Flora Leads Boxer Harriers With Breakout Race At L&C Invite
Men's Results |
Women's Results
CARVER, Ore. –
Dan Flora (Jr., North Bend, Ore.) ran the best race of his collegiate career Saturday, breaking out with a sub-27 minute performance to lead a pair of strong Pacific team performances at the Lewis & Clark Cross Country Invitational, held at Milo McIver State Park.
Flora rolled to a 12th place finish, covering the men's 8,000-meter course in 26:48. The performance moves the North Bend High School graduate into the No. 23 spot on Pacific's all-time best list at the distance. In all, the Pacific men placed four in the top-20 to finish third out of six teams in the meet with 75 points.
The Pacific women finished in fifth place out of five teams competing with a total of 123 points, but saw four of their runners move up their spots on the Pacific all-time best list at 6,000 meters. Pacific was a bit limited on the women's side with only five athletes able to participate in quality workouts during the week.
“It was a good day for us,” said Pacific Head Coach Tim Boyce. “To have four of our women run lifetime bests for 6,000 meters and Dan's breakthrough race made for a solid outing.”
Joe Deardorff (Jr., Independence, Ore.) placed 17th for the Boxers in the men's race, running 27:16. Teammate
Jerry Sanchez (Jr., Mecca, Calif.) was one place behind in 18th place with a time of 27:17.
John Gillem (Sr., Prineville, Ore.) placed 24th with a time of 27:32 while
John Cushman (Sr., Lakewood, Wash.) rounded out Pacific's scoring five with a time of 27:58.
Rachel Schreiber (Fr., Longmont, Colo.) led the way for the Pacific women, covering the 6,000-meter distance in a time of 24:22. The effort moved the freshman into No. 13 on the Pacific all-time list at the distance.
Jilinda Franklin (Jr., Fort Jones, Calif.) finished in 22nd with a time of 24:30. That allowed Franklin to move up to No. 14 on the all-time list.
Ally Shackelford (So., Portland, Ore.) placed 27th with a time of 24:47, which moved her into No. 16 on the all-time list.
Caitlyn Reilley (Fr., Reedsport, Ore.) finished 34th in the race, moving into the No. 22 on the all-time list with her time of 25:16.
Kiersten Iwai (So., San Diego, Calif.) rounded out Pacific's scoring five, placing 41st in a time of 26:04.
Concordia (Ore.) finished three points off of a perfect score to take men's team honors with 18 points. Cordero Cisneros, running unattached, was the individual champion with a time of 25:11. Linfield finished second with a score of 45 points. Host Lewis & Clark won the women's team competition with a score of 24 points. Concordia's Gina Paletta took individual honors with a time of 21:51.
Pacific will take the next weekend off from competition. The Boxers return to action on Sat., Sept. 24, when they compete in the Linfield Preview at Willamette Mission State Park in Brooks.
