STEEN, CHESETO WIN REGIONAL TITLES: Katelyn Steen of
Western Washington and Henry Cheseto of Alaska
Anchorage followed up on their victories in the GNAC
Championship meet Nov. 1 at Monmouth with wins in the
regional. Steen posted a 6,000-meter time of 21:06.59,
while Cheseto won the men’s 10,000 in a time of 30:33.33.
By virtue of finishing first the two athletes were selected
as USTFCCCA West Regional Athletes of the Year. SFU
coach Brit Townsend was selected as the USTFCCCA West
Region Women’s Team Coach of the Year.
20:48.53; 6. Beatrice Decker, UAA, 20:52.48; 7. Anna Patti,
SPU. 20:54.60; 8. Nocona Frame, MSUB, 20:57.34; 9.
Connie Morgan, CWU, 21:02.24; 10. Taylor Guenther,
WWU, 21:02.66. Men - 1. Alaska Anchorage 18, 2.
Western Washington 61, 3. Simon Fraser 87; 4. MSU
Billings 156, 5. Central Washington 159, 6. Northwest
Nazarene 173, 7. Alaska 188, 8. Western Oregon 199, 9.
Saint Martin's 229, 10. Seattle Pacific 2335. Athlete of
the Year - Henry Cheseto, UAA. Newcomer of the
Year - Michel Ramirez, UAA. Freshman of the Year Henry Cheseto, UAA. Individual (Top 10 AllConference) - 1. Henry Cheseto, UAA, 24:35.91; 2.
Dominik Notz, UAA, 24:41.87; 3. Dylan Anthony, UAA,
24:51.27; 4. Robert Peterson, MSUB, 24:59.61; 5. Michel
Ramirez, UAA, 25:06.68; 6. Oliver Jorgensen, SFU,25:07.60;
7. Victor Samoei, UAA, 25:12.07; 8. Edwin Kangogo, UAA,
25:12.36; 9. Isaac Griffith, WWU, 25:23.66; 10. Kevin
Rooke, UAA, 25:13.42.
NCAA WEST REGIONAL FINAL RANKINGS (Final): Men - 1.
Chico State, 2. Alaska Anchorage, 3. UC San Diego, 4. Cal
Baptist, 5. Cal Poly Pomona, 6. Simon Fraser, 7. Western
Washington, 8. Cal State Stanislaus, 9. Humboldt State; 10.
San Francisco State. Women - 1. Chico State, 2. Simon
Fraser, 3. UC San Diego, 4. Cal Baptist, 5. Alaska
Anchorage, 6. Western Washington, 7. Central
Washington, 8. Humboldt State, 9, Azusa Pacific, 10. Cal
Poly Pomona.
2014 GNAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
Week
Sept. 1-7
Sept. 8-14
Male
Robert Peterson, MSUB
Henry Cheseto, UAA
Oliver Jorgensen, SFU
Sept. 15-21 Oliver Jorgensen, SFU
Sept. 22-28 Nathan Richards, WWU
Robert Peterson, MSUB
Sept. 29-O. 5 Isaac Mitchell, NNU
Oct. 6-12
Dylan Anthony, UAA
Oct. 13-19
Isaac Mitchell, NNU
Oct. 20-26
Cody McCranie, WWU
NCAA West Regional (Nov. 22 at Billings):
Women 1. Simon Fraser 103, 2. Chico State 112, 3. Alaska
Anchorage 144, 4. UC San Diego 171, 5. Central
Washington 180, 6. Western Washington 185, 7. Hawaii
Pacific 193, 8. Cal Baptist 196, 9. Azusa Pacific 198, 10. Cal
Poly Pomona 222 (12. Seattle Pacific 282, 13. MSU Billings
306, 16. Western Oregon 437, 21. Alaska 573, 22.
Northwest Nazarene 575, 24. Saint Martin's 725).
Individuals (GNAC All-Region) - 1. Katelyn Steen,
WWU, 21:06.59; 3. Rebecca Bassett, SFU, 21:15.22; 5. Amy
Johnston, UAA, 21:22.60; 7. Anna Patti, SPU, 21:31.01; 8.
