Saturday, May 12, 2012

Seattle Pacific edged Alaska Anchorage 188-183 for the women's team title and Western Washington got 24 individual points from both Shane Gruger and Michael Hoffman in running away with the men's title in the GNAC Track and Field Championship meet at McArthur Stadium in Monmouth, Ore. Saturday.

Micah Chelimo of UAA and Ali Worthen of SPU were selected the Outstanding Male and Female Performers.

The team title for the Falcons was their third straight and their fifth in six meets since 2006. Western Washington, which outpointed defending Western Oregon 205 to 126 1/2, won its third men's championship. It also finished first in 2005 and 2010.

The second-place Wolves finished 3 1/2 points ahead of Alaska Anchorage, 6 1/2 ahead of Central Washington and 16 1/2 of Northwest Nazarene as five different men's teams reached triple figures.

In addition to SPU and UAA, Western Washington was the only other women's team to score at least 100 points. The Vikings ended up third with 137 1/2 points.

Chelimo and Worthen were the meet's top scorers. Chelimo swept the 1500 and 5000 on Saturday in times of 3:50.08 and 14:43.44 after finishing second Friday in the steeplechase in a time of 8:56.20 to earn 28 points.

Worthen tallied 34 individual points, winning the heptathlon last week in Ellensburg with a meet-record total of 5,199 points.

On Saturday Worthen finished second in the high jump in a jump-off (5-6 1/2) and second in the 100 hurdles (14.29). She also was fifth in the 200 (25.37) and led SPU to a win in the 4x100 meter relay in a time of 47.22.

She also earned points Friday finishing fifth in the long jump with a leap of 18-1 1/2.

In addition to Chelimo, Hoffman, UAA's Grace Morgan and Susan Tanui also each won two events.

Hoffman won the hammer with a meet-record throw of 202-1. He won the event for the third year in a row joining a select group of seven other male athletes who have won three titles in the same event.

He also won the discus (160-9) and finished fifth in the shot put (49-0 1/4) Friday to account for his 24 points.

Morgan swept the women's 100 and 200 meters both in meet record times.

Morgan won the 100 meters in a time of 11.91. She bettered the old record of 12.11 by Latasha Essien of Seattle Pacific in 2010 and just missed the all-time mark of 11.90 by SPU's NyEma Sims in 2007.

In the 200 she posted a time of 24.61, breaking her own record of 24.74 she set in Friday's prelims. The previous record prior to Friday was 25.08 by UAA's Mary Pearce in 2006.

Tanui won the 5,000 meters Saturday in a time of 17:31.67 after setting a meet record Friday of 10:24.44 in the steeplechase in a time of 8:56.20.

Western Oregon's Ashley Potter set both GNAC and meet records in winning the women's triple jump Saturday with a leap of 40-9, equaling the NCAA automatic standard.

Emily Warman of Western Washington set the conference record earlier this spring (40-5). The old meet record was 39-3 3/4 by UAA's Kim Brady in 2008.

In the men's 400, Ethan Hewitt of Alaska Anchorage broke his own meet record in a time of 47.55, eclipsing his 2010 winning time of 48.15.

UAA freshman Cody Parker won the men's javelin with a meet record throw of 215-0.

The Seawolves' Shaun Ward was a repeat winner in the 400 hurdles in winning the event for the second year in a row with a time of 53.35.

Also winning her second title in the women's shot was Joy Warrington of Northwest Nazarene who had a put of 45-10 3/4. She was also the 2010 winner.

In addition to Tanui, three other records were set Friday - by Warman in the long jump (19-1 1/2), by WWU's Karis Anderson in the pole vault (12-6 3/4) and by Ryan Brockerville in the men's steeplechase (8:56.13).

Alaska Anchorage also earned a meet record Saturday in the men's 4x400 relay with a winning time of 3:15.03, breaking the old record of 3:15.91 set by Central Washington in 2006.

Though he didn't set any records, Gruger was a key contributor to Western Washington's title.

He finished first in the 200 (22.21), second in the 100 (10.88) and third in the long jump (22-11) and also anchored the Vikings' win in the 4x100 relay in a time of 41.79.

