Monmouth. Led by Jorgensen’s 5,900-meter time of
18:03.5, the Clan placed four runners in the Top 7 and five
in the Top 10. Women - Rebecca Bassett, Simon Fraser
(So., Nanaimo, BC) won the WOU Ash Creek Invitational in
a 4,200-meter time of 14:27.9 as the Clan cruised to an
easy team victory, placing six runners in the Top 11.
Week of Oct. 6-12: Men – Dylan Anthony, Alaska
Anchorage (Sr., Kodiak, AK) finished first in a 10,000-meter
time of 31:02, to lead the Seawolves to an easy team win
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at the 41 annual Western Washington Classic. The
Vikings have been unchallenged this fall posting three
perfect scores of 15. On Saturday, they recorded a team
score of 18 placing six runners in the Top 10. Women –
Katelyn Steen, Western Washington (Jr., Sammamish, WA
- Eastlake), finished third in back of two Trinity Western
runners at Lake Padden Park, in a 6,000-meter time of
21:20. In three races this fall, she has had finishes of first,
third and eighth. Her time Saturday was just eight seconds
slower than her time last month at the University of
Washington Invitational.
Week of Oct. 13-19: Men - Isaac Mitchell, Northwest
Nazarene (Fr., Sandy, OR) finished third at the Lewis &
Clark Invitational in a time of 25:28.1, cutting four seconds
off his previous season best time. He was the highest
GNAC finisher from the two teams (NNU and Alaska) that
competed in the meet).
Women - Nocona Frame,
Montana State Billings (Sr., Glendive, MT – U. of Mary)
finished first at the Black Hills State Early Bird Cross
Country meet at Spearfish, S.D., in a 5,000-meter time of
20:01.53. MSUB had the first four placers in the meet in
posting a nearly perfect team score of 16. The win was
Frame’s second straight. She also won the MSUB
Invitational Oct. 4.
Week of Sept. 15-21: Men - Oliver Jorgensen, Simon
Fraser (So., Abbotsford, BC) finished third in the open
division of the University of Washington Sundodger
Invitational at Lincoln Park in an 8,000-meter time of
24:39, finishing just five seconds back of Jack Williams of
UBC. Women – Katelyn Steen, Western Washington (Sr.,
Sammamish, WA - Lakewood) finished eighth in the UW
Sundodger Invitational division in a 6,000-meter time of
21:12. She finished in back of five athletes from Division I
schools and two from Canada’s Trinity Western. Her time
was also better t han all but one athlete competing in the
open division.
Week of Sept. 22-28: Men - Nathan Richards, Western
Washington (Sr., Longview, WA – R.A. Long) and Robert
Peterson, MSU Billings (Jr., Billings, MT) ... Richards led the
Vikings to a perfect team score of 15 in winning the Saint
Martin’s Invitational in an 8,000-meter time of 26:21.78.
Peterson finished third in Division II in the University of
Minnesota Roy Griak Invitational in a time of 25:42.2 as
the Yellowjackets finished eighth out of 33 teams. Women
– Rebecca Bassett, Simon Fraser (So., Nanaimo, BC) was
the GNAC’s top finisher in the prestigious Stanford
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Invitational. She placed 37 overall in a 6,000-meter time
of 22:03. That ranked fourth among all non-Division I
runners, trailing only one runner each from Azusa Pacific,
Chico State and the Academy of the Arts.
Week of Oct. 20-26: Men – Cody McCranie, Western
Washington (So., Auburn, WA) led his team to a perfect
team score of 15 in winning the Viking Cross Country Open
at Ferndale in a 7,000-meter time of 22:33.3. In his three
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previous races this fall, he was the 4 , 7 and 12 Viking
to cross the finish line. Women – Connie Morgan, Central
Washington (Sr., Hoquiam, WA) led a 1-2 Wildcat finish at
Ferndale covering the 5,000-meter course in a time of
18:43.1, one-tenth of a second ahead of teammate Dani
Eggleston.
Week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5: Men – Isaac Mitchell, Northwest
Nazarene (Fr., Sandy, OR) had the best finish by a GNAC
athlete in the Willamette Charles Bowles Invitational
covering the 8,000-meter course in a time 25:32.2, shaving
61 seconds off his previous collegiate-best time at that
distance. Women – Dani Eggleston, Central Washington
(Jr., Longview, WA – R.A. Long) was the top collegiate
finisher placing second over in the Willamette Charles
Bowles Invitational and leading the Wildcats to a thirdplace team finish. Eggleston covered the 5,000-meter
layout in a time in a time of 17:55.1.
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