SEATTLE (June 6) -- Nick Berry, the Hawaii state runner-up in the intermediate hurdles, has signed a national letter of intent to compete in track & field for Seattle Pacific University.

Berry, a senior at Konawaena High School in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, was selected as the school's outstanding male athlete in track, volleyball and throughout all varsity sports. He took second place in the 300-meter hurdles finals last month, finishing just two-hundredths of a second out of first. Berry had also qualified for the state 110 hurdles.

Konawaena's coach, Dr. Ken Foreman, served as Seattle Pacific head coach for 37 years before retiring in 2000. His wife, Denise Foreman, is the high school girls coach and was an All-America sprinter and hurdler at SPU.

Seattle Pacific competes in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and is a member of NCAA Division II. The Falcons finished ninth in the NCAA women's championships in May.