Gonzaga's Kristen Garcia and Kyle Radosevich win individual titles at Cougar Classic...

COLFAX--Gonzaga's Kristen Garcia (photo courtesy Gonzaga Athletics) won the women's 6k race at the Cougar Classic late Friday afternoon, as she led the Bulldogs to the team title at the Colfax Golf Club.

Garcia won in 20:44, followed by the Washington State duo of Neema Kimtai, who ran 20:58, and Caroline Jerotich, who crossed in 21:00.

Gonzaga's Sadie Tuckwood finished fourth in 21:09, followed by Alaina Stone Boggs of WSU at 21:13.

Alicia Anderson finished seventh in 21:17, followed by Rosina Machu in ninth at 21:20, and Brittney Hansen rounded out Gonzaga's scorers in tenth at 21:28.

Pia Richards was Washington State's fourth scorer in eighth at 21:18, and Samantha Boyle was the Cougars' fifth scorer in 15th at 21:51, which was the difference in Gonzaga winning the team title by a 31-33 score.

Eastern Washington finished fourth with a team score of 110, led by Nicole DeHerrera, who was 20th in 22:09.

She was followed by Jasmin Muneton in 24th at 22:19, Ellie Linnenburger in 27th at 22:37, Kaylin Sheley in 29th at 22:45, and Jenni Bissell in 34th at 23:02.

In the men's 8k race, Gonzaga easily defended its team title, scoring a perfect 15 points, led by a 1-2-3-4 finish in order by Kyle Radosevich, Yacine Guermali, Jake Perrin, and Wil Smith, who crossed the line together in 24:11.

Riley Moore was Gonzaga's fifth scorer in 24:21.

Justin Roosma of Eastern Washington was the first non-Gonzaga runner across the line in ninth at 24:34, followed by Leif Swanson of Washington State in tenth at 24:34.

Following Swanson for the Cougars were Sam Griffith in 14th at 24:43, Evan Gonzalez in 24th at 25:10, Isaiah Lowery in 40th at 26:06, and Amrit Banga in 47th at 26:22.

Eastern Washington's scorers were Noah Hasselblad in 20th at 25:02, Carter Ledwith in 33rd at 25:35, Cameron Stuard in 34th at 25:35, and Jesus Herrejon in 44th at 26:16.

Idaho finished second in the 4-team meet with 69, followed by Washington State at 81, and Eastern Washington with 86.

Complete results of the Cougar Classic are available here.

FALCON WOMEN PLACE FOUR IN TOP TWENTY AT ASH CREEK PRESERVE XC MEET...

In Monmouth, the Seattle Pacific women's team, which was missing several runners, placed four runners in the top twenty at the Ash Creek Preserve XC Collegiate meet late Friday afternoon on the campus course at Western Oregon University.

The Falcons were led by Annika Esvelt's third place finish in 14:13 over the 4k course, followed by Ellie Rising in fourth at 14:30.

Kelsey Washenberger was seventh in 14:41, followed by Nicki Yorges in 16th at 15:06.

The nationally ranked Falcons were scheduled to open last week at the Puget Sound Invitational, but had several athletes nursing minor injuries, so the women's team elected to open the 2021 season a week later. The Falcons did not field a complete team, so they didn't factor into the team scoring.

Luz Garcia of Western Oregon was the individual winner in 14:00. George Fox won the team title with 29 points.

In the men's 6k, Seattle Pacific was led by Colin Boutin's 11th place finish in 19:08. He was followed by Jon Owen in 30th at 19:39, Ben Sheirbon in 34th at 19:56, Gabe Endresen in 55th at 20:33, and Isaiah Archer in 78th at 21:48.

Keanu Daos of Western Oregon won the race in 18:23, while George Fox completed a sweep of the team titles with 36 points. 

Seattle Pacific finished fifth with 146 points.

Complete results of the Ash Creek XC Collegiate are available here.

NOTE: The sports information offices of Washington State University, Gonzaga University, and Seattle Pacific University contributed to this report.

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