SEATTLE (May 23) -- Four of Seattle Pacific University's national track & field qualifiers plus cross country runner Nick Glancy have been voted to the Verizon Academic All-District VIII college division teams for men and women.

Seattle Pacific led all schools with three women on the 10-member district team. Stephanie Huffman (Sr., Brush Prairie, Wa./Prairie) and Laura Widman (Jr., Colfax, Wa.) are currently competing in the heptathlon at the NCAA Division II Championships in San Angelo, Tx., while Sarah Kraybill (Jr., Seattle, Wa./Ballard) runs in the 800 meters prelim Friday night.

Huffman is an art major with a 3.60 grade point average, Widman is a psychology major with a 3.69 and Kraybill is an English major with a 3.70.

Joining Glancy (Sr., Redmond, Wa./Redmond) on the men's track & field/cross country district team is Nathanael Castle (Sr., Gooding, Id.), an NCAA qualifier in the 1500. Glancy, a mathematics major, leads all selections with a 3.96 GPA. Castle is a art major with a 3.66.

Members of the district team will be considered for the Academic All-America teams, to be announced next month. District VIII is comprised of nine western states plus two Canadian provinces.