SEATTLE, Wash. -The Western Washington University women placed eighth while the men finished 13^th in their respective open divisions of the Sundodger Invitational, hosted by the University of Washington at Lincoln Park in West Seattle on Saturday morning.

The WWU women totaled 300 points, finishing eighth of 29 teams competing in the women's 6,000-meter open division. The men were 13^th of 28 teams with 416 points, competing in the 8,000-meter men's open division. The Vikings traveled select team members to the meet, as the WWU cross country teams are amid a stretch of three consecutive weekends of competition that began with the Central Washington Invitational last weekend.

Freshman Peyton Shinnick(Maple Valley, WA/Tahoma) led the WWU women, placing 42^nd with a time of 22:33.30. She was followed by freshman Sophia Galvez (Los Alamos, NM), who placed 49th (22:40.60). Sophomore Mikhaela Woodward (Sandpoint, ID) was the third finisher for the Vikings in 23:04.90, placing 68^th.

Freshman Waverly Shreffler(Sequim, WA) placed 82^nd (23:16.90), freshman Talia Drecier (Los Alamos, NM) finished 86^th (23:25.00) and sophomore Aundrea Koger (Osage City, KS) crossed the line in 23:34.30 to place 94^th. Junior Hallie Whitley (Olympia, WA/North Thurston/Upper Iowa) finished 125^th (24:05.60) to round out the scoring for the Vikings.

Junior Logan Giese (Spokane, WA/Central Valley) led the WWU men with a 45^th-place finish in a time of 25:37.40. Freshman Liam Cossette (Spokane, WA/Ferris) placed 87^th with a time of 26:08.00 and junior Cameron Freshwaters (Tacoma, WA/Stadium) was 102^nd (26:19.90).

Freshman Ben Crowell (Puyallup, WA/Rogers) and freshman Peter Butler (Port Angeles, WA) tied for 132^nd with times of 26:40.20, sophomore Justin Irvine (Yakima, WA/East Valley) was 149^th in 26:56.40 and freshman Colton Pulver (Wasilla, AK) was 196^th in 27:43.60 to complete the scoring for the Vikings.

The Trinity Western men and women took home team titles in the open division races.

"The day went well...what we had (at the Sundodger) ran well, and I was real pleased with Peyton (Shinnick) and Sophia (Galvez) - those two freshmen ran real well," said 30^th-year head coach Pee Wee Halsell. "And Logan Giese, I was real pleased with his effort. I see some areas that can come up...I think it bodes well for the end of the season."

The Vikings will compete in two locations next weekend. WWU will be in action at the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minn., as well as the Saint Martin's Invite in Lacey, Wash.

"I'm real excited about next week, taking that top (WWU) group to mix it up with some people from different parts of the country should be fun and exciting, as well as to see the people at Saint Martin's next week," Halsell said.

Both meets will be held next Saturday, Sept. 24. The Roy Griak Invitational begins at 9:50 am (CT) while the Saint Martin's Invite starts at 10 am (PT).