SPOKANE, Wash. – The Pacific cross country team traveled to Spokane on Saturday to race at The Course, a specialized sporting venue designed for cross country racing, and got a chance to preview the West Regional course in the process.

The Pacific women started out the day with their first 6K race of the season. Graduate student Ria Gill was once again the first Boxer across the line, finishing in 37th place in a time of 22 minutes, 41.3 seconds. Freshman Emily Davidson was the next one in, finishing her first ever 6k race in a time of 24:11.6, less than 45 seconds from the top 25 list. Sophomore Emilie Robin rounded out the top three, finishing with a time of 25:19.4. 

The Pacific women finished in 12th as a team out of 17 scores teams. With all but one Northwest Conference team in attendance, the women's team finished fourth out of NWC competitors.

Following the women's race, the men took on their first 8K race of the year. The performance of the day was run by junior Jacob Tilden, who improved his lifetime personal best by 10 seconds and landed himself 23rd on the All-Time Top 25 list with his time of 25:57.1. Junior Peyton Fisher was close behind finishing in a time of 26:01.3. Sophomore Elias Bradbury also ran a personal best and finished in a time of 26:35.6.

Pacific men finished 15th as a team out of 18 teams, and were 6th out of the 8 NWC teams in attendance

Up Next

Pacific XC will next head to Independence, Ore. on October 17th to race at the George Oja Invitational hosted by Linfield.

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