Falcon Men Finish Far Back at Willamette Cross Country Invitational
October 4, 2003

SALEM, Ore. (Oct. 4) -- A big and impressive field left the Seattle Pacific University men's cross country team behind at the Willamette Invitational Saturday at Bush's Pasture Park.

Tim LeCount (So., Battle Ground, Wa.) finished 25th in the men's open division, by far his deepest finish of the season. He ran the 8000 meters in 25:11 and was fourth among runners from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

Chico State's Tyler Graff was first among 250 men in 24:15, just in front of teammate Patrick Boivin (24:16).

The Wildcats easily won the team title. SPU was 15th.

Willamette Invitational (8k)
Men's Team Scores: 1- Chico State 45, 2-Eastern Oregon 58, 3-UC San Diego 99, 4-Willamette 161, 5-Puget Sound 191, 6-Humboldt State 205, 7-Western Oregon 224, 8-Concordia 228, 9-Alliant International 251, 10-British Columbia 271, 11-Lewis-Clark State 341, 12-Point Loma 373, 13-Northwest Nazarene 386, 14-Saint Martin's 388, 15-Seattle Pacific 429, 16-Southern Oregon 441, 17-Pacific Lutheran 445, 18-George Fox 454, 19-Vanguard 476, 20-Pacific 556, 21-Chaminade 611, 22-Lewis & Clark 638, Linfield 642, 24-Evergreen 717, 25-Western Baptist 737, Oregon Tech 751.
Top Individuals: 1-Tyler Graff, Chico State, 24:15.
SPU finishers: 25-LeCount, 25:11; 57-Mach, 25:55; 126-Libadisos, 27:04; 136-Bostrom, 27:20; 161-Gavarski, 27:42; 162-Bjella, 27:43; 178-Phillips, 28:06; 195-O'Connor, 28:28