Noble sets UO record at Invite

Former Rogers High runner Becca Noble set a University of Oregon record at the University of Washington Indoor Track and Field Invitational in Seattle, finishing the 800 in 2:04.22, beating the old record by 2.53 seconds.

•Eleven women’s and four men’s records fell and two NCAA automatic qualifying marks and eight provisional marks were reached at the Cougar Indoor Track & Field Meet in Pullman on Saturday.

Southern Cal’s Virginia Powell, a junior from Seattle’s Rainier Beach High School, ran an automatic qualifying and meet-record time of 8.06 seconds in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles. Powell, the 2005 USA Championships bronze-medal winner and 2005 Pac-10 and NCAA 100 hurdles champion, also reached a provisional qualifying time of 7.33 in the prelims of the 60 dash.

Former Idaho Vandal Angela Whyte took third in the 60 dash (7.57) and second in the 60 hurdles (8.12).

Among the other top performers were Idaho’s Dee Olson – who set a meet record in the women’s mile, finishing at 4 minutes, 51.53 seconds – and Russ Winger, and Washington State’s Robin Mikesh, James McSwain and Justin Ireland.

Winger won the shot put title with a toss of 60 feet, 10 inches, a provisional qualifying mark. Mikesh tied a meet record when she won the high jump at 5-8. McSwain set the 60 dash record with a provisional qualifying time of 6.69. Ireland also set a meet record when he won the mile in 4:15.79.

•Washington State All-American pole vaulter Tamara Diles reached a provisional qualifying mark at the National Pole Vault Summit at Reno, Nev., with a season-best vault of 13-3 1/2 .

WSU’s Tyson Byers felt a twinge in his hamstring on his second attempt and stopped, finishing the day with no height.

Junior hockey

Brad Bohlinger scored four times as the Queen City Cutthroats beat the Spokane Flyers 4-3 in overtime in Northern Pacific Hockey League action at Butte, Mont.

Wrestling

Josh Edmondson and Jake Kallestad each went 3-0 on the day as North Idaho beat Western Wyoming, but fell to Northwest Wyoming and Iowa Central in a meet at Northwest Wyoming in Powell, Wyo.

Edmondson, from Medical Lake, won all three of his matches at 184 pounds. Kallestad was undefeated at 285 as the Cardinals knocked off Western Wyoming 27-15, but fell to Northwest Wyoming 19-17 and Iowa Central 25-9.

X Games

U.S. Olympic team member Nate Holland of Sandpoint edged Switzerland’s Marco Huser in the men’s snowboarder X to win his first gold in the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo.