Cal Lutheran junior Brett Halvaks of the men's cross country and track and field teams was selected as a representative to serve on the NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). With the selection, Halvaks joined a committee of 24 student-athletes representing the 43 conferences and independent institutions within Division III.
Under the guidance of three different head coaches during the decade, the Kingsmen track and field team has continued its storied success and has sent multiple representatives to compete among the nation's best at the NCAA National Championships. The all-decade team consists of five athletes who have earned individual SCIAC titles and 16 who have made All-SCIAC with a top-six finish at the conference finals.
Thrower Eric Flores of the Cal Lutheran men's track and field team competed at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships last weekend and finished ninth after setting a new personal record in the hammer throw at 231 feet, 1 inch (70.44 meters). CLU throws coach Lucais MacKay took 13th in the event at 221 feet, 9 inches (67.58 meters).
CLU track and field team members Chris Brouillette and Toccoa Kahovec have been selected to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VIII Team, announced earlier today.
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Thursday that Eric Flores of Cal Lutheran and Ellie Sitek of UW Oshkosh were named the National Field Athletes of the Year for Outdoor Track & Field in Division III as voted by the nation's coaches.
Cal Lutheran track and field team members Eric Flores and Christa Youngern became United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Americans with their finishes at the National Championship meet this past weekend. Flores won the hammer throw title while Youngern earned runner-up in the hammer and eighth in the discus.
Christa Youngern wrapped up competition for Cal Lutheran participants at the three-day 2010 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday with an eighth place finish in the discus for her second All-American finish of the meet. On Friday Youngern and Eric Flores both took part in the shot put event and posted qualifying marks that kept them out of the finals.
On the first day of the 2010 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Cal Lutheran junior Eric Flores claimed the national title in the men's hammer throw in dominant fashion with an NCAA DIII championship record throw of 217 feet, 8 inches (66.25 meters) on Thursday. In the women's hammer throw, senior Christa Youngern used a mark of 186 feet, 11 inches (56.99 meters) to finish as the national runner-up, less than two feet shy of the first place throw.
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