{"id":12143,"date":"2026-04-27T04:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/wildcats-set-to-host-the-gnac-combined-events-championship-central-washington-university-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:14:16","slug":"wildcats-set-to-host-the-gnac-combined-events-championship-central-washington-university-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/wildcats-set-to-host-the-gnac-combined-events-championship-central-washington-university-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildcats Set to Host the GNAC Combined Events Championship &#8211; Central Washington University Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          <span>Track and Field<\/span>                          <time pubdate=\"\" datetime=\"4\/26\/2026 8:57:00 PM\">4\/26\/2026 8:57:00 PM<\/time>                                                    <span>By: Taylor Stromme<\/span>                                                <br \/><strong>ELLENSBURG, WA &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0The Central Washington University\u00a0Track &#038; Field\u00a0Team\u00a0is\u00a0set to host\u00a0the\u00a0GNAC\u00a0Combined Events\u00a0Championships\u00a0on April 26\u00a0and April 27.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>MEET INFORMATION:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  DATE:\u00a0Monday April 27 and Tuesday\u00a0April 28\u00a0<br \/>  MEET:\u00a0GNAC Combined Events Championship\u00a0<br \/>  LOCATION:\u00a0Recreation Sports Complex (Ellensburg, WA)\u00a0<br \/>  MEET INFORMATION:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gnacsports.com\/tournaments\/?id=39\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>  LIVE RESULTS:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/live.pntfo.com\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>ABOUT THE MEET:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  The GNAC Combined Events Championship brings together the conference&#8217;s top multi-event athletes competing in the decathlon and heptathlon over two days of competition. Central Washington will serve as host\u00a0of\u00a0athletes from across the Great Northwest Athletic Conference to battle for championship points and individual titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  Participating Teams:\u00a0<br \/>Central Washington University\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>University of Alaska Anchorage\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Western Oregon University\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Western Washington University\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  The Wildcats will have the most athletes out of the four participating teams with 11 total athletes competing.\u00a0Competing on the men&#8217;s side\u00a0are\u00a0five athletes: <dfn><a href=\"\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/drew-klein\/9095\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"9095\">Drew Klein<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/charles-pieper\/9102\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"9102\">Charles Pieper<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/josh-boast\/9084\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"9084\">Josh Boast<\/a><\/dfn>,\u00a0<dfn><a href=\"\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/boogy-brown\/9085\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"9085\">Boogy Brown<\/a><\/dfn>, and <dfn><a href=\"\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/matthew-bender\/9082\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"9082\">Matthew Bender<\/a><\/dfn>.\u00a0Six athletes\u00a0will\u00a0represent\u00a0the &#8216;Cats on the women&#8217;s side: <dfn><a href=\"\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/carley-huber\/9148\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"9148\">Carley Huber<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/ellie-degroot\/9129\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"9129\">Ellie DeGroot<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/meggie-kilcup\/9155\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"9155\">Meggie Kilcup<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/samantha-delay\/9130\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"9130\">Samantha DeLay<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/addyson-bowyer\/9120\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"9120\">Addyson Bowyer<\/a><\/dfn>, and <dfn><a href=\"\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/elia-baker\/9115\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"9115\">Elia Baker<\/a><\/dfn>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  The festivities begin tomorrow morning\u00a010:00 a.m. when the men\u00a0participate\u00a0in the\u00a0100m\u00a0dash while the women begin at 10:15 a.m. with the\u00a0100m\u00a0hurdles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>UP NEXT:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  The Wildcats will continue their season with the\u00a0GNAC Outdoor Championship\u00a0on Monday,\u00a0May\u00a04\u00a0and\u00a0May 5\u00a0at Recreation Sports Complex (Ellensburg, WA).\u00a0<br \/><time pubdate=\"\" datetime=\"04.24.26\">04.24.26<\/time><br \/><time pubdate=\"\" datetime=\"04.24.26\">04.24.26<\/time><br \/><time pubdate=\"\" datetime=\"04.22.26\">04.22.26<\/time><br \/><time pubdate=\"\" datetime=\"04.20.26\">04.20.26<\/time><br \/><time pubdate=\"\" datetime=\"04.18.26\">04.18.26<\/time><br \/><time pubdate=\"\" data-bind=\"formatDate: video_date, format: 'MM.DD.YY'\"><\/time><br \/>Thanks for visiting <a class=\"bkcu5nmz0-modal__text-host\"><\/a>!<br \/>The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy.<br \/>We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here.<br \/>Thank you for your support!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOeUEyMVZVSjZjODJwV2dFZkdCUmVyYzdQTnlMeDFSZ0F0bXJzRU5PcVo0QmRnc0UzQ1I3QkhlaGJYaGItSTVSanhDYUxJMWxKV3lPbUJpSEdLUWY5ZjViVndyVEFXMHZodHN6NkF3Zkp5bmxqeUJTdzdqUUtvZ0cwVUFiLUhUeU9wUE1CWVE4a1M3NGtuUWUta0ExLXh3eU92SGlGWkFxVDBjSTRKaHp3MmFFNE5tQlpEeTVZVA?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Track and Field 4\/26\/2026 8:57:00 PM By: Taylor Stromme ELLENSBURG, WA &#8211;\u00a0The Central Washington University\u00a0Track &#038; Field\u00a0Team\u00a0is\u00a0set to host\u00a0the\u00a0GNAC\u00a0Combined Events\u00a0Championships\u00a0on April 26\u00a0and April 27.\u00a0 MEET INFORMATION:\u00a0 DATE:\u00a0Monday April 27 and Tuesday\u00a0April 28\u00a0 MEET:\u00a0GNAC Combined Events Championship\u00a0 LOCATION:\u00a0Recreation Sports Complex (Ellensburg, WA)\u00a0 MEET INFORMATION:\u00a0HERE\u00a0 LIVE RESULTS:\u00a0HERE\u00a0 ABOUT THE MEET:\u00a0 The GNAC Combined Events Championship brings together [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}