Western's Ella Edens wins final tuneup race before GNAC championships...
In the women's 6k race, Western, currently ranked number 21 in the USTFCCCA D2 poll, managed to put eight runners inside the top ten, led by Ella Edens (WWU Athletics photo), who ran 20:55, 54 seconds ahead of Josephine Stevenson's 21:49.
Cecilia Villagomez Edvalson was third in 21:56, followed by Danielle McLain in sixth in 22:10, and Kendall Carter in seventh in 22:11 to close out the Viking scorers.
The Vikings had a 1-5 split of 1:16.
Western's final team score in the four team meet involving Simon Fraser (52), Alaska Anchorage (71) and Trinity Western (97) was 19 points.
In the men's 8k, the number 10 ranked Vikings had a tougher than expected battle with eventual team winner Trinity Western, with TWU taking the team title by a 30-37 count, thanks to a 1-2 finish by Justin Kiplagat (24:36) and David Mutai (24:53).
Simon Fraser was third with 83 points, followed by Alaska Anchorage at 95.
Luke Reiss led the way for Western Washington, finishing third in 25:03. He was followed by Rowan Jung in sixth in 25:15, then Liam Rapp in seventh in 25:22.
Diego Rodriguez was tenth in 25:26, and Cale O'Day was the Vikings' final scorer in eleventh in 25:35.
Western finished with a 1-5 split of 32 seconds.
For the four-time defending champion Vikings, their next text is at the conference championship meet on November 7th in Monmouth, Oregon.
NOTE: The sports information office of Western Washington contributed to this report.
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