RUNNING DOWN TO OREGON
The Loggers split up last weekend, with seven of the top women's runners heading to the Pre-National Meet at St. Olaf College in Minnesota while the rest of the runners stayed in Tacoma to compete in the PLU Invitational. This week, UPS will head down to Oregon to run in the Lewis & Clark Invitational.
The Loggers Last Weekend
Senior Brittany Hodgson (Grants Pass, Ore.) placed second at the Pre-National Cross Country Meet in Northfield, Minn. and Francis Reynolds (Palo Alto, Calif.) placed third at the Pacific Lutheran Invitational in Parkland, Wash. as the Loggers raced well in two seperate meets.
The top eight Logger women's runners traveled to St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. to run in the Pre-National Meet on the same course as November's NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship. Hodgson finished the six kilometer course in 23:16.1. Emma Kelsey (Bayside, Calif./Arcata) was the second Logger across the finish line, finishing 23rd with a time of 25:32.2 and Ali Garel (Greenwood Village, Colo./Cherry Creek) finished 29th in a time of 26:03.8. As a team, the Loggers finished sixth.
In Parkland, Reynolds led the Logger men, finishing the eight kilometer course in a time of 25:23.35. Trevor Hanlin (Grants Pass, Ore.) was second for the Loggers, finished 11th with a time of 26:01.08. Zach Stoddard (Los Osos, Calif./Morro Bay) finished third for UPS, crossing the finish line 13th with a time of 26:06.23. As a team, the Logger men finished third behind Western Oregon and Whitworth.
The healthy women runners that didn't head to Minnesota also raced in Parkland, finishing sixth as a team.
In The Rankings
The Logger women's cross-country team is ranked 28th 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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