Complete Results
Women (Chico State Invite) PDF     Men (Emerald City)      Women (Emerald City)

OROVILLE, Calif. (Sept. 9) ­ Paced by Mary Moriarty, all three of Seattle Pacific University's runners finished among the top eight at the Chico State Invitational cross country meet at Forebay Aquatic Center.

Moriarty (So., Seattle, Wa./Ballard) ran fifth in the 6000-meter race in 25 minutes, 10 seconds. Chico State took the top four places, led by Mary Torres in 24:26.

Meanwhile, Jessica Pixler (Fr., Sammamish, Wa./Eastlake) handily won the Emerald City Invitational at Seattle's Lower Woodland Park, leading the rest of the Falcon women to their second straight team title, 28-40, over Western Washington. The SPU men were second to the Vikings, 35-81.

Pixler, who just returned from a women' soccer road trip, coasted to a 44-second victory over Rachel Brewer of Club Northwest and 60 seconds over the next collegian. Seattle Pacific's Suzie Strickler (So., Richland, Wa.) was fifth.

For the men, Western's Anthony Tomsich was first over 8k in 26:52. Bjorn Bostrom (Sr., LaCOnner, Wa./Bellingham) was the Falcons' top scorer, taking seventh.

In California, Jane Larson (Fr., Fall City, Wa./Cedar Park Christian) and Karin Rohde (Jr., Bellingham, Wa./Mt. Baker) were seventh (25:15) and eighth (25:16), respectively, on the same course to be used for the West Regional later this season.

Next Saturday the SPU teams will be united for the Sundodger Invitational in Lincoln Park.

Chico State Invitational
Women's Individual Results (6k) 1-Mary Torres, CSC, 24:26; 2-Sarah Montez, CSC, 24:37; 3-Lindsay Nelson, CSC, 24:41; 4-Dinora Moran, CSC, 25:04; 5-Mary Moriarty, SPU, 25:10

Emerald City Invitational
Men's Team Results: 1-Western Washington 35, 2-Seattle Pacific 81, 3-Seattle U. 106.
Men's Individual Results (8K): 1-Anthony Tomsich, WWU, 26:52; 2-Sam Bedell, WWU, 27:10; 3-Ben Haber, SeaRun, 27:20; 4-Bul Nyuop, WWU, 27:23; 5-Josh Beck, WWU, 27:28 SPU Scorers ­ 7-Bjorn Bostrom, 27:38; 9-Doug Gibson, 27:45, 15-James Rosser, 28:02; 16-Eddie Strickler, 28:02; 22-Ryan Phillips, 29:13
Women's Team Results: 1-Seattle Pacific 28, 2-Western Washington 40, 3-Seattle U. 61
Women's Individual Results (6k): 1-Jessica Pixler, SPU, 22:31; 2-Rachel Brewer, CNW, 23:15; 3- Katie Hansen, SU, 23:31; 4-Emily Showman, Sea Run., 23:42; 5-Suzie Strickler, SPU, 23:46 Other SPU Scorers ­ 7-Megan Wrightman, 23:55; 11-Kim Beaman, 24:40; 12-Lisa Anderberg, 24:49