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2009 Track Schedule N
Dec. 5
Jackson’s Open & Combined Events Nampa, ID
Jan. 23
Blue and Orange Invitational
Nampa, ID
Jan. 29-30
Bronco Invitational
Nampa, ID
E
Feb. 5-6
United Heritage Invitational
Nampa, ID
W
Feb. 12-13
Boise State Team Invitational
Nampa, ID
Feb. 19
GNAC Combined Championships
Nampa, ID
S
Feb. 20
GNAC Indoor Championships
Nampa, ID
L
Mar. 12-13
NCAA II Indoor Nationals
Albuquerque, NM
Mar. 11-13
NNU Open
Nampa, ID
E
Mar. 19
Eastern Oregon University
La Grande, OR
T
Apr. 2-3
All-Idaho Collegiate Cup
Boise, ID
T
Apr. 10
Washington vs. Idaho/Oregon Meet
Spokane, WA
Apr. 17
Eastern Oregon Invitational
La Grande, OR
Apr. 24
NNU Invitational
Nampa, ID
May 1
Boise State Invitational
Boise, ID
May 3-4
GNAC Combined Championships
TBA
May 14-15
GNAC Outdoor Championships
Monmouth, OR
May 27-29
NCAA D.II Outdoor Nationals
Charlotte, NC
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NCAA West Regional Championships (Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA) The NNU men held their own in the rankings, taking 7th place in the West Regional meet. Freshman Barak Watson (Columbia HS, Nampa, ID) made the All Region Team, placing 11th with a 10k time of 31:39. He is currently the 2nd fastest male in NNU’s 10k history, as well as the first male to make it to the NCAA DII National meet as an individual. Jesse Baggenstos also had a notable performance, placing in the top 50 and coming in as the 6th fastest freshman of the day. Matt Stark, Neil Easter, Kyle Gray, Seth Clark, and Luke Hetrick rounded out the men’s team. The men are very young this year, with eight new freshmen . The only two seniors on the team, Kyle Gray and Hank Hetrick will be missed. The NNU women placed 6th at the West Regional meet, moving up two spots in the highly competitive region. The women were lead by junior Jaci Puga, closely followed by freshman Jordan Powell and Conference New-Comer of the Year Michelle Phillips, a senior transfer from Mid-America Nazarene. Christine Harwood and Ashley Rendahl both ran a great race, rounding out NNU’s top five scorers. Thank you for your support this cross country season! NCAA DII All-American Honors Barak Watson Becomes the first male All-American in cross country. Barak competed at the NCAA Division II cross country meet in Evansville, Indiana on November 21st, he placed 38 place in a very competitive field of 182. The top 40 this year received All-American honors. Barak was the 3rd fastest GNAC runner of the day and the 4th fastest runner out of the NCAA Division II West Region.
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2009 NNU Track Highlights
Last year’s track season was the most successful track season in NNU’s history. During the Indoor track season the women won four Conference titles. Ashley Puga made the NCAA DII national meet in both the 800m and the women's DMR team, which also included Jaci Puga, Jamie Beaty, and Elisa Decker. Ashley Puga won the 800m in a time of 2:07.24 ,to become NNU’s first NCAA DII National Champion. The DMR team finished 8th, becoming NNU’s first NCAA DII All American relay team. The Outdoor GNAC Championships were canceled due to a swine flu outbreak on Western Oregon University’s campus the night the team arrived in Oregon. Despite the let down, NNU took the most individuals to nationals in program history, including Josh Heidegger, Laura VonArx, Ashley Puga, Lakiesha Nilles, and Dallas Beaty. Ashley Puga took home another National title in the 800m with a time of 2:07.63 and another All-American honor in the 1500m, placing 8th. Performance AllAmerican honors also went to Josh Heidegger, a sophomore, who took 2nd place in the Javelin with a throw of 223’¼”and to Dallas Beaty, who placed 3rd in the 400m hurdles, in a school record time of 52.05. Lakiesha placed 14th in the Javelin and Laura finished 12th in the Triple Jump. 2010 Indoor Track season is just around the corner. The men and women start the Indoor season on December 4th at the Idaho Center in Nampa. We invite you to come and support the team!
