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Whitfield, Moersdorf lead Beavers at Long Beach meet

Long Beach, Calif. – Standout performances by Jade Whitfield and Anneke Moersdorf lead the Oregon State women's track team on Thursday at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate meet at Long Beach State.

A redshirt freshman from Visalia, Calif., Whitfield took eighth place and set the No. 2 mark in the discus at 168-5, an improvement of almost five feet from her previous PR. She moved from No. 4 to No. 2 on the all-time list, behind Melissa Ausman.

A junior from San Luis Obispo, Calif., Moersdorf flew 19-3.50 in the long jump and placed fourth, bettering her outdoor PR by more than 14 inches and establishing the No.