Caity Healy | Editor-in-Chief
In both the temperature and in events, records were ready to broken at the GNAC Track & Field Championships. On Friday, May 10, ten schools came together to be deemed champions, competing in 87-degree-weather. Western, Alaska Anchorage, Central Washington, Concordia University, Montana State Billings, Northwest Nazarene, Saint Martin鈥檚, Seattle Pacific, Simon Fraser and Western Washington all found themselves ready to race at McArthur Field.
In the first day, and at the peak of the heat, the events began at 2 p.m. But rather than letting the temperature bring the athletes down, it seemed to do the opposite. Several Wolves earned personal bests, and by the end of the day, Western found themselves qualifying eight individuals to advance to finals the next day: Codi Blodgett, Gabe Arce-Torres, Curt Knott, Max Carmona, Adam Alnazer and Ana Popchock. On top of this, Moana Gianotti earned All-GNAC honors by achieving 3rd in 奥辞尘别苍鈥檚 Discus.聽
On May 11, the temperatures took a slight dip 鈥� slight, being five degrees 鈥� but the energy was still as high as it was the day before. The athletes came ready to set records. Another full day was ahead of them, and the ones competing continued to smash their personal-bests. With fans from all teams cheering from the stands and the sidelines, each race and field-event was nothing short of a show.
When the events came to a close later that night, four All-GNAC honors had been earned by Western. Darian Wilson earned 2nd for 奥辞尘别苍鈥檚 Javelin 鈥� for the second time in her career; Moana Gianotti earned 3rd for 奥辞尘别苍鈥檚 Discus; Grayson Burke, Bethanie Altamirano, Olivia Woods and Michaela Yonkman earned 3rd for 奥辞尘别苍鈥檚 1600 Relay; and Gabe Arce-Torres, Lashaun Emile, Max Carmona and Curt Knott earned 3rd for 惭别苍鈥檚 1600 Relay.
Western鈥檚 season will come to a close in Kingsville, Texas from May 23-25, as the Wolves head to the NCAA Division II National Championships.
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惭别苍鈥檚
100: 4. , 10.87. 200: 17. , 22.92. 400: 4., 48.93. 800: 4. , 1:53.99; 5. , 1:54.09; 8. , 1:54.70; 9. , 1:54.87; 10. , 1:55.06; 12. , 1:55.50; 17. , 2:00.61. 10,000: 16. , 34:11.04. Steeple: 9. , 9:43.41; 18. , 10:22.37. Shot: 10. , 48-6 3/4 (14.80m); 11. , 47-5 (14.45m); 12. , 47-0 1/4 (14.33m); 14. , 46-2 1/2 (14.08m).Discus:8. , 148-4 (45.21m); 9. , 146-7 (44.68m); 12. , 138-3 (42.13m).
奥辞尘别苍鈥檚
100: 17. , 12.78; 19. , 12.85. 200: 16. , 26.13; 18. , 26.22; 20. , 26.37. 400: 11. , 58.94. 800: 2. , 2:10.49; 16. Shayla Soloman, 2:24.31. 10,000: 9. Cassie McKinnie, 41:27.30. 100 Hurdles: 10. , 15.44; 12. , 15.59; 15. , 16.07. 400 Hurdles: 8. , 1:04.90; 9. , 1:04.90; 11. , 1:06.78; 11. , 1:06.78; 12. , 1:05.83; 14. , 1:07.90. Long Jump: 18. , 16-2 1/4 (4.93m). Shot: 4. , 41-4 1/2 (12.61m). Discus: 3. , 136-1 (41.48m). [/fruitful_tab]
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惭别苍鈥檚
100: 5. , 11.24. 400: 5. , 48.97. 800: 4. , 1:55.35; 5. , 1:55.37; 6. , 1:55.52; 9. , 1:57.03. 1,500: 4. ,3:56.79; 7. , 3:57.79; 13. , 4:03.99; 14. , 4:08.84. 5,000: 6. , 15:07.35; 11. , 1516.92. Hammer: 7. , 167-11 (51.19m); 8. , 165-10 (50.56m). Javelin: 12. , 173-9 (52.97m); 16. , 165-9 (50.52m); 18. , 154-6 (47.10m). 1,600 Relay: 3. Western Oregon, 3:17.87.
奥辞尘别苍鈥檚
800: 5. , 2:12.62. 5,000: 7. , 17:29.49; 13. , 18:17.83. 400 Hurdles: 5. , 1:03.69. Hammer: 6. , 138-9 (42.30m). Javelin: 2. , 151-4 (46.13m). 400 Relay: 6. Western Oregon, 49.07.
1,600 Relay: 3. Western Oregon, 3:50.93.
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