ELLENSBURG, Wash. – The Central Washington University Cross Country Teams opened their season hosting the CWU XC Opener on the campus of CWU late Saturday morning. Both teams finished first in the meet with both
Weston Breen and
Maddy Harrison reclaiming their titles from a season ago. The men's team took first place in the meet with 22 total points while the women's team added a first-place finish with a total of 15 points.
RACE RESULTS:
The Wildcats saw the top four runners on the men's side, led by Breen who finished with a time of 16:36.46. Behind Breen was newcomer
Cristian Rosca who had a time of 16:57.34,
Charles Naught with a time of 16:58.45, and another newcomer to the team in
Sylas Allen who had a time of 17:01.17. Ryan Koenninger from Saint Martin's rounded out the top five with a time of 17:04.22.
Sam Wagner rounded out the 'Cats top five with a 12th-place finish with a time of 18:03.73.
All the top five finishers on the women's side donned the crimson and black. Harrison led the way with a time of 18:51.93 followed by
Payton Conover with a time of 19:15.12.
Dawn Hulstedt finished in third right behind Conover with a time of 19:15.91 with
Hannah Pidduck and
Lillian Neff rounding out the top five in fourth and fifth with times of 19:28.77 and 19:38.55, respectfully. Kekaimalino Halpern of Saint Martin's placed sixth with a time of 20:00.50 but was followed by three more 'Cats led by katie Manly in seventh with a time of 20:05.59.
Paige Huntsinger followed Manly in eighth with a time of 20:09.42 followed by
Grace Grossman in ninth with a time of 20:14.45. CWU saw five other finishers:
Julie Johnson in 11th with a time of 20:40.55,
Teagan Pentz in 12th with a time of 20:53.53,
Audrey Lucas in 13th with a time of 21:11.62,
Heidi Gill in 15th with a time of 21:55.42, and
Violet Gowdy in 16th with a time of 22:14.58.
View the full results
HERE
UP NEXT:
The Wildcats will head east to run at the WSU Cougar Classic. The 'Cats will take over the Colfax Golf Club in Colfax, Wash. on Friday, September 11 at 5:30 p.m. with the women's race with the men's race to follow at 6 p.m.
