Complete Results
Men        Women

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (Oct. 7) ­ Seattle Pacific University got some encouraging cross country results going into the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships, with both the women and men finishing second at Saturday's Western Washington Invitational at Lake Padden.

The Falcons' 9th-ranked women's team were seven points shy of Simon Fraser, the No. 1 team in NAIA, 36-43. Western Washington won the men's title by a decisive margin of 32-72 over SPU.

Mary Moriarty (So., Seattle, Wa./Ballard) was the pacesetter for the Falcons for the third time. Moriarty ran seventh over all and fourth among collegians with a 6000-meter time of 22 minutes, 36 seconds. Karin Rohde (Jr., Bellingham, Wa./Mt. Baker) led a cluster in the next pack, finishing 10th (23:03) and Jane Larson (Fr., Fall City, Wa./Cedar Park Christian) was 11th (23:06).

Also scoring were Suzie Strickler (So., Richland, Wa.) and Kate Harline (Fr., Orem, Ut.) in 16th (23:11) and 20th(23:26) respectively.

Club Northwest's Rose Wetzel, who competed at Georgetown, won the women's crown, touring the course in 22:07.

It was a particularly pleasing performance for the Seattle Pacific men, who edged GNAC foe Central Washington.

Bjorn Bostrom (Sr., La Conner, Wa./Bellingham) ran 14th in the first 10k course of the season, finishing in 33:20. Brian Cronrath (Jr., Battle Ground, Wa.) took 24th (34:11) and James Rosser (Sr., Seattle, Wa./Highline) was 26th in 34:13.

Rounding out the scorers were Chad Meis (Fr., Renton, Wa./Seattle Christian) in 31st (34:22) and Doug Gibson (Sr., Yakima, Wa./Riverside Christian) in 37th (34:36).

The Viking men, rated No.16 nationally, won its own meet for the fifth time in seven years. Simon Fraser's David Wambui outkicked Saint Martin's John Riak to take the men's individual title in 32:10.

Seattle Pacific is idle next week, with the GNAC Championships Oct. 21 in Lacey.

Men

• Team results: 1-Western Washington 32, 2-Seattle Pacific 72, 3-Central Washington 83, 4-British Columbia 90, 5-Simon Fraser 125, 6-Seattle University 151, 7-Everegreen 175.
• Individual winner (10k): David Wambui, SFU, 32:10 SPU finishers: 14-Bostrom 33:20; 24-Cronrath, 34:11; 26-Rosser, 34:13; 31-Meis, 34:22; Gibson, 34:36; 50-Phillips, 35:20; 82-Felch, 37:03; 88-Seamster, 37:12; 106-Ayers, 38:49

Women

• Team results: 1-Simon Fraser 36, 2-Seattle Pacific 43, 3-Alaska Anchorage 57, 4-British Columbia 118, 5-Western Washington 131, 6-Central Washington 143, 7-Seattle University 199
• Individual winner (6k): Rose Wetzel, CNW, 22:07 SPU finishers: 7-Moriarty, 22:36; 10-Kar. Rohde, 23:03; 11-Larson, 23:06; 16-Strickler, 23:11; 20-Harline, 23:26; 33-Beaman, 23:58; 34-Wrightman, 24:04; 41-Kai. Rohde, 24:24; 43-Jensen, 24:29; 52-Anderberg, 25:21; 54-Cronrath, 25:24; 61-Peterson, 25:38; 78-Hart, 26:36;