Men's Team Scores - Western Washington 205, Western Oregon 126 1/2, Alaska Anchorage 123, Central Washington 120, Northwest Nazarene 110, Saint Martin's 63 1/2, Seattle Pacific 34, Simon Fraser 27, MSU-Billings 7.

100 - 1. Rimar Christie, NNU, 10.79; 2. Shane Gruger, WWU, 10.88; 3. Edd Brown, SMU, 10.89; 4. Alex Tilley, WWU, 10.96; 5. Dennis Nicolas, SFU, 11.04; 6. Brock Steffen, WWU, 11.05; 7. Kendale Hamlett, WOU, 11.41; 8. AJ Allen, UAA, 11.47.

200 – 1. Shane Gruger, WWU, 22.21; 2. Andrew Curtis, NNU, 22.26; 3. Nathaniel Schmidt, WWU, 22.28; 4. Kendale Hamlett, WOU, 22.29; 5. Brock Steffen, WWU, 22.49; 6. Alex Tilley, WWU, 22.53; 7. Edd Brown, SMU, 23.33; 8. Josh Moore, WOU, 28.08.

400 - 1. Ethan Hewitt, UAA, 47.55 (meet record, old 47.79, Ethan Hewitt, UAA, 2010 Prelims); 2. Landon Burningham, WOU, 48.50; 3. Jonathon Poolman, WWU, 48.86; 4. Scott Morrison, CWU, 49.14; 5. Nathaniel Schmidt, WWU, 49.29; 6. Anthony Yakovich, WOU, 49.51; 7. Josh Moore, WOU, 49.81; 8. Jason Nokes, WWU, 49.89.

800 - 1. Nathan Seely, SPU, 1:50.61; 2. Ryan Hansen, WOU, 1:52.50; 3. Adam Reid, SFU, 1:52.73; 4. Frank Krause, SMU, 1:53.14; 5. Chris Olsen, WOU, 1:53.22; 6. Yubai Liu, SFU, 1:54.42; 7. Braden Timpe, WWU, 1:55.12; 8. Drew Larson, WOU, 1:55.68.

1500 - 1. Micah Chelimo, UAA, 3:50.09; 2. Alfred Kangogo, UAA, 3:51; 3. Dan Sprinkle, WOU, 3:51.31; 4. Isaac Kangogo, UAA, 3:52.37; 5. Braden Timpe, WWU, 3:53.39; 6. Seth Pierson, SPU, 3:55.41; 7. Joseph Patti, SMU, 3:55.64; 8. Drew Larson, WOU, 3:55.73.

5000 - 1. Micah Chelimo, UAA, 14:43.44; 2. Dylan Anthony, UAA, 14:55.46; 3. Alfred Kangogo, UAA, 14:57.11; 4. Barak Watson, NNU, 14:57.12; 5. Dak Riek, WWU, 15:02.52; 6. Eric Brill, WWU, 15:08.28; 7. AJ Baker, SPU, 15:14.35; 8. Yonatan Yilma, UAA, 15:19.53.

110 High Hurdles – 1. Kody Rhodes, WOU, 14.95; 2. Andrew Venema, CWU, 15.01; 3. Maurus Hope, NNU, 15.07; 4. Brett Campbell, WOU, 15.21; 5. Karsten Schick, WWU, 15.36; 6. Rimar Christie, NNU, 15.36; 7. Alex Harrison, WWU, 15.46; 8. Logan Myers, WWU, 15.82.

400 Hurdles – 1. Shaun Ward, UAA, 53.35; 2. Kody Rhodes, WOU, 53.62; 3. Maurus Hope, NNU, 53.74; 4. Nick Blackburn, WWU, 54.94; 5. Gabriel Morales, WWU, 54.94; 6. Jeff Sloat, WWU, 55.48; 7. Ryan Endresen, SPU, 55.98; 8. Colin Alexander, CWU, 56.57.

