SEATTLE (June 15) ­ For the second year in a row, Seattle Pacific University track and field champion Chris Randolph has been selected the male co-athlete of the year in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

Randolph (Sr., Lone Tree, Co./Denver Christian), who won his second straight NCAA Division II decathlon title, shares the award with Western Washington basketball star Grant Dykstra. Central Washington volleyball player Leanne McGahuey was voted the GNAC female athlete of the year.

It was the latest of many awards won by Randolph this spring. Earlier, he was named NCAA Field Athlete of the Year, GNAC Track & Field Athlete of the Year and Seattle Pacific's Athlete of the Year.

Last month, Randolph was dominant in winning the national decathlon crown with the third-highest score by an American this year. He scored a school and GNAC record 7872 points­the highest total in the Div. II meet since 1988.

Randolph will compete at the USA Track & Field Championships in Indianapolis June 21-22.

"Chris challenged himself anew at each and every practice this year and as a result raised himself to a whole new level," SPU head coach Karl Lerum said. "He had a phenomenal senior year, inspiring those with whom he trains and competes with, as well as those he interacts with in the campus community."

This past season Randolph also won GNAC titles in the outdoor 400 meters and the indoor long jump and distance medley relay. He also placed second in the long jump and third in the discus in the outdoor meet and second in the 60 hurdles and third in the high jump in the indoor meet. He also set SPU outdoor records in the 400 meters and decathlon and indoor records in the 60 hurdles, long jump, pole vault and heptathlon.

Randolph becomes the first repeat winner of the GNAC Athlete of the Year. A year ago, Randolph shared the GNAC all-sports award with Seattle University soccer player Bobby McAlister. He won the conference track athlete of the year three times.