so far this winter in Division II. Members of the quartet
also established three provisional national qualifying times
in three individual events and have combined for six PNQs
so far this season.
Proceviat had a PNQ in the 800
(1:52.00).
while Vugteveen (4:09.24) and Rouleau
(4:09.51) established PNQs in the mile. Proceviat’s time
ranks eighth in NCAA Division II and sixth all-time in GNAC
history. Vugteveen’s mile time ranks fifth in Division II and
fourth in GNAC history, while Rouleau’s time ranks sixth in
both the NCAA and GNAC history. Field – Cody Thomas,
Alaska Anchorage (Sr., Blenheim, New Zealand)
automatically qualified for the NCAA Indoor national meet
in the heptathlon with a school-record fifth-place point
total of 5,338 points at UW. His point total currently ranks
both second in NCAA Division II and in GNAC history. In
the process Thomas set indoor school records of 7.01 in
the 60 meters, 6-8 ¼ in the high jump, 8.27 in the 60
hurdles and 12-9 ½ in the pole vault. His 60 hurdle and
high jump marks are also PNQs.
Week of Jan. 19-25: Track - Shannon Porter, Saint Martin's
(Jr., Vancouver, WA - Treasure Valley), running in just her
first meet with the Saints, set a school record in the 3,000
meters finishing fourth in a time of 10:29.64 at the
Washington State Open. She also ran on SMU's 4x800
relay team which finished first in a school-record time of
10:48.68. Field - Becki Duhamel, CWU (Sr., Wenatchee,
WA - Lehigh) posted the second-best marks in GNAC
history in both the shot put (45-11 1/4) and weight throw
(57-0 1/4) finishing second and third, respectively, in those
events Friday at the Idaho Intercollegiate. Her marks were
the best in the conference since 2009 when CWU's Krissy
Tandle set the GNAC record in the shot put (48-9 1/2) and
since 2004 when Kristen Hepler of Western Oregon set the
standard in the weight throw with a mark of 58-2 1/2.
Week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1: Track – Lindsey Butterworth,
Simon Fraser (Sr., North Vancouver, BC - Handsworth) ran
Division II’s fastest time this winter in the 800 and also ran
the final leg as the Clan ran Division II’s best DMR time of
the season finishing fifth in both events at the University
of Washington Invitational. Her 800 time of 2:06.56 not
only ranks No. 1 in the NCAA, but also ranks second in
GNAC history. The DMR time of 11:40.01 ranks fifth in
GNAC history. Butterworth is currently the NCAA Division
II national leader in three events also leading with a best
time of 4:44.80 in the mile. Field – Emmi Collier, Western
Oregon (Jr., Warrenton, OR) posted a mark of 43-3 ¾ in
the shot put at UW falling a quarter inch shy of the
provisional national qualifying standard. Collier currently
ranks second in the GNAC in that event.
WOMEN
Week
Dec. 8-14
Jan. 12-18
Jan. 19-25
Jan. 26-F. 1
Track
Chelsey Knott, Northwest Nazarene
Lindsey Butterworth, Simon Fraser
Shannon Porter, Saint Martin’s
Lindsey Butterworth, Simon Fraser
Week
Dec. 8-14
Jan. 12-18
Jan. 19-25
Jan. 26-F. 1
Field
Becki Duhamel, Central Washington
Karolin Anders, Alaska Anchorage
Becki Duhamel, Central Washington
Emmi Collier, Western Oregon
GNAC MISCELLANY
Week of Dec. 8-13: Track – Chelsey Knott, Northwest
Nazarene (Fr., Parma, ID) finished second in both the 60
hurdles (8.93) and 200 meters (26.41) in the Jacksons
Open. Her time in the hurdles is the eighth fastest in
GNAC history and was just .09 seconds off the Crusader
school record. Field – Becki Duhamel, Central Washington
(Sr., Wenatchee, WA) finished fourth in the shot put (43-4
1/3) and fourth in the weight throw in a provisional
national qualifying mark of 53-7 ½.
GNAC Championships: The 12th annual GNAC
Championship Indoor Track and Field meet will be held
Feb. 20-21 at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho.
Three weeks later (March 13-14) the NCAA National
Indoor will be contested at Birmingham, Ala.
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Week of Jan. 12-18: Track – Lindsey Butterworth, Simon
Fraser (Sr., North Vancouver, BC) took the early-season
NCAA Division II national lead in the mile running a time of
4:44.80 at the University of Washington Indoor Preview.
Her time ranks second in GNAC history as only Seattle
Pacific’s Jessica Pixler (4:32.88 in 2010) has run faster.
Butterworth shaved 13.29 seconds off her previous career
best of 4:58.09 accomplished before redshirting in 2014.
Field – Karolin Anders, Alaska Anchorage (Jr., Berlin,
Germany) had three national qualifying and two GNAC AllTime Top 10 performances at the Ed Jacoby Invitational at
Nampa. Anders had PNQs of 3,791 points in the
pentathlon, 5-7 ¾ in the high jump and 18-5 ¼ in the long
jump. Her pentathlon score currently ranks third in
Division II and her high jump mark ranks seventh. Both her
high jump and long jump performances rank sixth on the
GNAC All-Time Top 10.
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