4x100 Relay - 1. Western Washington (Pangilinan, Steffen, Tilley, Gruger) 41.79; 2. Northwest Nazarene (Curtis, Christie, Henderson, Hope) 41.94; 3. Alaska Anchorage (Allen, Bauer, Ward, Hewitt) 42.14; 4. Central Washington (Mack, Nichols, Caryl, Morrison) 42.57; 5. Saint Martin's (Ortiz, Brown, Dunn, Davis) 43.51; 6. MSU Billings (Stein, Polkow, Firestone, Prevost) 44.25; Western Oregon (Alexander, Phillips, Campbell, Hamlett) did not finish.

4x400 Relay - 1. Alaska Anchorage (Bauer, Blackburn, Hewitt, Ward) 3:15.03 (meet record, 3:15.91, Central Washington, 2006); 2. Western Oregon (Rhodes, Olsen, Yakovich, Burnhingham) 3:16.29; 3. Western Washington (Tilley, Schmidt, Nokes, Poolman) 3:17.70; 4. Central Washington (Fremd, Alexander, Johnson, Morrison) 3:19.12; 5. Simon Fraser (Conard, Vugteveen, Liu, Brockerville) 3:23.45; 6. Seattle Pacific (Corazza, Endresen, Ferguson, Seely) 3:25.59; 7. Saint Martin's (Ortiz, Patti, Dunn, DeMoss) 3:26.72; 8. MSU Billings (Prevost, Blomback, Robinson, Galahan) 3:27.29.

Pole Vault – 1. Tim Lundy, WOU, 4.48 – 14-8 ¼; 2. Kevin Johnson, SMU, 4.48 – 14-8 ¼; 3. Micah Johnson, UAA, 4.33 – 14-2 ½; 4. Greyson Kilgore, NNU, 4-33 – 14-2 ½; 5. Taylor Shields, NNU, 4.33 – 14-2 ½; 6. Joseph Keeton, SMU, and Thomas Guidon, WWU, 4.18 – 13-8 ½; 8. Ray Zoellick, SPU, 4.18 – 13-8 ½.

Triple Jump - 1. Bryan Mack, CWU, 14.95 - 49-0 3/4; 2. Stephen Larlee, NNU, 14.25 - 46-9; 3. Kyle Lane, WOU, 14.10 - 46-3 1/4; 4. Michael Davis, SMU, 14.01 - 45-11 3/4; 5. Will Hallberg, CWU, 13.93 - 45-8 1/2; 6. Matson Hardie, WOU, 13.84 - 45-5; 7. Devin Bennett, CWU, 13.70 - 44-11 1/2; 8. Sakae Kamagata, CWU, 13.64 - 44-9.

Javelin - 1. Cody Parker, UAA, 65.54 - 215-0 (meet record, old, 208-5, Harrison, WWU, 208-5); 2. Alex Harrison, WWU, 65.42 - 214-7; 3. Braden Keller, CWU, 60.61 - 198-10; 4. Will Crook, WOU, 59.25 - 194-5; 5. Slater Hirst, WWU, 58.23 - 191-0 3/4; 6. Chris Mitchell, WWU, 57.90 - 189-11; 7. Manny Melo, CWU, 55.93 - 183-6; 8. Joe Cruise, NNU, 55.73 - 182-10.

Hammer - 1. Michael Hoffman, WWU, 61.61 - 202-1 (meet record, old, 59.95 - 196-8, Pro Escobedo, WOU, 2003); 2. Quinton Agosta, CWU, 54.74 - 179-7; 3. Sam Washington, SMU, 54.19 - 177-9; 4. Mike Jensen, CWU, 50.28 - 164-11; 5. Jordan Fenters, NNU, 48.90 - 160-5; 6. Tyler Nichols, WWU, 47.88 - 157-1; 7. Braden Keller, CWU, 45.57 - 149-6; 8. Eric Holmstrom, CWU, 44.83 - 147-1.

Women's Team Scores - Seattle Pacific 188, Alaska Anchorage 183, Western Washington 137 1/2, Western Oregon 77, Northwest Nazarene 74, Simon Fraser 63, Central Washington 57, MSU Billings 33, Saint Martin's 6 1/2.

