The University of Washington women’s cross country team brought home a national championship from Terre Haute, Ind. Monday afternoon and Thomas Jefferson graduate Kenna Patrick had a part in the title.
Although Patrick didn’t run at the national championship meet, she trained every bit as hard as the other athletes on the team, which some are calling one of the best in NCAA history.
Patrick, who won the 2006 Class 4A individual state championship while at TJ, ran at every meet during the Huskies’ season, except for nationals. Patrick finished 37th overall at the 2008 West Regional Championships held in Palo Alto, Calif. on Nov. 15 and was 23rd at the Pac-10 Championships on Halloween. But the Huskies were just too good for Patrick to crack the seven-girl lineup used at the national championships.
To illustrate just how good the Washington women’s cross country team was, they swept the first six spots at the Pac-10 Championships.
Patrick started her collegiate career at the University of Puget Sound, where she ran as a freshman, before transferring to Washington last year.
• The Harlem Globetrotters will make an appearance at the new ShoWare Center at Kent.
Tickets are on sale to watch the Globetrotters basketball team perform at 7 p.m. Feb. 18, 2009, at the city’s 6,025-seat arena. The events center is slated to open Jan. 2 on West James Street.
“This is the first event on sale,” said Beth Sylves, director of marketing for SMG, the operator of the arena.
Tickets are available at www.kenteventscenter.com or by calling 253-856-6999. The box office at the ShoWare Center remains under construction.
Tickets cost $18 for end-zone seats, $25 for upper sideline, $45 for VIP and $62 for courtside seats. Parking at the ShoWare Center is free.
The Globetrotters will stop in Kent as part of the team’s “Spinning the Globe” world tour.
The team performs basketball wizardry combined with hilarious antics, and includes a lot of fan interaction.
“The Harlem Globetrotters are the very definition of family entertainment and great basketball,” said Michael Kenney, senior vice president for the Globetrotters, in a media release. “There is no better time than now to come to the events center and thoroughly enjoy a wonderful family outing and share memories that will last forever.”
The Globetrotters are in their 83rd season. For more information, go to www.harlemglobetrotters.com.
• Apple Physical Therapy will honor one boy and one girl student athlete for both the Fall and Winter sport seasons with a $1,000 Athlete of the Quarter Scholarship.
Eligible student athletes must be high school seniors enrolled in a Western Washington high school, participating in a varsity sport and be in good-standing academically. The scholarship criteria include athlete performance, community service/involvement and other compelling personal circumstances.
Nomination forms are available to download at Apple Physical Therapy’s Web site, www.applept.com, and can be turned in to any Apple Physical Therapy clinic location or other participating private practice location. A complete list of locations is on Apple Physical Therapy’s Web site. Nomination forms are due December 1 for fall, 2008 and March 1 for Winter, 2009 applications.
Scholarship winners will be announced at the conclusion of the Fall, 2008 and Winter, 2009 seasons on the High School GameTime television program on King 5 and Kong 6/16.
Apple Physical Therapy is also the official athletic training partner for the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) and oversees young athletes at the state football, basketball and softball tournaments each year.
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