WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS HISTORY CROSS COUNTRY - MEN 1950 1951 1952 Coach: Gerry Swan placed fifth at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors 1953 Coach: Gerry Swan placed second at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-district honors 1954 Coach: Hosted first Western Washington Invitational 1955 1956 1957 Coach: Glen Haugo placed first at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors 1958 Coach: Placed 1st in NAIA District 1 meet Don Trethewey placed first at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors 1959 Coach: Don Trethewey placed first at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors 1960 Coach: Don Trethewey placed first at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors 1961 Coach: Don Trethewey placed fourth at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors Trethewey placed 15th at the NAIA National meet 1962 Coach: John Eckerson
1963 Coach: Placed 1st in NAIA District 1 meet Jim Freeman placed second at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors 1964 Coach: 1965 Coach: Stan LeProtti 1966 Coach: Boyde Long Placed 5th in NAIA District 1 meet 1967 Coach: Boyde Long Placed 3rd in Evergreen Conference meet 1968 Coach: George Gleason Placed 4th in Evergreen Conference meet Larry Nielson place sixth at Evco meet to earn All-Conference honors Nielson placed tenth at NAIA District 1 meet 1969 Coach: Dick Bowman Placed 4th in Evergreen Conference meet Larry Nielson placed second at Evco meet to earn All-Conference honors Nielson placed second at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors Nielson placed 41st at NAIA National meet 1970 Coach: Dick Bowman Placed 6th in Evergreen Conference meet 1971 Coach: Dick Bowman Placed 3rd in Evergreen Conference meet 1972 Coach: Dick Bowman
Placed 1st in Evergreen Conference meet Placed 1st in NAIA District 1 meet Placed 22nd in NAIA National meet Paul Scovel placed third, Mike Shaw fourth and Tom Duncan fifth at Evco meet to earn All-Conference honors Duncan placed third, Fred New seventh and Shaw sixth at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors Duncan placed 66th, Shaw 82nd and Russ Fuller 97th at NAIA National meet Bowman named NAIA District 1 Coach of the Year 1973 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Placed 2nd in Evergreen Conference meet Placed 1st in NAIA District 1 meet Fred New placed fourth and Tom Duncan fifth at Evco meet to earn All-Conference honors Duncan placed third and New fifth at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors New placed 61st and Duncan 96th at NAIA National meet Vernacchia named NAIA District 1 Coach of the Year 1974 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Placed 2nd in Evergreen Conference meet Steve Menard placed fourth and Kevin Adams sixth at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors Menard placed fourth, Adams sixth and Steve Wilson seventh at Evco meet to earn All-Conference honors Menard placed 184th at NAIA National meet 1975 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Placed 3rd in Evergreen Conference meet Steve Menard placed sixth at Evco meet to earn All-Conference honors Menard placed second at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors Menard placed 88th at NAIA National meet 1976 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Placed 5th in Evergreen Conference meet 1977 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Bruce Manclark placed 18th at NAIA National meet to earn All-America honors (first athlete at Western to do so in this sport)
Manclark placed third and Steve Pilcher fifth at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors 1978 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Bruce Cyra placed ninth at NAIA District 1 meet 1979 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Placed 4th in combined District 1 & 2 meet Bruce Cyra placed ninth and Clay Stenberg tenth at NAIA District 1 meet 1980 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Brent Golden placed fourth and Saul Kinderis sixth at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors Golden placed 92nd at NAIA National meet 1981 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Mark Steen placed eighth and Saul Kinderis tenth at NAIA District 1 meet Steen placed 86th at NAIA National meet Chris Bjarke named NAIA Academic All-American 1982 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Placed 10th in NAIA National meet Larry Kaiser placed 25th at NAIA National meet to earn All-America honors Mark Steen placed 47th, Jon Hanson 73rd, David Dzewaltowski 141st, Toby Smith 156th, Matt Eichenberger 165th and Chris Bjarke 209th at NAIA National meet Kaiser placed first and Hanson seventh at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors Bjarke named NAIA Academic All-American 1983 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Placed 5th in NAIA District 1 meet Team rated 13th in final NAIA National poll Mark Steen placed 11th at NAIA District 1 meet 1984 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Placed 5th in NAIA District 1 meet Shave Sliva placed 14th at NAIA District 1 meet
