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BELLINGAHAM, Wash. (Oct. 22) ­ Paced by Meredith Crane's runner-up finish, 13th-ranked Seattle Pacific University won its second Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's cross country title in three years Saturday at Lake Padden Park.

The Falcons, with four harriers among the top 12, finished 17 points ahead of Alaska Anchorage for their eighth conference crown overall. In it bid to repeat as men's champion, SPU was fourth, but only nine points out of second place.

Crane (Jr., Yakima, Wa./Davis), who had won a meet on the same 6000-meter race course two weeks ago, was eclipsed by Pavla Havlova of Alaska Fairbanks. Havlova crossed the line in 22 minutes, 15 seconds. Crane was timed in 22:32­40 seconds off her pace at the Western Washington Invitational.

Crane had won her last two races and three of four during the regular season. Her team remains unbeaten against NCAA opposition.

Seattle Pacific totaled 54 points, with Mary Moriarty (Fr., Seattle, Wa./Ballard) running seventh (23:11) to earn GNAC freshman of the year and joining Crane on the al-conference team. Josie Lavin (Sr., Bremerton, Wa./Bremerton) and Karin Rohde (So., Bellingham, Wa./Mount Baker) took 11th and 12th, respectively, in 23:26 and 23:31. Susie Strickler (Fr., Richland, Wa.) was the team's fifth scorer, taking 22nd in 23:57.

For the men, Casey Moriarty of Seattle University won convincingly in 25:16 over 8k. Anchorage freshman David Kiplagat was second in 25:57, but with four of his UAA teammates among the top 13, the Seawolves (39) were winners by 49 points over host Western Washington (88).

Carlo Lozano (So., Seattle, Wa./Blanchet) was the Falcons' top scorer, just missing the all-conference cut by placing 11th in 26:42. Brian Cronrath (So., Battle Ground, Wa.) was 14th in 26:48 and Bjorn Bostrom (Jr., La Conner, Wa./Bellingahm) 17th in 26:55. The other scorers were James Rosser (Jr., Seattle, Wa./Highline), 26th in 27:16, and Doug Gibson (Jr., Yakima, Wa./Riverside Christian), 29th in 27:22.

Humboldt State, which was forced to drive from Arcata, Ca., Friday due to the fog-caused closure of the Eureka airport, edged SPU for third place, 91-97.

Next week SPU will send a squad to the Bellevue Community College Invitational at Lake Sammamish.

Men's team scores: 1-Alaska Anchorage 39, 2-Western Washington 88, 3-Humboldt State 91, 4-Seattle Pacific 97, 5-Northwest Nazarene 149, 6-Western Oregon 151, 7-Seattle University 161, 8-Central Washington 207, 9-Saint Martin's 231, 10-Alaska Fairbanks 236.
Men's individuals (8k): 1-Casey Moriarty, SU, 25:16; 2-David Kiplagat, UAA, 25:57; 3-Brian Kostock, HSU, 26:06; 4-Jasper Peach, HSU; 26:08, 5-Aaron Dickson, UAA, 26:29; 6-Logan Senrud, WWU, 26:30; 7-Eric Tibbetts, HSU, 26:31; 8-Kevin Lambert, NNU, 26:32; 9-Leif Olson, UAA, 26:36; 10-Drew Dickson, UAA, 26:38.
Other SPU finishers: 11-Carlo Lozano, 26:42; 14-Brian Cronrath, 26:48; 17-Bjorn Bostrom, 26:55; 26-James Rosser, 27:16; 29-Doug Gibson, 27:22; 30-Eddie Strickler, 27:26; 53-Mike Zetterberg, 28:33

Women's team scores: 1-Seattle Pacific 54, 2-Alaska Anchorage 71, 3-Central Washington 91, 4-Seattle University 123, 5-Northwest Nazarene 138, 6-Western Washington 148, 6-Alaska Fairbanks 148, 8-Humboldt State 182, 9-Western Oregon 211, 10-Saint Martin's 245.
Women's individuals (6k): 1-Pavla Havlova, UAF, 22:15; 2-Meredith Crane, SPU, 22:32; 3-Mandy Kaempf, UAA, 22:36; 4-Laura Trevellyan, WWU, 22:43; 5-Alana Garcia, SU, 22:57; 6-Johanna Turunen, UAF, 23:03; 7-Mary Moriarty, SPU, 23:11; 8-Rachel Bailey, CWU, 23:12; 9-Stacy Edwards, UAA, 23:13; 10-Laura Carr, UAA, 23:22.
Other SPU finishers: 11-Josie Lavin, 23:26; 12-Karin Rohde, 23:31; 22-Susie Strickler, 23:57; 23-Kim Beaman, 23:58; 25-Becky Knox, 24:04 26-Brandi McCoy, 24:16