WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Port Angeles High School graduate Alison Maxwell took first in the 5,000-meter run at the New England Small College Athletic Conference’s track and field championships at Williams College.
Maxwell, a senior at Middlebury College, won conference crown in the 5,000 with a time of 17 minutes, 31.82 seconds.
She also placed third in the 800 (4:39.37) to help the Panthers place third at the meet.
Last week, Maxwell was selected as the NESCAC Track Performer of the Week.
Maxwell, who earlier this year won the 2015 NCAA Indoor National Champion in the mile run, recorded a time of 4:34.51 and was the top Division III finisher in the 1,500-meter run during the Larry Ellis Invitational hosted
by Princeton.
That time is the ninth-quickest 1,500 mark in Division III and automatically qualifies Maxwell for the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships next month in Springfield, Mass.
Braithwaite wins conference title
NEWBERG, Ore. — University of Puget Sound junior Cameron Braithwaite (Port Angeles, 2012) placed first in the decathlon at the Northwest Conference Championship at George Fox University.
Braithwaite racked up 6,255 points in the finals of the Friday-Saturday meet to win by 78 points.
Brocklesby second at Vernacchia Invite
BELLINGHAM — Olympic College’s Jayson Brocklesby (Sequim, 2013) placed second in the high jump at the 31st annual Ralph Vernacchia Invitational hosted by Western Washington University at Civic Stadium.
Brocklesby cleared 6 feet, 5 inches in the high jump at Saturday’s meet.
He almost cleared the opening pole vault height of 13 feet, one foot about his personal record, but finished with no height.
Brocklesby’s participation was limited because he had to leave Sunday for the NWAC Decathlon championships hosted by Lane Community College in Springfield, Ore., which wraps up today.
Jolene Millsap (Port Angeles, 2014) and Hannah Hudson (Sequim, 2014) also competed for Olympic at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational.
Millsap ran a personal record and placed sixth in the open 400.
She and Hudson helped the Rangers’ 4×400-meter relay take second with a personal-best time of 4 minutes, 6.58 seconds.
Hudson and Millsap also ran with Olympic’s 4×100 relay team that finished fourth with a time of 50.12 seconds.
Softball
Mariah Frazier’s bat lifts Rangers
EVERETT — Former Port Angeles standout Mariah Frazier helped Olympic College split a pair of doubleheaders last week.
Frazier was 3 for 4 with an RBI in the Rangers’ 8-7 win over Everett in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday.
Frazier went 3 for 6 on the day as Olympic split with Douglas in Bremerton on Tuesday.
Frazier’s big day featured a two-run home run in the Rangers’ 4-1 opening game win.
Hopson goes out in style
LUBBOCK, Tex. — Lea Hopson (Sequim, 2011) had a hit, a run and an RBI in her final home game as Texas Tech wrapped up a series win over Big 12 foe Texas.
Hopson drove in a run with a RBI single in the fifth inning of the Red Raiders’ 7-3 win.
Baseball
Konopaski earns first win
PARKLAND — Pacific Lutheran closer A.J. Konopaski (Port Angeles, 2011) struck out four batters in three innings to notch his first win of the season in the Lutes’ 7-6 win over Linfield on Saturday.
Konopaski allowed the tying run in the eighth inning, but held Linfield off thereafter as Pacific Lutheran stayed alive in the Northwest Conference tournament.
Whitworth ended the Lutes’ conference tournament championship hopes with an 8-2 win Sunday.
Pacific Lutheran, the NWC’s regular season champ, still has three more games remaining as it vies for an at-large bit to the NCAA Division III West Regional.
Earlier this month, Konopaski, a senior, earned his 10th save of the season and 30th of his career to become the only the sixth player in Division III history to have 30 or more career saves.
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Compiled by Sports Editor Lee Horton, with help from email submissions from parents and friends and Google Alerts. Send updates of area athletes performing well elsewhere to lhorton@peninsuladailynews.com.