New NNU Indoor School Records Latoya Tidwell
200m
25.75
Elisa Decker
400m
57.85
Ashley Puga
800m
2:07.63
Ashley Puga
Mile
4:47.37
Laura Von Arx
Triple Jump
37’5¼”
Joy Warrington
Shot Put
43’1½”
Courtney Little
Weight
48’11”
Women’s
4x400m Relay 3:55.58
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(Beaty, A. Puga, J. Puga, Decker) Women’s
DMR
11:55.7
(J. Puga, Beaty, Decker, A. Puga) Maurus Hope
60m
7.23
Maurus Hope
200m
22.21
Maurus Hope
400m
49.66
Derek Sepe
60m
7.23
Dallas Beaty
60m H
8.49
Zach Barclay
Shot Put
Zach Barclay
Weight
50’3¼” Latoya Tidwell 56’10¼ Ashley Puga
Josh Grewe
Heptathlon
4341
Outdoor Track New School Records 200m
25.32
400m
56.20
800m
2:05.23
1500m
4:23.17
400 Int. H
1:02.28
Laura VonArx
Triple Jump
38’11 ½”
Joy Warrington
Shot Put
42’4 ¾”
Lakiesha Nilles
Javelin
137’6”
Dallas Beaty
110m HH
14.92
Dallas Beaty
400m Int. H
52.05
Grant Miller
Shot Put
51’
Grant Miller
Discus
154’10”
Zach Barclay
Hammer
174’8”
Josh Heidegger Javelin Men’s 4X400m (Beaty,Hill,Hope,Ward)
223’2” 3:16.84
Ashley Puga
4x400m Relay 3:19.66 Ashley Puga Jamie Beaty (Beaty, Hill, Hope, Ward) Men’s
For More Articles and Results Go To: http://nnusports.com/
H I G H L I G H T S
Fall 2009
XC Top 10 Lists Top 10 Individual Performances Women 5k Ashley Puga Jaclyn Puga Jordan Powell Ann Marie Wiggins Michelle Phillips Kristi Lund Erica Madison Melanie Layne Heather Esposito Christine Harwood
17:46 18:05 18:18 18:22 18:23 18:46 18:57 18:59 19:10 19:11
2007 2009 2009 2001 2009 2000 2001 2005 2000 2009
Top 10 Best Times Women 5k Ashley Puga Jaclyn Puga Ashley Puga Jordan Powell Ann Marie Wiggins Michelle Phillips Ashley Puga Ashley Puga Jaclyn Puga Ann Marie Wiggins
17:46 18:05 18:17.90 18:18 18:22 18:23 18:23 18:30 18:31 18:37
Top 10 Best Times Women 6k 2007 2009 2008 2009 2001 2009 2006 2007 2009 2001
Ashley Puga Ashley Puga Ashley Puga Ashley Puga Elisa Decker Jaclyn Puga Jaclyn Puga Jaclyn Puga Jordan Powell Ashley Puga
20:35 21:22 21:48 22:11 22:12 22:12.8 22:12.85 22:16 22:21 22:28
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2009 2009 2009 2006
Top 10 Individual Performances Women 6k Ashley Puga Elisa Decker Jaclyn Puga Jordan Powell Michelle Phillips Shannon DeBoer Kendra Loeber Mindy Newby Christine Harwood Jamie Beaty
20:35 22:12 22:12.8 22:21 22:30 22:58 23:02 23:06 23:18 23:19
2007 2007 2009 2009 2009 2007 2007 2003 2009 2007
Top 10 Individual Performances Men 8k Francis Kimeli Barak Watson Aaron Matthias Zach Dwello Juraj Trubiroha Matt Stark Caleb Tubei Kevin Lambert Brice Roncace Ben Wornell
24:22 24:32 24:39 24:40 24:48 25:00 25:01 25:08 25:19 25:24
2001 2009 2001 2002 2001 2009 2001 2007 2001 2002
Top 10 Individual Performances Men 10k Kevin Lambert Barak Watson Seth Clark Matt Stark Zach Lane Jake Perry Jesse Bagganstos Kyle Gray Zach Dwello Neil Easter
31:15 31:39 32:40 32:51 33:16 33:33 33:45 33:41 33:55 34:07
2007 2009 2007 2009 2007 2003 2009 2007 2002 2009
Top 10k Best Times Men 8k Francis Kimeli Barak Watson Aaron Matthias Aaron Matthias Zach Dwello Zach Dwello Juraj Trubiroha Francis Kimeli Barak Watson Juraj Trubiroha
24:22 24:32 24:39 24:40 24:40 24:48 24:48 24:50 24:52 24:53
Top 10 Best Times Men 10k 2001 2009 2001 2001 2002 2009 2001 2001 2009 2001
Kevin Lambert Barak Watson Seth Clark Matt Stark Zach Lane Jake Perry Jesse Bagganstos Matt Stark Kyle Gray Zach Dwello
31:15 31:39 32:40 32:51 33:16 33:33 33:45 33:40 33:41 33:55
2007 2009 2007 2009 2007 2003 2009 2007 2007 2002