<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:s="https://spufalcons.com/services/xml_schema/story" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>SPU Athletics</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/rss.aspx?path=wtrack</link><description>Latest news items for SPU Athletics</description><atom:link href="https://spufalcons.com/rss?path=wtrack" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>SPU Honors Top Student-Athletes at 2025-26 Talons Awards Ceremony</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/6/4/general-spu-honors-top-student-athletes-at-2025-26-talons-awards-ceremony.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/6/4/general-spu-honors-top-student-athletes-at-2025-26-talons-awards-ceremony.aspx</guid><category>General, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Cross Country, Volleyball, Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Rowing, Women's Golf, Academics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="26GEN_Talons_Cartoon" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2026/6/2/26GEN_TALONS_IDEA_9951609_KYtvv.png" /><br /><br />SEATTLE – The Seattle Pacific University Athletics Department wrapped up its 2025-26 academic year with the Talons on Thursday evening, an annual celebration of student-athletes, coaches, and staff that commemorates the accomplishments from every athletic season for the Falcons.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2026/6/2/26GEN_TALONS_IDEA_9951609_KYtvv.png" /><media:content 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src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2026/5/8/26TF_4x100_Feature.png" /><br /><br />By MARK MOSCHETTI]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2026/5/8/26TF_4x100_Feature.png" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/5/8/26TF_4x100_Feature.png"><media:title>26TF_4x100_Feature</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/5/8/26TF_4x100_Feature.png" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2026 13:13:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>11</s:sport_id><s:story_id>9424</s:story_id></item><item><title>Falcons Win Five Conference Titles at GNAC Championships</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/5/5/mens-track-and-field-falcons-win-four-conference-titles-at-gnac-championships.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/5/5/mens-track-and-field-falcons-win-four-conference-titles-at-gnac-championships.aspx</guid><category>Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track and Field</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="26TF_Aboudou_Tawaf" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2026/5/5/26TF_Aboudou_Tawaf.jpg" /><br /><br />ELLENSBURG, Wash. – The Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships featured standout performances from the Seattle Pacific University track & field teams, led by the men's Field Athlete of the Meet, Tawaf Aboudou, with titles in the long jump and triple jump, a title for Maya Ewing in the 3, and a third-straight 100-meter hurdles championship for Hannah Chang.]]></description><media:thumbnail 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Field</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="26TF_Ewing_Steeple_Champ" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2026/5/4/26TF_Ewing_Steeple_Champ.jpeg" /><br /><br />ELLENSBURG, Wash. – Day one of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships featured standout performances from the Seattle Pacific University track & field teams, including conference championships for Maya Ewing and Tawaf Aboudou.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2026/5/4/26TF_Ewing_Steeple_Champ.jpeg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/5/4/26TF_Ewing_Steeple_Champ.jpeg"><media:title>26TF_Ewing_Steeple_Champ</media:title></media:content><enclosure 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Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships in Ellensburg, Wash., at the CWU Recreation Sports Complex on Monday and Tuesday.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2026/5/4/26GEN_WEEKLY_SCHEDULE_0504.png" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/5/4/26GEN_WEEKLY_SCHEDULE_0504.png"><media:title>26GEN_Weekly_Schedule_0504</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/5/4/26GEN_WEEKLY_SCHEDULE_0504.png" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Mon, 4 May 2026 11:14:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>11</s:sport_id><s:story_id>9420</s:story_id></item><item><title>Falcons senior Chang hopes to hurdle to third straight GNAC crown</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/5/3/falcons-senior-chang-hopes-to-hurdle-to-third-straight-gnac-crown.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/5/3/falcons-senior-chang-hopes-to-hurdle-to-third-straight-gnac-crown.aspx</guid><category>Women's Track and Field, Track and Field</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="25TRACK_Chang_Hannah" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2025/5/12/25TRACK_Chang_Hannah2.jpg" /><br /><br />SEATTLE – Thirteen-point-eight-eight seconds.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2025/5/12/25TRACK_Chang_Hannah2.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/5/12/25TRACK_Chang_Hannah2.jpg"><media:title>25TRACK_Chang_Hannah</media:title></media:content><enclosure 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(April 25) – Tawaf Aboudou keeps breaking school records. Isaac Venable keeps breaking personal ones. Aboudou eclipsed his own Seattle Pacific standard in the 200-meter dash on Saturday and Venable ran his fastest-ever 5000 meters, both at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational track and field meet.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2026/2/23/26TF_Venable_Isaac.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/2/23/26TF_Venable_Isaac.jpg"><media:title>26TF_Venable_Isaac</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/2/23/26TF_Venable_Isaac.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:09:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>11</s:sport_id><s:story_id>9414</s:story_id></item><item><title>Academic Three-Peat for Five Falcons</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/4/24/26_wtf_acad_April24.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/4/24/26_wtf_acad_April24.aspx</guid><category>Women's Track and Field, Academics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="2026 GNAC women's track & field All-Academic main hole." src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2026/4/24/gnac_wtf_all-academic_main_hole_04-24.png" /><br /><br />PORTLAND, Ore. (April 24) – Hannah Chang, Maya Ewing, Katelyn Flolo, Maliyah Hicks and Matise Mulch of Seattle Pacific all were named to the GNAC All-Academic women's track and field team for the third time when the conference office announced this year's honorees on Friday.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2026/4/24/gnac_wtf_all-academic_main_hole_04-24.png" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/4/24/gnac_wtf_all-academic_main_hole_04-24.png"><media:title>2026 GNAC women's track &amp; field All-Academic main hole.</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/4/24/gnac_wtf_all-academic_main_hole_04-24.png" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:15:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>17</s:sport_id><s:story_id>9411</s:story_id></item><item><title>Falcons Thrive at Bryan Clay Invitational</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/4/16/mens-track-and-field-falcons-thrive-at-bryan-clay-invitational.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/4/16/mens-track-and-field-falcons-thrive-at-bryan-clay-invitational.aspx</guid><category>Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track and Field</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="26TF_Brooks_Aboudou" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2026/4/14/26TF_Brooks_Aboudou3.jpg" /><br /><br />AZUSA, Calif. – The Seattle Pacific University men's and women's track & field teams competed at one of the biggest track meets on the West Coast at the Bryan Clay Invitational, hosted by Azusa Pacific.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2026/4/14/26TF_Brooks_Aboudou3.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/4/14/26TF_Brooks_Aboudou3.jpg"><media:title>26TF_Brooks_Aboudou</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/4/14/26TF_Brooks_Aboudou3.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:04:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>11</s:sport_id><s:story_id>9407</s:story_id></item><item><title>SPU Athletics Weekly Preview: April 13, 2026</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/4/13/mens-track-and-field-spu-athletics-weekly-preview-april-13-2026.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2026/4/13/mens-track-and-field-spu-athletics-weekly-preview-april-13-2026.aspx</guid><category>Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Golf</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="26GEN_Weekly_Schedule_0413" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2026/4/13/26GEN_WEEKLY_SCHEDULE_0413.png" /><br /><br />SEATTLE – This week in Seattle Pacific University Athletics, the women's golf team plays in the Chico State Invitational while the track & field teams compete in one of their biggest meets of the year at the Bryan Clay Invitational.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2026/4/13/26GEN_WEEKLY_SCHEDULE_0413.png" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/4/13/26GEN_WEEKLY_SCHEDULE_0413.png"><media:title>26GEN_Weekly_Schedule_0413</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2026/4/13/26GEN_WEEKLY_SCHEDULE_0413.png" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:00:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>11</s:sport_id><s:story_id>9402</s:story_id></item></channel></rss>