Multi athletes get WSU Open underway from The Podium in Spokane

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The multi athletes got things started Thursday in the Podium as Washington State men's and women's indoor track and field opened the WSU Open & Multi with the pentathlon and the opening four events of the heptathlon.

Sarah Kovich hit three personal-bests and finished 21st in the women's pentathlon while Lee Walburn finished the day at eighth in the men's heptathlon.

Walburn clocked a 7.23 to place second in the 60m dash to start the day and later followed up with fifth-place finishes in both the shot (12.82m) and high jump (1.89m). The transfer from Caroll College (Mont.) will look to carry the momentum of his season-best marks in all four events on day one into day two as…