Outdoor Track Season In Full Swing This Week
Western Oregon's multi-athlete Gabe Burchfield hit the ground running during the indoor season, taking home a GNAC gold medal in the men's high jump.
Western Oregon's multi-athlete Gabe Burchfield hit the ground running during the indoor season, taking home a GNAC gold medal in the men's high jump.
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Thursday, March 21, 2024
by Evan O'Kelly, Assistant Commissioner For Communications

PORTLAND, Ore. – A full schedule featuring six different meets lies ahead for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference track and field programs, which are set to enter the second full week of the 2024 outdoor season beginning on Thursday.

Alaska Anchorage and Seattle Pacific are headed to Southern California, and will send athletes to the San Diego State Aztec Invitational and Point Loma Invitational in San Diego, as well as the Mangrum Invitational in San Marcos. Western Washington and Simon Fraser will stay close to home at the UBC Open beginning Saturday in Vancouver, B.C., and the Vikings also have a group of athletes slated to compete in the Oregon Preview starting Friday. Joining WWU at the first meet of the season at Hayward Field in Eugene will be Central Washington, Northwest Nazarene, Saint Martin’s and Western Oregon. The Saints are also scheduled to compete in the Peyton Shotwell Invitational on Saturday in Tacoma, Wash.

GNAC Indoor Track & Field Schedule - March 21-24
Date Meet Location Start Time GNAC Teams Competing
3/21-23 Aztec Invitational San Diego, CA 9:30 a.m. (PT) UAA, SPU
3/22 Mangrum Invitational San Marcos, CA 10:30 a.m. (PT) UAA, SPU
3/22-23 Oregon Preview Eugene, OR 12:45 p.m. (PT) CWU, NNU, SMU, WOU, WWU
3/23 Point Loma Invitational San Diego, CA 9 a.m. (PT) UAA, SPU
3/23-24 UBC Open Vancouver, BC 10 a.m. (PT) SFU, WWU
3/23 Peyton Shotwell Invitational Tacoma, WA 11 a.m. (PT) SMU

 

GNAC Track In The Weekly Coaches Poll Rankings
 

The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association releases national and regional rankings throughout the 2024 outdoor track and field seasons. The first set of outdoor regional and national rankings is set to be released the week of March 25.

USTFCCCA National Rankings - Men's Indoor Track & Field
Poll Team 1 Team 2
Week 1 – 1/23 None --
Week 2 – 1/30 None --
Week 3 – 2/6 None --
Week 4 – 2/13 None --
Week 5 – 2/20 None --
Week 6 – 2/27 None --
Week 7 – 3/5 None --
Final – 3/10 None --
 
USTFCCCA National Rankings - Women's Indoor Track & Field
Poll Team 1 Team 2
Week 1 – 1/23 15. CWU  --
Week 2 – 1/30 13. SFU 17. CWU
Week 3 – 2/6 17. SFU 20. CWU
Week 4 – 2/13 17. CWU 21. SFU
Week 5 – 2/20 16. SFU 17. CWU
Week 6 – 2/27 17. CWU 22. SFU
Week 7 – 3/5 20. SFU 21. CWU
Final – 3/10 16. SFU 43. WWU

 

USTFCCCA West Region Rankings - Men's Indoor Track & Field
Poll Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6 Team 7 Team 8 Team 9
Week 1 – 1/22 1. WWU 3. WOU 4. CWU 5. SFU 7. SPU 8. MSUB 9. NNU 11. UAA 12. SMU
Week 2 – 1/29 1. WWU 3. WOU 4. SFU 5. CWU 7. NNU 8. MSUB 12. UAA 13. SPU 14. SMU
Week 3 – 2/5 1. WWU 3. WOU 4. SFU 5. CWU 7. NNU 11. MSUB 12. UAA 13. SPU 14. SMU
Week 4 – 2/12 1. WWU 4. WOU 5. CWU 6. UAA 7. SFU 8. NNU 13. MSUB 15. SPU 16. SMU
Week 5 – 2/19 1. WWU 3. WOU 5. CWU 6. SFU 7. UAA 8. NNU 13. MSUB 15. SPU 16. SMU
Week 6 – 2/26 1. WWU 2. WOU 6. CWU 7. UAA 8. SFU 10. NNU 12. MSUB 15. SPU 16. SMU
Week 7 – 3/4 1. WWU 2. WOU 6. CWU 7. UAA 8. SFU 10. NNU 12. MSUB 15. SPU 16. SMU

