MONMOUTH, Ore. – Simon Fraser's Daniel Kelloway successfully defended his 400-metre title and Sophie Dodd came-from-behind to win the 800 metre race as the Clan claimed four conference titles Saturday at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Western Oregon University's McArthur Field.

Kelloway won his second straight conference 400-meter title with a time of 48.02 seconds. Kelloway edged Western Oregon's Aaron Whitaker 48.02 to 48.26.

"Daniel ran an outstanding race to capture gold after being away for 12 days for a field school project with the Faculty of Earth Science," said Clan head coach Brit Townsend. "It was a real gutsy effort to win."

Kelloway won two conference championships. He also ran the anchor leg on the Clan's winning 4x400 metre relay team that included Michael Hutchinson, Cameron Proceviat and Vlad Tsygankov. The team clocked a winning time of 3:15.61

In the women's 800 metres, pre-race favorite Lynelle Decker of Seattle Pacific appeared to have victory in hand, but Simon Fraser's Dodd moved up four places over the final 100 meters to win the conference title in 2:11.47. Dodd sprinted past two runners down the stretch and then a final surge at the tape by Dodd left the Simon Fraser sophomore in front at the end by less than a tenth of a second, 2:11.47 to 2:11.56.

Simon Fraser placed three runners in the women's 800 final with Dodd (2:11.21) and Mussatto (2:10.98) running personal bests in the heats on Friday. Mussatto and Dodd now rank 30th and 33rd overall, respectively, in NCAA. Addy Townsend was the third Clan runner in the 800 final.

With Dodd running the second leg, Simon Fraser defended its title in the women's 4x400 metre relay, upsetting Western Oregon. The Clan foursome of Bryce West, Dodd, Townsend and Mussatto edged Western Oregon 3:50.91 to 3:52.37.

Simon Fraser senior Cameron Proceviat was runner-up in both the 800 and 1,500 metre races. Western Oregon's David Ribich successfully defended his championship in the 1,500, holding off a spirited challenge in the final 100 metres by Proceviat to win 3:54.18 to 3:54.38. SFU junior Marc-Antoine Rouleau was third in 3:55.26.

Western Oregon's Badane Sultessa also defended his title in the 800 meters in a close four-way sprint to the finish. Sultessa clocked a winning time of 1:54.39, edging Proceviat by 15/100th of a second. The top four runners were separated by 6/10ths of a second.

Clan junior Peter Behncke came up with a lifetime best throw to finish third in the hammer. Behncke was ranked seventh entering the meet but moved up four spots with a throw of 52.69 metres.

Two of the top triple jumpers in NCAA Division II went head-to-head Saturday with Western Washington junior Jasmine McMullin winning the conference championship over SFU's Ella Brown, who finished second.

Brown is ranked 25th nationally while McMullin is ranked 19th. Saturday, McMullin won with a leap of 11.83 metres while Brown jumped 11.58 metres. Brown fouled two of her longest jumps.

Freshman Valda Kabia qualified for the final in both the 100 and 200, finishing seventh and fourth, respectively. Kabia ran the anchor leg of the Clan's 4x100 relay team that finished second. The team of Natasha Lazecki, Bryce West, Ella Brown and Kabia was ranked eighth coming into the meet but instead posted a second place time of 48.42. Central Washington won the trace in 47.65.

While Tsygankov was unable to compete in the long jump due to a heel injury he did finish sixth in the 100.

In the 5000, SFU's Rebecca Bassett was sixth in the women's race while Sean Miller was fourth and Rowan Doherty was seventh in the men's race.

In the steeplechase, Braeden Charlton was fourth overall for the men while Dana Townsend was ninth.

MacKenzie Stewart was seventh in the high jump

The Clan men placed sixth overall and the women were eighth.

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