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Track season commences at UNLV Invite

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Track season commences at UNLV Invite

THIS WEEK: The Alaska Anchorage track & field teams will commence the 2011 slate this weekend when they travel to Las Vegas, Nev., for the UNLV Spring Break Track Classic on March 5. Events will start at 8:30 a.m. AST and continue through 3 p.m. AST.

UNLV INVITATIONAL
WHEN: March 5 @ 8:30 a.m. AST - 3 p.m. AST
WHERE: Myron Partridge Stadium and Sheila Tarr Smith Field, Las Vegas, Nev.
MEDIA: Results will be posted at GoSeawolves.com and on UAA Facebook and Twitter feeds.

2011 SEASON PREVIEW: The Seawolves return 30 student-athletes (18 men, 12 women) and add 13 newcomers to the 2011 roster (5 men, 8 women) ... in addition, the Seawolves will get All-Americans David Registe and Shaun Ward back after the duo redshirted last season due to injuries ... this year's edition returns all four 2010 All-Americans in seniors Demietrius Preston and Marko Cheseto , junior Alfred Kangogo and sophomore Micah Chelimo ... on the women's side, UAA returns three NCAA participants – senior Hallidie Wilt , junior Miriam Kipng'eno and sophomore Ruth Keino ... UAA will compete in nine meets in California, two in Oregon and one in Nevada throughout the next three months – including the prestigious 53rd annual Mt. SAC Relays on April 14-16 in Walnut, Calif. ... qualifying Seawolves will wrap up the season with the GNAC Championships on May 13-14 at Monmouth, Ore., and the NCAA Championships on May 26-28 in Turlock, Calif.

2010 SEASON RECAP: The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves registered multiple successes during the 2010 track & field season, as they produced four All-Americans at the NCAA Championships, won a combined nine titles at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships, recorded 14 all-conference finishes, broke three GNAC records and set 16 new UAA records.

AT THE 2010 NCAAS: The Seawolves qualified nine athletes (5 women, 4 men) for the 2010 NCAA Div. II Track & Field Championships in just the sixth year of the program … the UAA men's team, which finished 14th with 17 points, captured four All-Americans in Demietrius Preston and Marko Cheseto , Alfred Kangogo and Micah Chelimo … Preston (Anchorage) recorded UAA's best finish of the meet, finishing second in the long jump with a personal best of 25-3.25 … for the second time of his career, Cheseto (Kapenguria, Kenya) earned two All-America accolades, finishing sixth in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters — the only Seawolf to record two All-America honors in the same season … Kangogo (Eldoret, Kenya) registered his first All-America award with an eighth-place showing in the 1,500 meters, while Chelimo (Kapkoi, Kenya) raced to seventh place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase … on the women's side, Elisha Harris (West Jordan, Utah) and Ruth Keino (Kapcheno, Kenya) both produced a team-best 11th-place finish in their respective events … Harris recorded a toss of 134-9 in the javelin, while Keino registered a UAA-record time of 16:44.24 in the 5,000 meters … also representing UAA at the NCAAs was senior Laura Carr (10K), Hallidie Wilt (3,000-meter steeplechase) and Miriam Kipng'eno (1500m, 5K) … the five UAA women is the most the Seawolves have ever qualified.

GARLATZ RECEIVES USTFCCCA HONOR: UAA's T.J. Garlatz was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) West Region Men's Assistant Coach of the Year for the outdoor season on May 24, 2010 … Garlatz joins head coach Michael Friess (men's coach of the year) and then-junior David Registe (men's athlete of the year), who received West Region honors in 2009.

USTFCCCA POLL: The men's track & field team started the 2010 season with its best ranking of the season at No. 3 in the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Association Division II poll, the following week it drop one position to No. 4 … on the third week, UAA fell to No. 10, followed by two consecutive weeks at No. 12, three straight weeks at No. 13 and the final ranking of No. 14 … the women's team started at No. 13, dropped to 19th and advanced to 18th before falling out of the poll for the rest of the season.

BREAKING RECORDS: At the conclusion of the 2010 season, the Seawolves set 16 new school records (8 men, 8 women) and three GNAC records … Ethan Hewitt set a new GNAC/UAA record in the 400 meters at the Northridge Relays with a time of 47.62 … at the Mt. SAC Relays, Micah Chelimo (8:49.31) smashed the league record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, while Marko Cheseto (13:58.85) bested his own conference record in the 5,000 meters … other UAA records were broken by Alfred Kangogo (1,500m, 3:49.46), Andrew Freed (triple jump, 44-8.75), and Casey Robinson (javelin, 175-7) and senior Ryan Rencehausen (hammer throw, 144-5) … the men's 4x400-meter relay team of Hewitt, Brad Truax, and seniors Brandon Grant and James McLaughlin posted a new record time of  3:14.98 … setting UAA records for the UAA women were seniors Laura Carr (10,000, 35:08.51) and Elisha Harris (javelin, 141-4), Ardrienna Everett (400 Hurdles, 1:02.37) and Hallidie Wilt (steeplechase, 10:48.90.23) and Ruth Keino in the 5,000m (16:44.24) and 1500m (4:34.34) … the women's 4x400-meter relay record fell to senior Meagan Friess, Wilt, Everett and Emma Bohman with a time of 4:00.61.

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Players Mentioned

Demietrius Preston

Demietrius Preston

SPR
5' 11"
Freshman
David Registe

David Registe

JMP/SPR
5' 11"
Sophomore
Shaun Ward

Shaun Ward

HUR
6' 0"
Freshman
Hallidie Wilt

Hallidie Wilt

DIS
5' 6"
Freshman
Marko Cheseto

Marko Cheseto

DIS
Sophomore
Elisha Harris

Elisha Harris

THR
5' 7"
Junior
Alfred Kangogo

Alfred Kangogo

MDIS
Freshman
Miriam Kipng

Miriam Kipng'eno

MDIS
5' 6"
Freshman
Laura Carr

Laura Carr

DIS
Senior
Micah Chelimo

Micah Chelimo

DIS
Freshman
Meagan Friess

Meagan Friess

HUR
Senior
Brandon Grant

Brandon Grant

SPR
Senior

Players Mentioned

Demietrius Preston

Demietrius Preston

5' 11"
Freshman
SPR
David Registe

David Registe

5' 11"
Sophomore
JMP/SPR
Shaun Ward

Shaun Ward

6' 0"
Freshman
HUR
Hallidie Wilt

Hallidie Wilt

5' 6"
Freshman
DIS
Marko Cheseto

Marko Cheseto

Sophomore
DIS
Elisha Harris

Elisha Harris

5' 7"
Junior
THR
Alfred Kangogo

Alfred Kangogo

Freshman
MDIS
Miriam Kipng

Miriam Kipng'eno

5' 6"
Freshman
MDIS
Laura Carr

Laura Carr

Senior
DIS
Micah Chelimo

Micah Chelimo

Freshman
DIS
Meagan Friess

Meagan Friess

Senior
HUR
Brandon Grant

Brandon Grant

Senior
SPR