Western Edges SPU Women in Downsized Cross Country Dual
October 2, 2004

MAPLE FALLS, Wash. (Oct. 2) ­ Freshman Karin Rohde finished third overall for Seattle Pacific University but the undermanned Falcons were defeated by Western Washington, 20-41, in a cross country dual meet Saturday at Silver Lake.

The Vikings, paced by race runner-up Laura Trevellyan, claimed seven of the first nine scoring slots. SPU had only one male runner.

Rohde (Fr., Bellingham, Wa./Mount Baker) completed the 3-mile trail in 19 minutes, 16 seconds. Stafanie Mills was the winner in 17:14 and Trevellyan was next in 18:10. Kaitlian Rohde (Fr., Bellingham, Wa./Mount Baker) was the team's No. 2 scorer and took sixth in the dual in 20:36.

Steve Miller (Fr., Edmonds, Wa./King's) was 47th overall in the men's race in 17:47.

The next meet for the Falcons is Saturday's Western Washington Invitational at Bellingham's Lake Padden.

Seattle Pacific was missing many of its key runners, who were attending a memorial service for Micah Kellcy. An all-conference hurdler and June graduate of SPU, Kellcy was killed in motorcycle-car accident Sept. 26 in Tacoma.