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March 11, 2015
NCAA Indoor National Meet Begins Friday Morning With Heptathlon
THIS SATURDAY’S OUTDOOR MEETS: Cal St. Fullerton Ben Brown
Invitational (UAA); Pacific Lutheran Invitational (CWU, SMU).
In addition to Butterworth, two other athletes are
returning All-Americans.
UAA’s Cody Thomas Seeded Fifth in Multi-Event
Central Washington high jumper Tayler Fettig placed sixth
last year with a leap of 5-8. Alaska Anchorage multieventer Karolin Anders finished fourth a year ago in the
pentathlon with a score of 3,775.
PORTLAND, Ore. – The 2015 NCAA Division II Indoor Track
and Field national meet gets underway Friday at
Birmingham, Ala.
NCAA NATIONAL MEET TIME SCHEDULE
All Times Central
The first event, which will feature Cody Thomas of Alaska
Anchorage, is the men’s heptathlon beginning at 9 a.m. (7
a.m. Pacific). Thomas is the fifth seed.
Friday:
The first running event in which GNAC athletes will
compete is the 60 meters.
Men: . 9 a.m. - Heptathlon (5. Cody Thomas, UAA, 5338). 4 p.m. 60 (4. Alex Donigian, WWU, 6.72). 4:45 p.m. - Mile (6. Robert
Peterson, MSUB, 4:07.50; 11. Travis Vugteveen, SFU, 4:08.20; 13.
Brady Beagley, WOU, 4:08.53). 5:30 p.m. - High Jump (4. Mikel
Smith, SMU, 2.15). 5:50 p.m. - 800 (12. Badane Sultessa, WOU,
1:51.22). 7:10 p.m. - 5000 (14. Oliver Jorgensen, SFU, 14:28.15).
Alex Donigian of Western Washington is the fourth seed in
the men’s 60 which begins at 4 p.m. (2 p.m. Pacific).
Fifteen minutes earlier UAA’s Jane Ashcroft will run in the
women’s event.
Women: 3:45 p.m. - 60 (16. Jamie Ashcroft, UAA, 7.60). 4:30 p.m.
- Mile (12. Stephanie Stuckey, WOU, 4:56.18; 14. Rebecca Bassett,
SFU, 4:57.47). 5:35 p.m. - 800 (1. Lindsey Butterworth, SFU,
2:06.56; 11. Lynelle Decker, SPU, 2:11.51; 15. Paige Nock, SFU,
2:12.16). 6:05 p.m. - 200 (7. Jamie Ashcroft, UAA, 24.25). 6:45
p.m. - 5000 (5. Katelyn Steen, WWU, 16:46.92). 7:30 p.m. *Distance Medley Relay - 5. Simon Fraser (Rebecca Bassett,
Monique Lisek, Paige Nock, Lindsey Butterworth, Chantel Desch)
11:40.01; 9. Alaska Anchorage (Jessica Pahkala, Rosie Smith,
Haleigh Lloyd, Beatrice Decker, Tamara Perez) 11:48.78; 13.
Seattle Pacific (Jessica Rawlins, Becca Houk,, Lynelle Decker, Anna
Patti, Jahzelle Ambus) 11:47.33. *Five athletes, including 1
alternate, listed in DMR.
A total of 20 GNAC athletes will compete in 23 individual
events including top-seed Lindsey Butterworth in the
women’s 800. Another 11 athletes are possible relay
participants.
Butterworth finished eighth in the 800 in 2013 to earn AllAmerican honors.
Three athletes – Ashcroft (60, 200), Rebecca Bassett of
Simon Fraser (mile, 3000) and Katelyn Steen of Western
Washington (3000, 5000) - will compete in two individual
events.
Saturday:
Ashcroft is the seventh seed in the 200 meters (24.25) and
Steen is the fifth seed in the 5,000 (16:46.92).
Men: 9:15 a.m. - Heptathlon (Thomas). 3:30 p.m. - Pole Vault (4.
Payton Lewis, NNU, 5.20 – 17-0 ¾ ). 3:50 p.m. - 60 (Donigian). 4
p.m. - Triple Jump (11. Luke Plummer, CWU, 15.06).4:25 p.m. Mile (Peterson, Vugteveen, Beagley). 5:10 p.m. - 800 (Sultessa).
In addition to Thomas, Butterworth, Ashcroft and Stein,
five other athletes have marks that rank in the Top 8 in
their events including SFU’s Jennifer Johnson who is
seeded third in the 3,000 with a best time of 9:28.24.
Women: 9 a.m. - Pentathlon (10. Karolin Anders, UAA, 3791). 3:45
p.m. - 60 (Ashcroft). 4:15 p.m. - Mile (Stuckey, Bassett). 5 p.m. 800 (Butterworth, Decker, Nock, SFU, 2:12.16). 5:15 p.m. - High
Jump (14. Tayler Fettig, CWU, 1.73 – 5-8). 5:20 p.m. - 200
(Ashcroft). 5:40 p.m. - 3000 (3. Jennifer Johnson, SFU, 9:28.24; 9.
Katelyn Steen, WWU, 9:38.92; 16. Rebecca Bassett, SFU, 9:43.20).
Three are No. 4 seeds - Donigian in the 60 meters (6.72),
Saint Martin’s Mikel Smith in the high jump (7-0 ½) and
Peyton Lewis of Northwest Nazarene (17-0 ¾) in the pole
vault.
Simon Fraser Ranked 7th By USTFCCA Computer
Robert Peterson of MSU Billings is the sixth seed in the
mile (4:07.50), In Friday’s DMR, Simon Fraser comes in
ranked fifth.
Simon Fraser’s women is the only GNAC indoor team
ranked in the Top 25 by the USTFCCCA computer. The
Clan is ranked seventh.
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