Dean Janz named NAIA Academic All-American 1985 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Placed 5th in NAIA District 1 meet Brad Adams placed 17th at NAIA District 1 meet 1986 Coach: Ralph Vernacchia Placed 17th in NAIA National meet Steve Tollan placed 24th at NAIA National meet to earn All-American honors Brad Adams placed 105th, Brad Alexander 171st, Matt Ruhl 183rd, John Belcher 200th, David Molesh 207th, and Hugh Weber 212th at NAIA National meet Tollan placed sixth and Neal Sherry third at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors Dean Janz named NAIA Academic All-American 1987 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Neal Sherry placed 121st at NAIA National meet Sherry placed first at NAIA District 1 meet to earn All-District honors 1988 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Neal Sherry placed 64th at NAIA National meet Sherry placed third at district meet to earn first team all-star honors, Craig Hanson was ninth and Matt Ruhl 14th to earn second team honors WWU rated 19th in final NAIA National poll 1989 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Placed 17th in NAIA National meet Jeff Van Kleeck placed 96th at NAIA National meet Todd Baerny placed fourth at district meet to earn first team all-star honors, Van Kleeck placed 13th to earn second team honors. 1990 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Placed 11th in NAIA National meet Jeff Van Kleeck earned NAIA All-America honors by placing 25th (25:25) at the NAIA National meet Van Kleeck placed seventh at district meet to earn first-team all-star honors. Second-team alldistrict were Luke Von Mohr (10th), John Deremiah (11th) and Michael Smith (14th)
Nels Postma was named an NAIA National Scholar Athlete 1991 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Jeff Van Kleeck earned NAIA All-America honors by placing 23rd (25:36) at NAIA National meet Van Kleeck placed first at district meet to earn first-team all-star honors. Nels Postma (9th) also earned all-district recognition. Postma was named an NAIA National Scholar Athlete 1992 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Placed 6th at NAIA National Meet Bob Arthur earned NAIA All-America honors by placing 28th (27:09) at the NAIA National meet. Nels Postma was 52nd, Scott Dobner 53rd, Brady O'Hare 89th, Brad Walvatne 121st, Eric Heathershaw 140th and Damon Van Den Top 182nd Heathershaw and Postma named NAIA National Scholar-Athletes Arthur and Postma placed fourth and seventh, respectively, at District 1 meet to earn all-star honors 1993 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Placed 10th at NAIA National meet Placing at nationals were Scott Dobner 53rd, Jason Hickman 68th, Brady O'Hare 72nd, Jim Brewer 130th, Eric Heathershaw 138th, Brad Walvatne 152nd and Eric Reyier 239th. Dobner placed 11th at district meet to earn second-team all-star honors. 1994 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Placed 3rd in NAIA PNW Regional Championships Placed 11th at NAIA National meet Jim Brewer earned NAIA All-American honors by placing 30th at nationals. Also placing at that meet were Clay Wing 58th, Chris Kaiser 73rd, Scott Dobner 98th, Jason Hickman 143rd, Geoff Olson 146th and Wesley Smith 179th Brewer placed fourth at regionals to earn first-team all-star honors Jeff Goesling named NAIA National Scholar-Athlete 1995 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Placed 1st in NAIA PNW Regional Championships Placed 5th at NAIA National meet Ranked No.6 in final NAIA National Poll Clay Wing and Erik Meyer earned NAIA All-American honors by placing 13th and 19th,
respectively, at nationals. Also placing at that meet were Jeff Goesling 54th, Jim Brewer 55th, Jon VanderKooy 114th, Scott Dobner 127th and Ron Weist 129th. Wing, Meyer and Goesling earned all-region and all-conference honors. Halsell named area, region and conference Coach of the Year. Goesling named NAIA National Scholar-Athlete 1996 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Placed 4th at Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference Championships Erik Meyer placed 60th at NAIA National Championships Meyer placed third in PNWAC meet to earn all-league honors Meyer and Liam Chinn named NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes 1997 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Placed 20th at NAIA National Championships Erik Meyer placed 20th at nationals to earn NAIA All-America honors - Efrem Kidane was 109th, Devin Kemper 149th, Liam Chinn 166th, Jeremiah Mushen 172nd, Kahn Khabra 212th, and Scott Gilmore 260th. Placed 1st at Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference Championships Meyer placed first in PNWAC, Kemper third, and Kidane seventh to earn all-league honors at PNWAC Championships Meyer and Liam Chinn named NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes