LA GRANDE, Ore. -- The Eastern Oregon University track and field team heads to Salem for the Willamette University Invitational. This is the first ever edition of track and field notes for the Mountaineers.

MEET INFORMATION
The 1500m, Steeplechase, 5K and 10K races, as well as the Hammer Throw and Pole Vault will be contested on the evening of Friday April 1st. The remaining events will be contested on Saturday April 2nd. Live results from the meet will be available on EOUSports.com. The Mountaineers will send 42 of their student-athletes.

QUICK HITS
* After two meets, Eastern Oregon has one NAIA auto-qualifying mark.
* EOU has had eight of its track and field athletes tabbed Athlete of the Week so far in 2011 in indoor and outdoor track and field.
* The Mountaineers have had four national athletes of the week in 2011.
* Brittany Sims currently has the top women's 400-meter hurdles time in the Cascade Conference.
* Robbie Haynie has the top mark in the men's long jump currently in the Cascade Conference.
* Live results from the meet can be found at http://livestats.willamette.edu/live/track/

BARNETT GETS NATIONAL ATTENTION
EOU track and field student-athlete, Anne Barnett, was named the NAIA National Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week last Wednesday. The senior posted three first-place finishes and one NAIA-provisional qualifying mark at the EOU Blue and Gold Meet on March 18. She won the javelin, hammer throw and shot put. Her hammer throw (142' 10”) and shot put (37' 5 ¾”) marks place her in the national top-seven list. Her distance of 128' 9” in the javelin also took first place and was the provisional mark.

LAST TIME OUT
The Eastern Oregon University track and field team found success at the Blue and Gold Meet Friday despite strong winds. Kimmy Moore jumped over 17 feet for the first time in her career with a long jump of 5.22 meters. Moore would later win the 100 meters with a time of 16.37 seconds into a head wind. Anne Barnett won a trio of throwing events. The senior took the shot put title with a top toss of 11.42 meters. She won the hammer throw with a mark of 43.54 meters, and the javelin by a wide distance from the rest of the field. Barnett's hammer throw and javelin marks were both in the EOU all-time top 10. Brittany Sims, this week's NAIA National Female Track Athlete of the Week, won both the 400 meters (1:03.46) and the 100 meters (13.52). Sims, Moore, Kadie Booth and Cory O'Neill teamed up to run a quality 4 x 300 as well. Robbie Haynie won the men's long jump with the second best mark in EOU outdoor history at 7.03 meters.

HOME MEET INFORMATION
There is no admission price for fans who attend a home meet for Eastern Oregon. But, fans are asked to not bring their pets to the meet. Pets are not allowed on any EOU athletic field. Live results from the EOU Open can be found at EOUSports.com.