Sept. 21, 2002

Results

SEATTLE, Wash. - Western Washington University transfer Paul Kezes (Jr., Bellingham/Sehome) finished just two seconds off the course record in winning the men's invitational section of the 11th annual Sundodger Cross Country Meet on Saturday at Lincoln Park.

Kezes paced a field made up predominately of NCAA Division I runners, completing the 8-kilometer course in 23:42. Last spring he earned NCAA II All-America honors as a 1,500-meter runner in track at Western State CO

The course record of 23:40 was set by Stanford's Jonathan Riley at the 2000 Pac-10 Championship meet. Placing second behind Kezes was Club Northwest's Mike Hill in 24:10. Idaho's Jan Eitel was third in 24:15.

"After two miles he led by 20 meters and he kept stretching it out from there. He looked real smooth. It was fun to watch someone in your uniform place first in that race." Head Coach Pee Wee Halsell

"After two miles he led by 20 meters and he kept stretching it out from there," said Western coach Pee Wee Halsell. "He looked real smooth. It was fun to watch someone in your uniform place first in that race."

Western placed fourth among 20 teams in the women's open section with 144 points, finishing behind Northwest College, Hershey Harriers-Canada and Simon Fraser. The Vikings paced the other six Great Northwest Athletic Conference teams in the race. The GNAC Championships are slated for the same course on Oct. 26.

Leading Western was Ashlee Vincent (So., Bellingham/Squalicum), who placed third in 17:44 over the 5-kilometer distance. Simon Fraser's Emilie Mondor won the race in a course record time of 16:05. The old mark was set last year when then Washington senior Sabrina Monro won in 16:06, a full 38 seconds faster than any woman previously.

Monro, competing unattached, won the women's invitational section in 16:31. Host Washington won the men's invitational section team title and the Huskies finished second to Michigan in the women's division.

In the women's open section, Lisa Pearl (Sr., Kenmore/Inglemoor) finished 20th for Western, Kristin Haas (So., Port Orchard/South Kitsap) 38th (18:54), Laura Trevellyan (Fr., Vashon) 44th (18:59) and Tina Stinson (Jr., Renton/Liberty) 55th (19:16).

Without Kezes, Western was 18th among 25 teams in the men's open section. Emil Newhouse (Sr., Snohomish) was the top Vikings' finisher, placing 26th in 25:39.9, bettering his personal best on that course by over 30 seconds.

Western was without two of its top runners, Kurt Hartmaier (Jr., Woodinville/Redmond) and Brian Brancheau (Jr., Edmonds/Edmonds-Woodway). Hartmaier has a knee injury and Brancheau is bothered by a hip flexor.

Western competes at the Saint Martin's Open next Saturday (9 a.m.) at the SMC campus.

SUNDODGER INVITATIONAL - OPEN SECTION

MEN

TEAM RESULTS - 1. Willamette 27, 2. CC of Spokane 121, 3. Northwest Nazarene 144, 4. Victoria 167, 5. Western Oregon 175, 6. Puget Sound 189, 7. British Columbia 235, 8. Central Washington 281, 9. Seattle U. 320, 10. Whitworth 333, 11. Warner Pacific 337, 12. Seattle Pacific 339, 13. Pacific Lutheran 349, 14. Lewis-Clark State ID 350, 15. Simon Fraser 374, 16. Mount Hood CC 376, 17. Clackamas CC 397, 18. Western Washington 489, 19. Lewis & Clark OR 505, 20. Saint Martin's 530, 21. Highline CC 553, 22. Whitman 591, 23. Clark CC 599, 24. Evergreen 617, 25. Flathead Valley 818.

WWU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (8K) - 26. Emil Newhouse 25:39.9, 107. Jon Carwin 27:06.9, 151. Matt Crabtree 27:41.4, 158. Brandon Whitaker 27:52.0, 194. Dan Toomey 28:47.1, 208. Joe Baisch 29:19.1, 221. Jeff Bridges 29:43.7

TOP 10 (8K) - 1. Ahrlin Bauman, Team Athletics NW, 24:27.0; 2. Jacob Stout, Willamette, 24:37.3; 3. Aaron Young, Willamette, 24:39.3; 4. Ted Devos, Una., 24:45.4; 5. Zach Dwello, Northwest Nazarene, 24:49.0; 6. Aaron Hollingshead, Willamette, 24:51.2; 7. Matt Johnston, Valley Royals TC-Canada, 24:58.9; 8. Ken Myers, Valley Royals TC-Canada, 25:07.2; 9. Dan McLean, Puget Sound, 25:11.4; 10. Morgan Titus, British Columbia, 25:15.0.

TOP 10 INVITATIONAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (8K) - 1. Paul Kezes, WWU, 23:42, (two seconds off course record); 2. Mike Hill, CNW, 24:10; 3. Jan Eitel, Idaho, 24:15; 4. Brad Lowery, South Dakota State, 24:16; 5. Andrew Cook, Texas A&M, 24:17; 6. Jon Lewis, Texas A&M, 24:17; 7. Eric Garner, Washington, 24:23; 8. Todd Arnold, Washington, 24:28; 9. Jerry Ziak, Pacific Sport-Canada, 24:31; 10. Matt Pearson, South Dakota State, 24:33.

WOMEN

TEAM RESULTS (Unofficial) - 1. Northwest College 49, 2. Hershey Harriers-Canada 130, 3. Simon Fraser 135, 4. Western Washington 144, 5. Central Washington 168, 6. Lewis-Clark State College ID 180, 7. Victoria 195, 8. Whitworth 202, 9. Puget Sound 221, 10. Portland 226, 11. Seattle Pacific 296, 12. Clark CC 306, 13. Western Oregon 312, 14. British Columbia 355, 15. Pacific Lutheran 361, 16. Lewis & Clark OR 410, 17. Whitman 489, 18. Saint Martin's 495, 19. Seattle U. 518, 20. Evergreen 562.

WWU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (5K) - 3. Ashlee Vincent 17:44, 20. Lisa Pearl 18:30, 39. Kristin Haas 18:54, 45. Laura Trevellyan 18:59, 56. Tina Stinson 19:16, 84. Molly DePasqual 19:32, 94. Rachel Bates 19:39, 110. Carla Mingione 19:56, 117. Lexi Baxter 20:00, 121. Beth Williams 20:03, 125. Megan Whitney 20:07, 128. Carolyn Oviatt 20:09, 149. Kyle Hatch 20:34, 154. Beth Rosapepe 20:41, 163. Becky Brackett 20:56, 168. Andrea Newcomer 21:11, 181. Mindy Noble 21:27, 196. Shaheen Aslam 22:08, 197. Stephanie Haydon 22:21, 207. Erin Roscioli 23:28.

TOP 10 (5K) - 1. Emilie Mondor, Simon Fraser, 16:05 (course record), 2. Nikki Napp, Hershey Harriers, 17:37; 3. Ashlee Vincent, WWU, 17:44; 4. Janine Moffett, Hershey Harriers, 17:46; 5. Natasha Wodak, Simon Fraser, 17:53; 6. Alicen Maier, Central Washington, 17:55; 7. Tiffany Stilwater, Northwest, 17:55; 8. Kristina Proticova, Northwest, 18:03; 9. Crystal Evans, Northwest, 18:04; 10. Korinda Godwin, Northwest, 18:06.