WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, coaches and athletes 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.000 and welcome to the John Knight Twilight. 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:11.000 It's appropriate that we honor tonight's seniors 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:15.000 before we begin the track portion of the event. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:19.000 First, we'd like to recognize former Coach John Knight 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:28.000 who coached WOU's track 'n field program from 1989-2003. 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000 He had 17 individual national champions 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:38.000 during that time and 250 All-Americans. 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:44.000 He won the National Coach of the Year honors in 2003 for the NCAA. 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:49.000 And in 1993 he won Coach of the Year for NAIA. 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:57.000 John Knight....applause 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.000 And now moving ahead to our seniors. 00:00:59.000 --> 00:00:63.000 Our first honoree is Justin Crosswhite. 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:06.000 Crosswhite spent his entire collegiate career with the Wolves 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:09.000 after arriving from Hood River High School. 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:11.000 He began his career on the cross country course. 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:15.000 In 2019, he was the runner-up at the GNAC Championships 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.000 and placed 61st at regionals. 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:22.000 In track, Crosswhite started to post strong results in the 2018 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.000 GNAC Indoor Championships coming in 3rd in the mile, 2nd in the DMR. 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:31.000 During the most recent GNAC Indoor Championships in 2019, 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:35.000 Crosswhite came in 4th in the mile. And during this past season, 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:39.000 Crosswhite came in 2nd in the 1500, 7th in the 800, 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:44.000 while setting new personal records, crossing at 30:50:61 in the 1500 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:54.000 and 1:51:97 in the 800, Justin Crosswhite...applause. 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:56.000 Our next honoree is Moana Gianotti. 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:60.000 Gianotti arrived at Western Oregon after competing 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.000 at Riddle High School. Her first collegiate event 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:08.000 was competing in the shot put at the UW Invitational in 2018. 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:11.000 During the 2018 GNAC Outdoor Championships, 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:16.000 Gianotti set a new personal best throw to come in 1st in the discuss 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:21.000 hitting a mark of 1:40:10 in Western Oregon's John Knight Twilight. 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:26.000 During the past 2020 season, Gianotti set a new personal best in the shot put 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:30.000 Of 44.9 at the UW Invitational. 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:33.000 In the weight throw in the GNAC Championships, 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:34.000 she also came in 3rd in the shot put. 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:40.000 During the 2021 indoor season, Gianotti won the shot put at the GNAC Championships 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.000 with a new personal best. During the past indoor season, 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:50.000 Gianotti hit a new personal record in the weight throw with a distance of 52.325 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:55.000 and came in 2nd. She also won the shot put with a throw of 44.15. 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:64.000 Moana Gianotti...applause 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.000 Our next honoree is Aaron Hanible. 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:10.000 Hanible came to Western Oregon from Heritage High School in Brentwood, CA. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:16.000 And began his WOU career in 2018 competing in the UW Preview. 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:19.000 During the 2021 GNAC Outdoor Championships, 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:24.000 Hanible set multiple personal records in the 110 hurdles and the 400 hurdles. 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:27.000 He also competed in the 4x100, coming in 5th 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:30.000 and in the 4x400, coming in 3rd. 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:35.000 During the 2022 indoor season at the GNAC Indoor Championships, 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:41.000 Hanible took 6th in the 400 and 7th in the 60 hurdles, both personal records. 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:47.000 So far this season he's competed in the 400 hurdles, 110 hurdles and the 4x100, 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:56.000 coming in 1st in the 400 hurdles at Willamette, Aaron Hanible...applause. 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:59.000 Our next honoree is Taryn Wilson. 00:03:59.000 --> 00:03:61.000 Wilson arrived at Western Oregon from St. Margaret High School 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:06.000 in San Juan Capistrano, CA. Wilson competed in her first event at 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:11.000 at Western Oregon in the 2019 Preview at University of Washington. 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:15.000 She later competed in her first GNAC Championships during the indoor season, 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:20.000 running in the 200 and helping the 4x400 relay team to 3rd place. 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:23.000 Wilson set a personal record in the 200 coming in at 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:27.000 26:18 at the LNC Spring Break Open. 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:31.000 During this past indoor season, Wilson hit a new personal best 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:36.000 in the 60 with a time of 8:49 during the Portland Indoor #2. 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:39.000 So far this outdoor season, Wilson has run in the 100, 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:43.000 and the 200 coming in with a new personal record of 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:56.000 She also placed 4th in the 200 at Willamette, Taryn Wilson...applause. 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:58.000 The next honoree is Logan Jackson. 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:62.000 Jackson came to Western Oregon from Richland High School in Richland, WA. 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:07.000 Jackson competed in her first event at Western Oregon in 2019 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:11.000 at the UW Preview running in the 4x400. 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:16.000 Jackson set a personal record in the 400 hurdles during the John Knight Twilight 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:20.000 in 2019 with a time of 1:11:35. 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:25.000 She later added a PR mark of 13:04 in the 100 at the Portland Twilight. 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:29.000 During the 2020 indoor season, Jackson hit a new personal record 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:33.000 of 8:24 in the 16th at the Portland Indoor. 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:37.000 And during this past indoor season, she added another personal record in the 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:40.000 triple jump during the Portland Indoor #2 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:43.000 with a distance of 33.2.5 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:48.000 So far this outdoor season Jackson has competed in the 100, the triple jump 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:57.000 and came in 4th in the triple jump in Willamette, Logan Jackson...applause. 