Maddy Harrison & Samy Anderson win individual titles at Pat Tyson Invitational...
SPOKANE VALLEY--The number 26 ranked Central Washington Wildcats, paced by a 1-3-6 finish from Maddy Harrison (Paul Merca photo), Payton Conover, and Dawn Hulstedt, held off host Gonzaga to win the team title at the first annual Pat Tyson Invitational at The Course Spokane Valley, under sunny skies.
The Wildcats scored 43 points to Gonzaga's 45, with Washington State third with 62, and Seattle Pacific fourth in the eight team competition with 88 points.
Just past the 3k mark, Harrison was running neck and neck with Gonzaga freshman Sophia Bazzi, before pulling away to win in 21:03.
Washington State's Jaylyn Lehner was second in 21:24, while Conover was third in 21:27.
Bazzi and teammate Anika Jones went 4-5 in 21:28 and 21:32, with Central's Hulstedt sixth in 21:34, just ahead of Seattle Pacific's Anna Prussian in 21:36.
Alexa Gossett of Seattle Pacific was eighth in 21:43, while Washington State's Sabrina Colbert was ninth in 21:45, and Gonzaga's Madison Zemper-Prill rounded out the top ten in 21:49.
Central's 1-5 split was 74 seconds, while Gonzaga's was 35 seconds. Washington State ran with a 1-5 split of 79 seconds, and Seattle Pacific finished with a split of 2:44.
In the men's 8k, Gonzaga's Samy Anderson got to the front early and stayed there, winning in a time of 24:10.
Just past the 5k mark, Anderson opened up a ten-second lead over the nearest competitor and held on for a 13-second win with teammate Zander Trevino second in 24:23.
Gonzaga's Sean Janecko was fourth in 24:37, while Zach Frazier finished fifth in 24:45, and Sawyer Clarkson rounded out the Gonzaga scorers in sixth in 24:46.
Seattle Pacific's Avery Erickson finished seventh in 24:47.
Weston Breen was Central Washington's top finisher in 20th place, running 25:16.
The Zags scored a perfect 15 points, running a 1-5 split of 36 seconds.
Eastern Oregon was second with 61 points, and Central Washington was third with 99 points, as the Wildcats ran a 1-5 split of 1:33.
Seattle Pacific was sixth with 147 points, as the Falcons ran a 1-5 split of 3:20.
Gonzaga and Washington State will next race at the Pac-12 championships in Boise on October 30th, while Central Washington and Seattle Pacific compete at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference meet on November 7th.
NOTE: The sports information offices of Gonzaga and Central Washington contributed to this report.
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