MONMOUTH, Ore. – Seattle Pacific's
Maya Ewing was the top women's finisher among NCAA Division II competitors Saturday, placing fifth overall, and Isaac Venable was 39th in the men's race at the Mike Johnson Classic cross country meet at the Ash Creek Preserve.
Ewing clocked an impressive time of 20-minutes, 55.60-seconds over the 6,000-meter course. That result continued a strong start to the season for the senior standout, who notched her first ever college cross country victory on Sept. 13 at the Green River Invitational.
Cadence Kasprick, one of three unattached competitors who paced the field, won the women's race in 20:43.50. The top collegian was fourth-place Emma Stolte (20:49.87) from Division I Portland State.
SPU was in seventh-place position in the women's team standings with Chico State at the top of the table.
Venable, a senior, covered the 8,000-meter men's distance in 25:11.10. Chico State won the men's team title despite Northwest Nazarene boasting the top-three finishers. The Falcons men were seventh.
FROM THE COACH
"The women ran fast today but so did everyone else," exclaimed SPU distance coach
Eric Hansen. "We got a good feeling for what the rest of the conference is looking like and what we need to work on.
"Maya (Ewing) mixed it up with some of the top women in the west region. Anna (Prussian) is looking like herself again after a rough first meet.
"The men competed well. Our freshmen did a great job in their first 8,000-meter race. Darian (Penn) made some big moves in the last kilometer to help us win the team tiebreaker against Cal State East Bay. I'm really excited to see how these guys continue to improve."
WOMEN'S RACE NOTES
- Saturday's women's race distance was 6,000 meters, 50 percent longer than the 4,000 meters contested in the season opener.
- Ash Creek will be the site of this year's West Regionals, on Nov. 8.
- SPU's posted a seventh-place team total of 183 points, while Chico State won with 34.
- Anna Prussian was the Falcons fifth finisher in the previous meet, improving to second on the team behind Ewing on Saturday with a 33rd-place overall placing.
- Matise Mulch improved her team position by one spot, to No. 3, and was 47th overall.
- Alexa Gossett and Katelyn Flolo finished consecutively, in 76th and 77th place.
- Also bunched together were Falcons Ani Segall and Nicole Pierce, finishing No. 96 and 98.
MEN'S RACE NOTES
- The men raced 8,000 meters Saturday, an increase of 2,000 meters from SPU's season-opening meet.
- This was the Falcons first appearance at Ash Creek Reserve since the 2023 NCAA West Regional Race.
- Seattle Pacific totaled 194 points to finish seventh while men's team champion Chico State had 34.
- The finish order of SPU's top-five matched that of the season-opening meet, led by Venable in 39th place.
- Avery Erickson placed 41st, Silas Demmert 56th, Nathaniel Gale 76th and Darian Penn 83rd.
UP NEXT
The next meet for the Falcons cross country squads is the Emerald City Open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11 at Lower Woodland Park. That is their final meet of the regular season.
Mike Johnson Classic
Ash Creek Preserve / Monmouth, Ore.
Saturday, September 27, 2025
WOMEN'S 6,000-METER RESULTS
Team
1, Chico State, 47; 2, Alaska Anchorage 86; 3, Portland, 97; 4, Northwest Nazarene, 118; 5, Portland State, 134; 6, Western Oregon, 134;
7, Seattle Pacific, 183; 8, Cal State East Bay, 195; 9, Cal Poly Humboldt, 246; 10, San Diego Mesa, 278; 11, Southwestern Oregon CC, 298; 12, Bushnell, 361; 13, Clackamas CC, 370; 14, Umpqua CC, 425.
Individual
1, Cadence Kasprick, unattached, 20:43.50; 2, Iresh Molina, unattached, 20:46.80; 3, Delaney Ulrich, unattached, 20:49.81; 4, Emma Stolte, Portland State, 20:49.87;
5, Maya Ewing, Seattle Pacific, 20:55.60.
Other SPU finishers: 33,
Anna Prussian, 22:05.60; 47,
Matise Mulch, 22:37.30; 76,
Alexa Gossett, 23:27.70; 77,
Katelyn Flolo, 23:27.80; 96,
Ani Segall, 24:26.80; 98,
Nicole Pierce, 24:35.60; 118,
Lucia Templeton, 26:43.00.
MEN'S 8,000-METER RESULTS
Team
1, Chico State, 34; 2, Northwest Nazarene, 40; 3, Alaska Anchorage, 75; 4, Western Oregon, 94; 5, Cal Poly Humboldt, 177; 6, Portland State, 185;
7, Seattle Pacific, 194; 8, Cal State East Bay, 194; 9, San Diego Mesa, 205; 10, Southwestern Oregon CC, 293; 11, Bushnell, 376; 12, Clackamas, 382; 13, Mt. Hood CC, 398.
Individual
1, Brody Kemble, Northwest Nazarene, 23:40.30; 2, Grady Mylander, Northwest Nazarene, 23:40.60; 3, Ian Stockett, Northwest Nazarene, 23:54.80; 4, Sergio Cuartas, Chico State, 23:57.60; 5, Ty Elliott, Alaska Anchorage, 24:14.40; 6, Damian Garcia, Chico State, 24:15.70.
SPU finishers: 39, Isaac Venable, 25:11.10; 41, Avery Erickson, 25:14.40; 56, Silas Demmert, 25:37.00; 76, Nathaniel Gale, 26:24.20; 83, Darian Penn, 26:33.50; 102, Alex Venable, 27:17.30; 116, Mason Oleson-Borland, 27:43.70; 122, Sam Wieland, 28:05.70.
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