Eastern women win George Oja Invite, while Gonzaga sweeps Inland Empire Invite...
In Independence, Oregon, the Eastern Washington women placed four runners inside the top 25 to claim the team title at the George Oja Invitational, hosted by Linfield College.
The Eagles scored a low of 88 points to hold off Carleton's 91 points, and Western Oregon's 98 points.
Eastern was led by Sara Sanders (Maleek Diaz/EWU Athletics photo), who finished third overall, running the 6k course in 20:58, as former Saint Martin's NCAA cross country qualifier Alauna Carstens, now running for Evergreen State, won in 20:39.
Behind Sanders was Rhiannon Davies in 18th in 21;39, followed by Hannah Lee in 21st in 21:45, and Ifechi Okoye in 23rd in 21:49.
Emma Tomlinson closed out the scorers in 41st in 22:15.
The victors ran a 1-5 split of 1:17.
Seattle University finished sixth in the 29 team field with a final score of 137 points, led by Adelaide Nelson's 15th place finish in 21:34.
Saint Martin's finished 22nd with 623 points. The Saints' top runner was Kekaimalino Halpern, who finished 48th in 22:21.
In the men's 8k race, Eastern Washington finished fourth with 166 points, while SeattleU was a close fifth with 173 points.
Saint Martin's was 22nd with 568 points in the 32 team field.
The University of Portland took the men's team title with 48 points, holding off Western Oregon's 72 points, and George Fox's 156 points.
Jeremy Posdon was SeattleU's top finisher, placing 21st in 24:19. Three places behind Posdon was Eastern's top finisher, Owen Higgins in 24:24.
Ryan Koenninger was Saint Martin's top finisher in 117th place in 25:53.
Jack Gladfelter from Corban was the overall winner in 23:26.
In Lewiston, Idaho, Gonzaga swept both the men's and women's team titles at the Inland Empire Invitational hosted by Lewis-Clark State Saturday.
Running athletes who didn't travel to last week's Nuttycombe Invitational in Wisconsin, the Gonzaga women were one point short of a perfect 15, scoring 16 points in the 5k race.
Keira Saavedra took the win in 16:54, followed by Ava Sutherland in 16:55.
Sophia Bazzi was third in 17:16 followed by Clare Mullin in fourth in 17:17, and Anika Jones was sixth in 17:25, as the Zags' 1-5 split was 31 seconds.
In the men's 8k race, Jeron Wisner led the way for Gonzaga, finishing third in 24:23, as Montana's Luke Mest won in 24:06.
Samy Anderson was sixth overall for the Zags, finishing in 24:37/ He was followed by Caden Swanson in tenth in 24:47.
Zander Trevino was 13th in 24:54, and Miles Westbrook closed out Gonzaga's scorers in 14th in 24:55.
The Zags ran a 1-5 split of 32 seconds, and scored 43 points, two better than Montana's 45 to take the team title in the eight team field.
NOTE: The sports information offices of Gonzaga, Eastern Washington, Seattle University, Saint Martin's, and Idaho contributed to this report.
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