March 17-23 Ryan Macdonald, Western Washington
Feb. 2-8
Feb. 9-15
Feb. 23-M. 2
Outdoor
March 3-9
March 10-16
March 17-23
Week-by-Week
Week of March 3-9: Track – Cody Warner, Western
Oregon (Fr., Springfield, OR – Thurston) had two of the
best sprint times in GNAC history in sweeping the 100 and
200 meters at the Willamette Opener. His time of 10.68 in
the 100 equaled the sixth best in GNAC history. He won
the 200 meters in the seventh best time in GNAC history,
running 21.51. He also won the long jump with a leap of
21-0 ¾. Field – Franz Burghagen, Alaska Anchorage (Sr.,
Berlin, Germany) grabbed the early NCAA Division II
national lead in the javelin with an automatic national
qualifying mark of 224-10. He was one of five GNAC
javelin throwers to post national qualifying marks Saturday
at various venues.
Chelsey Knott, Northwest Nazarene
Tayler Fettig, Central Washington
Becki Duhamel, Central Washington
Katie Reichert, Western Washington
Kali Walker, Saint Martin’s
Anna Paradee, Western Washington
Week-by-Week
Week of March 3-9: Track – Haley O’Connor, Western
Washington (Sr., Sammamish, WA - Eastlake) won the
1500 meters at the UPS Five-Way meet with a meet record
time of 4:37.26, the best opening time of the season in the
conference. Field – Katie Reichert, Western Washington
(Sr., Longview, WA – Kelso) took the national lead in the
javelin with an automatic qualifying mark of 159-2. Last
spring, she finished second in that event at nationals with
a throw of 165-2, just one inch back of teammate Bethany
Drake, who is redshirting this spring.
Week of March 10-16: Track – Dominik Notz, Alaska
Anchorage (Jr., Dettingen, Germany) finished second in the
5,000 meters in a provisional national qualifying time of
14:15.61 at the Occidental Distance Carnival Spring Classic
at Los Angeles. His time, which was the best by collegian
in the meet, is the fourth fastest in GNAC history. Field –
Brian Chalkey, Saint Martin’s (So., Eugene, OR) won the
javelin at the Pacific Lutheran Invitational in a PNQ of 2054. He is the 17th athletic in GNAC history to throw the
javelin 200 feet. His mark ranks 11th on the GNAC all-time
list.
Week of March 10-16: Track – Shannon Porter, Saint
Martin’s (Jr., Vancouver, WA - Hockinson), left the field in
her dust winning the 10,000 meters at the PLU Invitational
by 1 minute, 24 seconds. Her time eclipsed the provisional
national qualifying standard by 1 minute, 16 seconds and
was the eighth fastest in conference history. Field – Kali
Walker, Saint Martin’s (So., Lacey, WA – Nort hwest
Christian) won the javelin at PLU with a provisional
national qualifying performance of 141 feet, 11 inches.
Week of March 17-23: Track – Kent McKinney, Central
Washington (Jr., Seattle, WA) won the 100 meters in a
provisional national qualifying time of 10.61 – the fifth
quickest in GNAC history – at the Eastern Oregon Team
Challenge at Hermiston. His time currently ranks seventh
in NCAA Division II. He also ran a 21.99 in the 200, which
ranks second in the GNAC this spring, in sweeping the two
sprint events.
Field – Ryan Macdonald, Western
Washington (Sr., Bellingham, WA - Sehome) set a GNAC
record in the discus at the Rose City Preview in Portland
with a winning throw of 177-5 eclipsing the old mark of
175-5 set by Cameron Neel of Central Washington in 2006.
Week of March 17-23: Track – Dani Eggleston, Central
Washington (Jr., Longview, WA) bettered the NCAA
Division II national qualifying standard in the steeplechase
at the Eastern Oregon Team Challenge winning the event
in a time of 11:00.27. That time ranks second in Division II.
A week earlier she had a PNQ of 17:11.79 in the 5,000
meters at Pacific Lutheran and currently ranks third
nationally in that event. Field – Anna Paradee, Western
Washington (Fr., Tacoma, WA - Decatur) earned a
provisional national qualifying mark of 12-0 ½ in winning
the pole vault at the Rose City Preview.
WOMEN
PREVIOUS GNAC OUTDOOR T&F RESULTS
Week
Indoor
Dec. 8-14
Jan. 12-18
Jan. 19-25
Jan. 26-F. 1
Feb. 2-8
Feb. 9-15
Feb. 23-M. 2
Outdoor
March 3-9
March 10-16
March 17-23
Week
Dec. 8-14
Jan. 12-18
Jan. 19-25
Jan. 26-F. 1
Willamette Opener (March 7 at Salem, OR): Men – Western
Oregon 117, Willamette 82, Portland 39. WOU Winners: 100 –
Cody Warner 10.68. 200 – Cody Warner 21.51. Long Jump – Cody
Warner 6.42 – 21-0 ¾. Discus – Kenny Klippel 41.26 – 135-4.
Javelin – Justin Larson 61.22 – 200-10. Women – Western Oregon
159, Willamette 110, Portland 7. WOU Winners: 100 – Laura
Patrick 12.63. 400 – Suzie Van De Grift 59.91. 800 – Stephanie
Stuckey 2:15.58. 100 Hurdles – Rochelle Pappel 14.69. 400
Hurdles – Audrey Hellesto 1:06.37. Shot Put – Emmi Collier 13.71
– 44-11 ¾. Hammer – Emmi Collier 45.36 – 148-10. Javelin –
Amanda Short 43.88 – 143-11.
Track
Field
Becki Duhamel, Central Washington
Karolin Anders, Alaska Anchorage
Becki Duhamel, Central Washington
Emmi Collier, Western Oregon
Chelsey Knott, Northwest Nazarene
Lindsey Butterworth, Simon Fraser
Shannon Porter, Saint Martin’s
Lindsey Butterworth, Simon Fraser
Taylor VanValey, Northwest Nazarene
Jennifer Johnson, Simon Fraser
Lynelle Decker, Seattle Pacific
Haley O’Connor, Western Washington
Shannon Porter, Saint Martin’s
Dani Eggleston, Central Washington
UNLV Randall Cunningham Track Classic (March 7 at Las Vegas):
Men (UAA Winners): 100 – Darrion Gray 11.03. 200 – Darrion
Gray 22.04. 400 – Adam Commandeur 49.35. 800 – Nathan
Kipchumba 1:55.82. 1500 – Dominik Notz 3:54.09. 110 Hurdles –
Travis Turner 15.39. 400 Hurdles – Elliott Bauer 54.92. 4x100 –
Alaska Anchorage 43.14. 4x400 Relay – Alaska Anchorage
3:22.83. High Jump – Tevin Gladden 1.88.
Javelin – Franz
Burghagen 68.52 – 224-10. Women (UAA Winners): 1500 –
Tamara Perez 4:42.35. Triple Jump – Alexia Blalock 11.48 – 37-8.
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