Two Pirates win at NWC

Derrick Dewindt and Kristi Dickey won individual titles and Whitworth’s women grabbed the first-day lead at the Northwest Conference track and field championships Friday in Salem, Ore.

Dickey, who was questionable to compete because of a lingering leg injury, won the women’s 10,000 meters for the second straight year in 37 minutes, 21.17 seconds – more than 14 seconds ahead of Puget Sound’s Liana Roberts. Teammate Rebecca Jamieson was fourth as the Pirates collected 14 of the 56.3 points that gave them an eight-point cushion over defending champion Willamette.

Whitworth’s Sarah Marken scored in the long jump and javelin, and advanced through the prelims of her two individual track events, the 100 and 100 hurdles.

The Pirates men scored 23 of their 28 points, good for fourth place, in the throws, with Dewindt winning the hammer with a throw of 181 feet, 3 inches, a lifetime best.

LaCrosse-Washtucna graduate Lindsey Blankenship of George Fox broke her meet record in the women’s hammer with a throw of 172-4.

•Washington State redshirts Alex Grant and Chris Concha placed 1-2 in the C section of the men’s steeplechase at the Oregon Invitational in Eugene, Grant clocking 9:06.86. On the women’s side, Eastern Washington’s Stephanie Ulmer (150-9) and Jordan Baugahn (147-7) finished 3-4 in the javelin.