Jul 10 -- SPU 2nd Among Track Teams in Academics; 8 Individuals Honored
Seattle Pacific University finished second among NCAA Division II women's teams in the 2007 U.S. Track & Field Coaches Association academic team of the year competition. The Falcons, with a team cumulative grade point average of 3.550, were runners-up to national champion Lincoln (Mo.). Seven members of the SPU women's squad and one male earned individual all-academic honors from the USTFCCCA.
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Jul 9 -- Pixler Claims Gold at Junior Pan Am Games
Jessica Pixler of Seattle Pacific University claimed a gold medal in her international debut, winning the women's 1500 meter run at the Junior Pan American Games Sunday.
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Jun 27 -- And Falcons May Only Get Better in ‘08 (Final Track Release)
They are good, they’re young and it’s likely that the Seattle Pacific University women’s track and field team will only become stronger in 2008.
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Jun 27 -- Perkins Is Academic All-America, Joins Exclusive List
Seattle Pacific University track and field champion Teona Perkins has been voted to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first team. Perkins becomes only the Falcons' third track athlete to win a national title and make Academic All-American in the same season.
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Jun 26 -- Seattle Pacific's Perkins Receives Postgrad Scholarship
Teona Perkins of Seattle Pacific University's track and field team has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for spring sports participants. Perkins, a European Studies major with a 3.70 GPA, becomes the Falcons' 22nd NCAA honoree and eighth in three years.
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Jun 23 -- Falcons' Pixler, Randolph Make U.S. Track Teams
Finishing second in the 1500 meters, Seattle Pacific University's Jessica Pixler qualified for her first international meet Saturday at the USA Junior Track & Field Championships. Pixler earned an automatic berth on the U.S. team for the Pan American Junior Games, July 6-8 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Meanwhile, former Falcon decathlete Chris Randolph made the American team for a multi-event dual meet with Germany in August.
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Jun 22 -- Pixler to Run 1500 Final Saturday at USA Track Championships
Seattle Pacific University runner Jessica Pixler received a free pass to Saturday's 1500-meter final at the USA Junior Track & Field Championships. Former Falcon Chris Randolph stands ninth following the first five events of the men's decathlon.
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Jun 19 -- Past, Present, Future Falcons at Indy Track Championships This Weekend
Seattle Pacific University will be well-represented when the USA Track & Field Championships get underway Wednesday in Indianapolis. Two-time NCAA Division champion Jessica Pixler will be joined by former decathlon champion Chris Randolph and Jeeni Schantin, a recent transfer recruit.
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Jun 14 -- Falcons' Pixler, Bremerman Voted Top GNAC Athletes for '06-07
Seattle Pacific University track champion Jessica Pixler and basketball All-American Dustin Bremerman have been voted the Great Northwest Athletic Conference female athlete and male athletes of the year, respectively, for all sports during 2006-07.
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Jun 7 -- Three Seattle Pacific Track Athletes Are Academic All-District
Teona Perkins (European Studies, 3.70 GPA), Karin Rohde (Nursing, 3.82 GPA) and Eddie Strickler of Seattle Pacific University track and field program have been voted to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII teams.
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May 31 -- Pixler Unanimous Pick for GNAC Track Athlete of Year
Seattle Pacific University's Jessica Pixler has been unanimously voted the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Female Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year by a vote of the coaches. Karl Lerum was selected by his peers as the coach of the year.
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May 28 -- SPU Champions Share GNAC Women's Track Athlete of Week Honors
Teona Perkins and Jessica Pixler of Seattle Pacific University were chosen the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's track and field co-athletes of the week following their victories at the NCAA Championships.
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May 26 -- Seattle Pacific's Perkins, Pixler Win NCAA Track Titles
Fourteen years after a Seattle Pacific University woman last won a national outdoor track & field championship, Jessica Pixler and Teona Perkins claimed a pair of crowns within 60 minutes Saturday night. Pixler fought off a late challenge to take first in the 1500 meters, and Perkins followed shortly thereafter with a dramatic victory in the high jump at the NCAA Division II Championships. With 32 points, Seattle Pacific finished seventh -- its best standing since 1993.
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May 25 -- Pixler Set for NCAA Double Following 800 Advancement
Jessica Pixler of Seattle Pacific University won her 800-meters qualifying heat to clinch a spot in her second final Friday night at the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships.
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May 24 -- Falcons' Pixler, Larson Advance to NCAA Race Finals
Seattle Pacific University's Jessica Pixler (1500 meters) and Jane Larson (3000 meters) each advanced into their respective race finals Thursday night as the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships got underway at the Irwin Belk Complex.
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May 21 -- Pixler Named West Region's Top Runner
Jessica Pixler, the star middle-distance runner for Seattle Pacific University, has been voted the West Region Track Athlete of the Year for NCAA Division II by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
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May 21 -- Frosh to Figure Prominently at NCAAs (Weekly Track Release)
All the repetitions, all the mileage and all the focus of the past eight months has been directed at this particular week of activity. Now it’s time to make good on that goal-setting for the eight athletes representing Seattle Pacific University at the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships. The meet begins Thursday in Charlotte, N.C.
