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Sarah Zerzan has been named First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America for the second year in a row.Sarah Zerzan has been named First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America for the second year in a row.

Zerzan Repeats as First Team Academic All-America Selection

Chosen for ESPN The Magazine honor by Sports Information Directors

SALEM, ORE. -- Willamette University distance runner Sarah Zerzan (Sr., San Carlos, CA/Notre Dame HS) has been named First Team ESPN The Magazine College Division Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Academic All-America for the second consecutive year, as… [more]

Nick Symmonds qualified for the Olympic in Beijing, China, by winning the 800-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Trials.Nick Symmonds qualified for the Olympic in Beijing, China, by winning the 800-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Symmonds Wins 800-Meter Run at U.S. Olympic Trials, Qualifies for Beijing

Earns Personal Best of 1:44.10

EUGENE, ORE. -- Former Willamette University runner Nick Symmonds ('06, Boise, ID/Bishop Kelly HS) won the finals of the 800-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Monday, June 30 in a personal best time of 1:44:10 to qualify for… [more]

Former Willamette runner Nick Symmonds will compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 800-meter run.Former Willamette runner Nick Symmonds will compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 800-meter run.

Running With Passion

Symmonds has Gold on his Mind

EUGENE, ORE. -- Nick Symmonds feels a kinship with legendary Oregon distance runner Steve Prefontaine. Every time Symmonds steps on the track at Hayward Field, he thinks about how Prefontaine symbolized"what it's like to race with passion."Symmonds visits… [more]

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Alumni Spotlight: Nick Symmonds '08, US Olympic Trials 800m Champion Alumni Spotlight: Nick Symmonds '08, US Olympic Trials 800m Champion
Alumnus Nick Symmonds Talks about choosing Willamette University

Stephenson Stays Busy at the Pool Stephenson Stays Busy at the Pool
From pre-dawn practices for the Bearcat Swim Club to afternoon practices for Willamette's teams and evening practices for the younger club swimmers, WU Head Swimming Coach Al Stephenson often spends 15 hours per day immersed in the smell of chlorine.

Zerzan Selected for Prestigious NCAA Today's Top VIII Award Sarah Zerzan is one of just eight senior student-athletes from the NCAA's overall membership to be selected for the 2007 NCAA Today's Top VIII Award.

Seniors Lead Willamette Swimmmers in the Classroom as well as in the Pool The Willamette University men's and women's swimming teams include seven seniors who are providing leadership in the pool and in the classroom.

Alumni Spotlight: Hynson Helps Western Washington as Offensive Coordinator Former WU football player Kefense Hynson ('03) is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Western Washington.

Willamette Athlete Spotlight: Sarah Zerzan Runs Toward Medical Degree Willamette's Sarah Zerzan was in perfect form as she rounded the last gentle, verdant curve of the NCAA Division III West Regional cross country course ...

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