Sept. 30, 2006

Complete Results

SALEM, Ore. - Logan Senrud (Sr., Bigfork, MT) placed 21st individually, helping Western Washington University place fourth among 31 men's teams in the Cardinal Division at the 32nd annual Willamette University Charles Bowles Cross Country Invitational on Saturday at Bush Park.

The Vikings finished with 184 points, three ahead of fifth-place Azusa Pacific CA. Concordia CA easily won the team title with 37 points, placing four runners in the top seven. Westmont CA was a distant second at 149 and Alaska Anchorage third at 152.

Western entered the meet ranked No.17 in the latest United States Cross Country Coaches Association Top 25 and Alaska Anchorage was No.25.

"Our men didn't get out quick enough and got jammed in," said Western coach Pee Wee Halsell. "They had a strong finish in a big field, but that cost us a couple of places."

"I was not pleased with the result as a whole, but I'm still encouraged. We can do better."

Senrud had a 25:19 time over the 8-kilometer course. Keever Henry (Jr., Kelso) placed 31st for the Vikings in 25:24, Bul Nyuop (Jr., Lacey/North Thurston) 36th in 25:28 and Anthony Tomsich (So., Fairbanks, AK/West Valley) 41st in 25:31.

Azusa Pacific's Aron Rono took individual honors with a 23:43 clocking.

In the Cardinal women's division, Western totaled 372 points to tie for 12th with Vanguard CA. Concordia CA placed first with 52 points, 77 more than runner-up Willamette.

The Vikings were led for the fourth straight week by Ashley McDougall (Fr., Redmond), who toured the 5-kilometer distance in 18:44. The individual champion was Willamette's Sarah Zerzan with a time of 17:11.

"The women ran pretty well," Halsell said. "I was excited to see our two through five runners closing in on each other. We need to keep moving them up closer to Ashley, who had a great race."

In the Gold Division, UC Davis took the men's title and Oregon State captured the women's crown.

Western plays host to its own Viking Invitational on Sat., Oct. 7 (10:30 a.m.).

32nd Annual Willamette University Cross Country Invitational - Cardinal Division Results

MEN

TEAM RESULTS - 1. Concordia CA 37, 2. Westmont 149, 3. Alaska Anchorage
 152, 4. Western Washington 184, 5. Azusa Pacific 187, 6. Willamette 195,
 7. BYU-Hawaii 221, 8. Lewis-Clark State 245, 9. Concordia OR 256, 10.
 Puget Sound 299, 11. Southern Oregon 355, 12. Linfield 360, 13. British
 Columbia 373, 14. Albertson 383, 15. Vanguard 419, 16. Central
 Washington 424, 17. Humboldt State 452, 18. George Fox 469, 19. Point
 Loma Nazarene 507, 20. Eastern Oregon 537, 21. Whitman 553, 22. Corban
 571, 23. Saint Martin's 572, 24. Notre Dame de Namur 591, 25. Lewis &
 Clark 689, 26. Seattle U. 692, 27. Oregon Tech 709, 28. Pacific 717, 29.
 Evergreen State 782, 30. Pacific Lutheran 856, 31. Chaminade 909.

WWU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (8K) - 21. Logan Senrud 25:18, 31. Keever Henry
 25:24, 36. Bul Nyuop 25:28, 41. Anthony Tomsich 25:31, 56. Sam Brancheau
 25:51, 74. Keith Lemay 26:08, 123. Sam Bedell 26:46.0.

WOMEN

TEAM RESULTS - 1. Concordia CA 52, 2. Willamette 129, 3. Puget Sound 194,
 4. Azusa Pacific 208, 5. Point Loma Nazarene 239, 6. British Columbia
248, 7. Lewis-Clark State 255, 8. Alaska Anchorage 263, 9. Westmont 277,
 10. Central Washington 286, 11. Lewis & Clark 319, 12. Western
 Washington 372, 12. Vanguard 372, 14. UC Santa Cruz 387, 15. Whitman
 415, 16. Eastern Oregon 418, 17. George Fox 425, 18. Corban 436, 19.
 Humboldt State 506, 20. Northwest Nazarene 514, 21. Seattle U. 523, 22.
 Pacific Lutheran 550, 23. Saint Martin's 605, 24. Southern Oregon 608,
 25. Linfield 666, 26. Albertson 686, 27. Oregon Tech 700, 28. Pacific OR
 763, 29. Cal State East Bay 798, 30. Chaminade 822, 31. Notre Dame de
 Namur 838, 32. Concordia OR 985.

WWU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (5K) - 35. Ashley McDougall 18:44.35, 65. McKinley
 Williams 19:22, 87. Molly DePasqual, 94. Danielle Slaughter, 112.
Marissa Harshman, 137. Keely Kaligis 20:12, 168. Catherine McDonald 20:33

TOP 10 - 1. Sarah Zerzan, Willamette 17:11; 2. Grace Jepngetich, Vanguard
 17:20; 3. Sara Powell, Con. CA, 17:41; 4. Katie Hummel, CWU 17:49; 5.
 Julie-Anne Bailey, PLNU 17:52; 6. Tamma Carleton, L&C 18:00; 7. Anna
Stumbo, Westmont 18:05, 8. Jackie Castelazo, Con CA 18:07, 9. Jennifer
Bowles Con CA 18:09.65; 10. Rachel Bleakney-Bailey, CWU 18:11.80.