 

USTFCCCA West Region Rankings - Women's Indoor Track & Field
Poll Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6 Team 7 Team 8 Team 9
Week 1 – 1/22 3. CWU 4. WWU 5. WOU 6. SFU 12. SPU 13. MSUB 14. NNU 15. UAA 16. SMU
Week 2 – 1/29 2. WWU 5. CWU 6. SFU 8. WOU 10. SPU 12. NNU 14. UAA 16. SMU 17. MSUB
Week 3 – 2/5 3. WWU 5. CWU 6. SFU 11. SPU 12. WOU 13. SMU 14. NNU 17. UAA 18. MSUB
Week 4 – 2/12 4. WWU 6. CWU 8. SFU 11. SPU 12. WOU 13. UAA 14. UAA 15. NNU 18. MSUB
Week 5 – 2/19 3. WWU 5. CWU 8. SFU 10. SPU 11. WOU 13. UAA 14. SMU 15. NNU 18. MSUB
Week 6 – 2/26 3. WWU 4. CWU 7. SFU 10. SPU 11. WOU 12. UAA 14. SMU 15. NNU 18. MSUB
Week 7 – 3/4 3. WWU 4. CWU 7. SFU 10. SPU 11. WOU 12. UAA 14. SMU 15. NNU 18. MSUB
 
USTFCCCA Conference TFRI Rankings – Women’s Indoor Track & Field
 
USTFCCCA Conference TFRI Rankings – Men’s Indoor Track & Field
 
USTFCCCA Event Squad Rankings – Women’s Indoor Track & Field
 
USTFCCCA Event Squad Rankings – Men’s Indoor Track & Field
2024 Provisional National Qualifying Marks

 

View a complete listing of provisional qualifying marks obtained by GNAC student-athletes at the links below.
 
2023-24 Meet-By-Meet Results
 

View a complete listing of meets that GNAC teams have competed in throughout the 2023-24 indoor and outdoor seasons at the link above.

2023-24 GNAC Track & Field Athletes of the Week
Date Women's Athlete of the Week Men's Athlete of the Week
Dec. 11 E'lexis Hollis, Central Washington (Track) Brody Kemble, Northwest Nazarene (Track)
  Emy Ntekpere, Central Washington (Field) Justin Conklin, Western Oregon (Field
Jan. 15 Marie-Eloise Leclair, Simon Fraser (Track) Kevin McDermott, Western Washington (Track)
  Lauryn McGough, Central Washington (Field) Drew Klein, Central Washington (Field)
Jan. 22 E'lexis Hollis, Central Washington (Track) Johan Correa, Central Washington (Track)
  Emy Ntekpere, Central Washington (Field) Drew Klein, Central Washington (Field)
Jan. 29 Marie-Eloise Leclair, Simon Fraser (Track) Kevin McDermott, Western Washington (Track)
  Katie Potts, Western Washington (Field) Ryan Greenwalt, Western Washington (Field)
Feb. 5 Maliyah Thompson, Western Oregon (Track) Josh Green, Central Washington (Track)
  Ujunwa Nwokoma, Western Oregon (Field) Mark Warren, Western Oregon (Field)
Feb. 26 Ila Davis, Western Washington (Track) Ephrem Mekonnen, Simon Fraser (Track)
  Katie Potts, Western Washington (Field) Mark Warren, Western Oregon (Field)
March 4 Aniya Green, Seattle Pacific (Track) Ryan Clough, Western Washington (Track)
  Jocelyn Saribay, Saint Martin's (Field) Andrew Schulz, Saint Martin's (Field)
March 11 Cassidy Walchak-Sloan, Saint Martin's (Track) Brian Le, Western Washington (Track)
  Katie Potts, Western Washington (Field) Jakob Braunstein, Western Washington (Field)
March 18 Ellie DeGroot, Central Washington (Track) Jake Hall, Simon Fraser (Track)
  Lizzy Daugherty, Seattle Pacific (Field) Jarrett Chong, Simon Fraser (Field)

 

2024 GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
 

The 2024 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held May 10-11 at the Recreation Sports Complex on the campus of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash. The event will be preceded by the GNAC Combined Event Championships, which will take place April 29-30 at Civic Stadium in Bellingham, Wash. All nine GNAC track and field programs are eligible to compete in both the combined event championship and the outdoor championship.

 

 

 

 
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