Two Simon Fraser University freshmen opened the outdoor track and field season making NCAA standards.
Monique Lisek, a former B.C. high school champion, won the women's 400-metre hurdles in a NCAA provisional time of 1:02.01 at the UBC Open track meet in Vancouver on Saturday. Lisek also finished third in the 200m.
Vladislav Tsygankov also made a provisional qualifying standard in the men's long jump, winning the field event with a leap of 7.37 metres.
Clan teammates Vladis Moldavanov, Jerry He and Andy Ho placed second through fourth, respectively, behind Tsygankov in the long jump, all with personal bests.
Moldavanov's jump of 7.15m qualified him for the Great Northwest championships.
He, with a third-place leap of 6.85m, and Ho, at 6.78m, made provisional conference standards.
Moldavanov, a sophomore, also qualified for the conference finals in the triple jump, winning the event with a mark of 14.48m. Second-year runner Joel Webster was runner-up in the men's 200m.
Ella Brown won the women's triple jump in 11.52m, while New Westminster's Natasha Lazecki was second in the long jump with a personal-best jump of 5.40m. Alana Mussatto placed fourth in the 800m.
At the Spring Break Open meet in Seattle, Selina Byer and Peter Behncke both made conference standards in their respective throwing events.
Byer won the women's javelin with a personal-best 42.22m throw, while Behncke had a PB toss of 50.40m in the hammer to finish second overall.
Sam Humphreys, in the pole vault, and Ryley Carr, in the hammer, made Great Northwest provisional standards in their events.
