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POSTED: Thursday, Jun. 04, 2009

COLLEGE SPORTS: Welling earns CoSIDA/ESPN honor

Western Washington University distance runner Jordan Welling has been named a first-team College Sports Information Directors of America/ESPN The Magazine College Division District 8 Academic All-Star in men's track and field and cross country.

Welling, a sophomore from Burlington, is a Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management major maintaining a 3.55 grade point average (4.0 scale).

Welling earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America honors last fall as he placed 29th at nationals on a team that finished 10th. He was a region all-star, placing eighth at the West Regional, and a Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star, finishing fifth at the league meet.

Welling placed ninth in the 5,000 meters at the national indoor championships, setting school records in the 3,000 (8:19.80) and 5,000 (14:21.30), and finished 12th in the 10,000 meters at the national outdoor meet, setting school records in the 5,000 (14:16.90) and 10,000 (30:02.33).