April 12, 2008

Three Western Oregon men established or bettered their own season-best conference marks to highlight Wolves results at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational at UCLA's Drake Stadium.

Jeff Long clocked 1:54.03 in the 800 meters to finish ninth in a loaded field with the fastest time in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference this year. That time also places him seventh all-time on Western Oregon's list.

Tyler Reisnaur went 45-10 in the triple jump to place fifth, also a GNAC best in 2008. Lloyd Massey bettered his GNAC-leading time of 53.81 in the 400 hurdles in finishing 11th overall.

Freshman Zeke VanPatten ran 14:57.63 in the 5,000 meters to cross the line seventh, while also climbing to fifth on WOU's all-time list. That time is third in the GNAC this year. Anthony Marin improved his discus throw to 145-6, the second best throw in the conference thus far.

Meanwhile, Zeb Udell finished third in the decathlon, despite a "no height" in his best event, the pole vault. Udell finished with 5,586 points, nearly 800 points below his career best of 6,358.

On the women's side, freshman Mandy Keifer finished second in the javelin with a throw of 129-5, the...