Arrington, a freshman, threw the discus 122 feet, 11 inches in his first collegiate meet.
Koertje, also a freshman, was timed in 19:34.50 in the 5,000 meters. Teammate Melissa Thorne placed fourth in the event in 19:42.90. Both Koertje and Thorne had times that qualified them for the Northwest Conference championships in the 5,000. Koertje missed the regional qualifying time by about 10 seconds.
Jennifer Wood, a third Whitman freshman, recorded a time of 2:27.45 to place seventh in the 800 meters. Thorne placed eighth in a time of 2:32.44.
Jaime Grindrod also ran two events for the Missionaries, placing fourth in the 100-yard dash in 14.51 and seventh in the 200-meter dash in 30:33. Her time in the 100 was one one-hundredth of a second out of third place.
Elisa Bobnes placed fifth for Whitman in the 3,000 meters in 11:31.89. Kirsten Adams ran sixth in the 100-yard high hurdles in 18.67.
Paul Siegmund placed third for the Missionaries in his heat of 100-yard dash in a time of 12.13. He had the eighth best time overall.
Hossein Baghdadi ran a 4:24.47 in the 1,500 meters, placing seventh. Lars Tysver placed 13th in the 5,000 meters in 17:07.18.
Ten men's teams and ten women's teams competed in the Salzman Invitational, an annual meet.
Thorne was timed in 2:22.21 in the 800, which undercut the conference qualifying standard by 2.7 seconds. She missed qualifying for the regional championships by 1.3 seconds.
Counting collegiate runners only, Thorne placed fourth in her event. Kristen Mora of Club Northwest won Saturday's 800 event in 2:16.09. A second club runner, Anny Hobbs, finished a half second ahead of Thorne in fifth place.
Wood's time in the 800 was 2:23.30.
"Both Melissa and Jennifer had very good times for this early in the season," Whitman track coach Scott Shields said. "They both ran very good races, even though they didn't have much left at the end. That's good from standpoint that they can go faster with more conditioning."
Both Thorne and Wood are "shooting to qualify for regionals and nationals," Shields added. "I know we're going to see more improvement from them in the weeks ahead. How much improvement depends on how healthy they stay and how much their conditioning improves."
In other results Saturday, Whitman freshman Heather Koertje placed sixth (fifth among collegiate runners) in her event, the 3,000 meters. Her time, 11:03.35, missed the conference qualifying standard by about nine seconds.
Whitman's Jamie Grindrod placed 11th in the 100-meter dash in 14.67 seconds and 17th (16th among collegiate runners) in the 200-meter dash in 29.51 seconds. Teammate Kirsten Adams placed 15th in the 100-meter hurdles in 18.32 seconds.
In the men's competition, Whitman's Paul Siegmund finished 19th in 100-meter dash in 12:21 seconds. Lars Tysver placed 20th (19th among collegiate runners) in the 5,000 meters in 16:58.27.
Bradford holds the Whitman school record (146 feet, one inch) in the javelin and has qualified for nationals in each of the past three years, placing second, third and fourth.
Two of her teammates placed fifth in their events at the Spokane Falls meet. Jenny Wood was timed in 2:24.14 in the 800 meters, while Kirsten Adams ran 18.94 in the 100-meter high hurdles. Jamie Grindrod placed sixth in the 400 meters in 1:05.00.
In the men's competition, Whitman freshman Brant Arrington tossed the discus 118 feet to place ninth. Paul Siegmund placed 12th in the 200 meters in 24.32.
Amanda Bradford won her second javelin event in two weeks, tossing the
spear 143 feet to qualify for the NAIA national championships for the
fourth consecutive season. Competing Saturday in a Northwest Conference
Quadrangular meet hosted by Whitworth College, Bradford fell just
three feet, one inch short of tying her Whitman school record for the
event."I expected her to get the national qualifying mark (135 feet) in this meet, but I didn't expect her to throw as far as she did," Whitman track coach Scott Shields said. "This is the earliest in the season she has qualified for nationals. It normally takes her three or four meets before she starts getting her throws out there. This was only her second meet of the season."
There is a good chance Bradford will break her school record in the weeks ahead, Shields said. "She is far from peaking at this point," he said. "There are a lot of little things we need to work on. She's probably three weeks away from putting everything together."
Bradford, who was hobbled by a knee injury throughout her recent basketball season, seems to be having little trouble with her knee early this spring, Shields said. "So far she's fine."
In other Whitman results from Saturday's meet, freshman Kirsten Adams ran a personal-best time of 18.12 seconds to place second in the 100-meter hurdles. Two other freshmen, Lars Tysver and Heather Koertje, placed third in their 5,000 meters races. Koertje's time was 19:11.18, about 11 seconds off the qualifying standard for the regional championships. Tysver was timed in 17:22.54.
Whitman's Hossein Baghdadi also ran in the men's 5,000 meters, placing fifth in 17:39.52.
