meter time in NCAA Division II this spring and the fastest in
GNAC and WWU school history in the invitational division
at the Texas Relays in Austin Saturday. Donigian placed
third in his heat and 11th overall in the 17-man field in a
time of 10.27. The field was made up almost entirely of
club professionals and national team runners. Field –
Justin Peterson, Central Washington (So., Marysville, WA –
Lakewood) and Vladislav Tsygankov, Simon Fraser (Fr.,
Moscow, Russia) … Peterson won the decathlon at the Mt.
Hood Multi-Events with a provisional national qualifying
score of 6,401 points. In the process he also established a
PNQ in the high jump with a leap of 6-8 ¼. Tsygankov
became just the fourth athlete in GNAC history to long
jump 24 feet in winning the event at the UBC Open with a
leap of 7.37 meters (24-2 ¼).
Dec. 8-14
Becki Duhamel, Central Washington
Jan. 12-18
Karolin Anders, Alaska Anchorage
Jan. 19-25
Becki Duhamel, Central Washington
Jan. 26-F. 1 Emmi Collier, Western Oregon
Feb. 2-8
Chelsey Knott, Northwest Nazarene
Feb. 9-15
Tayler Fettig, Central Washington
Feb. 23-M. 1 Becki Duhamel, Central Washington
Outdoor
March 2-8
Katie Reichert, Western Washington
March 9-15 Kali Walker, Saint Martin’s
March 16-22 Anna Paradee, Western Washington
March 23-29 Corrie Holm, MSU Billings
March 30-A. 5 Megan Mortensen, Western Washington
April 6-12
Caitlin Curtis, Northwest Nazarene
Week-by-Week
Week of March 30-Apr. 5: Track – Cameron Proceviat,
Simon Fraser (Jr., Burnaby, BC - Moscrop) finished second
in his section of the mile and third overall in the San
Francisco State Distance Carnival. His time of 4:05.26
converts to a provisional national qualifying time of
3:47.09 for the 1500 and ranks sixth nationally. His
converted time is also the second fastest 1500 in GNAC
history. He also had a PNQ in the 800 meters at the
Stanford Invitational with a time of 1:51.61. Field – Payton
Lewis, Northwest Nazarene (Fr., Nampa, ID – Nampa
Christian) finished fifth in the pole vault at Stanford with a
school-record vault of 16-10 ¾. That height ranks second
in GNAC history and second on the current TFRSS national
ranking list.
Week of March 2-8: 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 9-15: 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 – Kalli
Walker, Saint Martin’s (So., Lacey, WA – Northwest
Christian) won the javelin at PLU with a provisional
national qualifying performance of 141 feet, 11 inches.
Week of April 6-12: Track – Cameron Proceviat, Simon
Fraser (Jr., Burnaby, BC - Moscrop) won the 800 meters
posting a time of 1:50.60 Saturday in the SFU Emilie
Mondor Invitational. His time was 1.73 seconds quicker
than the NCAA Division II qualifying standard. It was also
the fourth fastest time in GNAC history. Field – Justin
Larson, Western Oregon (Jr., Dayville, OR) finished third in
the javelin at the John Knight Twilight with a career best
throw of 207-1.
His mark currently ranks 14th in NCAA
Division II and also ranks 11th in GNAC history.
Week of March 16-22: 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
Week
Indoor
Dec. 8-14
Jan. 12-18
Jan. 19-25
Jan. 26-F. 1
Feb. 2-8
Feb. 9-15
Feb. 23-M. 1
Outdoor
March 2-8
March 9-15
March 16-22
March 23-29
Track
Week
Indoor
Field
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
Week of March 23-29: Track – Jamie Ashcroft, Alaska
Anchorage (So., Shawnigan Lake, BC) and Shannon Porter,
Saint Martin’s (Jr., Vancouver, WA – Hockinson) … Ashcroft
ran a pair of provisional national qualifying times in
winning the 100 and 200 meters at the Willamette
Invitational. Her times of 11.86 in the 100 and 24.50 in the
200 currently rank 7th and 5th, respectively, this spring in
NCAA Division II. Porter ran the second fastest 5,000
meter time this spring in Division II in winning the event at
Willamette. Her time of 16:37.99 ranks sixth in GNAC
history. She now has PNQs in both the 5K and 10K. Field
– Corrie Holm, MSU Billings (Sr., Billings, MT - West)
finished third in the discus in the University of Montana Al
Manuel Invitational with a throw of 144-4. That mark
Haley O’Connor, Western Washington
Shannon Porter, Saint Martin’s
Dani Eggleston, Central Washington
Janie Ashcroft, Alaska Anchorage
Shannon Porter, Saint Martin’s
March 30-A.5 Lindsey Butterworth, Simon Fraser
April 6-12
Megan Rogers, Central Washington
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