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Torrie Self
Amanda Umberger '11/CWU Sports Information

Track and Field by Jonathan Gordon (Assistant Athletic Director)

Self Named GNAC Female Top Performer; CWU Places Third, Fifth

Wildcat Men Edge NNU for Third, Women Finish Fifth at GNAC Indoor Championships

Torrie Self, pictured here during the 2010 outdoor season, was named the Top Female Performer at the 2011 GNAC Indoor Championships.
Final Meet Results

NAMPA, Idaho (Feb. 19) -- Senior Torrie Self (Kent/Kent-Meridian HS) was named the top Female Performer, and the Central Washington University men's and women's track and field teams finished third and fifth, respectively, at the 2011 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships that concluded Saturday at Jackson's Track at the Idaho Center.

Self was a two-event winner for the Wildcats, winning the weight throw on Friday and the shot put on Saturday. Only four athletes in the entire championship were multiple-event winners this year.

The CWU men edged championship host Northwest Nazarene by one-half point for third in the team competition, behind Western Oregon and Western Washington. Meanwhile, after a fast start and 60 1/2 team points on Friday, the Wildcat women finished fifth overall with 80 1/2 total points. Seattle Pacific successfully defended its women's indoor conference title.

Sophomores Anthony Hogan (Federal Way/Todd Beamer HS) and Katharine Lotze (Benton City/Kiona-Benton HS) joined Self as the only event winners for Central on Saturday, giving the Wildcats a total of six event titles for the two-day championship. Hogan took first in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.42 seconds, while Lotze claimed the women's triple jump with a best mark of 11.71 meters (38 feet, 5 inches).

Earning event crowns for Central on Friday had been Self in the women's weight throw, freshman Becca Clark (Meridian, Idaho/Meridian Medical Arts Charter HS) in the women's pole vault, and sophomore Brandon Roddewig (Fall City/Mount Si HS) in the men's pole vault.

The Wildcats' best events on Saturday were the 60-meter hurdles, the men's triple jump, and the women's shot put -- in which they all had at least three top-eight placers. The women's shot put had four CWU finishers in the top eight, including Self and senior Shaina Afoa (Anchorage, Alaska/A.J. Dimond HS) in first and second, respectively, followed by Jordan Stueckle (Selah) and Kaylee Baumstark (Port Angeles) in fourth and sixth, respectively.


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