In the Media
"Western Washington University's Sarah Porter has been named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track and Field Female Athlete of the Week for Apr. 25-May 1.
Porter, a junior from Hockinson, qualified for the USA Track & Field Championships by placing 15th in the 10,000 meters with a school and GNAC record time of 33:36.83 at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational on Saturday at Stanford, Calif."
"Western Washington University's Tim Clendaniel is third and Alex Harrison is fifth in the decathlon after first-day action Monday at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Multi-Events Championships in Nampa, Idaho."
"Offensive tackle Joe Toledo and cornerback Chris Richards, two of the 14 players given tryouts at last weekend's Seahawks minicamp, were offered contracts by the team on Monday.
The club released long snapper Patrick MacDonald and undrafted rookie free agent Reggie Carter in order to make room on the 80-man roster. ...
MacDonald is a former Canadian Football League snapper who was signed early in the offseason. His release indicates the team has decided for now to go with Western Washington University's Matt Overton at that position."
"Western Washington University's Katie Sharpe is in a three-way tie for first in medalist play and the Vikings are sixth among nine teams, just 6 shots out of second, after first-day action Sunday, May 2, at the NCAA Division II Women's Golf Super West Regional at the Tascosa Country Club in Amarillo, Texas."
"Western Washington University junior Sarah Porter qualified for the U.S. Track and Field Championships after placing 15th in the 10,000 meters with a personal-best time of 33 minutes, 36.83 seconds on Saturday, May 1, at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford University."
"For all the big numbers fourth-year standouts Meghan Flem and Sarah McEnroe have rung up at Western Washington University, one of the most meaningful figures for them following their last home game was four.
That was four as in the number of grade-school girls who lingered in the Vikings' new softball locker room to have Flem and McEnroe sign T-shirts between interviews."
"There's a joke going around the University of Washington campus: Once, the UW was a state university. Then it became a state-supported university. Now it's just a university in a state.
With President Mark Emmert announcing last Tuesday he's leaving to take the top job at the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the UW's next president will step onto a campus that has seen its state funding slashed by one-third in the past 15 months. For the first time, students are paying for a greater share of their education than taxpayers."
"Former prominent Anchorage resident Charles Murray North, Ph.D., died peacefully in his sleep April 10, 2010, in Bellevue, Wash. He was 83."
"Western Washington University posted three season bests in the afternoon session at the University of Oregon Track and Field Relays on Saturday, May 1, in Eugene, Ore.
The Vikings' Shane Gruger won the men's 100-meters in a personal-best time of 10.96."
"The Western Washington University women's rowing program had its best performance at the Opening Day Regatta in school history with standout efforts by all three of its eight shells against NCAA Division I competition Saturday, May 1, in Seattle."