Idaho’S Olsen Shatters Shot Put Record

University of Idaho’s Joachim Olsen won the shot put showdown at the 25th annual Vandal Indoor Invitational track meet Friday at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.

Olsen tossed the shot a meet-record of 64 feet, 4-1/2 inches to shatter his school record of 62-2-1/2 set last year. In the process, he reached the automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA championships.

WSU’s Ian Waltz and Washington’s Ben Lindsey also topped the previous meet record of 58-5-1/4. Waltz closed with a 61-4-3/4 mark and Lindsey’s best effort was 59-8-1/2. Lindsey won the discus with a throw of 189-8. Waltz, with an effort of 187-9-1/2, placed second.

Among the women, Washington State’s Alishia Booterbaugh ran an NCAA qualifying time of 2:07.04 to win the 800 meters.

Adekunle Adejuyigbe of Idaho placed second in the men’s 400-meter dash with a 47.87 clocking. Tawanda Chiwira, running unattached, finished first in 46.34.

Idaho’s Nikela Ndebele finished second in the men’s 60-meter dash with a time of 6.84 seconds. Washington’s Ja’Warren Hooker won it with a time of 6.72.

Jovan Harris of Spokane Community Colleges took second in the men’s 55-meter high hurdles with a 7.67 clocking. Ben Meyer, running unattached, won it in 7.50.

Washington State took the top four spots in the women’s 55-meter high hurdles with Randi Smith’s 7.95 the top time. Idaho’s Cassie Greenlee set a school record of 8.16 seconds while finishing fifth. She also ran the first leg of the 4x400 relay, which set a meet and school record by winning in 3:44.29.

College baseball

Washington State starting pitcher Todd Meldahl tossed a three-hit, complete-game gem at the Arkansas Razorbacks Friday morning.

But a solo home run by Brian Kirby to lead off the fifth inning spoiled the day for the senior left-hander, giving the defending SEC champion Razorbacks a 1-0 victory in the first game of the 2000 Arlington Morning News Invitational at Allan Saxe Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Arkansas (4-1) starter Cliff Lee matched Meldahl (1-2) pitch-for-pitch and picked up the win.

Lee scattered four hits and struck out four in his third outing of the year.

Washington State’s only potential rally came in the third inning when catcher Ryan Smith was stranded on second base. The Cougs did not advance a runner past second.

Freshman Stefan Bailie notched one of the Cougs four hits, extending his hitting streak to eight games.

Arkansas 1, Washington State 0

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Meldahl and Smith; Lee and Blum. W-Lee (2-0). L-Meldahl (0-1).

HITS: Washington State - Stevenson, Bailie, Hattenburg, Gates. Arkansas - Welsh, Kirby, Washburn. 2B-Washburn. HR-Kirby (1).

Nevada scored in each of the first six innings and cruised to a 12-7 win over Washington at Papago Park in the Rawlings Spring Training Tournament in Phoenix.

UW’s Matt Massingale, making his first college start after two seasons as a reliever, took the loss, working four innings and allowing seven runs, four of them earned, on seven hits.

The Huskies have a rematch with Creighton today. The Blue Jays beat the Huskies 12-10 on Thursday.

Nevada 12, Washington 7

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Massingale, Kohn (5), McCoy (6), Barton (7), Shepple (8) and Thiel, Rice (8); Qualls, Kenny (9), Rainer (9) and Popoff. W-Qualls (1-0). L-Massingale (0-1).

2B-Washington, Reynolds, Rittenhouse. 3B-Washington, Linden. HR-Washington, Linden (3), Done (1). Nevada, Church (3).

College swimming

Puget Sound increased its lead in both the men’s and women’s team races at the Northwest Conference swimming championships during the second day of competition at the Linfield Aquatic Center in McMinnville, Ore.

UPS took a 619-420 lead over the Whitworth women and the UPS men moved out to a 459-391 lead over Whitworth. The meet concludes today.

The Whitworth women won the 800 freestyle relay in record-setting fashion. Kate King, Marta Holsinger, Mindy Galbraith and Erin Kay turned in a 7:55.02 clocking, nearly 4 seconds better than the previous mark, also set by Whitworth in 1996.

Kay won the women’s 400 individual medley with a time of 4:41.33.