Tuesday, April 14, 2015

The prestigious Mt. SAC Relays and meets at Azusa, Calif., and Long Beach, Calif., highlight this week’s schedule for Great Northwest Athletic Conference track-and-field teams.

Alaska Anchorage, Northwest Nazarene, Saint Martin’s, Seattle Pacific, Simon Fraser, Western Oregon and Western Washington will all send athletes to the Golden State to compete in one or more meets.

Meanwhile, Montana State Billings and Central Washington will stay close to home to host meets. 

MSUB and NAIA Rocky Mountain will co-host a meet at Laurel, Mont., while the Wildcats will host the Spike Arlt Invitational at Tomlinson Stadium.  Athletes from NNU and WWU will also participate at CWU.

GNAC athletes from WWU and WOU will also compete in the Oregon Relays and a few athletes from WOU will take the short trek to Portland for the Lewis and Clark Open.

Five Athletes Post Qualifying Marks

GNAC athletes established or exceeded five previous national qualifying marks last week and also posted two GNAC All-Time Top 10 marks.

Cameron Proceviat’s 800 meter time of 1:50.60 at the SFU Emilie Mondor Invitational fit into both categories.

That earned the Clan middle distance runner GNAC Male Track Athlete of the Week honors for the second week in a row.  His 800 time was the fourth best in GNAC history.

Also posting qualifying marks were SFU’s Jennifer Johnson in the women’s 1500 meters, CWU distance runner Megan Rogers in the women’s 10,000 and javelin throwers Justin Larson of Western Oregon and Deanna Avalos of Saint Martin’s.

Rogers was selected the GNAC Female Track Athlete of the Week and Larson earned GNAC Male Field Athlete of the Week honors.

Rogers and Avalos’ performances came in WAR VIII at Spokane, while Larson earned his PNQ at the John Knight Twilight.

Another Field Athlete of the Week performance came at Spokane as NNU’s Caitlin Curtis took the conference season lead in the women’s hammer with a throw of 161-1.

Following is a summary of last week’s national qualifiers and All-Time Top 10 performances:

NATIONAL QUALIFYING MARKS: Men:  800 – Cameron Proceviat, SFU, 1:50.60.  Javelin – Justin Larson, WOU, 63.12 – 207-1. Women:  1500 – Jennifer Johnson, SFU, 4:31.82.  10,000 – Megan Rogers, CWU, 36:37.38.  Javelin – Deanna Avalos, SMU, 42.30 -138-9.

GNAC All-Time Top 10s: Men:  800 – 4. Cameron Proceviat, SFU, 1:50.60.  Women: 100 Hurdles – 10. Lexi Tubbs, NNU, 14.39.

Butterworth Stays On Top in 800, 1500

Lindsey Butterworth of Simon Fraser held onto the national lead in the women’s 800 and 1500 meters last week.

Her times of 2:05.86 and 4:18.34 still rank No. 1 on TFRRS. 

The only other GNAC national leader this week is Alex Donigian of Western Washington in the men’s 100 (10.27).

In all, GNAC athletes have 25 performances that rank in the Top 10 on TFRRS including two each by Butterworth, SFU’s Cameron Proceviat and Shannon Porter of Saint Martin’s.

In this week's USTFCCCA team computer rankings, Alaska Anchorage and Western Washington are ranked 14th and 24th in the men's division and Simon Fraser is ranked 18th in the women's division.

Men: 100 – 1. Alex Donigian, WWU, 10.27.  800 – 8. Cameron Proceviat, SFU, 1:50.60.  1500 – 8. Cameron Proceviat, SFU, 3:47.09; 10. Marc-Antoine Rouleau. SFU, 3:48.55.  5000 – 3. Dominik Notz, UAA, 14:07.05; 5. Henry Cheseto, UAA, 14:08.86.  Pole Vault – 3. Payton Lewis, NNU, 5.15 – 16-10 ¾.  Long Jump – 9. Vladislav Tsygankov, SFU, 7.37 – 24-2 ¼.  Discus – 3. Ryan Macdonald, WWU, 54.07 – 177-5.   Javelin – 2. Franz Burghagen, UAA, 68.52 – 224-10; 8. Cody Parker, UAA, 64.63 – 212-0; 9. Slater Hirst, WWU, 64.09 – 210-3. 

Women: 800 – 1. Lindsey Butterworth, SFU, 2:05.86; 10. Jessica Pahkala, UAA, 2:10.59.  1500 – 1. Lindsey Butterworth, SFU, 4:18.34.  5000 – 3. Shannon Porter, SMU, 16:37.99; 4. Anna Patti, SPU, 16:41.56; 5. Amy Johnston, UAA, 16:52.50; 10. Dani Eggleston, CWU, 17:11.79.  10,000 – 8. Shannon Porter, SMU, 35:39.79.  400 Hurdles – 9. Haleigh Lloyd, UAA, 1:00.96.  Steeplechase – 5. Katelyn Steen, WWU, 10:32.92; 8. Dani Eggleston, CWU, 10:42.05.  Javelin – 4. Katie Reichert, WWU, 48.51 – 159-2; 5. Kalli Walker, SMU, 47.36 – 155-4.

