Sophomore Christina Dobbins led the Pirates at the 2013 Northwest Conference Championships scoring 47 individual points out of 150 team points for third place at Willamette last weekend.

Dobbins won the high jump clearing 5-5 1/4 and the 100-meter hurdles crossing at 15.20 seconds. Dobbins took second in the long jump with a distance of 17-90 and was a part of both relay teams including the winning 4×100 relay team consisting of Dobbins, freshman Maddye Dinsmore, and sophomores Stephanie Barrong and Rachel Palmquist. The 4×100 team and 4×400 team crossed at 49.30 and 4:05.85, respectively. Dobbins also earned five points with a fourth-place finish in the heptathlon that took place a week prior to the conference meet.

“It was just a really great meet,” Dobbins said. “The entire team stepped up and competed. We scored [about] 20 points more than we were expecting to score.”

Dobbins is seeded ninth in the overall Division III national rankings for the high jump. The top 22 women for each event will advance to nationals.

Freshman Kerry Wright took her first conference title at Willamette. Wright threw 148-9 1/4 in the javelin to earn first place.

“It feels really cool,” Wright said. “My teammate came out and PR’d before me so that encouraged me and it was a lot of fun.”

Junior Cassidy Stevick followed Wright for third place throwing 134-4 3/4 in the event. Wright was very pleased with the overall performance of her team.

“Everyone performed above what we thought we could do,” Wright said. “Everyone stepped up and pulled it together. They gave it their all and performed very well.”

Wright remains the No. 1 thrower in the Division III national rankings.

Freshman Kierstie Shellman cleared 12-2 for a first place finish in the pole vault. She is now ranked seventh in the Division III national rankings.

Sophomore Christina Anderson took second in the 10,000 meter run crossing at 38:21.10. Freshman Dakota Kliamovich grabbed a second place medal in the hammer with a throw of 165-3 3/4. Freshman Courtney Fairhart took home bronze in the women’s discus with a distance of 136-0 1/4. Sophomore Rachel Palmquist took third in the triple jump with a mark of 36-11 1/2.

The women who rank in the top 22 in their respective events will continue their next competition at Spokane Falls Community College for the Sasquatch Thrower/Distance Carnivals May 8 starting at 3 p.m.

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