#18/RV Gonzaga at Sasquatch Invite
FRIDAY, OCT. 25 | SPOKANE POLO CLUB | SPOKANE, WASH.
3:30 PM (W) / 4:10 PM (M)
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- No. 16 women's cross country will compete in their final meet of the 2024 regular season Friday.
- The Zag women look to win their fifth straight Sasquatch Invite title since 2018.
- Gonzaga women's runners have won the meet three times (last -
Kate Donaldson in 2023).
- The GU women are coming off a win at the Arturo Barrios Invitational and a fifth-place finish at the Inland Empire Classic last weekend, splitting squads on Oct. 18 and 19.
- In the latest USTFCCCA polls, the GU women are third in the West Region and 16th nationally.
- Men's cross country is receiving votes in the latest USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll.
- They too will conclude their 2024 regular season on Friday at the Spokane Polo Club.
- In every team appearance at this meet, the Gonzaga men have won each team title.
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Sam Geiger has won the last two Sasquatch Invite titles, setting the course record in 2022.
- The Zag men are coming off a second-place finish at the Inland Empire Classic on Saturday.
ABOUT THE COURSE
- The Spokane Polo Club grounds course is primarily grass, with some dirt and gravel. The women's 5K course is all grass with about 600- meters of hard packed gravel/dirt, and the course is 3 identical laps of a little over a mile. The men's 8K course is also primarily grass but includes 1 loop of hard packed dirt and the same hard packed gravel that the women run on.
THE LATEST POLLS
- After their win at the Arturo Barrios Invitational on Friday, the Gonzaga women moved up two spots to another program-high No. 16 in the latest USTFCCCA National Poll.
- FloTrack ranks the Gonzaga women at No. 18 in the country, according to their latest poll.
Rosina Machu is ranked sixth nationally in FloTrack's individual rankings.
- After opening the season at No. 30, the Zag men are receiving votes in the latest USTFCCCA national poll.Â
- In the West Regional poll, the Gonzaga women remain ranked at third while the men are ranked fifth, moving up one spot ahead of Portland this week.
NEXT UP
- Gonzaga will now look forward to the West Coast Conference Championships on Nov. 2 in Stockton, Calif. The Zag men are looking to defend their first-ever team title, while
Rosina Machu looks to push the GU women to their first team title since 2015 while defending her individual crown from 2023.
MACHU EARNS SECOND WCC RUNNER OF THE WEEK HONOR
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Rosina Machu was named West Coast Conferencr Runner of the Week for the second time this season on Tuesday (last - Oct. 1)
- Machu placed fourth at the Arturo Barrios Invitational on Friday, leading the Zag women to an impressive team title ahead of 20 other participating teams.
ZAG WOMEN WIN BARRIOS TITLE
- In their final tune-up of the 2024 regular season, the Gonzaga women's top runners earned a team win at the Arturo Barrios Invitational on Oct. 18 in College Station, Texas.
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Rosina Machu led the GU women with a fourth place finish, finishing in a program record time of 19:10.0.
- All five of Gonzaga's point-scorers earned a new top ten time in the program 6K record book, and all eight runners placed in the top 100 of a field of over 400 individuals.
NEW RECORD BOOK ENTRIES MADE IN TEXAS
- In their win at the Arturo Barrios Invitational on Oct. 18, five Zag women earned new program top ten times.
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Rosina Machu placed fourth and broke her previous record with a 19:10.0 finish. In addition,
Willow Collins' 19:36.5 earned the second-fastest time,
Logan Hofstee's 19:48.2 earned the fourth-fastest,
Jessica Frydenlund's 19:58.4 moved her into sixth, and
Jade Rypkema's 20:00.0 moved her into seventh.
SMITH VOTED WCC RUNNER OF THE WEEK
- Men's cross country's
Wil Smith was named the West Coast Conference Runner of the Week on Oct. 15, the first for the men.
- Smith led the Zag men to a third-place team finish at the Bill Dellinger Invitational on Oct. 11, placing ninth individually.
- His 23:15.2 finish was a ten-second improvement from his previous Bill Dellinger race (2021) on the same course.
