It was a first-place sweep for the Spartans at Central Washington University鈥檚 cross country invitational, with Joanna Williams and 91原创 native Nick Colyn each winning Saturday afternoon (Sept. 14) at the Apple Ridge Run Cross Country Course.
In a field which featured top-ranked U.S. runners, including from Central Washington, Western Washington, Simon Fraser and Saint Martin鈥檚, Colyn and Williams from 91原创-based Trinity Western University beat all comers to open the 2019 cross country season.
On the women鈥檚 side, Williams finished first with a time of 14:51 over four kilometres with teammate Mikaela Smart a close second.
Shane Wiebe, TWU director and head coach of track and field and cross country called Williams 鈥�91原创enal.鈥�
鈥淪he came to me earlier in the season and said 鈥榯his is going to be a different year鈥� and she proved that today,鈥� Wiebe said.
鈥淵ou could just tell she was locked in and focused, running both hard and relaxed. Same with Mikaela as she also looked really great today. Nick is obviously our strongest runner and proved that in spades today. Right from the start straight to the finish he looked really strong and comfortable out there.鈥�
TWU assistant coach, cross country and middle distance Kathy Andrews called iot a 鈥済reat first season race.鈥�
鈥淥ur three fifth-years did amazing, coming away with two firsts and one second-place finish. Our girls really stood out today too, and are going to be a force both in Canada West and U SPORTS.鈥�
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On the men鈥檚 side, Colyn crossed the line in first with a time of 18:39 over the six-kilometre race.
SPARTAN RESULTS
MEN
1st鈥� Nick Colyn鈥� 18:39.41
30th鈥� Josh Woolgar鈥� 20:29.59
40th鈥� Levi Osterwalder鈥� 20:57.64
50th鈥� Kaelen House 鈥� 22:06.51
53rd鈥� Nathanael Fehringer鈥� 22:34.86
56th鈥� Connor Byrne 鈥� 23:28.48
WOMEN
1st鈥� Joanna Williams 鈥� 14:51.63
2nd鈥� Mikaela Smart 鈥� 15:10.44
7th鈥� Jouen Chang 鈥� 15:30.30
8th鈥� Jennifer Kits (Shannon) 鈥� 15:31.27
9th鈥� Cassidy Hutchison 鈥� 15:32.12
13th鈥� Christina Sevsek鈥� 15:37.81
26th鈥� Julie Sevsek鈥� 16:07.96
27th鈥� Natalia Wazny鈥� 16:16.30
34th鈥� Rachel Ward 鈥� 16:49.51
35th鈥� Maddie Gibson 鈥� 16:51.09
Up next, Spartans will send a group to the Vikes Invitational in Victoria Sept. 28.
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