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Men's pole vaulter Ryan Brown and women's distance runner Sarah Porter ended their magnificent careers with history-making performances and the women's rowing team won a seventh straight national championship to highlight an unforgettable calendar year of 2011 for the Western Washington University athletics program. Brown won national pole vault titles at the NCAA Division II National Championships for indoor and outdoor track and field, both for the second straight year. At nationals, his first-place indoor mark was 17 feet, 2 3/4 inches and his outdoor mark was 17-1 3/4.