BULLDOG MEN PLACE THIRD AT DELLINGER
- In their first appearance at the Bill Dellinger Invitational since 2021, the GU men placed third on Oct. 11 in Springfield, Ore.
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Wil Smith led the Bulldogs with a ninth-place individual finish, besting his previous time on the same course by ten seconds.
- GU defeated No. 25 Portland and finished just four points behind No. 22 Oregon in the team standings.
GRABOWSKI TABBED WCC RUNNER OF THE WEEK
- After winning her first collegiate race on Oct. 5,
Anna Grabowski was named the West Coast Conference Female Runner of the Week on Oct. 8.
- Grabowski finished the women's 6K in 21:30.0, leading the Zag women to their third meet win of the season as GU swept the podium finishes.
ZAGS SWEEP WHITMAN INVITATIONAL
- No. 18/RV cross country earned a program-wide sweep at the Whitman Invitational on Oct. 5 in Walla Walla, Wash.
- The Zag women opened the meet with a podium sweep behind
Anna Grabowski's (21:30.0) first collegiate race win.
- The Gonzaga men followed up with a win of their own behind leader
Nick Braz (24:32.5) who placed third individually.
- The meet marked Gonzaga's fourth team win of the season and fourth individual win.
MACHU EARNS WCC RUNNER OF THE WEEK
- After placing third at the Nuttycombe Invitational in 20:06.2,
Rosina Machu was named the West Coast Conference Runner of the Week on Oct. 1.
- Machu led the then No. 23 Zag women to their highest-ever finish at Nuttycombe, placing eighth as a team while knocking off four ranked teams.
- The honor marks Machu's fourth Runner of the Week of her career, earning three nods during the 2023 season.
CLIMBING IN THE POLLS
- The Gonzaga women moved up five spots in the latest USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll to No. 18, marking their highest team ranking in program history. Their previous high of No. 21 came in the Week 2 poll of 2022.
- In the West Region, the Zag women now rank third, which ties their highest-ever ranking in that poll (Week 6 of 2021).
HISTORY MADE AT NUTTYCOMBE
- No. 23 Gonzaga women's cross country earned their highest team finish at the Nuttycombe Invitational on Sept. 27.
- GU placed eighth behind
Rosina Machu, who placed third to mark the highest individual finish in program history at that meet.
- Amidst the Bulldog women's eighth place finish were wins against No. 4 Oregon, No. 13 Lipscomb, No. 16 Virginia, and No. 22 Boston College.
- On the men's side, RV Gonzaga placed 17th to mark their highest team finish at Nuttycombe since 2021.
- The Zag men defeated three nationally-ranked teams in No. 23 Iona, No. 25 Montana State, and No. 29 Tulsa.
ZAG WOMEN SECURE COUGAR CLASSIC TITLE
- The No. 25 Gonzaga women's cross country team brought an incomplete squad to the Cougar Classic on Sept. 13 and took home the team title, backed by four top-ten finishes including a second-place finish from freshman
Logan Hofstee.
- Gonzaga scored 39 points, finishing ten points ahead of Boise State (49 points).
- The win marked the Bulldogs' first since 2021, alternating first and second place finishes in 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024.
- Hofstee's second-place was the highest since
Kristen Garcia and Claire Manley won back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2021.
ANOTHER NOTABLE ZAG DEBUT
- GU women's cross country's Logan Hoftsee placed second in her collegiate debut at the Cougar Classic on Sept. 13.
- Since 2021, a Gonzaga woman has placed first or second in her team debut race on three separate occasions.
- In 2021,
Sadie Tuckwood won the Clash of the Inland Northwest in her first race. In 2023,
Jessica Frydenlund was the Clash of the Inland Northwest champion, also winning her Gonzaga debut.
ANOTHER CLASH SWEEP
- Gonzaga opened their season on Aug. 30 at the Clash of the Inland Northwest on Eastern Washington's campus.
- For the second straight season, the program swept both individual and team titles in commanding fashion.
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Jade Rypkema led the Zag women to a perfect score of 15 with her first collegiate individual win.
- The women have now won four team titles in five years, while the men have secured eight straight team titles.
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