SEATTLE (Apr. 26) -- Seattle Pacific University topped all Pacific West Conference schools with 14 women being named to the Academic All-Conference Track & Field Team announced Thursday.

Defending conference triple-jump champion Natalie Dorow (Sr., Billings, Mt.), All-America intermediate hurdler Karen Summers (Sr., Bremerton, Wa./Seattle Christian), long-jumper Morgan Ranta (Jr., Kent, Wa./Kentridge), high-jumper Abby Harris (Sr., Auburn, Wa./Auburn) and distance runner Rachae Probst (Jr., Spokane, Wa./Mead) were the five repeat selections for the SPU women.

The Falcon men had three representatives, including repeat selections Kelsey Backen (Jr., Yakima, Wa./East Valley) and Nathanael Castle (Jr., Gooding, Id.), both among the top distance runners in the PacWest.

Western Washington placed the most athletes on the men's team with six.

To be eligible for the academic team, student-athletes must have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 and be in their second year of competition at their university.

SPU Men
Kelsey Backen, Seattle Pacific (3.73, Sr., Exercise Science, Yakima, WA)
Nathanael Castle, Seattle Pacific (3.65, Jr., Art, Gooding, ID)
Andrew Steiner, Seattle Pacific (3.45, So., Philosophy, Lynnwood, WA)

SPU Women
Dana Cantrell, Seattle Pacific (3.81, Jr., Accounting, Bellingham, WA)
Schaylee Baumgartner, Seattle Pacific (3.55, So., Sociology/Latin American Studies, Quincy, WA)
Stephanie Huffman, Seattle Pacific (3.53, Jr., Art, Brush Prairie, WA)
Natalie Dorow, Seattle Pacific (3.31, Sr., Business Administration, Billings, MT)
Christie Goering, Seattle Pacific (3.78, Sr., Sociology, Boulder, Colo.)
Abigail Harris, Seattle Pacific (3.58, Sr., Family & Consumer Science, Auburn, WA)
Sarah Kraybill, Seattle Pacific (3.65, So., English, Seattle, WA)
Sarah Lyne, Seattle Pacific (3.49, So., Classics, Kelseyville, CA)
Annette McCabe, Seattle Pacific (3.69, So., Exercise Science, Spokane, WA)
Rachae Probst, Seattle Pacific (3.43, Jr., English, Spokane, WA)
Morgan Ranta, Seattle Pacific (3.43, Jr., History, Kent, WA)
Nicole Seana, Seattle Pacific (3.62, So., Food & Nutrition Science, Carnation, WA)
Lindsey Stewart, Seattle Pacific (3.61, So., Theology, Shoreline, WA)
Karen Summers, Seattle Pacific (3.72, Sr., Exercise Science, Bremerton, WA)