Sept. 11, 2007

Small Squad Travels To Sundodger

THIS WEEK: The Pacific Lutheran cross country team will travel to Lincoln Park in West Seattle this Saturday to take part in the Sundodger Invitational which is hosted by the University of Washington. The women’s race starts at 9 a.m. with the men’s starting at 9:40 a.m.

WOMEN TAKE THIRD AT L&C: Freshman Corrine Gogert placed ninth overall to lead a strong PLU showing at the Lewis & Clark Invitational held last week at McIver State Park. Gogert clocked 23:51 over the six-kilometer course and two other Lutes finished in the top 13 as PLU finished in third place in the women's race. Whitman won the nine-team women's competition with 57 points, followed by Corban with 78 and PLU with 85. Finishing behind Gogert were senior Lauren McDonald, 12th in a time of 23:58, and sophomore Katie Choate, 13th in a time of 24:01. Rounding out the top five PLU women finishers were Lexie Miller, 23rd in 24:39, and Mary Wuest, 30th in 24:50.

SMALL SQUAD HURTS MEN’S TEAM: The men’s squad did not share the same success as the women’s at last weeks meet. With only six runners entered in the race the Lutes didn’t have any room for error. Senior Michael Jorgenson led the way with a time of 27:21 good for 21st place. A few spots behind him were fellow seniors Kenneth Chilcoat and Ben Johnson coming across in 27:32 and 27:34. Rounding out the top five were Mark Manske and Stephen McBeth who ran 30:46 and 30:47 respectively. The Lutes ended up sixth out of eight in the final team standings.

LUTES HEAD NORTH: The Lutes will be taking eight runners to the Sundodger Invitational this Saturday. Five women and three men will be competing in one of the largest cross country races in the Northwest. The rest of the team will run a time trial Saturday morning in Parkland.

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