WEEKEND RECAP: Redhawks get identical seventh place finishes in WAC, while Eastern's youth shows at Big Sky...
“We came up a bit short from our goal, but not for lack of effort,” said Head Coach Kelly Sullivan. “Both teams have learned from this, and know what they need to focus on for our next meet.”
In the women’s 6k race, senior Olivia Stein (left/photo by Paul Merca) led the way for Seattle U with a 16th-place time of 22:13, while freshman Delaney Griffin in 36th place at 23:10 was the second Redhawk to cross the finish line. Junior Rachel Kastama came next with a time of 23:15 to finish 37th, followed by sophomore Ellie Postma’s mark of 23:44 in 43rd and sophomore Courtney Gelmini’s 24:02 rounded out the scoring in 49th, giving the Redhawks 170 points.
Anett Somogyi of Cal Baptist won the race in 21:18, as her team dominated with a perfect score of 15.
The top Redhawk finisher in the men’s 8k race was junior Nathan Pixler, who placed 22nd overall with a time of 26:04. Minnesota transfer Hamza Ali finished behind Pixler at 26:43 in 38th place, followed by freshman Gus Harquail (26:43) in 39th.
Senior Andrew Ayers (26:51) was 42nd and junior Kyle Kennedy (27:09) was 48th to round out the Redhawk scorers, who had 176 points.
Kevin Lynch of Utah Valley was the individual winner in 24:49, leading his team to victory with 44 points in a close battle with Cal Baptist, who scored 47.
The WAC recap and results are available here.
In Greeley, Colorado, Carter Ledwith and Rees Jacot were the top finishers for Eastern Washington University Saturday at the Big Sky Conference championship meet hosted by the University of Northern Colorado Saturday.
A young Eastern program was met with a lot of intense competition at this year's conference championship meet as the men finished in ninth place overall, while the women finished in 10th. Both of Eastern's teams mainly consisted of underclassmen. Of the eight racers Saturday on the women's team, none were juniors or seniors and only three of the eight men's runners were upperclassmen.
Jacot led the women's team with a time of 20:15 in the 5 kilometer championship race, finishing 51st, as Ledwith led the charge on the men's side with a time of 28:31 in the 8K race, finishing 29th.
On the men’s side, number 1 ranked Northern Arizona continued its dominance of the conference, placing three runners in the top 3, led by freshman winner Drew Bosley, who ran 26:51 over the snowy course.
It was no different on the women’s side, as Northern Arizona completed the sweep of both conference titles. Camila Noe of Montana State was the individual winner in 17:42 for 5k, while Northern Arizona packed four runners in the top ten.
The Big Sky Conference recap and results are available here.
NOTE: The sports information offices of Eastern Washington and Seattle University, along with the Big Sky and Western Athletic Conferences contributed to this report.
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