NCAA Division II champs starts Thursday with slew of athletes from Western, Central, and Seattle Pacific...
Thursday marks the start of the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships at Francis G. Welch Stadium on the campus of Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. Western Washington, Central Washington and Seattle Pacific will send athletes to the national championships. Athletes earned their way to the national championships by attaining marks that were in the top 22 on the Division II descending order list in the individual events. In the combined events and the relays, the top 16 individuals and teams advanced to the national championships. Decathlete Drew Klein (Nathan Herde/GNAC photo) of Central Washington kicks things off with the first day of the decathlon at 8:30 Pacific/10:30 local time, where he'll contest the 100, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400 before doing another five events Friday. Klein is seeded 16th in the field. Western Washington's Calvin Gutierrez enters the men's hammer seeded tenth. He goes at 10:30 Pacific/12:30 local time. Three hou...
