OLYMPIA, Wash. --- As Biola Track & Field continues to improve its sprints and jumps programs the Eagles add another versatile student-athlete in Heidi Sowers.
 
Sowers was a three-sport athlete at Northwest Christian High School where she ran four years of varsity track, player four years of varsity basketball and three years of varsity volleyball for the Navigators.
 
She was the track team's MVP in 2015-16 and won the 2016 state championship in the 300m hurdles.
 
"Heidi truly represents what we are looking for in a student-athlete," said Head Coach Sean Henning. "She comes from a great family where faith was at the center of her upbringing. She wants to be in an environment where she can thrive as a Christian student-athlete, and in that order. She is a competitor who wants to be great. I'm excited to begin working with her and watching her develop as an athlete. Look for big things from Heidi Sowers."
 
With a state championship under her belt Sowers is used to "big things." She is exactly the type of student-athlete the Eagles are looking for as the team moves into the NCAA Division II era.
 
In addition to her athletic accolades Sowers is quite the student. She was class valedictorian, president of the National Honor Society and finished high school with a 4.0 grade point average.
 
"[I chose Biola because of] the strong emphasis the school puts on following Christ, the amazing track program and coaches, and the nursing program," said Sowers.
 
Both of her sisters were also collegiate athletes. They chose to stay up in the Pacific Northwest to compete at Seattle Pacific and Northwest (Wash.).
 
Sowers will major in nursing and focus on the 100m hurdles, long jump, triple jump, 200m and 4x400m relay. She begins classes at Biola this fall.