Washington easily wins SeattleU dual; Gonzaga squads dominate Clash of the Inland NW...

In Seattle, the nationally ranked University of Washington cross country squads easily emerged victorious in their annual dual meet against cross-town Seattle University Friday morning at Magnuson Park.

The opening men's 4-mile saw an upset, as Seattle University freshman Guiliano Scasso (Paul Merca photo) took the win, moving ahead on the final lap of the race running 20:27, as the six runners entered for the Huskies finished six seconds behind Scasso.

"I am super excited for Giuliano on his victory today," said Redhawk head coach Kelly Sullivan. "It was really impressive to watch him win and to do that as a true freshman was just great to see."

The Husky pack consisted of Isaac Mohn, Daniel Maton, Joe Waskom, Luke Houser, Leo Daschbach, and Sam Affolder. They all crossed within two seconds of each other, with Mohn, Maton, and Waskom in 20:33; Daschbach and Houser in 20:34, and Affolder in 20:35.

That was more than enough to give the Huskies the victory by a 20-39 count.

The Huskies, who reported to campus three days earlier, sat out several notable runners, including 5000m school record holder Isaac Green, and 2019 cross country All-American Tibs Proctor.

SeattleU's other scorers were Jay Grant (20:53), James Parker (21:10), Alex Franklin (21:22) and Gus Harquail (21:31).

The women's 3 mile race was decided fairly quickly, as Washington placed thirteen runners in front of the first SeattleU runner for a perfect 15-50 score.

Naomi Smith (Paul Merca photo) won the race in 16:16, with Madison Heisterman (16:21) outsprinting Julia David-Smith by a second.

Julia's older sister Camila was fourth in 16:34, while reigning Pac-12 cross country champ Haley Herberg was fifth in 16:43.

The Redhawks were led by Ellie Postma in 14th at 18:16, followed in order by Rowan Cuadrado (18:23), Lilianne Hargreaves (18:28), Emily Harris (18:32), and Abby Smith (18:52).

Washington's release is available here, while Seattle University's is available here.

Race results are embedded in the school's releases.

ZAGS SWEEP CLASH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST...

In Cheney, the Gonzaga Bulldogs swept both races at the Clash of the Inland Northwest meet on the campus course at Eastern Washington University Friday.

The men's 6k race saw the nationally-ranked Zags place ten runners in front of Idaho's Tim Stevens (18:51), as Yacine Guemali was credited with the win in 18:38.

Wil Smith, Jaxon Mackie, Dominic Arce and Kyle Radosevich all crossed the line in 18:38 as well, to give the Zags a perfect score of 15 in the seven-team race.

Eastern Washington finished fourth with 94 points, led by Justin Roosma, who was 12th in 18:58. The Eagles' other scorers were Noah Hasselblad in 21st (19:20), Carter Ledwith in 29th (19:27), Cameron Stuard in 32nd (19:29), and Jamie Christner in 47th (20:05).

The Bulldogs got a bit of a challenge from Idaho, but ultimately won the team title by a 28-38 count, while Eastern Washington finished third with 92 points.

Freshman Sadie Tuckwood won in 14:15, followed by Rosina Machu in 4th in 14:40. Alyssa Bienfang was sixth in 14:49, with Grace Fahrney (14:52), and Paxton Depoe (14:55) in eighth and ninth.

The Eagles were led by Nicole Deherrera in 11th at 15:01, with Ellie Linnenburger one place behind in 15:08. Jasmin Muneton was 24th in 15:36, and Jenni Bissell was 25th in 15:37. One place behind was Kaylin Sheley in 15:39 to round out the Eastern scorers.

Gonzaga's release is available here, while Eastern Washington's release is here.

Complete results of the Clash of the Inland Northwest are available here.

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

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