FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The 1-2 finish of
Matt Stark and Ryan Jaggi and Jaclyn Puga's second-place effort paced the Northwest Nazarene cross country teams as they competed in the short-course (4k) races at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
In the tri-meet format the men's race was as close as possible as Seattle Pacific finished first with 41 points, UAF was second with 42, and NNU third with 43. In the women's scoring the Crusaders finished second today as the host Nanooks were first with 32 points, NNU with 46, and Seattle Pacific with 49.
Matt Stark posted a four-second victory over teammate Ryan Jaggi in respective times of 13:00 and 13:04 to finish Gold and Silver. Benard Ngeno was third for the Crusaders in sixth place overall at 13:20. Other results for the Crusader men included
Josh Merioles (24th, 14:22),
Alex Crystal (25th, 14:24),
Justin Webb (29th, 14:55), and Caleb Reynolds (30th, 14:56).
Puga's second-place time of 15:25 was only six-seconds behind the winner from Raphaela Sieber of UAF (15:19). Jordan Powell finished sixth (16:09) and
Natalie Evans was seventh (16:10) to also post top-10 finishes. Rounding out the Crusader five were
Christine Harwood (14th, 16:41) and Chelsea Layne (21st, 18:09).
Alaska Nanook Invitational
Short Course Meet
Saturday, September 4, 2010
West Ridge Trails, UAF
Men's 4Km
Team Scores
1. SPU 41
2. UAF 42
3. NNU 43
Individual Results
1.
Matt Stark, NNU-13:00.6;
2. Ryan Jaggi, NNU-13:04.4;
3. Tyler Kornfield, Alaska-13:08.2;
4. Vahur Teppan, Open-13:09.9;
5. William Harrison, SPU-13:19.2;
6. Benard Ngeno, NNU-13:20.3;
7. David Norris, Alaska-13:31.1;
8. Daniel Hamilton, SPU-13:32.3;
9. Andrew Arnold, Alaska-13:34.4;
10. Andrew VanNess, SPU-13:37.0;
11. AJ Baker, SPU-13:38.6;
12. Ray Sabo, Open-13:43.0;
13. Evan Bradford, SPU-13:47.6;
14. John Parry, Alaska-13:51.7;
15. Lex Treinen, Alaska-13:54.7;
16. Lars Arneson, Alaska-13:57.7;
17. Mickey Wilson, Alaska-13:59.6;
18. Eric Ryan, Open-14:01.9;
19. Gavin Brand, SPU-14:03.5;
20. Erik Soderstrom, Alaska-14:04.3;
21. Cody Priest, Alaska-14:11.2;
22. Tux Seims, Alaska-14:11.6;
23. David Apperson, Alaska-14:19.6;
24.
Josh Merioles, NNU-14:22.1;
25.
Alex Crystal, NNU-14:24.2;
26. Frederik Bak, Open-14:44.0;
27. Wyatt Mayo, Open-14:47.0;
28. Nolin Ainsworth, Alaska-14:54.3;
29.
Justin Webb, NNU-14:55.7;
30. Caleb Reynolds, NNU-14:56.7;
31. Henri Soom, Open-14:58.3;
32. Alex Morris, Alaska-15:00.7;
33. Justin Calkins, Alaska-15:16.9;
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Women's 4Km
Team Scores
1. UAF 32
2. NNU 46
3. SPU 49
Individual Results
1. Raphaela Sieber, Alaska-15:19.9;
2. Jaclyn Puga, NNU-15:25.5;
3. Natty Plunkett, SPU-15:26.8;
4. Theresia Schnurr, Alaska-15:42.0;
5. Allison Cutting, SPU-15:55.7;
6. Jordan Powell, NNU-16:09.2;
7.
Natalie Evans, NNU-16:10.9;
8. Heather Edic, Alaska-16:14.1;
9. Jana Benedix, Alaska-16:17.5;
10. Crystal Pitney, Alaska-16:26.9;
11. Aurelia Korthauer, Alaska-16:31.6;
12. Robyn Zeidler, SPU-16:40.6;
13. Krysta Carrick, SPU-16:41.7;
14.
Christine Harwood, NNU-16:41.9;
15. Kinsey Laine, Alaska-16:50.5;
16. Rebecca Konieczny, Alaska-17:06.1;
17. Kelsey Brown, SPU-17:43.2;
18. Marit Rjabov, Alaska-17:53.1;
19. Heidi O`Connor-Brook, Open-17:54.5;
20. Morgan Bender, Alaska-18:07.2;
21. Chelsea Layne, NNU-18:09.7;
22. Megan Thompson, Alaska-19:54.5;
23. Katelyn Bennett, Alaska-20:25.4;
