May 12, 2012

Complete Results

MONMOUTH, Ore. - Michael Hoffman (Sr., Bellingham/Sehome) won the hammer for the third straight year and Shane Gruger (Sr., Shoreline/Shorewood) placed first in the 200 meters and ran the anchor leg on the winning 4x100 relay as Western Washington University captured its second men's title in three years and third overall at the 11th Annual Great Northwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships which ended Saturday at McArthur Stadium.

The Vikings dominated the men's division with a winning point total of 205, 78-1/2 more than second-place and host Western Oregon (126-1/2) in the nine-team field.

WWU placed third (137-1/2) in the women's competition. Seattle Pacific won its third straight title and for the fifth time in six years with 188 points, five more than Alaska Anchorage (183).

"Both teams scored more points than they were projected to, and winning the championship was very nice," said WWU coach Pee Wee Halsell (25th year). "We have a big group of seniors, so that makes it even more special."

Gruger and Hoffman each scored 24 points for the Vikings in the competition.

Hoffman became just the eighth male to win three straight GNAC titles in an event. He threw the hammer 202-1, breaking the meet record set in 2003. On Friday, Hoffman won the discus with a mark of 160-9.

Gruger had a winning time of 22.21 in the 200 and helped the 4x100 relay to victory with a 41.79 clocking. He placed second in the 100 (10.88) and Friday finished third in the long jump (22-11).

WWU's Alex Harrison (Sr., Edmonds/Edmonds-Woodway) broke his own school record in the men's javelin with a NCAA Division II automatic national qualifying mark of 214-7. He placed second to Alaska Anchorage's Cody Parker who broke Harrison's meet record set in 2010 with a throw of 215-0.

Harrison won his second GNAC decathlon 11 days ago in Ellensburg. His other triumph came in 2010.

In the women's division Saturday, the Vikings won four events.

Eleanor Siler (Sr., Spokane/Lewis & Clark) improved her provisional national qualifying time in taking the 400 in 55.73.

Michelle Howe (Sr., Lakewood) won the 400 hurdles in 1:03.06. She placed third in the 100 hurdles, bettering her PNQ time at 14.36. Howe won the 100 hurdles at the GNAC meet in 2010.

Lindsay Wells (So., Seattle/Nathan Hale) upped her PNQ mark with a school-record winning toss of 166-6 in the hammer and Brittany Grandy (Fr., Sedro-Woolley) reached the provisional standard in taking the long jump at 5-6 1/2.

On Friday, WWU's Karis Anderson (Jr., Seattle/Roosevelt) and Emily Warman (Sr., Sedro-Woolley) each set meet records with respective winning marks of 12-6 3/4 in the pole vault and 19-1 1/2 in the long jump.

2012 GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships:

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.

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.

Saturday's Men's Results:

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 Waqshington (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, 2010); 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.

Saturday's Women's Results:

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, Aasheim, 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 Dzhidzhiveshvil, NNU, 41.96 - 137-8.