Complete Meet Results

SEATTLE (Sept. 17) ­ Meredith Crane ran a strong seventh in the women's Division I race while the 21st-ranked Seattle Pacific University women took third in the women's open division of the Sundodger Invitational cross country meet Saturday at Lincoln Park.

Crane (Jr., Yakima, Wa./Davis), a transfer from Texas A&M and the only Div. II harrier in the premier race, finished just 31 seconds off the pace of Sundodger champion Haley Paul of Washington State. Paul was first by a 12-second cushion over Idaho's Dee Olson in 20 minutes, 50 seconds over 6000 meters. Crane was timed in 21:21.

The Falcons were the top NCAA team in the 23-team open division. Without Crane, they were third with 177 points. Simon Fraser and British Columbia, both of Canada, were 1-2 with 38 and 89, respectively. Seattle Pacific was seventh out of 28 in the men's open.

Josie Lavin (Sr., Bremerton, Wa./Bremerton) was the top SPU scorer, finishing 16th 22:36, just ahead of in Mary Moriarty (Fr., Seattle, Wa./Ballard), who was 19th 22:38. Karin Rhode (Fr., Bellingham, Wa./Mount Baker) ran 24th in 22:54. Simon Fraser's Kristen Kolstad won in 21:43.

Carlo Lozano (So., Seattle, Wa./Blanchet) and Doug Gibson (Jr., Yakima, Wa./Riverside Christian) led the way for the SPU men in their 8k event. Lozano was 48th in 26:03 and Gibson was two spots back in 27:04. Nick Arciniaga won in 24:39 and Willamette claimed the team title with 45.

Next week Seattle Pacific goes south to the Saint Martin's Invitational in Lacey.

Women's Invitational individuals (6k): 1-Haley Paul, WSU, 20:50; 2-Dee Olson, UI, 21:02; 3-Ashley Caldwell, UCLA, 21:04; 4-Tori Tyler, UW, 21:08; 5-Claire Rethmeier, UCLA, 21:15; 6-Brooke Lademan, UW, 21:19; 7-Meredith Crane, SPU, 21:21; 8-Ashley Younce, OSU, 21:25; 9-Annaliese Chapa, UW, 21:26; 10-Monik Rothenburger, UCLA, 21:27.

Men's Open team scores: 1-Willamette 45, 2-Portland 72, 3-British Columbia 177, 4-Simon Fraser 182, 5-Western Washington 203, 6-Puget Sound 223, 7-Spokane CC 229, 8-Southern Oregon 266, 9-Seattle Pacific 275, 10-Lewis-Clark St. 302; (18 others)
Men's Open individuals (8k): 1-Nick Arciniaga, TS, 24:39; 2-Nick Symmonds, WU, 24:49; 3-Destry Johnson, TXO, 24:53; 4-Hayden Prosser, SFU, 24:55; 5-Tim Bradley, CON, 24:57; 6-Doug Blackburn, WHW, 24:59; 7-Mark Currell, unat., 25:01; 8-Trevor Palmer, SOU, 25:04; 9-Matt Perez, UP, 25:06; 10-Frank Prince, UPS, 25:07.
SPU finishers: 48-Carlo Lozano, 26:03; 50-Doug Gibson, 27:04; 75-Bjorn Bostrom, 26:23; 85-James Rosser, 26:35; 88-Eddie Strickler, 26:38; 104-Brian Cronrath, 26:53; 165-MikeZetterberg, 27:44; 193-Dan Larimer, 27:59; 216-Ryan Phillips, 28:28; 283-David Duke, 30:02; 290-Jeff Ayers, 30:30.

Women's Open team scores: 1-Simon Fraser 38, 2-British Columbia 89, 3-Seattle Pacific 177, 4-Willamette 181, 5-Lewis & Clark 186, 6-George Fox 210, 7-Eastern Oregon 216, 8-Seattle University 223, 9-Central Washington 230, 10-Lewis-Clark St. 238; (13 others).
Women's Open individuals (6k): 1-Kristen Kolstad, SFU, 21:43; 2-Meaghan McCollum, UBC, 21:51; 3-Shannon Elmer, UBC, 21:58; 4-rebecca johnstone, SFU, 22:09; 5-Julia Howard, SFU, 22:11; 6-Meredith McGregor, SFU, 22:13; 7-Carla McHattie, L&C, 22:17; 8-Laura Trevellyan, WWU, 22:18; 9-Kristi Dickey, WHW, 22:19; 10-Sarah Smith, PAC, 22:22.
SPU finishers: 16-Josie Lavin, 22:36; 19-Mary Moriarty, 22:38; 24-Karin Rhode, 22:54; 60-Suzie Strickler, 23:50; 67-Becky Knox, 23:55; 75-Megan Wrightman, 24:02; 77-Tracy Kuhn, 24:03; 90-Brandi McCoy, 24:18; 101-Kaitlin, Rohde, 24:28; 108-Nikki Jensen, 24:35; 120-Kim Beaman, 24:48; 164- Heidi Peterson, 25:34; 197-Elana Darnell, 26:22; 206-Sachi Lopez, 26:5.