Oct. 2, 2004

Results

SALEM, Ore. - Gonzaga University's men finished fifth while the women tied for eighth at the Willamette Invitational cross country meet Saturday at Bush's Pasture Park.

The Bulldog men tallied 169 points in a meet won by UC Davis with 70 points. Gonzaga's women scored 243 to tie with fellow West Coast Conference foe University of San Diego for eighth.

Ryan Anderson paced the Bulldog men over the 8K layout in 24:41.00 for 14th overall and 11th in the team scoring. Joe Miller was 17th overall, 14th for scoring purposes, in 24:45.25 and Joe Manning was 24th (19th in scoring) in 24:54.49.

More notable for the Bulldogs was their triumph over the University of Portland. The Pilot men have never lost a WCC Championship meet in 25 appearances. The Pilots had 194 points for fifth. There were 20 teams and 216 runners in the Open Division.

Paul Kezes, running for Team XO, captured individual honors in 23:58.30.

On the women's side, Jill Semenza led the Bulldogs over the 5K course in 17:55.06 to finish 28th overall and 24th for scoring purposes. Molly Follen finished 60th overall, 48th in the team results in 18:55.25.

The University of Idaho captured the women's team title with 26 points, and Lady Vandal Mary Kamau took the individual crown in 17:06.15.

The women's race featured 18 teams and 180 individuals.