BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Western Washington University freshman Drew Weber has been selected as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Week award for competition held May 2-8.
 
Weber placed 2nd and was the top NCAA Division II runner in the 800m at Saturday's Portland Twilight, setting the WWU outdoor record in 1:49.81. Weber broke the outdoor school record by 3/100th of a second that was set in 2000 by WWU Athletics Hall of Famer Devin Kemper (1:49.84).
 
The sub-1:50 time for Weber also moved him into the No. 7 spot in GNAC history and is currently 21st in NCAA Division II.
 
The Vikings are back in action this weekend with the GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships Friday and Saturday (May 13-14) at the CWU Recreation Sports Complex in Ellensburg.
  WWU Track & Field has earned 18 GNAC weekly awards so far during the 2021-22 indoor and outdoor seasons, the most in program history breaking the old mark of 16 in 2014:
 

• Aliyah Dawkins (Nov. 29-Dec. 5)
• Cooper Cummings (Nov. 29-Dec. 5)
• Mac Franks (Dec. 6-12)
• Ethan Sterkel (Jan. 10-16)
• Ethan Sterkel (Jan. 24-30)
• Ethan Sterkel (Jan. 31-Feb. 6)
• Ethan Sterkel (Feb. 21-27)
• Mac Franks (Feb. 21-27)
• Aliyah Dawkins (Feb. 21-27)
• Mia Crocker (Feb. 21-27)
• Amanda Short (Feb. 28-March 6
• Sean Sands (Feb. 28-March 6)
• Ila Davis (March 7-13)
• Raine Westfall (March 7-13)
• Amanda Short (March 28-April 3)
• Damian Mercado (April 4-10)
• Mia Crocker (April 25-May 1)
• Drew Weber (May 2-8)