Falcon's Randolph Shares GNAC Track Co-Athlete of Year
June 8, 2004

SEATTLE (June 8) – Chris Randolph, who battled back from an ankle injury to take third place in the NCAA decathlon, was voted track and field male co-athlete of the year in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

Chris Randolph has been voted track and field male co-athlete of the year in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.The Falcons’ Jennifer Marsh is the women’s freshman of the year.

The Falcons’ Jennifer Marsh (Fr., Kirkland, Wa./Juanita) was the women’s freshman of the year. Randolph (So., Lone Tree, Co./Denver Christian) shared the GNAC award with Central Washington triple-jumper Justin Lawrence.

After missing six weeks with an ankle sprain, Randolph returned to take sixth place in the GNAC javelin May 8, then won the Ken Foreman Invitational decathlon and qualified for nationals the following week.

Randolph broke the conference decathlon scoring (7030 points) javelin (165 feet, 3 inches) and high jump (6-7) records at the NCAA Championships, May 27-28 in Walnut, Ca.

Marsh won four middle-distance races, including the conference title in the 800 meters, and qualified for the NCAA 800 in her first year. She took 11th nationally.

Other GNAC award winners for women were Seattle University steeplechaser Kelly Fullerton as athlete of the year and Central Washington sprinter Terran Legard as newcomer of the year. The men’s newcomer was Josh Timmer of Saint Martin’s and the freshman of the year was Western Oregon’s Sam Hobbs.