Twenty-Six Lumberjacks Receive All-Big Sky Honors
/ March 02, 2009
OGDEN, Utah- The Big Sky indoor
track and field All-Conference Team was announced Monday by the
conference office. The team consists of the athletes who finished
in the top-three of events at the 2009 Championship and contains a
total of 26 Lumberjacks.
Northern Arizona dominated the men's side with 17 members.
The Lumberjacks scored 184 points, breaking the previous Big Sky
Championship record of 170.5 set by Weber State in 2002. Rodney
Overton, who won the 200 and 400 meters, led the Lumberjacks. He
also contributed to Northern Arizona's third-place finish in
the 1,600 meters relay. Overton was named the Co-Male Track Athlete
of the Meet.
The men's weight throw placed three Lumberjacks on the list thanks
to the sweep by Curtis Durocher, Pascal Tang, and Ian Nunya.
The distance events were also dominated by Northern Arizona. No one
runner did it all for the Lumberjacks, as they collected nearly a
third of their point total from the 3,000 and 5,000 meter runs.
John Killian has now been named to three Big Sky All-Conference
teams with his closing effort in the distance medley relay.
The NAU women completed the sweep of the championship for the
Lumberjacks by scoring 116.5 points. Much like the men's
squad, a large amount of that score was collected in the distance
races. Veronica Pohl dominated the mile and the 3,000 collecting 20
points for the team.
The NAU men saw 22 total awards spread over the 17 individual
recipients, and 12 honors go to the nine women listed.
NAU All-Conference Men
Ben Ashkettle - 3,000-meters
Morten Bostrom - 5,000-meters
Brandan Cleary- 1600m Relay
Curtis Durocher - Weight Throw
Diego Estrada - 3,000-meters
Anthony Evans - Long Jump
Mark Fruin - 5,000-meters
Dennis Givens - 400-Meters, 1600m Relay
Kameron Holbrook - 800-Meters, DMR
Derrick Jackson - DMR, 1600m Relay
John Killian - DMR
Ian Nunya - Weight Throw
Ahmed Osman - 5,000-meters
Rodney Overton - 200-Meters, 400-Meters, 1600m Relay
Austin Shanks - 60-metersDarius Terry - DMR
Pascal Tang - Weight Throw
NAU All-Conference Women
Nikki Codd - DMR
Nicole Elliott - Weight Throw
Aisha Goynes - Long Jump, Triple Jump
Vanessa Hancock - DMR
Shannon Lane - DMR
Astrid Leutert - 5,000-meters
Veronica Pohl - Mile Run, 3000-meters
Nell Rojas - 3000-meters, 5000-meters
Jackie Shea - DMR