FINAL RESULTS
INDEPENDENCE, Ore. – The Pacific cross country teams spent Halloween weekend racing at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet at Oak Knoll Golf Course, hosted by George Fox University.
Fog covering the course and temperatures below 40 degrees, Pacific graduate student
Ria Gill started the women's 6K race aggressively, sitting in second place for the first 2k. She stayed in the lead pack and fluctuated between 4th and 5th for the next 3k before finishing the race in sixth overall with a time of 21:51.0, awarding her Second Team All-Conference.
Freshman
Emily Davidson was the next Boxer to finish in 35th place with a new personal best time of 23:58.4. Sophomore
Emilie Robin rounded out the top three Pacific runners in 45th place with a season's best time of 24:18.5. The Pacific women finished as a team in 5th place with 169 points, ahead of Pacific Lutheran by one point. Pacific was predicted to take 6th and fought all race to edge the Lutes.
Pacific sophomore
Elias Bradbury looked strong in the men's 8K, steadily moving up through the field as the race went on. He finished in 29th, eight places higher than predicted and in a lifetime best time of 25:51.8.
Junior
Tathan Woodward had the race of a lifetime, starting in 68th through the first 1k and passing competitors left and right throughout the duration of the event to finish in 34th place. He also ran a lifetime best, finishing with a time of 25:59.1, a near 90-second improvement on his previous best. Junior
Peyton Fisher finished just behind Woodward in 35th place with a time of 26:01.1. The Pacific men finished seventh as a team with 191 points.
The NWC Championships were a great day for the Boxers overall, with 10 of 20 Pacific racers finishing with new personal best times, and five more having season highs despite the chilly temperatures.
Up Next
Pacific cross country will make its way back up to The Course in Spokane, Wash. on November 14 for the NCAA West Regional Championships.
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