Washington alum Eleanor Fulton named to Team USATF for World Cross Country Championships...
Fulton was on the squad two years ago in Kampala, Uganda that finished sixth in the mixed relay.
During the indoor season, she won the 3000 at the UW Preview, and was second in the mile at the UW Last Chance College meet. She won her section of the women’s mile at the USATF Indoor, and took seventh in the women’s two mile at the national indoor championships.
The USA Track & Field release is available here.
USTFCCCA REGIONAL AWARDS GIVEN TO SPU’S SCOUT CAI, CENTRAL’S KODIAK LANDIS & BRITTANY AANSTAD, AND WESTERN’S BEN STENSLAND…
One of the top distances runners in the nation, two top-flight combined-event performers and a pair of GNAC coaches are among those recognized by the U.S. Track and Field & Cross Country Coaches Association with Division II Indoor Track and Field Regional Awards.
Central Washington senior heptathlete Kodiak Landis was named the West Region Male Field Athlete of the Year while Seattle Pacific junior pentathlete Scout Cai was recognized as the West Region Female Field Athlete of the Year.
The GNAC swept the West Region Assistant Coach of the Year awards with Western Washington’s Ben Stensland earning the men’s award and Central Washington’s Brittany Aanstad the women’s award.
Landis won his second GNAC heptathlon title in three years, winning with a score of 5,228 points that ties him for seventh-best in Division II this season. He also placed second in the long jump with a mark of 23 feet and took fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 15 feet, 2.25 inches, to earn the conference’s Male Field Athlete of the Meet award.
Cai collected her third straight conference championship in the pentathlon. Her winning score of 3,815 points ranks third in Division II this season and is No. 3 on the GNAC All-Time List. Cai also placed third in the GNAC Championships in the pole vault and fifth in the high jump. Her mark of 12 feet, 8.25 inches in the pole vault is tied for 11th in Division II this season as Cai will compete at nationals in both the vault and the pentathlon.
Stensland played in key role in the Vikings’ first GNAC men’s championship in five years. Working with the sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and throwers, Stensland helped coach four WWU athletes to GNAC individual championships.
Aanstad is the primary coach behind Central Washington’s talented corps of women’s multi-eventers and hurdlers. Her athletes made up 79 of the team’s 150 women’s points at the GNAC Championship and three of her athletes will compete at the national championships.
The Great Northwest Athletic Conference release is available here.
NOTE: USA Track & Field, the USTFCCCA, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, and the sports information offices of Central Washington, Western Washington, and Seattle Pacific contributed to this report.
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