BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Five Western Washington University Track & Field student-athletes wrapped up competition at the 2022 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Combined Championships Tuesday at Civic Stadium.
 
Ryan Kenny led the way with a 4th-place finish in the men's decathlon setting a PR with 6,053 points to rank No. 9 in WWU history. His performance earned the Vikings five team points towards the GNAC Outdoor Championships.
 
Cooper Cummings also set a PR with 5,987 points, falling just short of the 6,000-point mark to place 5th. Cummings had a strong second day which included a win in the pole vault clearing 4.15m/13-7.25 and a second-place run in the 1500m finishing in 4:42.68.
 
Matty Lagerwey had a strong second day winning the javelin with a throw of 36.63m/120-2 and placing 2nd in the long jump with a top mark of 5.50m/18-0.5. Lagerwey moved up from her 7th-place standing to open the day to finish in 5th with 4,356 points to rank No. 8 on the all-time WWU heptathlon list. Her final standing will earn the Vikings four points towards the team score at the GNAC Outdoor Championships held May 13-14 in Ellensburg.
 
Leanne Kibbee placed 8th with 3,694 points falling just short of her PR of 3,840 points set at last year's GNAC Combined Championships. Kibbee's finish will post one point for the Vikings at the GNAC Championships.
 
Rounding out the Vikings at the GNAC Combined Championships was Trent Kibler, who placed 8th in the decathlon with 4,754 points in only his second multis appearance.
 
Steven Schmidt of Northwest Nazarene won the decathlon with 6,488 points and Elena Cano of Alaska Anchorage won the heptathlon with 4,936 points. With the victory, Schmidt completes the sweep of both of the conference's men's combined event disciplines. He won the indoor heptathlon title back in February.
  A small group distance runners will compete on Saturday, May 7 at the Portland Twilight at Lewis & Clark College. The GNAC Outdoor Championships will be held May 13-14 at the CWU Recreation Sports Complex in Ellensburg.

TF🎽 | View the final results of the GNAC Combined Events Championship that we hosted at Civic Stadium in #Bellingham.

We are exhausted just watching @wwutfxc compete in the Decathlon and Heptathlon, and so proud of how they performed.

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— WWU Athletics (@WWUAthletics) May 4, 2022