NEWBERG, Ore. – David Dillow has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Men's Athlete of the Week and Northwest Conference Men's Track Student-Athlete of the Week for March 14-20, and Beth Stam was named NWC Women's Field Athlete of the Week for their efforts in the Cal State University-Northridge Multi-Events on March 17-18.

In addition, Kai Ojala in men's field and Irene Johnson in women's track received honorable mention for NWC Student-Athletes of the Week. 

Dillow, a senior from Newberg, Ore., finished second to former GFU All-American and older brother Ben in the CSUN decathlon with 6,701 points, surpassing the NCAA Division III National Championships automatic qualifying mark of 6,600 points. It is the fifth-best decathlon score in GFU history. He posted event wins in the long jump (22-0.25 / 6.71m), the 400 meter dash (50.24), and the 1,500 meter run (4:32.66).  He also came in second in the discus (116-04 / 35.46) and the pole vault (13-11.25 / 4.25m), took third in the javelin (155-04 / 47.35), and was fifth in the 100 meter dash (11.43), the shot put (36-2.25 / 11.03m), and the 110 meter hurdles (15.87).  His marks in the long jump, 400, pole vault, 100, and 110 hurdles were all Northwest Conference qualifiers.

Stam, a junior from Siletz, Ore., finished third out of 14 athletes in CSUN's heptathlon with 4,470 points, an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. She earned her highest point total by winning the javelin throw with a distance of 138-01 / 42.08m, now the best mark in the Northwest Conference and an NCAA provisional qualifier.  She also placed second in the shot put with a heave of 37-3.25 / 11.36m, another NWC qualifier that is third in the conference, took fourth in the high jump at 5-1.25 / 1.56m, which is now fifth in the NWC, and placed fifth in the long jump at 16-4.75 / 4.99m.

Ojala, a junior from Beaverton, Ore., finished second in the high jump (6-6 / 1.98m) at the Point Loma Nazarene University Collegiate Open meet on March 19 in San Diego, Calif., and was seventh in the triple jump (40-9 / 12.42m).  Both marks were NWC qualifiers.

Johnson, a senior from Portland, Ore., improved her NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the 100 meter hurdles at the Point Loma meet by knocking 15/100ths of a second off the provisional time she already had, running a 14.84 that was good enough to win the event.  She also hit an NWC mark with a 12.62 in the 100 meter dash, finishing third overall.

* 2011 Men's Honors:

Allen Cassel ---

- Northwest Conference Track Student-Athlete of the Week - Feb. 21-27 (HM)

Jon Udlock ---

- Northwest Conference Field Student-Athlete of the Week - Feb. 21-27 (HM)

Nate Dillow ---

- Northwest Conference Track Student-Athlete of the Week - Feb. 28-Mar. 6 (HM)

Kai Ojala ---

- Northwest Conference Field Student-Athlete of the Week - Feb. 28-Mar. 6 (HM); Mar. 7-13 (HM); Mar. 14-20 (HM)

Dakarai Kongela ---

- Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week - Mar. 7-13

- Northwest Conference Track Student-Athlete of the Week - Mar. 7-13

David Dillow ---

- Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week - Mar. 14-20

- Northwest Conference Track Student-Athlete of the Week - Mar. 14-20

* 2011 Women's Honors:

Irene Johnson ---

- Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week - Mar. 7-13

- Northwest Conference Track Student-Athlete of the Week - Feb. 21-27 (HM); Mar. 7-13; Mar. 14-20 (HM)

Angie Miller ---

- Northwest Conference Field Student-Athlete of the Week - Feb. 21-27

Alexis Arnold ---

- Northwest Conference Track Student-Athlete of the Week - Feb. 28-Mar. 6 (HM)

Marlee Zakrevsky ---

- Northwest Conference Field Student-Athlete of the Week - Feb. 28-Mar. 6 (HM); Mar. 7-13 (HM)  

Beth Stam ---

- Northwest Conference Field Student-Athlete of the Week - Mar. 14-20

COMING UP: George Fox will complete its spring break swing through southern California this weekend with the Westmont College Invitational on Friday-Saturday, March 26-27, in Santa Barbara, Calif.  Friday's events begin at 1:00 p.m., while Saturday's start time will be 10:00 a.m.