NAMPA, IDAHO – Caroline Kurgat was named the female track athlete of the meet and the Alaska Anchorage women's distance medley relay earned performance of the meet at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday.
Kurgat won the mile and lowered her own school record and set a new GNAC Championship record with a time of 4:47.86. She also won the 3,000 with a time of 9:54.40.
The men's team finished second with 111.5 points and the women were third with 83 points.
“Overall we had a really good meet,” said head coach Michael Friess. “We had several really good performances. We will look to continue that success at a last chance meet next weekend and then on to the national championships.”
Chrisalyn Johnson nearly won the triple jump but finished second by less than an inch. Her mark of 39-3 broke the previous school record set by Karolin Anders in 2016 by 15 inches.
Brandon Nicholson set a new school record in the men's triple jump with a leap of 48-0.5 to finish second. The mark bettered the previous record set by Chris Brake at last year's championship. Brake finished third with a mark of 47-4.25. Brake finished third in the high jump (6-7.75) and Nicholson was fourth (6-6).
David Sramek broke his own school record in the pole vault on his way to finishing fourth in the heptathlon. He scored 804 points with his record setting vault of 15-3 and ran 2:44.54 for 824 points in the 1,000.
Drew Johnson battled for the win in the mile but ended up second with a time of 4:14.45, and Felix Kemboi was fifth (4:17.77). Danielle McCormick was fifth (5:11.31) in the women's mile.
Nancy Jeptoo, who won the 5,000 on Friday, finished third in the women's 3,000 (10:06.11), and Vanessa Aniteye was third in the 400 (57.07).
The Seawolves racked up numerous points in the men's 3,000. Edwin Kangogo finished third (8:41.34), followed by Felix Kemboi in fourth (8:43.22), Jorge Sanchez in sixth (8:47.28) and Nickson Koech in seventh (8:50.08).
Enrique Campbell placed third in the 60 (7.07) and seventh in the 200 (22.57).
Elena Cano was sixth in the 60 hurdles (9.05), and Eduardo Orozco was seventh in the 800 (2:03.06).
The women's 4x400 relay of Vanessa Aniteye, Elena Cano, Ruth Cvancara and Marie Ries was fourth (3:55.88).
The men's 4x400 relay of Nate Brunett, Daniel Remington, Drew Johnson and Eduardo Orozco was sixth (3:26.00).
UAA will compete at the SPU Last Chance Meet Feb. 23 and the NCAA National Championships March 8-9.