100 – 1. Grace Morgan, UAA, 11.91 (meet record; old, 12.11, Latasha Essien, SPU, 2010 Prelims); 2. Madison McClung, WOU, 12.05; 3. Kishia Mitchell, SPU, 12.17; 4. BryAnne Wochnick, SPU, 12.31; 5. Tasia Baldwin, SPU, 12.38; 6. Aisha Klippenstein, SFU, 12.48; 7. Sydney Coffey, WWU, 12.51; 8. Dianne Chong, UAA, 12.54.

200 - 1. Grace Morgan, UAA, 24.61 (meet record, old, 24.74, Morgan, 2012 prelims); 2. Madison McClung, WOU, 24.80; 3. Myisha Valentine, SPU, 25.22; 4. Eleanor Siler, WWU, 25.28; 5. Ali Worthen, SPU, 25.37; 6. Kishia Mitchell, SPU, 25.65; 7. Tasia Baldwin, SPU, 25.72; 8. Melissa Grammer, NNU, 25.89.

400 - 1. Eleanor Siler, WWU, 55.73; 2. Myisha Valentine, SPU, 55.76; 3. Jasmine Johnson, SPU, 56.85; 4. Haleigh Lloyd, UAA, 57.16; 5. Emily Quatier, SPU, 57.44; 6. Kelsea Johnson, UAA, 57.88; 7. Seanna Pitassi, CWU, 58.71; 8. Lexi Pola, WOU, 59.55.

800 - 1. McKayla Fricker, SPU, 2:11.79; 2. Sarah Sawatzky, SFU, 2:12.50; 3. Michaela Kane, SFU, 2:13.78; 4. Ivy O'Guinn, UAA, 2:13.94; 5. Janelle Everetts, WOU, 2:14.16; 6. Joscelyn Minton, SMU, 2:14.52; 7. Abbey Vogt, SFU, 2:14.95; 8. Natalie Evans, NNU, 2:16.84.

1500 - 1. Lindsey Butterworth, SFU, 4:28.77; 2. Susan Tanui, UAA, 4:32.83; 3. Ivy O'Guinn, UAA, 4:33.55; 4. Ruth Keino, UAA, 4:37.71; 5. Hallidie Wilt, UAA, 4:39.01; 6. Miriam Kipng'eno, UAA, 4:39.53; 7. Katelyn Steen, WWU, 4:43.24; 8. Natalie Evans, NNU, 4:43.83.

5000 – 1. Susan Tanui, UAA, 17:31.67; 2. Ruth Keino, UAA, 17:33.05; 3. Miriam Kipng'eno, UAA, 17:38.37; 4. Heidi Laabs-Johnson, SPU, 17:49.17; 5. Natty Plunkett, SPU, 17:53.42; 6. Katelyn Steen, WWU, 18:04.43; 7. Ivy O'Guinn, UAA, 18:08.27; 8. Jaymi Bethea, UAA, 18:11.80.

100 Hurdles – 1. Haleigh Lloyd, UAA, 14.23; 2. Ali Worthen, SPU, 14.29; 3. Michelle Howe, WWU, 14.36; 4. Maliea Luguin, SPU, 14.73; 5. Janna Vander Meulen, WOU, 14.85; 6. Aisha Klippenstein, SFU, 14.86; 7. Andrea Abrams, SFU, 14.87; 8. Chelsea Genther, CWU, 15.45.

400 Hurdles - 1. Michelle Howe, WWU, 1:03.06; 2. Natalie Nobbs, SPU, 1:04.37; 3. Amber Dodd, WWU, 1:04.64; 4. Haleigh Lloyd, UAA, 1:04.74; 5. Alexandra McDonald, WWU, 1:05.90; 6. Janna Vander Meulen, WOU, 1:06.73; 7. Ali Mosher, WOU, 1:08.04; 8. Miranda Lahman, WWU, 1:08.64