A fourth Whitman freshman, Jenny Wood, placed fifth in the 800 meters in 2:25.41. Senior teammate Melissa Thorne was sixth in 2:26.75.
Whitman's Jamie Grindrod ran in two of the women's sprints, placing fourth in the 400 meters in 1:05.41 and sixth in the 200 meters in 30.04.
Brant Arrington in the discus and Baghdadi in the 1,500 meters placed seventh for the Missionaries in those events. Arrington tossed the discus 115 feet, seven inches. Baghdadi's time was 4:23.37.
Bradford, a senior, won the javelin with a throw of 132 feet, five inches, which was well below her winning distance (143 feet) from the previous week. Bradford has already qualified for the conference, regional and national meets.
Thorne, also a senior, had a time of 2:22.21 in the 800 meters. Freshman Jenny Wood placed fifth in 2:24.34, which was two-tenths of a second off her season-best time. Both Thorne and Wood qualified previously for the conference championships.
Heather Koertje, another freshman, placed third in the 3,000 meters in 11:05.40, which was a few seconds off her season-best time. Sophomore Elisa Bobnes also ran the 3,000, placing fifth in a season-best 11:29.86. Kirsten Adams, also a freshman, lowered her season-best time in the 100-meter hurdles to 18.03 seconds while placing fifth. Sophomore Jamie Grindrod clocked a season-best 1:04.84 while placing ninth in the 400 meters.
In the men's competition, Whitman freshman Lars Tysver finished eighth in the 10,000 meters in 38:45. Hossein Baghdadi, a sophomore, placed 16th in the 800 meters in 2:05.71.
Bradford won Friday's event with a toss of 127 feet, her shortest winning distance of the season. Weather conditions were less than ideal.
Freshman Heather Koertje placed sixth in the 5,000 meters in a time of 19:19.04.
Jenny Wood, another freshman, placed seventh in the 800 meters in 2:25.66. Teammate Melissa Thorne was ninth in 2:26.70.
In the men's competition, Whitman freshman Lars Tysver placed ninth in 5,000 meters in 17:48.08.
Wood was timed in 2:21.91, which was more than second below her previous best time. Unfortunately, however, she missed qualifying for the NAIA regional championships by about two seconds.
Senior Melissa Thorne also ran in the preliminaries of the 800 meters but missed making the event finals. Thorne, who wasn't feeling well, finished her preliminary heat in 2:25, three seconds slower than her season-best time.
Freshman Heather Koertje placed 10th in the 5,000 meters in a time of 19:25.27, which was about 14 seconds slower than her season-best time.
Sophomore Elisa Bobnes undercut her season-best time in the 3,000 meters, running an 11:29.78 to place 13th.
Whitman senior Amanda Bradford, one of the top javelin throwers in the conference, skipped the conference championships to stay on campus and concentrate on academic chores. She has the best throw in the conference this spring in the javelin at 143 feet, which would have won the conference title.
Bradford plans to compete in the NAIA regional championships on Saturday, May 9, in Monmouth, Oregon. She has already qualified for the NAIA national championships.
The weather conditions were cool and wet as Whitman's Amanda Bradford placed third in the women's javelin event at the NAIA regional championships, which were held at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.
Laura Kruse of Western Washington University won the event with a throw of 153 feet, 10 inches. Gina Pieretti of Willamette University was a distant second with a throw of 132 feet even. Bradford was third with a toss of 129 feet, one inch, which was well below her season-best effort (143 feet).
"For whatever reason, Amanda didn't have one of best days," Whitman track & field coach Scott Shields said. "Hopefully she can bounce back with a better day at the national championships."
Whitman's Amanda Bradford placed fourth in the women's javelin event as the NAIA National Track & Field Championships opened in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Bradford placed fourth with a season-best distance of 143 feet, eight inches and earned All-American honors in the event for a fourth consecutive year.
Nicky Emblem of Phillips University (Enid, Oklahoma) won the javelin event with a throw of 166 feet, six inches. Laura Kruse of Western Washington University finished second with a distance of 157 feet, eight inches. Janae Helgerson of Southern Oregon University took third with a throw of 151 feet, two inches.
Bradford also placed fourth at the national championships last spring as a junior. Her best throw last year at nationals was 139 feet, three inches.
She posted her best performance at nationals when she placed second at the end of her sophomore season. Her best throw in that national meet -- 146 feet, one inch -- still stands as the Whitman school record for the women's javelin.
Bradford placed third at nationals as a freshman.
This year's national track championships marked the end of Bradford's athletic career as a two-sport standout at Whitman. In four seasons as a starting forward on the women's basketball team, she scored a total of 1,401 points to finish third on Whitman's all-time scoring list. She also ranks among the school's career leaders in rebounds (688), steals (240) and assists (201). She earned all-conference honors in the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges in each of her four seasons.