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May 18 -- Oregon High Jump Champion Coming to Seattle Pacific
Jacquie Mattson, Oregon's high jump champion, has signed a national letter of intent with the Seattle Pacific University's track and field team for next season.
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May 15 -- Eight Falcons Qualify for NCAA Track and Field Championships
Eight Seattle Pacific University have qualified for the NCAA Division II track and field championships next week in Charlotte, N.C. Those seeded third or higher include: Jessica Pixler, who holds the top entry mark in the 1500 meters and is No. 2 in the 800; Brittany Bekins, No. 2 among javelin qualifiers and No. 3 in the heptathlon; and Molly Barnes, third in the javelin.
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May 12 -- Pixler, Strickler Star in Foreman Invitational Track and Field Meet
Eddie Strickler of Seattle Pacific University virtually clinched a place at the NCAA Championships and the Falcons' Jessica Pixler won for the fourth time in two weeks Saturday at the Ken Foreman Invitational track and field meet at West Seattle Stadium.
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May 9 -- SPU Women Pace GNAC With 13 Academic Track Honorees
Seattle Pacific University led all Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's track and field teams with 13 individuals named to the academic all-GNAC team. The Falcons, who won both the women's GNAC indoor and outdoor championships, featured five three-time selections: Kristin Janney, Jennifer Marsh, Victoria Perkins, James Rosser and Eddie Strickler.
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May 9 -- SPU Women Sign Track and Field Stars From Lake Stevens, Oregon
Brittany Aanstad of Lake Stevens and Jeeni Schantin of Oregon's Clackamas Community College have signed national letters of intent tom compete for Seattle Pacific University next season in track and field.
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May 8 -- Pixler Voted GNAC Meet's Most Outstanding Women's Performer
Seattle Pacific University's Jessica Pixler has been voted the outstanding female performer from last weekend's Great Northwest Athletic Conference outdoor track and field championships. Pixler won three running events -- the first athlete in meet history to accomplish that feat -- in leading the Falcons to their second straight team title and their third in six years.
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May 8 -- Foreman Invitational: It’s Last Chance Time (Weekly Track Release)
The best local weather in two months of track and field meets awaits Seattle Pacific University and a host of other teams Saturday as the regular season concludes with the 21st annual Ken Foreman Invitational.
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May 7 -- Pixler Picked As GNAC Women's Track Athlete of Week
Seattle Pacific University's Jessica Pixler has been selected as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference female athlete of the week following her unprecedented three middle-distance victories at the conference meet. Pixler swept the 800, 1500 and 3000 meters to lead the Falcons to their third team title in six years.
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May 5 -- Pixler, Sims Spur SPU Women to GNAC Track Title
Getting a combined five victories from its 1-2 punch of Jessica Pixler and NyEma Sims, Seattle Pacific University pulled away to win a second straight women's crown at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference track and field championships Saturday at Civic Stadium. The SPU men were seventh.
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May 4 -- Seattle Pacific Women Finish Strong on GNAC Meet's First Day
Tracie Lundsten's victory in the women's pole vault highlighted a Seattle Pacific University surge to finish the first day of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference track and field championships Friday night at Civic Stadium.
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May 2 -- Gig Harbor Vaulter, King's Twins Sign With SPU
Melissa Peaslee of Gig Harbor High School and twins Evan and Jeff Dull of King's High School in Shoreline have signed national letters of intent tom compete for Seattle Pacific University next season in track and field.
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May 1 -- Falcons Take Run at GNAC Women’s Title (Weekly Track and Field Release)
A young, run-based Seattle Pacific University women’s track and field team aims to retain its GNAC championship this Friday and Saturday at the conference outdoor meet in Bellingham. The Falcons hope to overcome injuries to key field personnel to claim their fifth league crown in eight years.
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Apr 30 -- Falcons' Hinton Is GNAC Female Co-Athlete of Week
Seattle Pacific University sprinter Jessica Hinton was named track and field's co-athlete of the week in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Hinton won four events at the Western Washington Twilight, finishing first in the 100 and 200, and also running the second leg on her team's winning 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams. s
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Apr 27 -- Strickler's Western Twilight 800 Rates No. 4 All-Time at SPU
Eddie Strickler broke into the Seattle Pacific University all-time top five in the 800 meters and Jessica Hinton swept the short sprints at the Western Washington Twilight track and field meet Friday night at Civic Stadium.
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Apr 25 -- Falcons Trek to Bellingham Back-To-Back (Weekly Track and Field Release)
What a difference a week will make. Seattle Pacific University’s next two track and field meets will be in the same city, on the same oval but with decidedly different stakes. Friday’s Western Washington Twilight will be laid back.
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