![(L-R) Sophomore Gem Gatmaytan, sophomore Bella Lisenby, senior Megan Rouse, senior Hannah Miller and sophomore Aleksia Haugen of the Seattle Pacific Varsity 4+ hoist their national championship trophies on the podium after winning the Division 2 V4+ individual title on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Bethel, Ohio. (Dan Lepse/Courtesy of SPU Athletics)](https://thefalcon.seapacmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/447568584_1071228621162799_2569363137945541874_n-1200x901.jpg)
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2014 is etched into my brain. In that fateful year, on an ordinary spring day an armed man came onto Seattle Pacific University’s campus...
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![(L-R) Sophomore Gem Gatmaytan, sophomore Bella Lisenby, senior Megan Rouse, senior Hannah Miller and sophomore Aleksia Haugen of the Seattle Pacific Varsity 4+ hoist their national championship trophies on the podium after winning the Division 2 V4+ individual title on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Bethel, Ohio. (Dan Lepse/Courtesy of SPU Athletics)](https://thefalcon.seapacmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/447568584_1071228621162799_2569363137945541874_n-1200x901.jpg)
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