GNAC Results

MONMOUTH, Ore. - At the conclusion of the first day of competition at the 2014 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship, Montana State University Billings has finishers on the board for both the men's and the women's teams.
 
The big winner after Day 1 of the conference championship for MSUB was junior Corrie Holm as she finished the season taking first place in the women's discus with a throw of 43.70m.  Holm was the GNAC leader going into the Championship's opening day of competition; she finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the conference and successfully defended her ranking by becoming champion at this year's conference meet.
 
"The biggest thing for us today was Corrie Holm winning the discus," Head Coach Dave Coppock said.  "We also had another great result from Kyle taking fourth place in the men's discus and AJ's fourth in the shot put that really helped us out with our scoring."
 
Kyle DuCharme was ranked No. 15 in the GNAC heading into the meet today, but had a tremendous second attempt on the day, throwing for a distance of 44.82m to take fourth place.  AJ Montanez just finished out on the points by placing ninth with a throw of 42.22m. 
 
However, in the first event of the day, Montanez finished fourth in the men's shot put with a throw of 14.95m.  With the two fourth place finishes, MSU Billings has a total of 10 points on the men's side.
 
With Holm's win the women's side, the Yellowjackets also have a total of 10 points on the women's side.
 
Also competing on Day 1 were Drew Galahan in the men's 800m and Jamon Rodrigues in the men's 10,000m run.  Galahan and Rodrigues both set new MSUB records.  Galahan finished with a time of 1:55.09, beating his own record he set of 1:55.41 from earlier in the season.  Galahan finished in 14th place at the meet today.
 
Rodrigues finished in ninth place at the meet today in a time of 31:42.67.  That time was good enough to eclipse the record set by Michael Luhr last season of 32:53.46.
 
"We competed really well today as a team," Coach Coppock said.  "Our student-athletes are really performing well – it's just a tough conference."
 
Also finishing today were Josh Panasuk in the men's 3,000m steeplechase who finished in 10^th place with a time of 9:58.40, Nate Vanderby in the men's 400m who finished 10^th with a time of 50.60, and Lewis Polkow who finished the 400m hurdles in a time of 56.04 for a 12^th place result.
 
On the women's side, Jinise Osborne just missed out on adding some points by finishing in ninth place in the women's 10,000m with a time of 38:58.83.  Mary Owen was just two spots back ending the race in 11^th place with a time of 39:55.55.
 
After 12 events on the men's side, and 11 on the women's, Western Washington University is in the lead by 52 points over Northwest Nazarene University, 93-41.  Northwest Nazarene leads Central Washington University on the women's side by a slimmer margin of 22 points, 69-47.
 
Tomorrow the meet will continue with another 28 events.
 
"Tomorrow our team will compete in a few more events," Coach Coppock stated.  "We are really looking forward to the men's 1500m race; that one should be really big for us."
 
The GNAC Championship Meet will pick up tomorrow, May 10 at 9:30 am Pacific Time with the women's hammer throw.  Live results for the day's events can be found at http://results.chrissabato.com/gnac/2013-14/tf/
 
Results for all the events can be found at MSUBSports.com following the conclusion of all the day's events.

The GNAC Chamionship meet is being hosted this year by Western Oregon University.

 
Female Teams

PL	Team	Code	Points
1	Northwest Nazarene	NNU	69
2	Central Washington	CWU	47
3	Western Washington	WWU	45
4	Alaska Anchorage	UAA	39
5	Seattle Pacific	SPU	32
6	Saint Martin's	SMU	12
7	Simon Fraser	SFU	11
8	MSU-Billings	MSUB	10
9	Western Oregon	WOU	8

Male Teams

PL	Team	Code	Points
1	Western Washington	WWU	93
2	Northwest Nazarene	NNU	41
3	Central Washington	CWU	26
4	Alaska Anchorage	UAA	20
4	Western Oregon	WOU	20
6	Simon Fraser	SFU	18
7	MSU-Billings	MSUB	10
8	Saint Martin's	SMU	6