UAA has declared a squad of 23 athletes – 14 men and nine women – for individual events and one men's relay team for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships later this month in Allendale, Michigan.
Among those Seawolves are 15 who Monday were honored as All-West Region selections after they finished either among the top five individuals in the region or as a member of a top-three relay team in the region.
As UAA prepares for the national championships May 21-23, seven Seawolves who have been declared for nationals have delivered times or marks that place them within the top 10 nationally in Division II.
Junior distance runner Dominik Notz ranks second in the 10,000 meters with his effort of 29 minutes, 26.29 seconds, and sits fifth among 5,000-meter runners with his 14:07.05. Freshman Henry Cheseto stands ninth in the 5,000 with his 14:08.86.
Also on the men's side, senior javelin thrower Franz Burghagen ranks second at 224 feet, 10 inches, and junior Cody Parker, the 2013 national outdoor champion, checks in at eighth with his throw of 216-3.
UAA senior Haleigh Lloyd ranks fourth nationally in the 400-meter hurdles (59.20) and senior Amy Johnston is sixth in the 10,000 with her 35:01.46. Junior heptathlete Karolin Anders, the national runner-up in that event last spring, ranks eighth with 5,162 points.
The Seawolves men and women last weekend each finished second in the team standings at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference meet in Monmouth, Oregon.
The best finish at nationals for UAA's women was seventh in 2013. The top finish for UAA's men was ninth in 2012.
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?UAA All-West Region Honorees
Women -- Karolin Anders, Jr., heptathlon and high jump; Jamie Ashcroft, Soph., 100 and 200 meters; Haleigh Lloyd, Sr., 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles; Amy Johnston, Sr., 10,000; Caroline Kurgat, Fr., 10,000; Rosie Smith, Jr., 100 hurdles.
Men -- Elliott Bauer, Sr., 400 hurdles and 4x400 relay; Franz Burghagen, Sr., javelin; Henry Cheseto, Fr., 5,000 and 10,000; Adam Commandeur, Soph., 400 and 4x400 relay; Darrion Gray, 4x400 relay; Nathan Kipchumba, Fr., 800; Liam Lindsay, Fr., 4x400 relay; Dominik Notz, Jr., 5,000 and 10,000; Cody Parker, Jr., javelin.
UAA track & field qualifiers declared for Division II nationals
(Qualifying standard in parentheses – P is provisional, A is automatic)
Women, with rank nationally
100 (P: 11.99) – 14) Jamie Ashcroft, Soph., 11.73.
200 (P: 24.53) – 20) Jamie Ashcroft, Soph., 24.08.
800 (P: 2:13.33) – 23) Jessica Pahkala, Jr., 2:10.59; 51) Tamara Perez, Fr., 2:13.31.
1,500 (P: 4:34.73) – 20) Jessica Pahkala, Jr., 4:30.19; 25) Beatrice Decker, Jr., 4:30.91; 31) Tamara Perez, Fr., 4:31.70.
5,000 (P: 17:21.38) – 18) Amy Johnston, Sr., 16:52.50; 39) Caroline Kurgat, Fr., 17:15.05.
10,000 (P: 36:56.20) – 6) Amy Johnston, Sr., 35:01.46; 16) Caroline Kurgat, Fr., 35:28.00.
100 hurdles (P: 14.30) – 36) Rosie Smith, Jr., 14.18.
400 hurdles (P: 1:02.40) – 4) Haleigh Lloyd, Sr., 59.20.
High jump – (P: 5 feet, 6 inches) – tie 25) Karolin Anders, Jr., 5-7.
Heptathlon – (A: 5,160 points; P: 4,377 points) – 8) Karolin Anders, Jr., 5,162 points; 34) Rosie Smith, Jr., 4,613 points.
Men
400 (P: 47.94) – 38) Adam Commandeur, Soph., 47.75.
800 (P: 1:52.33) – 21) Nathan Kipchumba, Fr., 1:50.56; 40) Jesse Miller, Jr., 1:52.20.
5,000 (P: 14:37.35) – 4) Dominik Notz, Jr., 14:07.05; 8) Henry Cheseto, Fr., 14:08.86; 23) Dylan Anthony, Sr., 14:26.84.
10,000 (P: 30:49.77) – 5) Dominik Notz, Jr., 29:26.29; 22) Victor Samoei, Jr., 30:11.79; 34) Edwin Kangogo, Fr., 30:31.17.
400 hurdles (P: 53.48) – 30) Elliott Bauer, Sr., 52.90.
4x400 relay (P: 3:14.07) – 38) Elliott Bauer, Liam Lindsay, Darrion Gray, Adam Commandeur, 3:13.92.
Javelin (A: 220-1, P: 191-5) – 2) Franz Burghagen, Sr., 224-10; 8) Cody Parker, Jr., 216-3.75; 20) Tyler Kostiuk, Fr., 205-7.
Decathlon (P: 6,202 points) – 39) Travis Turner, Jr., 6,362 points.