WWU TRACK AND FIELD: Western's Gruszecki wins javelin

Western Washington University's Monika Gruszecki won the women's javelin with a NCAA Division II automatic qualifying mark of 150-6 (45.87) at the University of Puget Sound J.D. Shotwell Track and Field Invitational on Saturday, April 2, at Tacoma.

That guarantees a third trip to nationals for Gruszecki, who was hampered by minor injuries most of last season after spending the previous year at Philipps University in Germany. A two-time All-American at Western, she won the NCAA II national title as a freshman in 2007 and placed second nationally in 2008.