Vikings (again) sweep men's and women's GNAC team titles, but Elise Hopper of Central steals the show...
ELLENSBURG--It took until the meet ending 4 x 400 relay to decide the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's team title Tuesday afternoon at the Recreation Sports Complex on the campus of Central Washington University. At the end of the day, Western Washington had enough gas in the tank to squeeze out a 208.5 to 206.5 victory over Central Washington to win its fourth straight conference championship. For the Wildcats, it wasn't for a lack of trying that they came up two points short in the closest team race in conference history. Seattle Pacific was seventh with 45 points, while Saint Martin's was ninth with 20 points. Central Washington senior Elise Hopper (Nathan Herde/GNAC photo) , competing in her final meet on her home track, had a hand in the Wildcats' sweeping both relays, in addition to winning both the 200 and the 400 over Western Washington's Bec Bennett. Hopper and Bennett ran what undoubtedly was the greatest 400 meter race in conference history, a...
