April 25, 2003

Results

MONMOUTH, Ore. - Western Washington University's LeAnne Evans (So., Steilacoom) placed third and Jackie McCall (Fr., Spokane/Medical Lake) was sixth among 10 competitors in the heptathlon the concluded Friday at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Multi-Events meet held at McArthur Field.

Nena Dodge (Jr., Bow/Burlington-Edison) finished ninth for the Vikings.

The third and sixth-place finishes give Western nine points that will be added to its total in the women's division at the GNAC Track and Field Championships on May 3 at Ellensburg, Wash.

"All three of them competed much better today," said Western coach Pee Wee Halsell. "They didn't have great results in the long jump, but all of them did very well in the javelin and 800."

Evans, who entered the day in fourth place, finished with 4,012 points. Two Seattle Pacific athletes placed one-two - Danielle Ayers-Stamper taking top honors with a seven-event total of 5,024 points, and Linda Blake being the runner-up with 4,163 points.

Host Western Oregon's Bridget Johnson fell to fifth with 3,887 points, and teammate Ashlyn Terry moved up to fourth with 3,915 points. McCall had 3,744 points and Dodge 2,703.

"LeAnne (Evans) was down by 117 points going into the 800, but she ended up taking third by 97 points," said Halsell. "That 800 was a great capper for her to a good competition today."

Evans leaped 14-7 1/4 in the long jump, threw the javelin 117-3, and ran the 800 meters in 2:26.81, the second-best time of the competition.

McCall had marks of 14-10 1/2 and 96-0, respectively, in the long jump and javelin; and an 800 time of 2:27.85. Dodge had a marks of 14-4 1/2 in the long jump and 67-1 in the javelin, and completed the 800 in 2:29.70.

Petersen, Ayers-Stamper Win GNAC Multi's Men's Final is Close, SPU Freshman Rolls to Women's Victory

MONMOUTH, Ore.-- Danielle Ayers-Stamper of Seattle Pacific and Chris Petersen of Central Washington are the 2003 Great Northwest Athletic Conference combined events champions.

Ayers-Stamper, a freshman from Seattle Pacific, had little resistance in rolling to the heptathlon title. After holding a 440-point lead after day one, she won two of the three events on Friday at McArthur Field to cruise to a final seven-event tally of 5,024. Her teammate, fellow freshman Linda Blake took second place with 4,163 points.

For Central Washington's Petersen, winning the decathlon was much more difficult. Seattle Pacific's Chris Randolph made a late rush to place second, winning the 10-event final 1,500 meters with a time of 4:32. Still Petersen's 4:39.29 and final total of 6,334 points held ground on Randolph's 6,242. Western Oregon's Brandon Conroy was just 22 points behind at 6,220 for third place.

The combined events are the first point-producers towards next Saturday's (May 3) GNAC track and field championships, to be held in Ellensburg, Wash. By going 1-2 in the heptathlon, Seattle Pacific gets an early lead on the field with 20 points, followed by Western Oregon with 9. Those two teams are expected to slug it out for the women's team title. Western Washington also has nine and Northwest Nazarene finishes with one.

For the men, Central Washington leaves with 14 team points, Seattle Pacific has 10 and Western Oregon has six. The Wolves are the defending title holders. Northwest Nazarene has five points, Humboldt State four.

Final Results, Men's Decathlon Chris Petersen (Central Washington) 6,334, Chris Randolph (Seattle Pacific) 6,242, Brandon Conroy (Western Oregon) 36,220, Josh Fishburne (Northwest Nazarene) 5,818, Justin Alverez (Humboldt State) 5,489, Cresap Watson (Central Washington) 5,331, Jason Radel (Seattle Pacific) 5,294, Curt Moon (Central Washington) 3,171.

Final Results, Women's Heptathlon Danielle Ayers-Stamper (Seattle Pacific) 5,024, Linda Blake (Seattle Pacific) 4,163, LeAnne Evans (Western Washington) 4,012, Ashlyn Terry (Western Oregon) 3,915, Bridget Johnson (Western Oregon) 3,887, Jackie McCall (Western Washington) 3,744, Laura Widman (Seattle Pacific) 3,664, Amy Klein (Northwest Nazarene) 2,852, Nena Dodge (Western Washington) 2,703, Amanda vonJentzen (Central Washington) 2,153.