Ellensburg, Wash. – CWU Cross country travels to the west side of the state to participate in the PLU Invitational following a strong last outing at the WSU Cougar Classic. This is the fifth time in the last six years that the Wildcats have traveled to PLU for the event.
QUOTING CWU ASSISTANT CROSS COUNTRY COACH MATT LAYTEN:
"Excited about the PLU Invite this weekend! We're going to take a a small women's team to this meet. We have quite a few newcomers making their debut at 6K this weekend. I think we're set up to have a great day especially with the great last few weeks of training we've had, so I'm excited to see what they can do."
Meet Info:
When: 11:30 a.m., Saturday, September 19
Where: PLU Meadows (Tacoma, Wash.)
Last Week:
Wildcats participated in the WSU Cougar Classic last week finishing second place in the women's rankings and third in the men's. They had tough opponents to go against with the hosting WSU Cougars as well as the University of Montana. Despite the tough competition
Weston Breen and
Maddy Harrison were able to put together good times to lead their teams with impressive finishes.
Harrison, with an impressive outing, leads the women's team with a sixth-place finish at a time of 17:23.4.
Payton Conover was the next 'Cat to cross the line in 11th place with a time of 17:53.0 with
Hannah Pidduck shortly following her in 12th place running a 18:08.6. Next up was Lillian Heff as she finished 16th and ran a time of 18:20.9. The hosting Washington State Cougars came out on top as they finished with only 15 points compared to CWU's 52 and University of Montana's 77.
Breen found himself with the best time on the men's squad finishing 13th running a time of 25:26.8. The second Wildcat to cross the finish line was
Charlie Naught in 19th at 26:25.5 followed by
Cristian Rosca in 22nd and
Sylas Allen in 23rd running a 26:56.7 and a 27:26.5.
Sam Wagner rounded it out for the 'Cats with 25th place finishing with a time of 27:34.4 putting the men's team in 3rd with 82 points trailing second place Montana's 44 and the Cougars 17.
Next Week:
The Wildcats will travel West once again except this time they will be taking on their big-time rivals in Western Washington University to take part in the Bill Roe Classic. This is an event CWU has taken part in frequently as they look to top their rivals at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 19.
