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![]() Western Oregon's Badane Sultessa (left) reset his GNAC record in the 800 meters while Simon Fraser's Vladislav Tsygankov set a conference record in the long jump. Monday, February 1, 2016 PORTLAND, Ore. – A pair of conference indoor track and field records tops the list of six honorees for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s Player of the Week awards. Western Oregon senior Badane Sultessa was selected as the Men’s Track Athlete of the Week after he bettered his own conference record in the 800 meters at the UW Invitiational in Seattle. Sultessa placed fifth amongst a field dominated by Division I competition. His time of 1:50.23 bettered his previous record of 1:50.73, which he set last year, and is second best in Division II this season. Additionally, Sultessa ran the third (800-meter) leg on the Western Oregon distance medley relay team that placed third and set a school record with a time of 9:53.08. Simon Fraser senior Vladislav Tsygankov earned the Men’s Field Athlete of the Week award after setting a GNAC record in the men’s long jump. Tsygankov placed third in the event at the UW Invitational and his mark of 23 feet, 10.75 inches, bettered the old record of 28 feet, 8 inches, set by Western Oregon’s Matson Hardie in 2010. The mark is a provisional qualifier for the NCAA Championships and ties him for 11th best in Division II this season. Seattle Pacific senior Lynelle Decker was named the Women’s Track Athlete of the Week after she became one of two GNAC athletes to earn automatic qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships at the UW Invitational. Decker finished the 800 meters in 10th place and was the top small college finisher with a personal best time of 2:09.38. The mark moves Decker into No. 7 on the GNAC all-time list and is the second best mark in Division II this season. Decker also ran on Seattle Pacific’s 4x400-meter relay team, which earned a NCAA Championships provisional qualifying mark with a seventh place time of 3:51.85. Alaska Anchorage senior Karolin Anders was named the Women’s Field Athlete of the Week for the second time this season. Anders was the top small college finisher in the pentathlon at the UW Invitational, placing seventh with a score of 3,741 points. In the process, Anders improved her GNAC best in the high jump. Her mark of 5 feet, 8 inches, moves her into a tie for fifth on the GNAC all-time list and ties her for third on the Division II season best list. Seattle Pacific senior Mitch Penner earned the Men’s Basketball Player of the Week award after he led the Falcons to a sweep of their Alaska road trip, moving SPU into second place in the GNAC standings. Penner scored his 1,000th career point in Thursday’s 79-69 win at Alaska, scoring 29 points to go along with five assists. Penner then led the Falcons with 24 points to go along with six rebounds and four assists in SPU’s 74-71 win at Alaska Anchorage, Penner made 19 of 32 from the field and 5 of 10 from three-point range in the two contests. Jenna Buchanan was named the Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, leading Alaska Anchorage as they reclaimed first place in the GNAC standings. She scored 11 points in a balanced scoring effort on Tuesday as the Seawolves won at Alaska, 82-56. Buchanan then matched her career-high with 28 points, which included 6 of 9 from three-point range and 8 of 8 from the free throw line, as UAA claimed the showdown between the first place teams at Montana State Billings on Saturday, 85-73. Buchanan scored 39 points in the two games and shot 9 of 16 from three-point range. GNAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK SELECTIONS – WEEK 22 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEN’S TRACK MEN’S FIELD WOMEN’S TRACK WOMEN’S FIELD |
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