Men's Cross Country sweep inaugural Tyson Invite

Friday, October 23

Spokane, WA

W-3 p.m./M-3:45 p.m.

Gonzaga University

Tyson Invitational

Results- Women Results- Men

10/23/2026 10:42:00 PM | Cross Country

SPOKANE, Wash.- Gonzaga men's cross country swept the scoring while winning the Tyson Invite with just 16 points on Friday, as the women's team took a second place overall finish.

Sophia Bazzi led the women's team with a strong 6k time of 21:27.3 for a fourth place finish. Anika Jones joined her at the finish with a fifth place finish in 21:31.6. Madi Zemper-Prill and Camille Broadbent each broke the 22 minute barrier mark with respective times of 21:48.3 and 21:54.4. Nina Yeats rounded out the scoring section with a 22:02.5 time in her return to the course for her first meet this season.

The men's team was led by an individual win for Samy Anderson, who ran a season best time of 24:09.1 in the 8k. Zander Trevino and Sean Janecko each ran personal best times, with Trevino's 24:22.6 and Janekco's 24:37.0 earning a second and fourth place finish. Zach Frazier ran a time of 24:44.5, while Sawyer Clarkson closed the sweep with a time of 24:45.5 to help the Zags dominate in the inaugural running of the Tyson Invite, named for retiring legendary coach Pat Tyson.

When speaking on his feelings on seeing a meet named for him, Coach Tyson highlighted that he was "just so grateful for all the teams that came over to join us and run in this meet with us today on a beautiful course. " He said he was "truly very appreciative of all of the tremendous teams that were hear today, all of which have great runners and fantastic coaches."

Cross Country will return to the course in exactly a week when they travel to Boise to take on the Pac-12 Cross Country Championship for the first time in program history.