Complete Results

MONMOUTH, Ore. (May 5) -- Stephanie Huffman of Seattle Pacific University won two events--including the javelin with a nation's best throw--and took second in two others en route to earning athlete of the meet honors and leading the Falcons to a second straight Pacific West Conference women's track & field championship at McArthur Field Saturday.

Middle-distance running ace Rachel Ross (Jr., Kennewick, Wa.), sprinter Cyrena Bell (Sr., Kent, Wa./Christian Faith) and Karen Summers (Sr., Bremerton, Wa./Seattle Christian) were the other SPU double winners as it finished 116 points in front of runner-up Western Oregon, 240-124.

Huffman (Jr., Brush Prairie, Wa./Prairie), who took part in five events, scored 36 points alone. Her javelin hurl of 151 feet, 4 inches was a personal record by 22 inches and the top mark in NCAA Division II. She also leaped 17-9 take to first in the long jump and placed second in the high jump (5-3) and 100-meter hurdles (15.00 seconds, a personal best).

Ross remained unbeaten this season against collegiate competition while repeating as the PacWest's champion at 800 (2:13.24) and 1500 meters (4:35.84). In all, Ross has won 10 races at those distances this spring.

She, Bell and Summers also ran on the Falcons' victorious 4 x 400 relay, which improved its NCAA provisional qualifying time by over 2 seconds to 3:50.79.

Bell bolted to wins in the 200 (the school's No. 5 all-time mark, 25.19) and 400 (57.79) and was a member of both winning relays. Summers, who was Huffman's nearest rival for athlete of the meet, won the 100 (a PR of 12.36) and 400 hurdles (1:02.04) and finished in a tie for second in the 100 hurdles (15.00) with Huffman and was runner-up to Bell in the 200 (25.67).

The Seattle Pacific women won eight of 13 running events and 12 events altogether. The sprint relay improved its national qualifying time marginally to 47.90. Jack Hoyt was a repeat selection as coach of the year.

Natalie Dorow (Sr., Billings, Mt.) successfully defended her crown in the triple jump with a season-best mark of 38-2 to make the Div. II provisional qualifying list. Dionna Anderson (Jr., Lynnwood, Wa./Edmonds-Woodway) won the shot put with a throw of 41-3 1/4.

Falcon freshman Paul Mach (Fr., Seattle, Wa./King's) became the school's first-ever male conference champion, winning the intermediate hurdles in a personal-best 55.10 seconds.

Ally Studer (Fr., Redmond, Wa./Redmond) broke her own school record in the pole vault, finishing second at 12-2 on a tiebreaker. Western Washington's Danielle Juarez cleared an identical height but prevailed on fewer misses.

Other SPU athletes who took silver medals were Jamie Witt (Fr., Folsom, Ca.) in the 5000 (18:31.76), Kirsten Bjork (Fr., Olympia, Wa./Black Hills) in the 10,000 (39:49.30) and Morgan Ranta (Jr., Kent, Wa./Kentridge) in the long jump (17-7 1/2).

Bronze medallists included Christie Goering (Sr., Boulder, Co.) in the 1500 (4:44.14), Ruth Hawkinson (So., Roy, Wa./Yelm) in the 5000 (18:36.33) and Amy Cowden (Sr., Seattle/ Seattle Christian) in the high jump (5-3) and long jump (17-3 1/2). Individuals placing in the top three make the all-conference team.

Other men's medallists in addition to Mach were Nathanael Castle (Jr., Gooding, Id.), runner-up in the 1500 with a No. 4 all-time clocking of 3:56.03. Neal Fryett (Jr., Pullman, Wa./Logos) was fourth in the 800 (1:55.72) and Kelsey Backen (Jr., Yakima, Wa./East Valley) was fourth in the 1500 (PR of 3:56.67).

The SPU men finished sixth with 36 points. Western Oregon, the host team, won its second title in a row, edging Central Washington 171-150. The Wolves' Mike Hinshaw was the only male double winner, taking both the 100 and 200.

Seattle Pacific hosts the Ken Foreman Invitational, the final regular season meet, next Saturday at Husky Stadium.

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES:
1. Seattle Pacific U, 240; 2. Western Oregon U, 124; 3. Central Washington U, 88; 4. Western Washington U, 84; 5. Northwest Nazarene U, 77; 6. Humboldt State University, 56; 7. St. Martins College, 12.

MEN'S TEAM SCORES:
1. Western Oregon U, 171; 2. Central Washington U, 150; 3. Humboldt State University, 118; 4. Western Washington U, 110; 5. Northwest Nazarene U, 64; 6. Seattle Pacific U, 36; 7. St. Martins College, 1.