SPU, Western and Central Washington send athletes to Pueblo for NCAA D2 championships...

PUEBLO, Colorado--Seattle Pacific's Ali Worthen along with Western Washington's Alex Harrison and Michael Hoffman will help kick off the NCAA Division II track & field championships on Thursday as they begin competition in the heptathlon, decathlon and hammer.

Worthen, the senior from Coos Bay, Oregon's Marshfield High, enters the NCAA championships as the GNAC conference champ in the heptathlon