Press Release
9/1 - WHITMAN INVITATIONAL: Bruin Men Third, Women Fourth in Whitman Warmup Races
Whitman Invitational Results (M)
Whitman Invitational Results (W)
WALLA WALLA, Wash. - In a pair of races that were planned to be shorter than usual because of their earliness in the cross country season, the George Fox University men finished third and the Bruin women were fourth in the Whitman College Invitational Saturday morning here at Ft. Walla Walla Park.
The Bruin men earned 74 points in the 6K race (most college races are 8K), trailing winner Lewis-Clark State College with 22 points and Whitworth University with 49. Behind the top three were Whitman with 93, Clackamas College with 130, and the University of Great Falls, which had no team score.
Paul Rapet posted the best time for the Bruins with a 20:20.83, placing 8th overall and 8th for team scoring. Other Bruins who scored were Jordan Ware in 20:28.31 (11th/11th), Grant Finney in 20:31.88 (13th/13th), Cam Eberhart in 20:33.25 (16th/16th), and Bradley Higgins in 21:17.97 (28th/26th).
The individual winner was Calin Hantau of Lewis-Clark State in 19:29.92, well ahead of runner-up Nick Gallagher of Whitworth in 19:46.65.
In the women's 4K race (as opposed to the usual 6K), Lewis-Clark State again took the top spot with 27 points, followed by Whitman with 46, Whitworth with 66, George Fox with 91, and Clackamas and Great Falls had no team scores.
Rachel Giffey-Brohaugh placed fifth overall and fourth for team scoring for George Fox with the second-best time of any Northwest Conference athlete in the race at 15:48.57. Also scoring for the Bruins were Anna McLain in 16:21.06 (14th/12th), Sarah Curry in 17:10.75 (35th/24th), Nicole Fleming in 17:32.92 (39th/25th), and Bethany Adams in 18:24.16 (48th/26th).
Jenny Jensen of Lewis-Clark State took top honors with a mark of 15:27.86, edging teammate Kyli Astle who ran a 15:29.72.
The Bruins will be off next weekend before returning to action in the Sundodger Invitational, hosted by the University of Washington at Lincoln Park in Seattle, on Saturday, Sept. 15. The women's open 6K will be run at 9 a.m., followed by the men's open 8K at 9:40 a.m. Invitationals for Division I programs will follow later in the morning.