SEATTLE (Apr. 9) -Seattle Pacific University's Monica Anderson was selected as the track and field athlete of the week in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference after an impressive performance at the Vernaccia Invitational in Bellingham over the weekend.

Anderson (Jr., Bremerton, Wa.) won the pole vault with a meet record and NCAA Division II provisional national qualifying vault of 12-1.5. In doing so, she became the fifth vaulter in GNAC history to clear 12 feet.

Seattle Pacific will send select athletes to the Mount SAC Relays (Apr. 13-15) in Southern California. The rest of the squad will compete at the Spike Arlt Invitational, Apr. 14 in Ellensburg.