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LACEY, Wash. (Sept. 23) --- Led by Mary
Moriarty's runner-up finish, the Seattle Pacific University
women's cross country team won for the second time in three
outings Saturday at the Saint Martin's Invitational.
Running on the same course to be used for next
month's Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships, the
10th-ranked Falcons easily beat Club Northwest, 26-65, and five
college teams . The SPU men finished fourth behind Alaska
Anchorage, Western Oregon and Western Washington.
Club Northwest's Linda Huyck won the women's
6000-meter event in 21 minutes, 34 seconds. Moriarty (So.,
Seattle, Wa./Ballard) took second place in22:12 and was followed
across the line by teammates Karin Rhode (Jr., Bellingha m,
Wa./Mt. Baker) and Jane Larson (Fr., Fall City, Wa./Cedar Park
Christian) in 22:31 and 22:39, respectively.
Jessica Pixler (Fr., Sammamish, Wa./Eastlake)
is off until the GNAC meet. Pixler won her first two meets but is
now back with the soccer team. The Falcons' Suzie Strickler (So.,
Richland, Wa.) ran eighth (23:10) and Kate Harline (Fr., Orem,
Ut.) ninth (23:10).
Taking individual honors for the men was Saint
Martin's John Riak, completing the 8-kilometer course in 25:09.
Brian Cronrath (Jr., Battle Ground, Wa.) was the top SPU scorer,
taking 10th in 26:36.
Seattle Pacific runs with the alumni next
Saturday at Green Lake.
- Men's Results: 1-Alaska Anchorage
34, 2-Western Oregon 55, 3-Western Washington 76, 4-Seattle
Pacific 91, 5-Saint Martin's 116, 6-Evergreen State 160,
7-Bellevue CC 193.
Individuals (8k): 1-John Riak, SMU, 25:09; 2-David
Kiplagat, UAA, 25:14; 3-Aaron Dickson, UAA, 25:59; 4-Nick
Crawford, WOU, 26:13; 5-Brent Knight, UAA, 26:14; 6-Josh Beck,
WWU, 26:18; 7-Cale McCulloch, WWU, 26:26; 8-Nik Karr, WOU,
26:27; 9-Mike Schmidt WOU 26:34, 10-Brian Cronrath, SPU, 26:36.
Other SPU finishers: 13-James Rosser, 26:47; 22-Doug
Gibson, 27:27; 24-Chad Meis, 27:33; 30-Ryan Phillips, 27:48;
41-Scott Felch, 28:39; 43-Mike Zetterberg, 28:47; 53-Jeff Ayers,
30:22.
- Women's Results: 1-Seattle Pacific
26, 2-Club Northwest 65, 3-Alaska Anchorage 80, 4-Western Oregon
102, 5-Western Washington 110, 6-Saint Martin's 123, 7-Bellevue
CC 195.
Individuals (6k): 1-Linda Huyck, CNW, 21:34; 2-Mary
Moriarty, SPU, 22:12; 3-Karin Rohde, SPU, 22:31; 4-Jane Larson
,SPU, 22:39; 5-Laura Carr, UAA, 22:5; 6-Karen Steen, CNW, 23:03;
7-Elizabeth Chepkosgei, UAA, 23:04; 8-Suzie Strickler, SPU,
23:10; 9-Kate Harline, SPU, 23:10; 10-Stephanie Upshaw, unat.
,23:18.
Other SPU finishers: 11-Megan Wrightman, 23:19; 14-Kim
Beaman, 23:44; 19-Nikki Jensen, 24:09; 21-Lisa Anderberg, 24:23;
25-Kaitlin Rohde, 24:36; 27-Janelle Stevens, 24:47; 30-Jennifer
Marsh, 24:48; 32-Kysa Cronrath, 24:50; 42-Katie Hart, 25:34;
45-Heidi Peterson, 25:49
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