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September 29, 2007 Salem, OR – Saints Martin’s John Riak posted the Saints’ highest finish as both the men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Charles Bowles Invitational, hosted by Willamette University on Saturday afternoon. Riak finished 5th in the men’s 5k Cardinal race with a time of 24:37.55, setting a new PR. Annie Laweryson was the highest finisher on the women’s side and posting a new freshman record coming in 41st at 18:53.15. The Saint men finished 16th out of 27 teams and the women finished 19th out of 26. SMU’s next highest finisher was Jessie Dunnam whose time of 19:08.50 put her in 55th. Helen Camden came in 103rd with a time of 19:47.95 while Kaleigh Bishop’s time of 20:42.00 landed her in 162nd. Ninalynn Benitez finished 191st at 21:16.10 while Jessica Pendon and Karissa Owen finished 213th and 221st with times of 21:45.25 and 22:02.00 respectively. On the men’s side Tris Obluck finished in 96th place running a 26:28.60. Nick Harvey posted a time of 27:28.85, a minute faster then his previous PR, to put him 161st. Steven La Londe was 167th at 27:35.45. Josh Gatbunton finished with a time of 28:55.05 to come in 210th while Kevin Tober was 255th wt 31:55.65. There were a total of 265 runners in the women’s race and 268 in the men’s. “John was running with a heavy cold was handed his first defeat of the season. John and I discussed all the possibilities of how he might feel during the race with the cold, and everything remained in check until 400m to go where the illness took its toll and John was passed by a fast finishing home team runner. Nobody can argue with John's tenacity and he still ran a PR out there against the odds,” said head coach Julie Sullivan. “Tris Obluck is also coming back to the form that saw him finish All Conference in 2003 as a freshman and Annie Laweryson continues to impress.” The Saints next competition will be the Evergreen Invite on October 6th at the Evergreen State College.
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