October 26, 2005

A total of 60 student-athletes – 22 men and 38 women - have been named to the 2005 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Cross Country Academic All-Conference team. A total of 29 athletes – 15 men and 14 women – were repeaters from last year, while two others were repeaters from 2003.

Saint Martin’s placed eight runners on the team, being edged by Seattle Pacific University who placed the most athletes on the academic team earning nine spots.

SMU junior Katelynn Blume (Jr., Lacey, WA) headed up the women's academic squad with a perfect 4.00 grade point average as a Chemistry major.

Nicole Beatty (Sr., Port Angeles, WA) was one of nine athletes who were selected to the team for the third straight year. She is maintaining a 3.65 GPA as an Elementary Education major.

Also named to the squad were Kaleigh Bishop (So., Stanwood, WA), Janelle Probst (So., Spokane, WA), Chelsi Claussen (Jr., Shelton, WA), Caleb Timmer (Jr., Tacoma, WA), Robbie Wilbur, (Jr., Spanaway, WA, and Seth Woods, (Jr., Lacey, WA).

Bishop is an Elementary Education major with a 3.86 GPA. Probst and Claussen, both Biology majors, earned 3.84 and 3.64 GPA’s respectively.

Timmer is maintaining a 3.84 GPA in Civil Engineering, Wilbur is a Math major with a 3.66 GPA and Woods posted a 3.28 GPA as a Biology major.

To be eligible for the academic team, student-athletes must have a minimum GPA of 3.20 and be in at least their second year of competition at their university.

2005 GNAC Cross Country Academic All-Conference Team

Men - Leif Olson, Alaska Anchorage (English & Philosophy, Sr., 3.29, Mead, WA) **Erik Wickstrom, Alaska Fairbanks (Biology, Sr., 3.95, Boras, Sweden) **Jonas Tetlie, Alaska Fairbanks (Business, Sr., 3.94, Kabekvaag, Norway) *Daniel Slakey, Alaska Fairbanks (Natural Resource Management, Sr., 3.72, Elk Grove, CA) Gabe Andrews, Central Washington (Communications, Sr., 3.25, Redmond, WA) *Tim Keller, Northwest Nazarene (Math, Sr., 3.99, McMinnville, OR) *Kevin Lambert, Northwest Nazarene (Religion & Children’s Ministries, Jr., 3.80, Nampa, ID) *Andrew Peters, Northwest Nazarene (Missions, Sr., 3.50, Homer, AK) Caleb Timmer, Saint Martin’s (Civil Engineering, Jr., 3.84, Tacoma, WA) *Robbie Wilbur, Saint Martin’s (Math, Jr., 3.66, Spanaway, WA) *Seth Woods, Saint Martin’s (Biology, Jr., 3.28, Lacey, WA) *Andrew Lybarger, Seattle (Mechanical Engineering, Jr., 3.95, Spokane, WA) Robert Renninger, Seattle (Accounting, Jr., 3.76, Bellevue, WA) *Michael Gavareski, Seattle Pacific (Nursing, Jr., 3.63, Bellingham, WA) *Eddie Strickler, Seattle Pacific (Computer Science, Jr., 3.62, Richland, WA) *James Rosser, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Jr., 3.26, Seattle, WA) Troy Banker, Western Oregon (Business, So., 3.54, Beaverton, OR) *Nick Crawford, Western Oregon (Business, Jr., 3.34, Beaverton, OR) *Cary Costa, Western Oregon (Biology, Sr., 3.34, Oregon City, OR) *Felipe Jasso, Western Oregon (Pre-Profession, Jr., 3.24, Gresham, OR) Keith Lemay, Western Washington (Physical Education, So., 3.66, Lynden, WA) Keever Henry, Western Washington (Accounting, So., 3.24, Kelso, WA)

Women - **Stacy Edwards, Alaska Anchorage (Natural Sciences, Sr., 3.90, Eagle River, AK) *Mandy Kaempf, Alaska Anchorage (Sociology, Sr., 3.85, Steinbach-Hallenberg, Germany) Kaley Strachan, Alaska Anchorage (Undeclared, So., 3.59, Port Alberni, BC) **Johanna Turunen, Alaska Fairbanks (Business Marketing, Sr., 3.69, Joensuu, Finland) Krynn Finstad, Alaska Fairbanks (Psychology & Criminal Justice, So., 3.50, Fairbanks, AK) Marcie Mullen, Central Washington (Undeclared, So., 4.00, Lyman, WA) *Amber Green, Central Washington (Exercise Science, Jr., 3.93, Selah, WA) *Brandy Anderson, Central Washington (Elementary Education, Sr., 3.66, Juneau, AK) *Rachel Bailey, Central Washington (Political Science, Jr., 3.51, Woodinville, WA) Andrea Ring, Central Washington (PE, Sr., 3.50, Tacoma, WA) Heather Moulton, Humboldt State (Kinesiology, So., 3.82, Arcadia, CA) Jessica Rendon, Humboldt State (Environmental Science, Jr., 3.76, Roseville, CA) Andrea Lovio, Humboldt State (English, So., 3.69, Arcata, CA) *Jami Epley, Northwest Nazarene (Biology & Recreation, Sr., 3.97, Homer, AK) **Christy Wynkoop, Northwest Nazarene (Art., Sr., 3.62, Gresham, OR) Jennifer Perry, Northwest Nazarene (Psychology, Jr., 3.59, Montague, CA) Melanie Nisly, Northwest Nazarene (Recreation & Sports Management, Sr., 3.58, Corvallis, MT) *Katelynn Blume, Saint Martin’s (Chemistry, Jr., 4.00, Lacey, WA) Kaleigh Bishop, Saint Martin’s (Elementary Education, So., 3.86, Stanwood, WA) Janelle Probst, Saint Martin’s (Biology, So., 3.84, Spokane, WA) **Nicole Beatty, Saint Martin’s (Elementary Education, Sr., 3.65, Port Angeles, WA) Chelsi Claussen, Saint Martin’s (Biology, Jr., 3.64, Shelton, WA) **Meghan Salveson, Seattle (International Studies, Sr., 3.86, Juneau, AK) *Phoebe Rohrbacher, Seattle (Arts & Sciences, Jr., 3.60, Juneau, AK) *Alana Garcia, Seattle (Fine Arts, Jr., 3.57, Modesto, CA) Charisse Arce, Seattle (Marketing, So., 3.39, Seattle, WA) Megan Wrightman, Seattle Pacific (Biology, So., 3.93, Bend, OR) Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific (Nursing, So., 3.74, Bellingham, WA) Kaitlin Rohde, Seattle Pacific (Biology, So., 3.71, Bellingham, WA) **Becky Knox, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Sr., 3.70, Denver, CO) *Brandi McCoy, Seattle Pacific (Biology, Sr., 3.61, Richland, WA) Tracy Kuhn, Seattle Pacific (Exercise Science, So., 3.61, Port Angeles, WA) Danielle Smith, Western Oregon (Psychology, Jr., 3.63, Molalla, OR) Rachael Barreau, Western Oregon (Pre-Education, Sr., 3.30, Scappoose, OR) Katrina Schwerdtfeger, Western Washington (Physical Education, Sr., 3.61, Mountlake Terrace, WA) **Laura Trevellyan, Western Washington (Interdisciplinary Concepts, Sr., 3.51, Vashon, WA) Katie Wittrock, Western Washington (Psychology, So., 3.51, Tacoma, WA) Erin Deasy, Western Washington (Health Education, Jr., 3.39, Gig Harbor, WA)

*Repeater **Two-time repeater (Wynkoop and Edwards from 2002-03)