Vikings' Bethany Drake punches ticket to NCAA outdoors in season debut...

TACOMA—Western Washington’s Bethany Drake (above/photo courtesy WWU Athletics) earned an NCAA Division II automatic qualifying mark in the javelin to highlight competition at the Puget Sound Invitational Saturday at Baker Stadium on the campus of the University of Puget Sound.



Drake, the 2014 NCAA D2 champ in this event, sat out last season with a back injury, rifled the spear 164-7 (50.17m