johnson just missed out in runner-up and third-place finishes. Ramirez's time of 17:18.59 is the second-fastest time in Raider history and the 17th best mark in the NAIA this year. Not far behind, Johnson finished in 17:23.32 and moved to fourth on the SOU all-time list.
 
Mason Weisgerber ran the seventh-fastest time in the nation and earned the 'B' standard in the men's 5K, winning in a time of 14:28.28. The sophomore from Wilsonville beat out a field of 53 and landed himself No. 5 on the SOU all-time list. Weisgerber took the lead after 1,800 meters and held it until the finish line, gapping the rest of the field by seven seconds.
 
The Raiders also took first-place finishes at Oregon Tech from Trey Lucas (200m, 22.41), Dylan Heath (400m, 50.84), Rogue Newton (400m hurdles, 56.93), Kobe Johnson (shot put, 14.75m), JaQuieze Holland (triple jump,12.57m) and the men's 4x400-meter relay (3:20.72).

The Raiders are back in split-squad action at the Oregon State High Performance Meet and Linfield Open on May 2 and 3.


% - NAIA 'A' mark; ^ - NAIA 'B' mark; * - CCC qualifying mark
LARRY BYERLY INVITATIONAL
SOU MEN'S RESULTS
5,000 Meters (53)
1. Mason Weisgerber, 14:28.28 [SOU No. 5, NAIA No. 7]^
20. Trenton Abraham, 15:33.28 [SB]
22. Logan Huffman, 15:39.64 [PB]
25. Asher Tatsumi, 15:45.25

10,000 Meters (15)
1. Frankie Maciel, 30:26.18 [SOU No. 2, NAIA No. 6]^
3. Jalen Griego, 30:30.74 [SOU No. 5, NAIA No. 14]^
12. Hayden Roth, 35:15.39

SOU WOMEN'S RESULTS
5,000 Meters (33)
2. Cammeo Ramirez, 17:18.59 [SOU No. 2, NAIA No. 17]^
3. Alyssa Johnson, 17:23.32 [SOU No. 4, NAIA No. 21]*
14. Mercedes Harms, 19:22.58
23. Ashley Jentzsch, 20:14.08 [PB]

OREGON TECH INVITE
SOU MEN'S RESULTS
100 Meters (11 total entries)
3. Trey Lucas, 11.32
7. Isaiah Hidalgo, 11.66 [PB]

200 Meters (8)
1. Trey Lucas, 22.41*
3. Isaiah Hidalgo, 23.88

400 Meters (4)
1. Dylan Heath, 50.84
2. Rafe Blandini, 50.98 [SB]

800 Meters (13)
10. Dominic Vaughn-Luma, 2:07.65

400 Meter Hurdles (3)
1. Rogue Newton, 56.93 [PB]*

4x100 Meter Relay (5)
DQ – Isaiah Hidalgo, Dylan Heath, Keith Sorenson, Trey Lucas

4x400 Meter Relay (7)
1. Dylan Heath, Rafe Blandini, Rogue Newton, Trey Lucas, 3:20.72 [SB]

Pole Vault (5)
1. Carson Le Bel, 5.00m (16-04 ¾) [SOU No. 2, NAIA No. 4]%
3. Keith Sorenson, 4.50m (14-09)*

Long Jump (8)
2. JaQuieze Holland, 6.40m (21-00)*
4. Carson Le Bel, 6.31m (20-08 ½) [PB]

Triple Jump (3)
1. JaQuieze Holland, 12.57m (41-03)*

Shot Put (18)
1. Kobe Johnson, 14.75m (48-04 ¾)*
9. Derrick Bennett, 12.27m (40-03 ¼)*

Discus (14)
7. Derrick Bennett, 36.02m (118-02)

Hammer (13)
7. Derrick Bennett, 40.22m (131-11)*

SOU WOMEN'S RESULTS
Discus (14)
3. Ilyhia Greely, 37.20m (122-00)*

Hammer (9)
2. Ilyhia Greely, 43.83m (143-09)*