NOTABLE:  Payton Lewis of Northwest Nazarene had the best pole vault mark during a decathlon in GNAC history soaring 16-4 ¾ and breaking the previous mark of 16-0 ¾ by Western Oregon’s Zeb Udell in 2007.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

MEN: 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.

WOMEN: Track – Megan Rogers, Central Washington (Jr., Covington, WA – Kentlake) won the 10,000 meters at the Spokane CC War VIII Invitational in a provisional national qualifying time of 36:37.38.  Her time bettered the NCAA Division II national standard by nearly 19 seconds. Field - Caitlin Curtis, Northwest Nazarene (Sr., Portland, OR – David Douglas), posted the best mark this spring in the GNAC in the hammer finishing second at Spokane with a mark of 161-1.

LAST WEEK’S GNAC OUTDOOR T&F RESULTS

Idaho State Multi-Events (April 8-9 at Pocatello): Decathlon -1. Payton Lewis, NNU, 6400; 5. Micah Spatz, NNU, 5668.  Heptathlon – 6. Kawena Warren, NNU, 3674; 8. Janessa Dyk, NNU, 3099.

WOU John Knight Twilight (April 10 at Monmouth): Men (GNAC Winners): 100 – Cody Warner, WOU, 11.00.  200 – Cody Warner, WOU, 22.09.  800 – Badane Sultessa, WOU, 1:51.88.  110 Hurdles – Kaleb Dobson, WOU, 14.95. Women (GNAC Winners): None (Triple Jump – 2. Rebecca Laible, WOU, 11.27 – 36-11 ½.  Shot Put – Emmi Collier, WOU, 13.57 – 44-6 ¼).

Spokane CC War VIII (April 10-11 at Spokane):  Men: Team Scores – Central Washington 120, Whitworth 107, Spokane CC 81, Gonzaga 72, Seattle 71 (7. Northwest Nazarene 59, 8. Saint Martin’s 43). GNAC Winners: 100 – Jordan Todd, CWU, 11.17. Steeplechase – Michael Gordon, NNU, 9:53.69.  Pole Vault – Zach McClanahan, NNU, 4.60 – 15-1.   Shot Put – Kevin Stanley, CWU, 15.62 – 51-3.   Women: Team Scores – 1. Central Washington 127, 2. Northwest Nazarene 100 ½, 3. Seattle 94, 4. Whitworth 71, 5. Spokane CC 60 ½ (6. Saint Martin’s 56 ½).  GNAC Winners:    100 – Taylor Deskins, NNU, 12.75.  10,000 – Megan Rogers, CWU, 36:37.38.  100 Hurdles – Lexi Tubbs, NNU, 14.39.   4x100 Relay – Northwest Nazarene (Deskins, Tubbs, Nigro, Knott) 48.26.  4x400 Relay – Central Washington (Harmon, Anderson, Ryker, Inderbitzin) 4:00.87.   Pole Vault – McKenna Emmert, CWU, 3.50 – 11-5 ¾.  Shot Put – Amanda Youngers, CWU, 13.03 – 42-9.  Javelin – Kalli Walker, SMU, 42.42 – 139-2. 

SFU Emilie Mondor Invitational (April 11 at Burnaby): Men: 800 – Cameron Proceviat, SFU, 1:50.60.   4x100 Relay – Simon Fraser (Jerry He, Daniel Kelloway, Joel Webster, Vladislav Tsygankov) 42.66.  Hammer – Peter Behnecke, SFU, 51.82 – 170-0.  Triple Jump – Vladislav Moldavanov, SFU, 13.88 – 45-6 ½ . Long Jump – Vladislav Tsygankov, SFU, 7.16 – 23-6. Women:  100 – Becca Houk, SPU, 12.41.  200 – Becca Houk, SPU, 25.05.  800 – Alana Mussatto, SFU, 2:13.29.  4x100 Relay – Simon Fraser (Natasha Kianipour, Chantel Desch, Ella Brown, Monique Lisek) 48.39. Hammer – Ryley Carr, SFU, 44.39b- 145-7.  Shot Put – Sammi Markham, SPU, 11.93 – 39-1 ¾.

SD Mines Bauer Invitational (April 11 at Rapid City, SD): Men: Steeplechase – Josh Panasuk, MSUB, 9:54.65.  4x100 Relay – MSU Billings 44.14. Women: Steeplechase – Melanie Bock, MSUB, 12:22.18.  Pole Vault – Hope Reid, MSUB, 3.31.

GNAC Track & Field Weekly (PDF version)