PORTLAND, Ore.  – Sophomores Christian Hackney and Garrett Kraal made new dents in the NCU record book this weekend as the Beacons competed at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open. In addition, three more CCC qualifications standards were met.
 
Hackney (pictured above) had his best javelin throw of the season on Friday night, producing a toss of 54.63 meters to take sixth place (fourth among collegiate throwers). His mark was just 0.35 meters short of the NAIA "B" Standard.
 
Kraal (pictured, left) on the other hand hit the "B" standard in the 5000m, becoming the first NCU athlete ever to accomplish the feat. His time of 14:55.48 broke his own school record and was just ten seconds shy of an automatic qualification to nationals.
 
A new school record was also set in the 4x100m relay as Michael Andrews, Tanner Keuter, Josh Chesnut and Micah Jury broke the record set two weeks ago by 2.24 seconds.
 
The qualification list for CCC grew by three over the weekend as Chris Zirkle qualified in the 5000m, Jury added the 110m Hurdles to his 400m Hurdles standard, and Victor Irechukwu cleared the CCC high jump mark by 0.02 meters.
 
Complete results: (*New CCC Qualifier)
 
100m: Antonio Campos (11.65), Josh Chesnut (11.91)
200m: Antonio Campos (23.49), Alec Duncan (24.41), Victor Irechukwu (24.80), Josh Chesnut (24.94)
400m: Alec Duncan (52.65)
800m: Diego Delaplane (2:16.22)
1500m: TJ Wright (4:07.51), Taylor Kraal (4:09.97), Conner Covey (4:13.31)
5000m: Garrett Kraal (4:55.48), *Chris Zirkle (15:23.62), Hunter Tyler (16:13.54), Eli Shelby (16:15.09)
100m Hurdle: *Micah Jury (16.92)
400m Hurdle: Micah Jury (58.69)
4x100m Relay: 45.33 (Michael Andrews, Tanner Keuter, Josh Chesnut, Micah Jury
4x400m Relay (A): 3:35.59 (Michael Andrews, TJ Wright, Micah Jury, Alec Duncan)
4x400m Relay (B): 3:49.72 (Tanner Keuter, Conner Covey, Antonio Campos, Taylor Kraal)
High Jump: *Victor Irechukwu (1.73m)
Long Jump: Josh Chesnut (6.07m), Daniel Brock (5.19m), Michael Andrews (4.72m)
Triple Jump: Daniel Brock (11.27m)
Javelin: Christian Hackney (54.63m), Garth Gant (53.71m), Patrick Fritter (44.89m)
 
NCU will be back in action in two weeks for a pair of events. Most of the team will hit up Linfield's Jen Boymann Invitational while a select few will travel to the San Francisco State Distance Carnival.