For Addy Townsend, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference track and field awards were a family affair.
The Simon Fraser University Clan sprinter — one of the fastest athletes on the track this season – received the GNAC Female Athlete of the Year, an award voted on by conference coaches.
Townsend was an obvious choice for the award, after winning a pair of All-American trophies in her second collegiate season finishing fourth in the 800 m at the NCAA Indoor Championship with a lifetime best of 2:08.38, putting her sixth on the GNAC all-time list.
She went on to run the leadoff leg on the Clan’s sixth-place distance medley relay team to become a repeat All-American in both events. The sophomore athlete, who also hit a personal best in the medley going 3:29.45 in the 1200 m leg on Sunday.
But she was not the only Townsend to be recognized by the conference.
Brit Townsend, an SFU coach and Addy’s mother, was named Women’s Coach of the Year after being named Cross-Country Coach of the Year earlier this season.
