SALEM, Ore. -- A total of 12 Willamette University track and field athletes will be competing in running events at the OSU High Performance Meet on Friday, May 1 at the Whyte Track & Field Center in Corvallis, Oregon. Running events will begin at 4 p.m. (PDT). Seven athletes on the WU women's team will be participating, along with five runners from the Bearcat men's team.
In the women's sprints, Kylea Johnson (Jr., Onalaska WA/Onalaska HS) will run in the 100-meter dash, while Maura Forbush (So., Hollister, CA/San Benito HS) will compete in the 400-meter dash.
Three Bearcats -- Michaela Freeby (Sr., Milwaukie, OR/Rex Putnam HS), Olivia Mancl (So./Fr., Seattle, WA/Roosevelt HS) and Hannah Swanson (Fr., Seattle, WA/Roosevelt HS) -- will be involved in the 1,500-meter run. Mancl is 13th in NCAA Division III in the 1,500 this season with a personal record time of 4:34.71.
Hannah Bressler (Jr., Oak Harbor, WA/Oak Harbor HS) will compete in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. She is currently ranked 17th in Division III in the steeplechase at 10:59.31. Juliet Farnan (Jr., Lafayette, CA/Campolindo HS) will represent the Bearcats in the 5,000-meter run.
For the Bearcat men's team, Parris Joyce (Jr., Portland, OR/Catlin Gabel School) will participate in the 800-meter run. Jacob Shafi (Jr., Pleasanton, CA/Amador Valley HS), Daniel Swanson (Sr., Seattle, WA/Roosevelt HS) and Forrest Smith (Fr., Crested Butte, CO/Crested Butte Comm. School) will all compete in the men's 1,500-meter run.
Also for Willamette, Yonny Castillo (Jr., Parkdale, OR/Hood River Valley HS) will enter the 5,000-meter run.
The OSU High Performance Meet will feature more than 700 athletes from throughout the nation.
Olivia Mancl is ranked 13th in NCAA Division III this season in the women's 1,500-meter run. Her top time is 4:34.71.