Jennifer Johnson, SFU, 21:31.94; 10. Dani Eggleston, CWU,
21:39.53; 13. Connie Morgan, CWU, 21:57.78; 14. Megan
Rogers, CWU, 21:59.95; 20. Peggy Noel, SFU, 22:06.43; 23.
Caroline Kurgat, UAA, 22:08.17. Men - 1. Chico State 30, 2.
Alaska Anchorage 53, 3. Cal Poly Pomona 101, 4. Western
Washington 150, 5. Cal Baptist 208, 6. Simon Fraser 225, 7.
UC San Diego 239. 8. San Francisco State 253, 9. Azusa
Pacific 283, 10. Cal State Stanislaus 285 (14. Central
Washington 402, 15. Northwest Nazarene 430, 17. MSU
Billings 454, 18. Alaska 455, 19. Western Oregon 457, 21.
Saint Martin's 568, Seattle Pacific inc.). Individuals
(GNAC All-Region) - 1. Henry Cheseto, UAA, 30:33.99; 2.
Dominik Notz, UAA, 30:48.60; 11. Dylan Anthony, UAA,
31:20.89; 12. Isaac Griffith, WWU, 31:26.97; 13. Robert
Peterson, MSUB, 31:29.45; 18. Victor Samoei, UAA,
31:37.25; 21. Michel Ramirez, UAA, 31:39.44; 25. Edwin
Kangogo, UAA, 31:48.31.
Week
Sept. 1-7
Sept. 8-14
Sept. 15-21
Sept. 22-28
Sept. 29-O. 5
Oct. 6-12
Oct. 13-19
Oct. 20-26
Female
Beatrice Decker, UAA
Rebecca Bassett, SFU
Katelyn Steen, WWU
Rebecca Bassett, SFU
Dani Eggleston, CWU
Katelyn Steen, WWU
Nocona Frame, MSUB
Connie Morgan, CWU
Week of Sept. 1-7: Men – Robert Peterson, MSU Billings
(Jr., Billings, MT – Skyview) was the lone runner to break
19 minutes in winning the Carroll College Early Bird
Invitational Friday at Helena in a 6,000-meter time of
18:52.07. MSUB finished first with 26 points, 25 ahead of
the host Saints. Women – Beatrice Decker, Alaska
Anchorage (Jr., Erfurt, Germany) won the University of
Hawaii Big Wave Invitational in a 5,000-meter time of
19:18.4. It was her second Top 2 finish of the young
season. She finished second in a meet at Hawaii Hilo on
Aug. 30 in a 5K time of 19:16, leading the Seawolves to
wins in both meets.
GNAC (Nov. 1 at Monmouth): Women
– 1. Simon
Fraser 62, 2. Alaska Anchorage 63, 3. Western Washington
64; 4. Central Washington 85; 5. Seattle Pacific 130; 6.
Montana State Billings 140; 7. Western Oregon 185; 8.
Alaska 345; 9. Northwest Nazarene 241; 10. Saint Martin's
298. Athlete of the Year - Katelyn Steen, WWU.
Newcomer of the Year – Amy Johnston, UAA.
Freshman of the Year – Caroline Kurgat, UAA (11th,
21:05). Individuals (Top 10 All-Conference) – 1,
Katelyn Steen, WWU, 20:13.75; 2. Rebecca Bassett, SFU,
20:32.08; 3. Dani Eggleston, CWU, 20:42.10: 4. Amy
Johnston, UAA, 20:44.35; 5. Jennifer Johnson, SFU,
Week of Sept. 8-14: Male - Henry Cheseto, Alaska
Anchorage (Fr., Kapenguria, Kenya) and Oliver Jorgensen,
Simon Fraser (So., Abbotsford, BC – Robert Bantem) …
Cheseto remained unbeaten in three races leading the
Seawolves to their third consecutive perfect score in a 1550 home dual meet win over Willamette. Cheseto was
clocked in a 4,200-meter time of 12:39. Jorgensen led the
Clan to a win at the WOU Ash Creek Invitational at
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