2014 WWU Classic - Complete Results

2014 WWU Classic Program

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BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Western Washington University's Katelyn Steen (Sr., Sammamish/Eastlake) ran a personal-best course time to place third in the women's division as the Viking men finished fourth and the women eighth on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the 41st Annual WWU Cross Country Classic held at Lake Padden Park.

Alaska Anchorage had six runners in the top 10 in taking the men's title in the 14-team field with a near perfect score of 18. The Seawolves were followed by Victoria BC at 39.

Trinity Western BC won the women's crown with 58 points, 32 better than runner-up Simon Fraser in a field of 12 teams.

The UAA men entered the event ranked seventh nationally in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll, and the Simon Fraser women were eighth. Both WWU squads were rated nationally, the women 23rd and the men 25th.

Steen completed the six-kilometer course in 21:20. She trailed just two TWU runners, Sarah Inglis winning for the second straight year with a course-record time of 20:52, followed by teammate Fiona Bensen in 21:17.

"I was focusing on running relaxed the first part of the race and then really working hard on the hills on the backside," said Steen, who ran 44 seconds faster than her previous best. "The biggest thing I was working on was having a fast last 800 meters. I'm always working on that."

Taylor Guenther (Jr., Vancouver/Prairie) was the Vikings' next finisher after Steen, crossing the line 23rd in 22:44.

"We were tired coming in from our training this week and it showed in the last half of the race," said WWU head coach Pee Wee Halsell (28th year).

UAA's Dylan Anthony led a 1-2-3 sweep in the men's 10-kilometer race with a winning time of 31:02. Henry Cheseto was second in 31:17 and Dominik Notz third in 31:20.

Leading the defending champion WWU men was Isaac Griffith (So., Spokane/Lewis & Clark), who placed 21st in 32:12. Nathan Richards (Sr., Longview/R.A. Long) was 25th (32:26), Jonathan Quimby (Sr., Ferndale) 32nd (32:39), Juan Castillo (Sr., Lake Stevens) 36th (32:50) and Sean Eustis (R-Fr., Washougal) 39th (32:57).

"I was pleased with how we competed, but we were strung out more than expected," Halsell said. "I saw some things we need to work on, but it's six weeks before regionals and that's what we're shooting for."

WWU takes a week off before hosting the WWU Invitational on Oct. 25 (10 a.m.) at Hovander Park in Ferndale.

Oct. 11, 2014 at 41st Annual Western Washington Invitational - Bellingham, Wash. (Lake Padden Park)

MEN

TEAM RESULTS (10K) - 1. Alaska Anchorage 18, 2. Victoria 39, 3. Simon Fraser 121, 4. Western Washington 128, 5. Trinity Western 174, 6. Club Northwest 185, 7. Western Oregon 203, 8. British Columbia 225, 9. Central Washington 248, 10. Seattle Pacific 278, 11. Everett CC 286, 12. Seattle Running Club 340, 13. Thompson Rivers 430, 14. Skagit Valley CC 433.

WWU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS - 21. Isaac Griffith 32:12, 25. Nathan Richards 32:26, 32. Jonathan Quimby 32:39; 36. Juan Castillo 32:50, 39. Sean Eustis 32:57, 42. Tabor Reedy 33:03, 43. Max Romey 33:05, 46. Matt Lutz 33:14, 49. Will Jones 33:17, 52, Cory Johnson 33:19, 55. Logan Giese 33:25, 59. Cody McCranie 33:32, 69. Ryan Peterson 33:53, 85. Cameron Freshwaters 34:16, 94. Dustin Sjoerdsma 34:37, 97. Marty Pletcher 34:40, 106. Andrew Wise 34:58.

TOP 10 - 1. Dylan Anthony, Alaska Anchorage, 31:02; 2. Henry Cheseto, Alaska Anchorage, 31:17; 3. Dominik Notz, Alaska Anchorage, 31:20; 4. Jackson Bocksnick, Victoria, 31:22; 5. Keenan Viney, Unattached, 31:25; 6. Michel Ramirez, Alaska Anchorage, 31:30; 7. Olivier Collin, Victoria, 31:34; 8. Edwin Kangogo, Alaska Anchorage, 31:35; 9. Cole Peterson, Victoria, 31:37; 10. Victor Samoei, Alaska Anchorage, 31:35.

WOMEN

\ TEAM RESULTS (6K) - 1. Trinity Western 58, 2. Simon Fraser 90, 3. Victoria 100, 4. Alaska Anchorage 107, 5. British Columbia 119, 6. Central Washington 137, 7. Club Northwest 138, 8. Western Washington 143, 9. Seattle Pacific 199, 10. Western Oregon 270, 11. Everett CC 323, 12. Thompson Rivers 387.

WWU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS - 3. Katelyn Steen 21:20, 23. Taylor Guenther 22:44, 43. Mikhaila Thornton 23:16, 44. Haley O'Connor 23:18, 49. Shawna Troupe 23:27; 50. Sofia Marikis 23:27, 53. Brittany Grant 23:33, 58. Kali Klotz-Brooks 23:51, 63. Maddie Hutchison 23:55, 70. Austen Reiter 24:05, 71. Brenna Lanford 24:06, 96. Maddie Jalbert 24:53, 103. Alexandra Laiblin 25:15, 117. Molly McEachern 25:58, 119. Taylor Graham 26:02,

TOP 10 - 1. Sarah Inglis, Trinity Western, 20:52; 2. Fiona Bensen, Trinity Western, 21:17; 3. Katelyn Steen, Western Washington, 21:20; 4. Kendra Pomfret, Victoria, 21:28; 5. Alison Jackson, Trinity Western, 21:37; 6. Rhiannon Evans, Unattached, 21:42; 7. Jackie Regan, British Columbia, 21:42; 8. Rebecca Bassett, Simon Fraser, 21:42; 9. Bronwyn Crossman, Whatcom Tesseract, 21:50; 10. Regan Yee, Trinity Western, 21:58; 11. Dani Eggleston, Central Washington, 22:00.