MALIBU, Calif. – For the second straight week, Gonzaga women's cross country won the team title following a dominant performance at the Waves Invite, hosted by Pepperdine. The meet showcased nine schools, five of which were WCC opponents, and 95 five individual runners and took place at Alumni Park on Pepperdine's campus.
THE RACE
Despite finishing in second place, sophomore
Rosina Machu earned one point as the top scorer for the Zags, with individual title winner Johanna Wistokat running unattached. Machu's time of 13:56.0 was nine seconds short of Wistokat's 13:47.6, and her second place finish matches a career-best dating back to the Gonzaga Duals in 2022.
GU runners flooded the finish line in spots six through nine, with freshman
Jessica Frydenlund (14:05.4), junior
Sadie Tuckwood (14:05.6), senior
Alicia Anderson (14:05.8), and freshman
Jade Rypkema (14:06.0) all crossing in succession to round out the point scoring.
Frydenlund's finish on Saturday follows a dominant first collegiate race at the Clash of the Inland Northwest last week where she took home first place, etching herself ninth all-time in the Gonzaga 4K record book (13:48.4).
Tuckwood's time on Saturday marks a new personal best in her first race of the 2023 season. Anderson, a senior from Mukilteo, followed up a personal best race in Cheney last week where she finished right behind Frydenlund with another top 10 finish on Saturday.
In her first collegiate race, Rypkema finished ninth to put Gonzaga's team total at 23 points. No GU runner finished lower than 18th on Saturday, with
Brittney Hansen (17th, 14:20.7) and
Alexi Fogo (18th, 14:21.0) each cracking the Top 20 in a race of 95 individual runners. The Zags finished ahead of WCC foe Saint Mary's (68), UC San Diego (101) and USC (101).
UP NEXT
The Gonzaga women meet back up with the men's squad as they both take the short trip to Colfax, Wash. on Friday, Sept. 15 for the Cougar Classic. Hosted by Washington State, the men's race is set to kick off at 4 p.m. with the women's race following at 4:45 p.m.
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