SEATTLE – Seattle University men’s and women’s cross country teams returns to the state of Oregon for their final regular season race, competing in the George Oja Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Oak Knoll Golf Course in Independence, Ore.
Racing begins at 10 a.m. with the men's 8K, followed by an 11 a.m. start for the women's 6k.
On the men’s side 16 Redhawks will compete including Dan Barreto, Porter Buck, Mateo Cafaro, Jacob Crisman, Khalid Hirsi, Nathaniel Laursen, Jovanny Lieb, Casey Miller, Alexzander Osorio, Jeremy Posdon, Joshua Prince, Roman Radecki, Diego Razo-Castaneda, Preston Schmidt, Dylan Shugg and Connor Ward.
Posdon, a junior, holds the best time of the season, and all-time at Seattle U, after setting the program record of 23:41.2 on Sept. 18 at the Saint Mary’s Invitational. Six total current Redhawks entered the program's top-20 list at the Saint Mary's Invitational. In addition to Posdon, the list includes freshman Preston Schmidt (3rd, 23:52.7), sophomore Roman Radecki (4th, 24:02.8), freshman Jovanny Lieb (5th, 24:03.4), freshman Mateo Cafaro (11th, 24:31.5) and freshman Dylan Shugg (17th, 24:56.3).
For the women, 17 Redhawks will toe the start line on Saturday morning including Aavi Bass, Emma Bellomy, Cate Bishop, Sydney Brantley, Diana Camargo Solis, Annabelle Clapp, Lydia Dale, Mira Danish, Johnny Eggert, Adelaide Nelson, Gia Petrini, Kristina Shkalenkova, Sierra Swart, Rio Tabion, Lyla Taylor, Chloe Thompson and Mila Tsai. This will be the second 5k race of the season for Bishop, Brantley, Danish, Eggert, Petrini and Shkalenkova while the rest of the Redhawks have one 6k under their belts.
Camargo Solis, a senior, is the lone active Redhawk currently on the program’s all-time top-20 list as her personal best time of 18:13 set during the 2024 season ranks 19th fastest.
Following Saturday's regular-season finale, the Redhawks will prepare for the 2026 West Coast Conference Championships October 30 at Tecolote Shores in San Diego.
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