4x100 Relay - 1. Seattle Pacific (Wochnick, Worthen, Valentine, Mitchell) 47.22 (meet record, old, 47.23, Seattle Pacific, 2011); 2. Alaska Anchorage (Chong, Johnson, Morgan, Lloyd) 47.67; 3. Western Oregon (McClung, Pola, Campbell, Hellesto) 48.34; 4. Northwest Nazarene (Leonce, Grammer, Reid, Case) 48.80; 5. Western Washington (Siler, Stralser, Coffey, Ledtke) 48.94; 6. Central Washington (Swanson, Takayoshi, Pitassi, Genther) 49.85; 7. Simon Fraser (Rhode, Klippenstein, Abrams, Crombeen) 50.09; 8. Saint Martin's (Medina, Aashiem, DeCosta, Wolf) 51.38.

4x400 Relay - Seattle Pacific (Valentine, Quatier, Johnson, Fricker) 3:48.79; 2. Alaska Anchorage (Morgan, Bick, Johnson, Lloyd) 3:52.47; 3. Simon Fraser (Vogt, Butterworth, Sawatzky, Kane) 3:53.43; 4. Western Oregon (Hellesto, Everetts, Pola, Skordahl) 3:54.09; 5. Northwest Nazarene (Grammer, Rippy, Evans, Weidmeier) 3:57.16; 6. Western Washington (Siler, Howe, Coffey, Ledtke) 4:00.62; 7. Central Washington (Forgey, Morgan, Genther, Pitassi) 4:05.82; 8. Saint Martin's (Aashiem, Anderson, Copeland, Minton) 4:12.00.

High Jump - 1. Brittany Grandy, WWU, 1.69 – 5-6 ½; 2. Ali Worthen, SPU, 1.69 – 5-6 ½; 3. Katie Pelchar, WOU, 1.69 – 5-6 ½; 4. Tayler Fettig, CWU, 1.64 – 5-4 ½; 5. Brittany Aanstad, SPU, 1.64 – 5-4 ½; 6. Kelsea Johnson, UAA, 1.59 – 5-2 ½; 7. Brooklyn Holton, WWU, and Laura Tesch, SMU, 1.54 – 5-0 ½.

Triple Jump – 1. Ashley Potter, WOU, 12.42 – 40-9 (conference record, old, 12.32 - 40-5, Emily Warman, WWU, 2012; meet record, 11.98 - 39-3 3/4, Kim Brady, UAA, 2008); 2. Katharine Lotze, CWU, 12.08 – 39-7 ¾; 3. Jasmyn Jewett, NNU, 11.91 – 39-1; 4. Emily Warman, WWU, 11.91 – 39-1 ½; 5. Trinna Miranda, SPU, 11.41 – 37-5 ¼; 6. Emily Walters, WWU, 11.37 – 37-3 ¾; 7. Molly Reid, NNU, 11.30 – 37-1 ½; 8. Dianne Chong, UAA, 11.25 – 36-11.

Shot Put – 1. Joy Warrington, NNU, 13.99 – 45-10 3/4; 2. Leeza Henry, MSUB, 13.78 – 45 – 2 1/2; 3. Anica Knispel, MSUB, 13.45 – 44-1 1/2; 4. Kaylee Baumstark, CWU, 12.62 – 41 -5; 5. Carly Dranginis, NNU, 12.59 – 41 – 3 3/4; 6. Vessie Umu, NNU, 12.13; 39 – 9 3/4; 7. Annie Martinez, CWU, 12.02 – 39-5 1/4; 8. Caitlin Curtis, NNU, 11.29 – 37-0 1/2.

Hammer - 1. Lindsay Wells, WWU, 50.76 – 166-6; 2. Joy Warrington, NNU, 46.55 – 152–9; 3. Anica Knispel, MSUB, 45.46 – 149-2; 4. Kaylee Baumstark, CWU, 45.32 – 148-8; 5. Carly Dranginis, NNU, 44.84-147-1; 6. Alicia Hedrick, NNU, 44.79 - 146-11; 7. Ryley Carr, SFU, 42.84 – 140-7; 8. Alla Dzhidzhiyeshvili, NNU, 41.96 – 137-8.