Chilcoat, McDonald Lead Lutes at Pacific Lutheran Invitational

Meet Results

TACOMA, Wash. - The Lutes hosted the Pacific Lutheran University Invitational on Saturday on the campus golf course. There were a total of 162 runners and eight teams competing in the 30th running of the invitational.

On the women’s side, Whitworth’s Julie Lauterbach won the 6000-meter race in a course record time of 21:58.8. Lauterbach led the Whitworth Pirates to a first-place finish as a team with 53 points. Western Oregon scored 61 points to finish second and Lewis & Clark tallied 70 to round out the top three teams. Other women's team scores were Linfield with 91,St. Martin's with 115, Pacific Lutheran with 126 and Puget Sound with 176.

Junior Lauren McDonald was the first finisher for the Lutes, crossing the line in a time of 23:23.8, good for 15th place overall. Lexie Miller ran 23:30.6 to place 19th, with Michele Hegg finishing in 23:50.4 for third among the Lutes and 26th overall.

Linfield's Harrison Wilson also set a new course record with a time of 25:14.5 to win the men’s 8000-meter race. Western Oregon and Whitworth finished in a tie for first in the team competition. Ties are not broken in non-championship meets such as the PLU Invitational. Linfield placed third with 58 points, followed by St. Martin's with 118, Lewis & Clark with 133, Puget Sound with 144, Clackamas CC with 168 and Pacific Lutheran with 200.

Junior Kenneth Chilcoat led the Lutes, running 26:42.8, good for 22nd place overall. Freshman John Pedack was next, finishing 51st with a time of 27:37.

The PLU golf course will be the site of the Northwest Conference Championship scheduled to take place on October 28. The Lutes compete next at the Clackamas Invitational on October 14 in Oregon City, Oregon.

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