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:63.000 Devin Hasher, Hasher arrived at Western Oregon from Mt. Hood Community College 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:07.000 after competing at Pilot Rock School in Pilot, OR. 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:11.000 During the 2020 GNAC Indoor Championships, he entered a new 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:16.000 personal record of 6.7 in the high jump coming in 6th. 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.000 During the GNAC Outdoor Championships in 2021, 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:24.000 Hasher came in 5th in the high jump and also added a pair of 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.000 During this past indoor season, Hasher came in 6th 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:34.000 n the GNAC Indoor Championships in the high jump 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.000 and placed 5th in the Portland Indoor. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:42.000 So far this season he's hit a mark of 6.275 in three high jump attempts 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:52.000 coming in 3rd both at Oregon State and Willamette, Devin Hasher...applause. 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:55.000 Gabe Arce-Torre, Arce-Torres came to Western Oregon from 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:58.000 Taft High School in Lincoln City. 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:62.000 He set a personal record in the 800 in the 2019 Bryan Clay 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:09.000 at a time of 1:58:67. During the GNAC Outdoor Championships that year, 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:15.000 Arce-Torres came 3rd in the 400 with a time of 48:93 and also helped the 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:27.000 Arce-Torres came in 7th in the 400 and helped the 4x400 to a runner-up position. 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:31.000 During this past 2022 GNAC Indoor Championships, 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:36.000 Arce-Torres again set personal best in the 60 and the 200, 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:41.000 placing 5th in the 200. So far this outdoor season, Arce-Torres 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:44.000 has competed in the 400 and the 4x400 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:47.000 coming in 2nd at the 400 at Oregon State 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:51.000 and helping the 4x400 team place 5th at Willamette. 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:58.000 Gabe Arce-Torres...applause. 00:07:58.000 --> 00:07:62.000 Samuel Cole, Cole arrived at Western Oregon from Clackamas 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:06.000 after competing locally at Central High School here in Monmouth. 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:10.000 Cole competed in his first event at Western Oregon during 2019 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:16.000 season and finished 9th in the weight throw in his first GNAC Championships. 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:20.000 During the 2021 outdoor season, Cole came in first several times in the hammer 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:25.000 and placed 4th in the GNAC Outdoor Championship with a personal record 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:31.000 of 1.70.1. He also placed 6th in the shot put at the championships. 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.000 During the 2020 GNAC Indoor Championships, Cole placed 2nd 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:37.000 Cole place 2nd in the weight throw, 3rd in the shot put. 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:42.000 So far this outdoor season, Cole has competed in the shot put and the hammer 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:47.000 coming in 3rd in the shot put, 5th in the hammer at Oregon State. 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:52.000 Samuel Cole...applause. 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:59.000 Owen Collins, Collins arrived in Western Oregon from Sunset High School in Portland. 00:08:59.000 --> 00:08:62.000 During the 2019 GNAC Indoor Championships he competed 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:07.000 in the shot put and the weight throw and set a PR in the discuss at Willamette. 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:13.000 Collins placed 9th in the weight throw at the 2020 GNAC Indoor Championships. 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:16.000 Collins placed 1st in multiple meets in the shot put 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:19.000 during the 2021 outdoor season and later came in 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:28.000 at the GNAC Outdoor Championships. During this past indoor season, 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:32.000 Collins came in 2nd in the shot put, 4th in the weight throw 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:36.000 during the GNAC Indoor Championships, both were new personal records. 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:40.000 So far this outdoor season, Collins has competed in the shot put and the hammer 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:44.000 coming in 1st in the shot and 3rd in the hammer at Willamette. 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:49.000 Owen Collins...applause. 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:52.000 Our next honoree Austin Goldstein. 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:55.000 Goldstein came to Western Oregon from Sherwood High School. 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:59.000 Goldstein is also a member of the WOU Football team. 00:09:59.000 --> 00:09:63.000 He started competing in track 'n field for the Wolves during the 2019 season. 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:07.000 He entered the GNAC Outdoor Championships that year 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.000 competing in the javelin. He continued to improve his distances in the javelin and 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:15.000 placed 2nd during the 2021 GNAC Outdoor Championships. 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:20.000 So far this outdoor season he's continued to climb the WOU 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:23.000 all-time record books in the javelin. Since the opening of the outdoor season, 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:29.000 Goldstein has hit new PR and provisional marks in each meet. 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:31.000 Goldstein has already been named 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:42.000 GNAC Field Athlete of the Week, twice, this year...applause. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:47.000 And our final nominee is Kaylin Cantu. Cantu came to Western Oregon 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:52.000 from Kennedy High School in Mt. Angel. Cantu began her 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:57.000 WOU career in 2019 at the WSU Cougar Open competing in the 3000 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:62.000 and later set a personal record in the event 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:62.000 during the SPU final qualifier. 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:06.000 During the 2019 outdoor season, Cantu set a new 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.000 personal record in the 5000 at Willamette. 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:13.000 And a few weeks later set another PR in the 1500 at the Cougar Open. 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:17.000 Cantu put together a strong run at GNAC Indoor Championships in 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:27.000 So far this outdoor season, Cantu has come in 3rd in the 1500 at Willamette. 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:31.000 And also competed in the 5000 during the Mike Fanelli Classic. 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:35.000 Cantu is in the WOU record books in both the 3000 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:44.000 and the 5000 during the indoor season, Kaylin Cantu...applause. 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:48.000 And now how about a nice hand for all of our senior honorees? 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:51.000 applause