A record-setting group of 99 student-athetes from 19 teams at California Lutheran University were recognized by the school's Scholar Athlete Society at a year-end banquet. All the students maintained a 3.4 GPA or higher for the academic year while particpating as a NCAA Division III student-athlete.
The conclusion of the 2008-09 athletics year came to a close with the California Lutheran women's programs taking third in the Conference All-Sports Standings. Points are awarded based on final conference standings for each of the nine SCIAC sports and awarded to each institution respectively.
Cal Lutheran junior Christa Youngern capped off the 2009 campaign with an 11th place showing in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division III Women's Track and Field Championships on Thursday. Her toss of 161' 4" was just 13 inches off the ninth and final qualifying spot for the finals.
The season was extended for two Cal Lutheran track and field athletes when senior Kyle Hansen and junior Christa Youngern received invites to the 2009 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The duo accounts for two of 688 participants heading to Marietta College in Ohio for the championships on May 21-23.
Along with a second place finish for the Cal Lutheran women's track and field team at the SCIAC Championships they also tallied 28 All-SCIAC honors among 15 of its athletes. All members who finished top-six in any event were recognized as all-conference.
At their last meet of the season the California Lutheran University track and field teams competed at the Occidental Invitational on Saturday. With the men's 4x400 team eyeing a qualifying spot in the NCAA Championships it posted the best time at CLU since 1987 and the second best mark in the program's history.
Several Cal Lutheran track and field athletes took part in the first of the two-day Steve Scott Invitational hosted by UC Irvine on Saturday. Toccoa Kahovec and Britlyn Garrett bested their personal bests and school record marks in the 3000-meter steeplechase and javelin, respectively.
Behind two first place finishes from junior Christa Youngern the California Lutheran University women's track and field team secured second place at the SCIAC Championships at Occidental College that took place on Saturday and Monday.
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