Placed 5th in national scholar-team competition (3.39) Halsell named region and PNWAC Coach of the Year 1998 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Placed 4th among 15 teams at NCAA II West Regional Scott Gilmore and Jeremiah Mushen named PacWest all-conference 1999 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Placed 7th among 11 teams at NCAA II West Regional Placed fifth in Pacific West Conference meet Scott Gilmore named Pacific West Conference all-star 2000 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell Placed 6th among 13 teams at NCAA II West Regional Placed 3rd among 12 teams at Pacific West Conference Championships Zach Boteilho earned PacWest all-star honors, placing 6th at league meet Named PacWest academic all-stars were Karl Meller and Emil Newhouse 2001 Coach: Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell
Placed 5th among 18 teams at NCAA II West Regional Placed 2nd among 10 teams at Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championship Zach Boteilho placed 10th at regional meet to earn region all-star honors Martin Ranney placed 2nd and Boteilho 6th at GNAC meet to earn league all-star honors Named GNAC Academic all-stars were Steve DeKoker and Emil Newhouse 2002 Coach: Kelven Pee Wee Halsell Placed 7th among 16 teams at NCAA II West Regional Placed 4th among 10 teams at Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championship Paul Kezes placed 7th at NCAA II Championship to earn All-America recognition Kezes placed 1st at regionals to earn West Region all-star honors Kezes placed 1st at GNAC championship to earn GNAC all-star honors Kezes named GNAC Athlete of the Year Kezes named GNAC Newcomer of the Year Named GNAC Academic all-star were Emil Newhouse and Jon Carwin 2003 Coach: Kelven Pee Wee Halsell Placed 13th among 24 teams at NCAA Division II National Championships Kurt Hartmaier placed 41st to earn All-America honors. Placed 4th among 17 teams at West Regional to become school s first squad to qualify for NCAA II National Championships since school became member six years ago Placed 1st among 10 teams at Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships Kurt Hartmaier placed 41st at nationals, Brian Brancheau 47th, Steve DeKoker 64th, T.J. Garlatz 68th, Logan Senrud 130th, Sam Brancheau 155th, Justin McNeil 172nd. Brian Brancheau placed 11th and Hartmaier 15th to earn West Region all-star honors - DeKoker was 16th, Garlatz 23rd, Sam Brancheau 43rd, Senrud 61st, and McNeil 74th. Brancheau finished fourth, DeKoker fifth and Hartmaier seventh to earn GNAC all-star honors Named CCAA National Academic were DeKoker and Garlatz Named GNAC Academic all-star was DeKoker Halsell named GNAC Coach of the Year 2004 Coach: Kelven Pee Wee Halsell Tied for 6th among 17 teams at NCAA II West Regional Placed 3rd among 10 teams at Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships Sam Brancheau finished ninth, and Keever Henry 10th to earn GNAC all-star honors Henry named GNAC Freshman of the Year Ranked No.7 in final West Region Poll Named GNAC Academic all-star was Jake Haskins 2005 Coach: Kelven Pee Wee Halsell Placed 4th among 16 teams at West Regional
Placed 2nd among 10 teams at Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships Ranked No.24 nationally in final poll Named USTFCCCA All-Academic was Keith Lemay Logan Senrud finished sixth to earn GNAC all-star honors 2006 Coach: Kelven Pee Wee Halsell Placed 4th among 14 teams at West Regional, two points short of trip to nationals Placed 1st among nine teams at Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships Ranked No.19 nationally in final poll Named USTFCCCA All-Academic were Keith Lemay and Chad Portwood At regionals, Bul Nyuop placed 17th, Anthony Tomsich 18th, Portwood 21st, Lemay 28th, Keever Henry 37th, Sam Brancheau 40th and Logan Senrud 57th. Earning GNAC all-star honors were Tomsich (third), Portwood (sixth), Henry (seventh) and Cale McCulloch (eighth) Named GNAC academic all-stars were Greg Kubitz, Keith Lemay and Portwood. McCulloch named GNAC Freshman of the Year Halsell named GNAC Coach of the Year 2007 Coach: Kelven Pee Wee Halsell Placed 11th among 24 teams at NCAA Division II National Championships Placed 2nd among 19 teams at West Regional to earn trip to nationals Placed 1st among nine teams at Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships At nationals, Bennett Grimes placed 43rd to earn All-America honors, Daniel Phillips finished 51st, Jordan Welling 58th, Jon Skelton 101st, Anthony Tomsich 110th, Blake Medhaug 142nd and Keith Lemay 158th At regionals, Grimes placed fifth to earn all-star honors. Skelton finished 19th, Tomsich 20th, Phillips 25th, Medhaug 29th, Lemay 32nd and Welling 40th. Named USTFCCCA All-Academic was Keith Lemay Earning GNAC all-star honors were Daniel Phillips (second), Bennett Grimes (third), Blake Medhaug (eighth) and Jordan Welling (10th) Phillips named GNAC Freshman of the Year Named GNAC academic all-star was Lemay Halsell named GNAC Coach of the Year