INDEPENDENCE, Ore. – Seattle University men’s and women’s cross country teams closed out their final race of the regular season on a high note, highlighted by numerous personal and season best times at the George Oja Invitational at Oak Knoll Golf Course in Independence, Ore.
On the women’s side, freshman Adelaide Nelson and junior Lydia Dale led the way, each breaking into the program’s all-time top-20 list in the 6K. Nelson was the Redhawks’ top finisher, placing 15th overall in 21:33.8. That mark bested her own PR by more than two minutes and now ranks 11th fastest all-time at Seattle U. Dale broke 22 minutes for the first time in her career, placing 26th in a time of 21:52.3, good for a tie for 19th in Seattle U’s record book.
Six additional Redhawk women recorded personal best times including freshman Aavi Bass (28th, 21:56.7), junior Annabelle Clapp (45th, 22:18.1), freshman Cate Bishop (64th, 22:29.4), junior Mila Tsai (101st, 23:08.1), freshman Sydney Brantley (116th, 23:31.2) and sophomore Chloe Thompson (138th, 23:58.5), while senior Kristina Shkalenkova tallied a season best performance (180th, 24:42.7).
The Redhawk women earned a sixth place team finish in the field of 29 competing programs.
For the men, 13 Redhawks turned in personal best times and one tallied a season best in the 8K as the squad finished fifth in the team standings among 32 total competing programs. Junior Jeremy Posdon was once again Seattle U’s top finisher, placing 21st in a personal best time of 24:19.0. Sophomore Roman Radecki placed 31st with a PR time of 24:29.9, followed by freshman Jovanny Lieb (45th, 24:45.9, PR) and senior Khalid Hirsi (47th, 24:51.3, PR).
Also earning PR times were freshman Mateo Cafaro (58th, 25:02.1), freshman Preston Schmidt (60th, 25:04.9), freshman Jacob Crisman (66th, 25:10.2, freshman Nathaniel Laursen (71st, 25:16.3), freshman Dylan Shugg (77th, 25:21.9), junior Porter Buck (116th, 25:51.6), sophomore Alexzander Osorio (134th, 26:04.5) and senior Diego Razo-Castaneda (27.18.8).
The Redhawks will now set their sights on the 2026 West Coast Conference Championship, being held at Telecote Shores in San Diego on Friday, October. 30.
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