Oct. 8, 2005

Complete Results

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - For the fourth time in six years, Western Washington University captured the men's team title at the 32nd annual Viking Invitational meet Saturday at Lake Padden Park.

The Vikings, ranked No.21 in the latest American Cross Country Coaches Association/NCAA II men's poll, finished with 28 points, 18 ahead of defending champion Seattle Pacific.

Seattle Pacific won the women's race with 20 points, Western placing third with 69 points, just seven behind runner-up Seattle University.

Seven Western men were among the top-25 finishers, led by Logan Senrud (Jr. Bigfork, MT) and Sam Brancheau (Jr., Edmonds/Edmonds-Woodway) who placed eighth and ninth, respectively. Senrud covered the 10-kilometer course in 33:25 and Brancheau finished five seconds behind him. Seattle University's Casey Moriarty placed first with a time of 31:56.

"The men ran great," Western coach Pee Wee Halsell said. "We showed our depth which will help us later down the line in two weeks at the conference championships and in four weeks at regionals. Having Logan (arch) and Keever (Henry, Achilles tendon) coming off injuries really helped us a whole lot. We still have a ways to go, but I'm very excited about this team."

Western All-American Laura Trevellyan (Sr., Vashon) finished fourth in the 6-kilometer women's race with a time of 22:32. She was the second-best collegiate runner behind winner Meredith Crane, who was one of three Seattle Pacific runners placing in the top 10.

"Laura had a tremendous race," Halsell said. "She's getting a little closer to catching Meredith Crane, so we're pretty excited about that."

Trevellyan, who finished third in last year's invitational, has been Western's top runner in all four races this season.

In the men's race, Western's Bul Nyuop (So., Lacey/North Thurston) placed 16th (33:52), Chad Portwood (Jr., Cheney/Western State) 18th (34:05), Henry (So, Kelso) 19th (34:11), Keith Lemay (So., Lynden/Lynden Christian) 21st (34:12) and Michael Stewart (So., Edmonds/Edmonds-Woodway) 23rd (34:18).

In the women's run, the Vikings' Jolene Boogaard (Fr., Kelso) was 21st (23:45), Erin Deasy (Jr., Gig Harbor/Tulsa) 34th (24:52) and Rachael Bates (Jr., Coeur d'Alene, ID/Lake City) 38th (25:03).

The Viking men captured their ninth WWU Invitational team title after finishing second at last year's invitational. The women, who took Western's only title in 2002, had placed fourth the previous two years.

The Vikings next host the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships on Oct. 22 at Lake Padden Park.

WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL
Bellingham, Wash. (Lake Padden Park)

MEN
TEAM RESULTS  - 1. Western Washington 28, 2. Seattle Pacific 46, 3. Seattle U. 66, 4. Central Washington 109.

WWU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (10K) - 8. Logan Senrud 33:25, 9. Sam
Brancheau 33:30, 16. Bul Nyuop 33:52, 18. Chad Portwood 34:05, 19. Keever
Henry 34:11, 21. Keith Lemay 34:12, 23. Michael Stewart 34:18, 28. David
Larpenter 34:34, 31. Josh Beck 34:39, 36. James Sundquist 34:45, 37.
Arthur Gamirov 34:46, 38. Bobby Carlson 34:48, 42. Sam Bedell 35:06, 43.
Alex Jones 35:19, 46. Greg Kubitz 35:41, 50. Alex Elmore 35:50, 53. Casey
Barten 35:59.

TOP 10 - 1. Casey Moriarty, Seattle U., 31:56, 2. Josh Babiak, San
Francisco State, 32:27, 3. Will Dobbie, Club Northwest, 32:53, 4. Sam
Scotchmer, unattached, 32:57, 5. Greg Crowther, Seattle Runners, 33:08,
6. Carlo Lozano, Seattle Pacific, 33:10, 7. Ahrlen Bauman, Club
Northwest, 33:22, 8. Logan Senrud, Western Washington, 33:25, 9. Sam
Brancheau, Western Washington, 33:30, 10. Steve DeKoker, Club Northwest,
33:34.

WOMEN

TEAM RESULTS - 1. Seattle Pacific 20, 2. Seattle U. 62, 3. Western
Washington 69, 4. San Francisco State 85, 5. Central Washington 152.

WWU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (6K) -  4. Laura Trevellyan 22:32, 21.
Joleen Boogaard 23:45, 34. Erin Deasy 24:52, 38. Rachael Bates 25:03, 41.
Katrina Schwerdtfeger 25:08, 43. Keely Kaligis 25:17, 46. Catherine
McDonald 25:26, 47. Jessica Howell 25:28, 48. Jill Keller 25:29, 51.
Katie Wittrock 25:42, 52. Lexi Baxter 25:43, 56. Sally Ryan 26:11, 59.
Cathy Fjellanger 26:14, 63. Wendy Overton 26:20, 68. Marissa Harshman
26:53, 71. Shannon Johnson 27:01, 72. Ali Misner 27:08, 74. Kristine
Cornish 27:15, 75. Kami Burse 27:17, 76. Kathleen Weinand 27:28, 77.
Lindsey Knight 27:31, 79. Andrea Newcomer 27:56, 82. Shellane Jensen
28:18, 84. Erin Fraser 28:44, 85. Christina Murphy 28:52.

TOP 10 - 1. Meredith Crane, Seattle Pacific, 21:52; 2. Cari Kuzyk,
unattached, 22:12, 3. Rachel Brewer, Club Northwest, 22:17, 4. Laura
Treveallyan, Western Washington, 22:32, 5. Linda Hyuck, Club Northwest,
22:37, 6. Mary Moriarty, Seattle Pacific, 22:51, 7. Jen Tonkin, Seattle
Runners, 22:52, 8. Gwen Greiner, 23:01, 9. Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific,
23:02, 10. Regina Joyce, Club Northwest, 23:07.