SALEM, OR-- The Redhawks soared on Saturday, October 14th at the George Oja Invitational, with the women's team taking first place and notable individual performances from Azalea Groleau and Yonas Sauers.
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The women's team earned a first place victory in the 6k out of eighteen teams, with a total score of 46 points. Sophomore Azalea Groleau gave an incredible performance, setting a new school record for the women's 6k with her time of 20:56.3. Groleau finished in second place, and improved her personal best time by about 17 seconds. Senior Emily Harris was the next Seattle U member to cross the finish line, finishing in ninth place with a score of 21:26.9, closely followed by junior Lilianne Hargreaves who finished eleventh place with a time of 21:33.3. With their times today, Harris and Hargeaves earned themselves seventh and eighth place records in school history, respectively. Rowan Cuadrado and Diana Camargo Solis also earned new personal bests with their times of 22:14.7 and 22:40.3 respectively. The women's team pulled out the victory just ahead of the University of Portland, who finished with a total of 47 points.
The men's team finished with 249 points in the 8k, earning them a seventh place spot out of twenty four teams. Junior eligible transfer Yonas Sauers had an extraordinary performance, finishing in first place with a time of 24:03.7 and beating out all 262 other participants in the meet. Khalid Hirsi, Parker Wagnild, and Diego Razo-Castaneda all showed great improvement by setting new personal best times at the meet. Hirsi with a time of 25:19.9, Wagnild with a time of 26:17.4, Loeffelman with a time of 27:06.7, and Razo-Castenada with a time of 28:00.4.
"A really promising day" says head coach Kelly Sullivan, "Due to illness and such we only raced five women and they were still able to win the meet. Azalea broke our 6k school record and continues to make incredible steps in her running, placing second overall in a deep field. The other four also ran personal bests with Emily moving to seventh place all time and Lilianne Hargreaves moving to eighth place all time. Rowan and freshman Diana also had solid races to secure the win. Yonas won the men's race in thrilling fashion edging out university of Portland top finisher, and he's really putting together a great season. Four other guys ran personal bests and we are proud of how they are improving each week. We will be adding two more guys to the roster in two weeks for the WAC" he continues.
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WOMEN'S 6K RESULTS:
Azalea Groleau: 20:56.3
Emily Harris: 21:26.9
Lilianne Hargreaves: 21:33.3
Rowan Cuadrado: 22:14.1
Diana Camargo Solis: 22:40.3
MEN'S 8K RESULTS:
Yonas Sauers: 24:03.7
Khalid Hirsi: 25:19.9
Lance Mason: 26:05.7
Parker Wagnild: 26:17.4
Zack Sundt: 26:29.3
Alex Jensen: 27:05
Aidan Loeffelman: 27:06.7
Dan Barreto: 27:21.7
Diego Razo-Castaneda: 28:00.4
See the full results here
The women's team earned a first place victory in the 6k out of eighteen teams, with a total score of 46 points. Sophomore Azalea Groleau gave an incredible performance, setting a new school record for the women's 6k with her time of 20:56.3. Groleau finished in second place, and improved her personal best time by about 17 seconds. Senior Emily Harris was the next Seattle U member to cross the finish line, finishing in ninth place with a score of 21:26.9, closely followed by junior Lilianne Hargreaves who finished eleventh place with a time of 21:33.3. With their times today, Harris and Hargeaves earned themselves seventh and eighth place records in school history, respectively. Rowan Cuadrado and Diana Camargo Solis also earned new personal bests with their times of 22:14.7 and 22:40.3 respectively. The women's team pulled out the victory just ahead of the University of Portland, who finished with a total of 47 points.
The men's team finished with 249 points in the 8k, earning them a seventh place spot out of twenty four teams. Junior eligible transfer Yonas Sauers had an extraordinary performance, finishing in first place with a time of 24:03.7 and beating out all 262 other participants in the meet. Khalid Hirsi, Parker Wagnild, and Diego Razo-Castaneda all showed great improvement by setting new personal best times at the meet. Hirsi with a time of 25:19.9, Wagnild with a time of 26:17.4, Loeffelman with a time of 27:06.7, and Razo-Castenada with a time of 28:00.4.
"A really promising day" says head coach Kelly Sullivan, "Due to illness and such we only raced five women and they were still able to win the meet. Azalea broke our 6k school record and continues to make incredible steps in her running, placing second overall in a deep field. The other four also ran personal bests with Emily moving to seventh place all time and Lilianne Hargreaves moving to eighth place all time. Rowan and freshman Diana also had solid races to secure the win. Yonas won the men's race in thrilling fashion edging out university of Portland top finisher, and he's really putting together a great season. Four other guys ran personal bests and we are proud of how they are improving each week. We will be adding two more guys to the roster in two weeks for the WAC" he continues.
Stay connected with Seattle U cross country and get all the latest team updates by downloading the GoSeattleU mobile app available now for free in the App Store or Google Play.
WOMEN'S 6K RESULTS:
Azalea Groleau: 20:56.3
Emily Harris: 21:26.9
Lilianne Hargreaves: 21:33.3
Rowan Cuadrado: 22:14.1
Diana Camargo Solis: 22:40.3
MEN'S 8K RESULTS:
Yonas Sauers: 24:03.7
Khalid Hirsi: 25:19.9
Lance Mason: 26:05.7
Parker Wagnild: 26:17.4
Zack Sundt: 26:29.3
Alex Jensen: 27:05
Aidan Loeffelman: 27:06.7
Dan Barreto: 27:21.7
Diego Razo-Castaneda: 28:00.4