SPOKANE, Wash. - Daniel Sullivan (Tukwila, Wash.) earned a share of the GNAC Male Track Athlete of the Week Award after helping the Seattle University 4x400 meter relay team set a new school record at the Oregon Invitational over the weekend.
Sullivan led off the 4x400 meter relay for Seattle as the team finished in sixth place in a time of 3:19.41, 36/100ths of a second faster than the previous record set four years ago at a meet hosted by Seattle Pacific. The Redhawk quartet finished ahead of relay teams from Division I schools Eastern Washington, Portland State, North Dakota State, Central Michigan, and Cal State Fullerton, as well as GNAC rivals Western Washington, Western Oregon, and Central Washington.
Sullivan also competed in the Saturday afternoon session of the 400 meter hurdles, finishing 11th with a time of 54.99 seconds. He holds the Seattle University record in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 54.3 seconds, set on March 31 at the Club Northwest Spring Break Open in Edmonds, Wash. During the indoor track season, Sullivan set school records in the 60 meter dash (7.25 seconds) and as part of the 4x400 meter relay team (3:25.31), both record performances coming at the GNAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.
The freshman shares this week's conference honor with David Registe of Alaska Anchorage, who had the best long jump by a GNAC athlete in five years. Sullivan is the first Seattle University track athlete to win the conference's weekly honor since Kelly Fullerton was named Female Track Athlete of the Week on April 25, 2005.
Presently Brock Jahner (Kalispell, Mont.) is in Monmouth, Ore., competing in the decathlon at the GNAC Multi-Events Championships. The rest of the Seattle University track and field team heads to Bellingham, Wash., for the Western Washington Twilight Meet at Civic Stadium Friday, April 27, beginning at 3 p.m.