The Doug Lange Network 

April 16, 2019 

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ETHAN CASTO NAMED GNAC MEN’S GOLFER OF THE WEEK

 

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Following his record-breaking performance as the medalist at last week’s Mustang Intercollegiate, Western Washington University junior Ethan Casto has been selected as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week.

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Casto (Snohomish, WA) recorded a two-stroke victory at the tournament held April 8-9 at Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Arizona, shooting a 15-under-par 201 (65-67-69). His tournament total is the lowest by a GNAC player during the spring portion of the season and was one short of the all-time record of 200 shot by the Vikings’ Jake Koppenberg in 2007. His first-round score of 7-under-par 65 was just the ninth round of 65 or less shot by a GNAC golfer in the spring season, and just one stroke off his career-low 64 during his sophomore season at the same tournament and course.  

 

The No. 6 nationally-ranked Vikings finished 2nd in the 23-team tournament with a three-round total of 22-under-par 842, one of the best tournament performances in program history.

 

WWU will be the team to beat at the upcoming GNAC Championships that will be played April 22-23 at Coeur d’Alene Golf Resort in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Casto is the defending individual champion and WWU has won 8 of the 11 team championships in the history of the event. The 2018-19 Vikings feature the top scoring averages in the conference, including freshman Jordan Lee who leads the GNAC at 72.27 (+0.38 to par).

 

A WWU student-athletes has now been selected as the GNAC Men’s Golfer of the Week in seven out of 12 possible weeks in 2018-19.

 

GNAC Golfers of the Week - 2018-19

Sept. 10-16

Jaxson Daskalos, Concordia

Sept. 17-23

Cody Roth, WWU

Sept. 24-30

Cody Roth, WWU

Oct. 8-14

Jordan Lee, WWU

Oct. 15-21

Issac Lee, Simon Fraser

Oct. 29-Nov. 4

Nick Sparling, WWU

Feb. 25-March 3

Jordan Lee, WWU

March 4-10

Jake Wiley, Concordia

March 11-17

Nick Sparling, WWU

Tyler Fitchett. Saint Martin's

March 18-24

Sy Lovan, Simon Fraser

April 1-7

Aidan Goodfellow, Simon Fraser

April 8-14

Ethan Casto, WWU

                                                                      

-- @WWUMGolf --

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KARLINGTON ANUNAGBA REPEATS AS GNAC TRACK

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

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BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Western Washington University freshman sprinter Karlington Anunagba is a repeat selection as the as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men’s Track Athlete of the Week.

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Anunagba (AN-nu-nag-bah), a freshman from Lagos, Nigeria, ran the second-fastest time in WWU and GNAC history at 10.33 while winning the 100m at the Jay Hammer Invitational on Saturday at the SMU Track & Field Complex in Lacey, Washington. 

 

Racing in rainy conditions, Anunagba clocked his time with a tailwind of +2.9, under the threshold of 4.0 allowed for qualifying standards set by the NCAA. The 17-year-old freshman is currently ranked No. 3 in NCAA Division II this season and holds a provisional qualifying mark.

 

The 10.33 trails only the record 10.22 set by former Viking All-American Alex Donigian at the Mt. Sac Relays in 2015.

 

Anunagba also earned GNAC Athlete of the Week honors for April 1-7 after making his collegiate debut with a 10.77 while winning the 100m at the WWU Team Invitational at Civic Stadium in Bellingham.

 

Anunagba is the ninth selection for a WWU student-athlete as a GNAC Track & Field Athlete of the Week so far during the outdoor season.

 

WWU GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week (2019):

• Karlington Anunagba (Sprints) – April 1-7 & April 8-14

• J.T. Konrad (Pole Vault) – March 25-31

• Dylan Hayes (3,000m Steeplechase) – March 11-17

• Savannah Smith (400m) – March 11-17

• Maddie Taylor (High Jump) – March 11-17

• Cordell Cummings (Hurdles) – March 4-10

• Molly House (Hurdles) – March 4-10

• Raquel Pellecer (Javelin) – Feb. 25-March 3

 

Senior Savannah Smith (200m), junior Lexi Perry (Pole Vault) and sophomore Ben Malquist (Shot Put) were also nominated for this week’s GNAC Track & Field weekly awards.

 

WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE VIKS

The Vikings will be in action this week at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California (Wednesday-Friday) and the Beach Invitational in Long Beach, California (Friday-Saturday).

 

-- WWU Track & Field --