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February 28, 2006 Teona Perkins of Seattle Pacific will head up a group of 10 Great Northwest Athletic Conference athletes who will compete in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship Meet March 10-11 at Boston, Mass. Perkins, a junior from Kennewick, is not only the top seed from the GNAC, but she is also the only athlete to qualify in two events. She is the No. 2 seed in the high jump with a season-best mark of 5-8 and is seeded seventh in the 800 meters (2:13.21). The lone returning All-American is SMU’s Andy Prentice, who is seeded fourth in the men's 800 (1:51.84). Prentice placed eighth at last year's national meet. Riak qualified for nationals by time in the mile but was seeded 29th and narrowly missed the cut; the cutlines were 4:11.26 in the mile and 14:37.70 in the 5000. Seattle Pacific and Central Washington will each send three athletes to Boston. Joining Perkins are miler Mary Moriarty and pole vaulter Amy Harris. Representing Central Washington will be Cameron Neel in the men's shot, Cresap Watson in the high jump and Katie Hummel in the women's mile. Neel is seeded sixth with a GNAC-record throw of 56-2. Also competing at Boston will be Western Washington pole vaulters Tyler Thornbrue and Scott Romney and Emily Peterson of Northwest Nazarene in the women's high jump. Following are the GNAC qualifiers and seedings as announced Tuesday by the NCAA: Men: 800 - 4. Andy Prentice, SMU (Sr., Spokane, WA) *1:51.84. High Jump - 12. Cresap Watson, CWU (Sr., Woodinville, WA), 6-9 3/4. Pole Vault - 9. Tyler Thornbrue, WWU (Sr., Shelton, WA), 16-1 1/34; 13. Scott Romney, WWU (Sr., Gig Harbor, WA), 16-0 1/2. Shot Put - 6. Cameron Neel, CWU (Jr., Woodinville, WA), 56-2. Women: 800 - 7. Teona Perkins, SPU (Jr., Kennewick, WA), *2:13.21. Mile - 10. Katie Hummel, CWU (So., Yakima, WA), *4:58.79; 14. Mary Moriarty, SPU (Fr., Seattle, WA), *5:00.77. High Jump - 2. Teona Perkins, SPU, 5-8; 13. Emily Peterson, NNU (Jr., Roseburg, OR), 5-6 1/2. Pole Vault - 14. Amy Harris, SPU (Sr., Corvallis, OR), 12-1 1/2. *Note: Qualifying times adjusted (.10 added to 800 and .40 added to mile) to account for different size and bank of track than on which marks were posted.
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