SPOKANE, Wash. – The Gonzaga women and men are back at the Inland Empire Championships in Lewiston, Idaho, Saturday.
 
The Inland Empire Classic's field includes Lewis-Clark State, Washington State, Idaho, Calgary, U Montana, Gonzaga, Eastern Washington, Spokane Falls CC, Eastern Oregon, Carroll College, Rocky Mountain College, Providence, Montana Western, Seattle, Seattle Pacific, College of Southern Idaho and Northwest Nazarene.
 
The races will be run at the Lewiston Orchards once again this year. This is the ninth appearance in the event for Gonzaga. The Zag men won the team titles in 2014, 2015 and 2018.
 
Last year, Stefan Bradley's fourth place overall finish at the Inland Empire Championship, led the GU men to a first-place team finish in a race that included split squads from Boise State and Washington State. The Zags had 55 points, while has WSU 68 and Boise State had 69.
 
The Zags placed four runners inside the top-14 on the Lewiston Orchards challenging 8k course. GU's top seven runners were all in the top-21 finishers of the race.
 
Bradley crossed the line with a personal record of 24:32. Cullen McEachern placed 11th with a time of 24:45. Ten of the Zag men ran personal best times for an 8k course.
 
Katherine Gustafson led the GU women to a fourth-place finish. She finished the 5K course with a time of 18:25. She placed 30th in the 155-runner field. The top-five Bulldog runners finished within a minute of each other. Claire Gillett ran 18:41 in 41st place.
 
In 2017, Claire Manley completed the 5K course at the Lewiston Orchards with a time of 17:59.3. She placed 12th in the 129-runner field.
 
This year's women's 5K starts at 10 a.m., with the men's 8K after at 10:45.