Saint Martin's University - Athletics

Cross Country: Riak wins at Saint Martin's University Invitational; Saints fourth in team races

September 24, 2005

Saint Martin’s finished fourth in both the men's and women's divisions Saturday at the Saint Martin's University Cross Country Invitational meet at the SMU campus.

The Saint men finished fourth with 104 points in the seven-team field. University of Victoria easily took the team title with 20 points as its five top runners placed second through sixth individually. Seattle Pacific was second (63), and Western Oregon third (88).

SMU stand-out, John Riak (Fr., Lacey, WA) took the individual crown with a 25:49 clocking, followed by the five University of Victoria runners who were separated by just 33 seconds. Leading that contingent was Kris Swanson with a time of 26:05. In addition to Riak, two other GNAC runners placed in the Top 10 - Bul Nyoup of Western Washington finished eighth and Nic Crawford of Western Oregon placed 10th.

On the women's side, SPU's Meredith Crane won the 5,000 meter race in a time of 17:33. Janelle Probst of the host Saints was in the Top 10 with a time of 18:36.

University of Victoria women came out on top, finishing with 26 points. SPU, ranked 14th in the nation, ended up with 38 team points, just 12 in back of Victoria. Western Washington finished a distant third with 101 points and SMU finished in fourth with 114 points.

Men: Team Scores – Victoria 20, Seattle Pacific 63, Western Oregon 88, Saint Martin's 104, Western Washington 121, Highline 142, Evergreen 167. Individuals (8,000 Meters) - 1. John Riak, SMU, 25:49; 7. Carlo Lozano, SPU, 26:40; 8. Bul Nyoup, WWU, 26:50; 10. Nic Crawford, WOU, 26:59; 11. Bjorn Bostrom, SPU, 26:50; 12. Brian Cronrath, SPU, 27:00; 15. Filipe Jasso, WOU, 27:15; 16. Nic Karr, WOU, 27:18; 17. Eddie Stricker, SPU, 27:26; 18. Doug Gibson, SPU, 27:32; 20. Tris O'Bluck, SMU, 27:38.

Women: Team Scores – Victoria 26, Seattle Pacific 38, Western Washington 101, Saint Martin's 114, Western Oregon 124, Evergreen State 154, Bellevue 197. Individuals (5,000 Meters) - 1. Meredith Crane, SPU, 17:33; 4. Karin Rhode, SPU, 18:24; 10. Janelle Probst, SMU, 18:36; 11. Josie Lavin, SPU, 18:41; 16. Megan Wrightman, SPU, 19:18; 17. Rachel Peters, WOU, 19:19; 19. Becky Knox, SPU, 19:26.