ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – The nationally-ranked Western Washington University cross country teams competed Saturday at the Lewis Crossover with the men placing third and the women seventh.
The No. 26 nationally-ranked WWU men's squad placed third out of 19 teams with a team score of 82, with the top five scoring runners all placing in the top 25 in the 213-runner field.
Sophomore Kevin McDermott led the way for the Vikings placing 7th on the 8K course in a personal-best time of 24:17.9. Sophomore Jeret Gillingham (16th, 24:28.9), sophomore Ryan Clough (19th, 24:35.5), freshman Jered Alderfer (21st, 24:37.2) and junior Andrew Oslin (22nd, 24:37.4) made up the Vikings top five for the team score of 82.
Here is a look at the men's team results with the No. 26 Vikings placing ahead of No. 14 Michigan Tech, No. 18 Alabama Huntsville and No. 22 Lewis:
|
Place
|
School
|
National
Ranking
|
Team
Score
|
|
1.
|
Colorado Christian
|
9
|
47
|
|
2.
|
Illinois-Springfield
|
25
|
80
|
|
3.
|
Western Washington
|
26
|
82
|
|
4.
|
Michigan Tech
|
14
|
102
|
|
5.
|
Saginaw Valley State
|
--
|
108
|
|
6.
|
Alabama Huntsville
|
18
|
146
|
|
7.
|
Lewis
|
22
|
177
|
|
8.
|
Sioux Falls
|
RV
|
195
|
|
9.
|
Edinboro
|
--
|
243
|
|
10.
|
Cal State San Marcos
|
--
|
293
|
|
11.
|
Ferris State
|
--
|
328
|
|
12.
|
Minnesota Duluth
|
--
|
375
|
|
13.
|
Academy of Art
|
--
|
400
|
|
14.
|
Winona State
|
--
|
457
|
|
15.
|
Purdue Northwest
|
--
|
468
|
|
16.
|
Davenport
|
--
|
474
|
|
17.
|
Ashland
|
--
|
501
|
|
18.
|
Adelphi
|
--
|
553
|
|
19.
|
Frostburg State
|
--
|
574
|
The women's team finished seventh with 210 team points and were led by a 23rd-place showing by sophomore Sophie Wright (22:27.0) and 28th-place finish by sophomore Mia Crocker (22:35.7). Sophomore Meaera Shannon also finished in the top 50 in the 186 competitor field finishing in 22:51.3 for 39th place.
WWU entered the race ranked No. 19 nationally and finished just behind six teams all ranked nationally.
|
Place
|
School
|
National
Ranking
|
Team
Score
|
|
1.
|
Colorado Christian
|
14
|
68
|
|
2.
|
Minnesota Duluth
|
13
|
92
|
|
3.
|
Winona State
|
16
|
116
|
|
4.
|
Lewis
|
15
|
119
|
|
5.
|
Saginaw Valley
|
26
|
146
|
|
6.
|
Michigan Tech
|
29
|
193
|
|
7.
|
Western Washington
|
19
|
210
|
|
8.
|
Sioux Falls
|
--
|
220
|
|
9.
|
Ferris State
|
--
|
236
|
|
10.
|
Edinboro
|
--
|
241
|
|
11.
|
Alabama Huntsville
|
--
|
265
|
|
12.
|
Cal State San Marcos
|
--
|
304
|
|
13.
|
Academy of Art
|
--
|
333
|
|
14.
|
Davenport
|
--
|
383
|
|
15.
|
Purdue Northwest
|
--
|
431
|
|
16.
|
Adelphi
|
--
|
443
|
|
17.
|
Illinois Springfield
|
--
|
443
|
|
18.
|
Wheeling
|
--
|
511
|
|
19.
|
Ashland
|
--
|
576
|
|
20.
|
Frostburg State
|
--
|
581
|
WWU is back in action at the NCAA D2 Pre-Nationals meet on October 22 at Chambers Creek Regional Park will close out the regular-season schedule. Seattle Pacific University will host the national preview meet in University Place. The complete 2022 WWU Cross Country schedule can be viewed online at wwuvikings.com/22_XC.
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