MONMOUTH, Ore. - The Seattle Pacific University cross country teams competed at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday morning, when
Anna Prussian led the women by finishing in ninth place while
Avery Erickson led the SPU men with a 20th-place finish.
FROM THE COACH
"Tough day on both sides," assistant coach Eric Hanson said. "Not the result we were looking for. I think it was a good learning experience for all of our freshmen.
Jaylynn Erickson raced of the season today. We knew that breakthrough was coming. Anna replicated her 9th-place finish from last year in a much more competitive field."
TOP FINISHERS
- The SPU women's team finished in fifth place at the GNAC Championships with 140 points.
- Western Washington earned the team title with 44 points, Central Washington scored 51 points to take second place, and Western Oregon's 96 points were enough for a third-place finish.
- Prussian crossed the line first for the Falcons, as her time of 21:08.4 earned a top-10 finish of ninth place.
- Esther Paulson and Jaylynn Erickson had great showings in their first GNAC Championships for the Falcons, finishing 21st and 23rd, respectively.
- Paulson clocked a 21:45.8, while J. Erickson had a time of 21:55.0.
- Jocelyn Schnurbusch (44th) and Nicole Pierce (58th) also scored points toward the Falcons' team effort.
- The SPU men collected 236 points, putting them in eighth place for the meet.
- Western Washington won the team title with 25 points, while Western Oregon's 66 points earned second place, with Alaska Anchorage scoring 75 points to take third.
- A. Erickson led the men with a 20th-place finish, turning in a time of 24:39.3.
- Daniel Ojeda brought home a 47th-place finish for the Falcons with a time of 25:47.3.
- Alex Ramos Yin (67th), Mason Oleson-Borland (72nd), and Silas Demmert (74th) rounded out the scoring for the SPU men.
BEYOND THE RESULTS
- Prussian earned GNAC All-Conference honors with her top-10 finish during Saturday's GNAC Championships.
UP NEXT
The Falcons look forward to the NCAA West Regionals in Sacramento, Calif. On Nov. 21 at 10:00 a.m. on the Arcade Creek XC Course.
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