TACOMA, Wash. –   Cassidy Walchak-Sloan and Josh Schulz led the way for the Saints with two first place finishes, as the Saints had a combined eight podium finishes across various events at the Ed Boitano Invitational.
 
COMPLETE RESULTS
 
Walchak-Sloan won the women's 1500 with a time of 4:41.89. Finishing right behind her, Naomi Hartley finished second with a time of 4:54.51 and in fifth was Sara Sabra with  a time of 4:59.23
 
Schulz won first in the men's long jump with a distance of 6.86m (22-ft, 6.25-in).
 
Andrew Boyd ran a 11.83 in the 100m dash for a sixth place finish.
 
Eden Mortensen placed second in the women's 100m hurdles with a time of 15.49.
 
Brandon McMillian-Thomas ran a 16.72 in the men's 110m hurdles for a third place finish.
 
In the men's 400m dash Rudu Wani finished fourth with a time of 53.20.
 
On the women's side of the 400m dash, Olivia Cervantes finished fifth with a time of 1:09.03.
 
SMU had three top-ten finishers in the men's 1500, Kainalu Pagente (4:04.10), Isaac Cortes (4:04.57) and Lance Slichko (4:09.57).
 
Noa Peralta and Josh Eiland finished fourth and fifth in the men's hammer throw with distances of 45.18m (148-ft, 2-in) and 44.78m (146-ft, 11-in).
 
Micah Au-Haupu finished second in the men's shot put with a distance of 14.18m (128-ft, 11-in).
 
In the women's 4x100 meter relay, the team of Madison Vu, Cree Bell, Mortensen, and Margaret Zilla placed second with a time of 50.91.
 
On the men's side of the 4x100 meter relay, the team of Andrew & Josh Schulz, Josh Tanicala and Boyd placed third with a time of 44.35.
 
The Saints will return to Tacoma next weekend, for the PLU invitational on March 12th.