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2019 XC Women's Review

2019 Women's Cross Country Season Review

Vikings won first GNAC Championships and qualified for NCAA II Nationals

5/20/2020 11:26:00 AM

Won the Great Northwest Athletic conference team title for the first time in program history…advanced to the NCAA II Championships for the second consecutive season and ninth time in program history…finished 17th in the national championship after placing 7th in the NCAA II West Regional…joined the men's squad in nationals in Sacramento, California, one of 19 NCAA II programs to have both teams qualify for nationals (second straight year)…second consecutive season and eighth time in program history both men's and women's teams advanced to nationals…won the GNAC title scoring 53 points, a seven-point edge over Alaska Anchorage…junior Jane Barr (8th), sophomore Rebecca Lehman (9th) and senior Tracy Melville (10th) all earned All-GNAC honors…WWU's five scoring runners all were in the top 15…senior Sophia Galvez earned USTFCCCA All-West Region honors with a 16th-place finish…had eight student-athletes selected to the GNAC All-Academic team including three-time selections Tracy Melville, Aundrea Koger and Talia Dreicer…Melville, Koger, Lehman and Galvez all earned USTFCCCA Academic honors and the Vikings were honored with a team academic award for a cumulative GPA above 3.0…33rd-year head coach Pee Wee Halsell was selected as the GNAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year (in addition to men's coach of the year).
 
GNAC Finish: 1st  »  West Region Finish: 7th  »  NCAA Championships: 17th
 
GNAC CHAMPIONS
The Vikings won their first team title at the 2019 GNAC Championships on October 26 on a snowy Amend Park course in Billings, Montana…scored 53 points to edge second-place Alaska Anchorage (60 points), the four-time defending champion in the championship…all five scoring runners finished in the top 15 and were separated by just 26 seconds, including All-GNAC performers Jane Barr (8th), Rebecca Lehman (9th) and Tracy Melville (10th)…the WWU men also won the GNAC title, as the Vikings became the first team other than Alaska Anchorage to claim both the women's and men's team titles in the same year in the 19-year history of the event dating back to 2001, with UAA sweeping top team honors seven previous times.
 
REGIONAL SUCCESS
The Vikings placed 7th at the NCAA II West Regional Championships at Ash Creek Preserve in Monmouth, Oregon with a team score of 175…senior Sophia Galvez earned All-West Region honors with a 16th-place finish covering the 6K course in 21:10.1, followed by senior Tracy Melville in 28th place (21:31.2) and sophomore Tovah Swartz-Ireland in 32nd (21:38.4)…junior Jane Barr was not able to finish the race after contending for a top 10 spot.
 
NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Vikings earned an at-large berth to the NCAA II National Cross Country Championships that were held Nov. 23 at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento, California…WWU placed 17th out of 34 teams, with score of 507 points…Tovah Swartz-Ireland led the Vikings placing 86th finishing the course in 21:34.4 and Sophia Galvez also cracked the top 100 in 95th place (21:37.1).
 
WWU CLASSIC
The Vikings hosted the 46th Annual WWU Classic on October 12 at Sudden Valley Golf Course…marked the second year in a row to host the race in Sudden Valley…placed 2nd with a team score of 88, with all five scoring runners in the top 30.
 
All-GNAC (top-10 finish):
Jane Barr – 8th (22:26.1)
Rebecca Lehman – 9th (22:29.6)
Tracy Melville – 10th (22:40.0)
 
USTFCCCA All-West Region (top-25 finish):
Sophia Galvez – 16th (21:10.1)
 
USTFCCCA All-Academic:
Sophia Galvez
Aundrea Koger
Rebecca Lehman
Tracy Melville

GNAC All-Academic:
Talia Dreicer (3.53, Environmental Studies)
Sophia Galvez (3.36, Environmental Studies/Journalism)
Aundrea Koger (3.88, Bio-Ecology/German)
Rebecca Lehman (3.33, English - Creative Writing)
Tracy Melville (3.72, Bio-Ecology)
Waverly Shreffler (3.63, Environmental Education)
Tovah Swartz-Ireland (3.22, Women, Gender & Equality Studies)
Annika Taylor (3.81, Environmental Studies)
 
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