NAMPA, Idaho – On Day 2 of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships, junior
Robert Peterson finished second in the men's mile and fourth in the men's 3,000m adding 13 points to the MSUB men's track and field score.
Saturday's competition was the second of the GNAC indoor track and field championships, and featured the finals in the sprints, middle distances, and the conclusion of the field events.
Peterson completed the men's mile in 4:11.02 and the 3,000m in 8:34.89. He was the defending GNAC champion in the mile, but today was second behind Brady Beagley of Western Oregon, who finished the race in 4:10.31.
Also adding points to the men's score was the 4 x 400m relay team of
Landon Polkow,
Cameron Stanek,
Mark Hovland, and
Preston Schubert. The team completed the course in 3:29.71, placing seventh in the race, adding two points to the MSUB total.
In the women's mile, senior
Nocona Frame was seventh with a new MSUB record, finishing the race in 5:04.83, eclipsing the record she set earlier in the season in that event.
After making the finals in both the women's 60m and the 200m,
Brianna Gray placed eighth in the 60m finals in 8.07 and seventh in the 200m in 25.96. Gray added three points to the MSUB women's total.
Another freshman,
Amanda Nichols, placed fourth in the women's pole vault with a height of 3.36m adding five point for the Yellowjackets. Nichols was ranked fourth in the GNAC going into the finals today.
Finishing the heptathlon today, freshman Schubert completed the seven events with a total of 4,236 points, breaking the MSUB record set last year by teammate Stanek of 3,969 who today finished just behind Schubert with 3,757 points.
The St. Vincent Healthcare Athletes of the Meet for the GNAC Championships were awarded to:
Day 1:the all-freshmen men's DMR team from yesterday of
Jorey Egeland,
Landon Polkow,
Mark Hovland, and
Liam McKay for their third-place finish in the event behind Simon Fraser and Alaska Anchorage and freshman
Brianna Gray for setting two school records yesterday, and then for placing in both the women's 60m and the 200m today.
Day 2:
Robert Peterson for adding the most points, 13, to the men's total and
Nocona Frame, for breaking the school record in the women's mile.
"Everyone really stepped-up and had some of their season-best performances," MSUB head coach
Dave Coppock said. "The relay teams did a lot better, really improving their times a lot, and they just came through at the right time. The score may not reflect that, but everyone's hard work paid off and showed at this meet. Even though we have a very small team, they were able to scrap some points together. The team did what they could out there and they deserve a lot of credit. I couldn't ask for much more than what they did."
GNAC INDOOR
Men - Alaska Anchorage 142, Western Washington 136, Simon Fraser 95, Northwest Nazarene 86.5, Central Washington 65, Western Oregon 61, Saint Martin's 42.5, MSU Billings 23, Seattle Pacific 12.
Women - Seattle Pacific 146, Alaska Anchorage 134, Simon Fraser 104, Central Washington 87, Northwest Nazarene 69, Western Washington 44, Saint Martin's 32, Western Oregon 32, MSU Billings 14.
