PULLMAN -- Andrew Gonzales, an outstanding prep distance runner from Southridge, has signed a national letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field for Washington State University starting in the fall of 2009, Cougars head coach Rick Sloan announced Monday.
Gonzales won the 2008 Sunfair Invite, Columbia Basin Big Nine Conference and the 4A Regional cross country meets. He took fourth place at the 2008 state 4A and 2007 state 3A cross country championships, and also placed fourth at the 2008 Oregon-Washington BorderClash Cross Country meet.
Gonzales carries a 3.93 grade point average, which ranks 10th among his class of 325 students, and he plans to pursue a pre-med curriculum at WSU.
"I am very excited to have Andrew at Washington State," Cougar cross country head coach Jason Drake said. "He is one of the finest distance athletes in the state and I think he has only begun to scratch the surface of his talent. He will help take our distance program to another level."
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Kamiakin's Rexus signs with University of Idaho
Kamiakin's Rexus signs with University of Idaho
KENNEWICK -- Kamiakin distance runner Stephanie Rexus, who finished fourth at the Class 3A state cross country meet and eighth at Nike Border Clash, signed to run for the Idaho Vandals on Wednesday.
Rexus, who led the Braves to back-to-back fourth-place team finishes at state, finishes as the school record holder on 3-mile and 5-kilometer courses and hopes to improve on her record 3,200-meter time in track this spring.
The Tri-City Herald's female cross country runner of the year will join a squad that won back-to-back Western Athletic Conference women's titles and has multiple WAC champions and NCAA qualifiers in distance events in track and field.
Armstrong: I had no idea I would be a state champion
Armstrong: I had no idea I would be a state champion
Kamiakin senior Anthony Armstrong, who currently holds the Class 3A distance triple crown, remembers when he was a freshman and his goal was to just get faster
Armstrong, Kamiakin lead talented pool of runners
Armstrong, Kamiakin lead talented pool of runners
RICHLAND -- The sport of running will never rival the likes of football for attention.
Tonight's football game between Kennewick and Kamiakin high schools figures to fill up the 6,800-seat Lampson Stadium.
The Richland Invite -- the area's biggest regular-season cross country meet -- likely will draw several hundred spectators, mostly family and friends. And even the all-classes state event at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco can't compete with a regular-season showdown between city rivals.
Here's a college update
Here's a college update
Here's a look at what some of our area's athletes have been up to lately:
IDAHO: Outside hitter Allison Walker (Othello) was named first-team all-Western Athletic Conference in volleyball recently. Walker, a sophomore, led the league with 4.31 kills per game in WAC matches, and added 2.69 digs and 0.49 blocks per game while hitting .212. She had 13 double-doubles on the season, and was a three-time WAC Player of the Week in 2011. Her 4.65 points per game ranked second in the conference. Walker was also a first-team all-WAC selection in 2010. Idaho advanced to the WAC tournament semifinals in Las Vegas before falling to New Mexico State. Walker was named to the all-tournament team.
MONTANA: Senior middle blocker Brittany Quick (Hanford) was an honorable mention selection to the All-Big Sky Conference volleyball team. Quick led Montana in both hitting percentage (.259) and blocks (0.96/s) her final season with the Grizzlies. Her averages in those categories ranked seventh and ninth in the Big Sky.
College update: Othello's Walker named All-WAC volleyball
College update: Othello's Walker named All-WAC volleyball
MOSCOW, Idaho -- University of Idaho outside hitter Allison Walker (Othello) was named first-team all-Western Athletic Conference in volleyball recently.
Walker, a sophomore, led the league with 4.31 kills per game in WAC matches, and added 2.69 digs and 0.49 blocks per game while hitting .212. She had 13 double-doubles on the season, and was a three-time WAC Player of the Week in 2011.
Her 4.65 points per game ranked second in the conference. Walker was also a first-team all-WAC selection in 2010. Idaho advanced to the WAC tournament semifinals in Las Vegas before falling to New Mexico State. Walker was named to the all-tournament team.
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