Eastern advertises for new athletic director

Eastern Washington’s search for an athletic director was put in motion last week when the position was advertised nationally.

“We’ll see where it goes from there,” interim A.D. Pam Parks said. “We’ll probably take applications for a good month, maybe longer.”

The position has been open since last summer when Scott Barnes left for an associate position at the University of Washington. Because EWU was also without a president, the A.D. position was not advertised until after a president was hired.

Rodolfo Arevalo, recently selected, is expected to be in Cheney permanently about the first of April. He was in town recently and approved the A.D. posting.

“We’ll try to fill it about the same time president Arevalo gets here April 3,” Parks said. “That’s probably not realistic; we’re probably looking at the first of May.

“I haven’t seen any names,” she added. “We have five or six resumes on file (since Barnes left).”

Parks has said all along she is not interested in the position.

“No change of heart,” she said. “It’s been fun thus far but it’s not something I aspire to do. I don’t want the external part of the job. Hopefully, I can stay and focus on the internal part.”

Track and field

Two Idaho sophomores, Russ Winger and Dee Olson, were selected Western Athletic Conference track and field athletes of the week for their performances at the Vandal Indoor and McDonald’s Open.

Olson broke the UI record in the women’s 800 meters at the Vandal Indoor with a time of 2:09.74. Winger won the shot put at both, throwing 58 feet, 6 inches at the McDonald’s and 58-6 ¾ at the Vandal Indoor.