After a season highlighted by an advancer to the finals of the NCAA Championships and the shattering of a school record, the Eastern Washington University track and field program handed out 2020-21 team awards at a team gathering on June 2.
 
A total of 22 student-athletes were honored, including eight selected as Eagle co-captains for the 2021-22 season. Eastern battled through the Covid-19 pandemic to complete a limited cross country schedule, no indoor track meets and a full but challenging outdoor campaign.
 
The Eagles won a total of 28 All-Big Sky Conference honors – 17 for men and 11 for the women -- by placing in the top three in events at the league championships on May 12-15 in Ogden, Utah. The Eagles had nine qualifiers for the NCAA West Regional, and pole vaulter Morgan Fossen advanced to the NCAA Division I finals in Eugene, Ore., and will compete this Thursday (June 10) at 4 p.m. Pacific time.
 
Fossen won two team awards, including co-most improved and was the team's women's recipient of the most inspirational award. Fellow pole vaulter Katrina Terry – the Big Sky champion in that event -- won two team awards as co-most improved and the female winner of the "Top Gun" award for track and field competitors.
 
For the men, Big Sky 100-meter champion Joe Gauthier was the male recipient of the "Top Gun" award from track and field, and will return as one of the eight team co-captains. Throwers Vernice Keyes and Colton Kautz will also be co-captains, and earned co-most improved honors.
 
The final double recipient was hurdler Alyssa Hoffman, who will be a 2021-22 co-captain and was co-most improved.
 
Record-breaking hurdler Parker Bowden won the team's coaches award after a season in which he won the Big Sky Conference title in the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 13.58 seconds. His time is the second-fastest all-time in league history and shattered the previous school record of 14.23. He was selected as the men's Outstanding Performer at the league championship meet.
 
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, student-athlete eligibility was not impacted for cross country or indoor track and field. However, the outdoor season did count since the spring of 2020 season did not.
 

 
2020-21 EWU Track and Field Team Awards

 

Scholar-Athlete Awards	Women:	Rosalie Folger-Vent
		Emmanuella Engle
	Men:	Jayce Freeman
Most Improved	Women:	Morgan Fossen
		Katrina Terry
		Vernice Keyes
		Chloe DiBisceglie
		Alyssa Hoffman
	Men:	Justin Roosma
		Bobby Say
		Daniel Gaik
		Colton Kautz
		Gavin Lee
Most Inspirational	Men:	Dawson Lack
	Women:	Morgan Fossen
Coaches Award		Parker Bowden
Top Gun XC:	Men:	Carter Ledwith
	Women:	Kaylin Sheley
Top Gun TF:	Men:	Joe Gauthier
	Women:	Katrina Terry
2021-2022 Captains	XC/Distance:	Ronan Price
		Megan Pitzman
	Jumpers	Quintin Porterfield
		Maggie Nelson
	Throwers	Colton Kautz
		Vernice Keyes
	Sprints/Hurdles:	Alyssa Hoffman
		Joe Gauthier

 
 
 

EWU Scorers at 2021 Big Sky Conference Championships (top 8 finish)

