Sept. 17, 2005

Complete Results

SEATTLE, Wash. - The nationally ranked Western Washington University men's team was the top NCAA Division II squad in the open race and the Vikings' Laura Trevellyan (Sr., Vashon Island) placed eighth in the women's run at the 14th annual University of Washington Sundodger Cross Country Invitational on Saturday at Lincoln Park.

The Viking men, ranked No.24 nationally in the latest American Cross Country Coaches Association/NCAA Division II Poll, finished fifth (203) in a 29-team field behind Willamette (45), Portland (72), British Columbia (177) and Simon Fraser (183).

Western was led by Sam Brancheau (Jr., Edmonds/Edmonds-Woodway), who was 39th with a 25:53 clocking over the 8-kilometer course. Sam Bedell (Reno, NV/Bishop Manogue) was 49th in 26:04 and Michael Stewart (So., Edmonds/Edmonds-Woodway) was 51st in 26:05 for the Vikings.

"The men had a pretty good race," said Western coach Pee Wee Halsell. "We had a 22-second split between one and five, and 37 seconds for one to seven. That's a pretty close pack, we just need to move that up a bit."

"It was a huge field and good quality. That's one reason we like running in this race, and we stacked up pretty good."

Trevellyan, a two-time All-American, finished eighth, completing the 6-kilometer course in 22:18, as the Western women placed 12th among 23 teams with 323 points. Simon Fraser was the team champion with 38 points, followed by British Columbia with 89.

Jolene Boogaard (Fr., Kelso) placed 52nd for the Vikings in 23:37 and Lexi Baxter (Sr., Colville) was 74th in 24:01. "Laura had a good race," Halsell said. "We had a few other women who had good races and are moving up, but we still have a ways to go there."

A total of 311 runners competed in the men's open race and 265 in the women's open run.

Host Washington won both invitational races, edging UCLA, 53 to 64, in the 13-team men's race; and topping Portland, 39 to 66, in the 14-team women's run. UCLA's Austin Ramos was the individual men's champion (24:00) with just 10 seconds separating the top six runners and Washington State's Haley Paul paced the women (20:50).

Western next competes at the Saint Martin's University Open on Sat., Sept. 24 (9 a.m.) at Lacey (SMU campus).

SUNDODGER INVITATIONAL RESULTS Seattle, Wash. (Lincoln Park)

MEN

TEAM RESULTS - 1. Willamette 45, 2. Portland 72, 3. British Columbia 177, 4. Simon Fraser 183, 5. Western Washington 203, 6. Puget Sound 223, 7. Spokane CC 229, 8. Southern Oregon 267, 9. Seattle Pacific 275, 10. Lewis-Clark State 303, 11. Concordia 325, 12. Northwest Nazarene 328, 13. Whitworth 370, 14. Eastern Oregon 384, 15. Clackamas CC 457, 16. George Fox 468, 17. Lewis & Clark 492, 17. Seattle U. 492, 19. Clark CC 504, 20. Pacific Lutheran 509, 21. Northwest 533, 22. Central Washington 611, 23. Evergreen 644, 24. Whitman 651, 25. U-Western Washington 687, 26. Seattle Running Club 703, 27. Highline CC 734, 28. Mount Hood CC 753, 29. Bellevue CC 840.

WWU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (8K) - 39. Sam Brancheau 25:53, 49. Sam Bedell 26:04, 51. Michael Stewart 26:05, 61. Chad Portwood 26:13, 62. Bul Nyuop 26:15, 72. Keith Lemay 26:22, 82. James Sundquist 26:30, 90. Alex Jones 26:39, 111. Josh Beck 26:58, 114. David Larpenteur 27:00, 122. Bobby Carlson 27:04, 126. Josh Frazier 27:08, 198. Alex Elmore 28:03.

TOP 10 - 1. Nick Arciniaga, Team Saucony, 24:39; 2. Nick Symmonds, Willamette, 24:49; 3. Destry Johnson, Team XO, 24:53; 4. Hayden Prosser, Simon Fraser, 24:55; 5. Tim Badley, Concordia, 24:57; 6. Doug Blackburn, Whitworth, 24:59; 7. Mark Currell, U-Spokane CC, 25:01; 8. Trevor Palmer, Southern Oregon, 25:04; 9. Matt Perez, Portland, 25:06; 10. Frank Prince, Puget Sound, 25:07.

WOMEN

TEAM RESULTS - 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 U. 223, 9. Central Washington 230, 10. Lewis-Clark State 238, 11. Whitworth 271, 12. Western Washington 323, 13. Puget Sound 337, 14. Whitman 349, 15. Pacific 354, 16. Pacific Lutheran 357, 17. Northwest 378, 18. Concordia 468, 19. Clackamas 492, 20. Spokane CC 541, 21. Southern Oregon 651, 22. Highline CC 694, 23. Bellevue CC 728.

WWU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (6K) - 8. Laura Trevellyan 22:18, 52. Jolene Boogaard 23:37, 74. Lexi Baxter 24:01, 105. Erin Deasy 24:33, 122. Katrina Schwerdtfeger, 24:50, 149. Keely Kaligis 25:17, 156. Catherine McDonald 25:24, 157. Jill Keller 25:24, 159. Sally Ryan 25:27, 175. Wendy Overton 25:50, 181. Katie Wittrock 25:57, 195. Cathy Fjellanger 26:18, 198. Kathleen Weinand 26:22, 211. Ali Misenar 26:58, 218. Shellane Jensen 27:08, 224. Marissa Harshman 27:23, 226. Erin Fraser 27:29, 228. Kami Burse 27:32, 234. Lindsey Knight 27:45, 235. Christina Murphy 27:46, 249. Kristen Cornish 28:51.

TOP 10 - 1. Kristen Kolstad, Simon Fraser, 21:43; 2. Meaghan McCollum, British Columbia, 21:51; 3. Shannon Elmer, British Columbia, 21:58; 4. Rebecca Johnston, Simon Fraser, 22:09; 5. Julia Howard, Simon Fraser, 22:11; 6. Meredith McGregor, Simon Fraser, 22:13; 7. Carla McHattie, Lewis & Clark, 22:17; 8. Laura Trevellyan, Western Washington, 22:18; 9. Kristi Dickey, Whitworth, 22:19; 10. Sarah Smith, Pacific, 22:22.