Wednesday, September 4, 2013
PORTLAND, Ore. - Alaska Fairbanks and Central Washington will host collegiate cross country invitationals this week.
On Thursday, the Nanooks will host Montana State Billings and Seattle Pacific for a 6,000-meter race. The same three teams will also meet Saturday in a short-course 4,000-meter event.
On Saturday, Northwest Nazarene and Western Washington will join Central Washington in the CWU Apple Ridge Invitational in Yakima.
Two other events are on this week's schedule as Saint Martin’s competes Friday in the Portland State Viking Classic and Alaska Anchorage remains in Hawaii to compete in the Chaminade Invitational at Central Oahu Regional Park.
Last Saturday, Alaska Anchorage's Dylan Anthony (Jr., Kodiak, AK) and Susan Tanui (Sr., Eldoret, Kenya) posted individual victories to lead the Seawolves to team victories in a dual at BYU-Hawaii.
The win was the first career victory for Anthony, while Tanui’s victory was her sixth. She won five races last year including the NCAA Division II West Regional before finishing second in the national meet.
She currently ranks fifth in GNAC history in women's total victories trailing only Jessica Pixler of Seattle Pacific (18 between 2006 and 2009), Sarah Porter of Western Washington (10 between 2008 and 2010), Ruth Keino of Alaska Anchorage (9 between 2009 and 2011) and Sigrid Aas of Alaska Fairbanks (7 between 2001 and 2003).
On Friday, Isaac Lammers (So., Eagle River, AK – Chugiak) set a new course record of 22:34 in Alaska Fairbanks’ annual Ester Dome time trial. The first finisher for the Nanook women was freshman Nichole Bathe (Fr., Madison, Wisc.) in a time of 29:48.
LAST WEEK’S RECAPS
Easter Dome 5K Time Trial (Aug. 30 at Fairbanks): Men – 1. Isaac Lammers, UAF, 22:34. Women – 1. Nichole Bathe, UAF, 29:47.
Alaska Anchorage/BYU-Hawaii Dual (Aug. 31 at Laie, HI): Men – Alaska Anchorage 16, BYU-Hawaii 57. Individuals (5,000 Meters) – 1. Dylan Anthony, UAA, 15:22; 2. Isaac Kangogo, UAA, 15:29; 3. Victor Samoei, UAA, 15:44; 4. Michael Mendenhall, UAA, 16:02; 6. Andrey Ionashku, UAA, 16:14. Women – Alaska Anchorage 15, BYU-Hawaii 56. Individuals (5,000 Meters) – 1. Susan Tanui, UAA, 18:14; 2. Joyce Kipchumba, UAA, 18:41; 3. Bryn Haebe, UAA, 18:55; 4. Ivy O’Guinn, UAA, 18:57; 5. Christi Schmitz, UAA, 19:02.