NO REST THIS WEEK
The Loggers participated in their second race of the season last week, traveling to Oregon to participate in the Willamette Invitational and showing strong finishes on both the men's and women's sides. This week, the top eight women runners well head to Minnesota to run at St. Olaf's on the same course that will be used for the NCAA Division III Championships in November. The remaining runners will head to Parkland to run in the PLU Invitational.
Willamette Invitational
Led by a third-place finish by senior Brittany Hodgson (Grants Pass, Ore.) and an 11th place finish by sophomore Emily Timmer (Tacoma, Wash./Tacoma Baptist), the Puget Sound women's cross country team finished in eighth place at the competitive Willamette Invitational in Salem, Ore. The Logger men finished 13th in the the 27-team field.
Hodgson finished the 5K race with a time of 17:37.15 to finish third behind Willamette's Sarah Zerzan and Elizabeth Chepkosgei from Alaska Anchorage. Timmer nearly broke into the top ten, finishing with a time of 18:02.60. Unfortunately for the Loggers, their third runner didn't cross the line until the 19:20.55 mark when Liana Roberts (Kirkland, Wash./Lake Washington) finished 66th in the 265 runner field.
On the men's side, Francis Reynolds (Palo Alto, Calif.) led the way, finished 35th with a time of 25:29.25 on the 8k course. Trevor Hanlin (Grants Pass, Ore.) was second for the Loggers, finishing 46th with a time of 25:42.30. The race was won by Chris Erichsen of St. John's (Minn.) with a time of 24:10.65.
Individual Results (Women)
3. 17:37.15 Brittany Hodgson
11. 18:02.60 Emily Timmer
66. 19:20.55 Liana Roberts
77. 19:33.45 Ali Garel
92. 19:41.41 Emma Kelsey
124. 20:04.75 Tamika Smith
128. 20:09.30 Lael Wilcox
133. 20:11.55 Lauren Mouat
208. 21:38.55 Mei-Lani Bixby
214. 21:49.05 Mary Wolfe
230. 22:30.00 Anna Danila
232. 22:33.30 Taya Kohen
242. 23:15.35 Katie Stock
253. 24:10.65 Rose Thompson
257. 25:34.70 Carolyn Oldewage
260. 26:47.30 Abby Phillips
Individual Results (Men)
35. 25:29.25 Francis Reynolds
46. 25:42.30 Trevor Hanlin
112. 26:43.45 Andrew Bonica
119. 26:49.10 Zachary Stoddard
121. 26:50.05 Cam Nakano
137. 27:05.25 Graham Klag
152. 27:22.65 Jesse Baldridge
153. 27:22.75 Cameron Butler
239. 30:31.35 Conor Harkins
247. 31:19.70 Jeffrey Uslan
In The Rankings
The Logger women's cross-country team is ranked 22nd in the latest national poll. In the West Region poll, the Logger women are ranked second behind Willamette. On the men's side, the Loggers are ranked seventh in the West Region.
The Coach
Mike Orechia leads the Logger cross country program for the 11th season. A 1978 graduate of Springfield College, Orechia also holds a Masters from San Francisco State and has made coaching stops at San Francisco State, Danvers High School and University of Chicago.
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