 
Men (Outdoor eligibility listed) - Total of 17
CHAMPION - 4x100 Relay – 40.75 - Joe Gauthier, Daniel Gaik, Dawson Lack, Jonah Mathews
CHAMPION - 110 Hurdles - 13.58 - Parker Bowden - Sr. - Spokane, Wash. / Central Valley HS '15 / CC of Spokane
CHAMPION - 100 - 10.50 - Joe Gauthier - Jr. - West Richland, Wash. / Hanford HS '17
2nd - 100 - 10.52 - Jonah Mathews - Sr. - Tacoma, Wash. / Fife HS '15
2nd - Javelin – 218-3 - Gavin Lee - Jr. - Vancouver, Wash. / Heritage HS '17
3rd - 400 – 47.00 - Daniel Gaik - Fr. - Kent, Wash. / Kentwood HS '20
3rd - Steeplechase – 9:07.78 - Justin Roosma - So. - Walla Walla, Wash. / W. Walla Valley HS '19 / Pacific Union Col.
3rd - 4x400 Relay - 3:15.12 - Trey McAdams, Jayce Freeman, Liam Bracken, Daniel Gaik
4th - 200 - 21.34 - Joe Gauthier - Jr. - West Richland, Wash. / Hanford HS '17
4th – Triple Jump - 48-10 3/4 - Bobby Say - So. - Maple Valley, Wash. / Tahoma HS '18
4th - Hammer - 204-8 - Colton Kautz - Jr. - Everson, Wash. / Nooksack Valley HS '17
4th - Long Jump - 24-1 1/2 - Bobby Say - So. - Maple Valley, Wash. / Tahoma HS '18
5th - Decathlon - 6,142 - Quintin Porterfield - Jr. - East Wenatchee, Wash. / Eastmont HS '17 / Wenatchee Valley CC
6th - 100 - 10.73 - Dimeji Adekanbi - Jr. - Seattle, Wash. / Nathan Hale HS '16 / Everett CC
7th - 400 – 48.49 - Liam Bracken - So. - Republic, Wash. / Republic HS '18
7th - Decathlon - 5,761 - Parker Wubbena - So. - Vancouver, Wash. / Mountain View HS '17
8th - Decathlon - 5,755 - Chris Homen - Fr. - Spokane, Wash. / Ferris HS '19
 
Women (Outdoor eligibility listed) - Total of 11
CHAMPION - Pole Vault – 13-1 - Katrina Terry - Jr. - Billings, Mont. / Billings West HS '17
2nd (tie) - Pole Vault - 12-9 - Morgan Fossen - Sr. - Medford, Ore. / North Medford HS '16 / Lane CC
2nd - Hammer - 181-4 - Vernice Keyes - So. - Lynnwood, Wash. / Edmonds-Woodway HS '17
6th - 400 Hurdles - 1:03.54 - Alyssa Hoffman - So. - Renton, Wash. / Kennedy Catholic HS '18
6th - Javelin - 156-0 - Emmanuella Engle - Sr. - Okanogan, Wash. / Okanogan HS '16 / University of Washington
6th - High Jump - 5-6 - Alyssa Oates - So. - Wilbur, Wash. / Wilbur-Creston HS '18
7th - Pole Vault - 12-5 1/4 - Savannah Schultz - Fr. - Portland, Ore. / Centennial HS '19
7th - Shot Put - 44-9 1/2 - Kaitlyn Paller - Jr. - Shelton, Wash. / Shelton HS '17 / Olympic CC
8th - Pole Vault - 11-11 1/4 - Rosalie Folger-Vent - Fr. - Portland, Ore. / Madison HS '19
8th - Shot Put - 44-4 1/4 - Carissa Stovall - Throws - Fr. - Yelm, Wash. / Yelm HS '19 
8th - 4x100 Relay – 47.99 - Samiah Kuntz, Faith Kennedy, Alyssa Hoffman, Katie Petsch
8th - 4x400 Relay – 3:59.96 - Emily Madura, Felicity Hempstead, Haven Nutting, Faith Kennedy
 
 
Returning Men's All-Big Sky Athletes
(Top 3 finish at the Big Sky Championships)
 
Parker Bowden – (2020 Indoors: 3rd in 60-meter hurdles/7.94; 2018 Indoors: 2nd in 60-meter hurdles/8.00)
Joe Gauthier – (2019 Outdoors: 3rd in 100/10.54; 2019 Indoors: 3rd in the 60-meters/6.83) 
Killion McGinnis – (2019 Outdoors: 3rd in high jump/6-8 1/4)
Bobby Say – (2019 Indoors: 3rd in triple jump/48-3 1/2)
* 4x100-meter relay – (2018 Outdoors: 1st place finish/40.57; Jonah Mathews, Dawson Lack, and Joe Gauthier are returning members from that team.)
 
 
Returning Women's All-Big Sky Athletes
(Top 3 finish at the Big Sky Championships)
 
Vernice Keyes – (2020 Indoors: 3rd in weight throw/61-8 1/2
Savannah Schultz – (2020 Indoors: 2nd in pole vault/12-10 3/4
Katrina Terry – (2019 Outdoors: 3rd in pole vault/12-6 3/4)