Sports Briefs

EWU track athletes off to Austin

Eleven Eastern Washington University track and field athletes will make the trek to Austin, Texas, for the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Rounds May 28-30.

The meet will be hosted by the University of Texas at Mike A. Myers Stadium. This meet will serve as a preliminary round for the NCAA Championships, which will be held June 10-13 in Eugene, Ore. Athletes who place in the top 12 of their respective events will advance to the National Championship meet.

Eastern will be sending seven women and four men to the meet and include on the women’s side seniors Emma Murillo and Morena Mannucci, juniors Katie Mahoney and Catie Arrigoni, along with sophomores Paula Gil-Echevarria, Samantha Baker, and Sarah Reiter.

Competing for the men are seniors Jordan Arakawa and Phil Puccino, along with sophomore Trenton Osborn and freshman Jeremy VanAssch.

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Cory Mitchell reunites with brother in Calgary

Former Eastern Washington University football wide receiver Cory Mitchell will reunite with his younger brother Bo Levi after Mitchell signed a free agent contract recently with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.

Mitchell started 18 of the 46 games he played in four seasons as an Eagle, with 101 career catches and 10 touchdowns, and a 17.6 average per kickoff return. He missed five games in 2014 because of a broken collarbone suffered at Washington on Sept. 6, 2014, but earned honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference honors as a junior in 2013.

His brother, former Eagle quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, is now a household name in Calgary after he led the Stampeders to a 20-16 win in the Grey Cup Nov. 30, 2014 over Hamilton.

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