Zags earn identical second place finishes at Knott XC Classic; Sanders and Wirth of EWU top individual finishers...
SPOKANE VALLEY-- Both Gonzaga squads, which rested their top runners who competed at last week's Loyola Lakefront Invitational, finished second Saturday morning at the Frank Knott XC Classic at The Course. Eastern Washington's women's team finished third, while their men's squad finished fifth in the meet which featured Division I teams from Idaho, Montana and double team champions Montana State. In both races, Eastern Washington had the top finisher from the two schools, as Sara Sanders (Paul Merca file photo) and Conner Wirth both placed sixth in their respective races. Sanders finished in 21:32 over the 6k distance, while Wirth ran 24:07 for 8k. In the women's 6k, Gonzaga was led by Clare Mullin's eighth place finish in 21:37, followed by Madison Zemper-Prill in tenth at 21:48. Olivia Sheridan finished 11th in 21:50, followed by Anika Jones in 13th in 21:59. Ida Meyer closed out Gonzaga's scorers in 17th in 22:09. The Zags ran a 1-5 split of 32 seconds. ...
