ELLENSBURG, Wash.- A small group of athletes from the Central Washington University indoor track and field team will travel to Seattle, Wash. this Saturday to compete at the DII Last Chance Qualifier.
 
Hosted by Seattle Pacific University, the meet will be held at the Dempsey Indoor on the campus of the University of Washington. Considered one of the premier indoor facilities on the West Coast, the 80,000-square foot Dempsey Indoor is the largest addition to Washington's growing athletic complex. The facility includes a 307 meter MONDO track, a full 100 yard FieldTurf infield and hitting cages for Husky baseball and softball.
 
"It is not going to be too big of a group for this weekend," CWU head coach Kevin Adkisson said. "Many of our athletes decided to rest this weekend after a busy conference meet last week. We are planning on sending a total of seven athletes primarily from the hurdles and multi-event group."
 
Senior Ali Anderson is scheduled to compete for the Wildcats after capturing three event titles at the GNAC Championships. The Camano Island, Wash.-native recorded a time of 25 seconds to win the 200 and 55.68 seconds to win the 400. Anderson also teamed up with Sidney Trinidad, Katie Collins and Erykah Weems to win the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:50.64. Thanks in large part to Anderson's effort on the track, the CWU women's indoor track and field team were crowned GNAC Champions with a total of 136 team points. 
 
HarLee Ortega is also set to compete in the multi events. Ortega finished in second place in the pentathlon at the GNAC championships with a total of 3,584 points, which included placing first in the 60-meter hurdles (9.10 seconds) and long jump (18-3.75) portions of the event. Ortega also claimed third in the long jump (18-3.75) and triple jump (38-08.25).
 
Emily Bland, Katie Collins, Mariyah Vongsaveng, Trevaughn Scott and Ryan Gunther will also represent the Wildcats in Seattle on Saturday.
 
Check back to WildcatSports.com following the meet for a full recap and results.
 
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