[Results]
FAIRBANKS, AK – The Alaska Nanooks men's and women's cross country teams made the most of opening the 2010 season on their home turf as the women proved victorious and the men placed second in a three-way dual meet with Northwest Nazarene and Seattle Pacific Thursday afternoon at the Alaska Nanook Cross Country Invitational.
Sophomore
Raphaela Sieber was the top Nanook in the women's 6 kilometer race, finishing second in 22 minutes, 52.6 seconds to SPU's Natty Plunkett (22:30.3).
The Alaska women were impressive, placing all five of their scorers among the top eight, while SPU amassed 42 points, followed by NNU in third with 63.
Joining Sieber in the top 10 for the Nanooks were junior
Theresia Schnurr, who was fourth in 23:17.5, sophomore
Heather Edic, who took sixth in 24:05.2, followed by
Jana Benedix in seventh (24:22.2), and
Aurelia Korthauer in eighth (24:31.2).
Sophomore
Tyler Kornfield paced the men's team to second place after finishing fourth on the 8K course in 27:12.6. Northwest Nazarene, led by overall winner Barak Watson (26:30.0), won with 25 points, while Alaska had 48 and Seattle Pacific finished with 51.
Newcomer
David Norris rounded out the Nanooks top-10 finishers as he finished ninth in 27 minutes and 46 seconds.
All three teams will take to the West Ridge Trails again on Saturday for a pair of 4K races. The women begin at 10 a.m. AKT, followed by the men at 10:45.
NCAA WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Alaska Nanook Cross Country Invitational
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
6 kilometers at West Ridge Ski Trails/Fairbanks, Alaska
Team scores –
1. Alaska 27; 2. Seattle Pacific 42; 3. Northwest Nazarene 63.
Individual – 1. Natty Plunkett, SPU-22:30.3;
2. Raphaela Sieber, Alaska-22:56.2; 3. Jaclyn Puga, NNU-23:08.7;
4. Theresia Schnurr, Alaska-23:17.5; 5. Allison Cutting, SPU-23:58.2;
6. Heather Edic, Alaska-24:05.2; 7. Jana Benedix, Alaska-24:22.2; 8. Aurelia Korthauer, Alaska-24:31.2; 9. Crystal Pitney, Alaska-24:32.9; 10. Robyn Zeidler, SPU-24:51.8; 11. Krysta Carrick, SPU-25:01.6;
12. Kinsey Laine, Alaska-25:05.0; 13. Meagan Swenson, NNU-25:13.7;
14. Rebecca Konieczny, Alaska-25:24.4; 15. Ashley Rendahl, NNU-25:35.9; 16. Kelsey Brown, SPU-26:15.6; 17. Heidi O`Connor-Brook, Open-26:48.4;
18. Marit Rjabov, Alaska-26:53.9; 19. Sam Hill, NNU-26:57.0;
20. Morgan Bender, Alaska-27:14.3; 21. Danielle Beesley, NNU-28:53.9;
22. Megan Thompson, Alaska-29:26.3; 23. Katelyn Bennett, Alaska-30:40.7.
NCAA MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Alaska Nanook Cross Country Invitational
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
8 kilometers at West Ridge Ski Trails/Fairbanks, Alaska
Team scores – 1. Northwest Nazarene 25;
2. Alaska 48; 3. Seattle Pacific 51.
Individual – Men 8Km
1. Barak Watson, NNU-26:30.0; 2. William Harrison, SPU-26:53.3; 3. Jesse Baggenstos, NNU-27:02.9;
4. Tyler Kornfield, Alaska-27:12.6; 5. Daniel Hamilton, SPU-27:22.6; 6. Neil Easter, NNU-27:32.7; 7. Matt Rankin, NNU-27:33.1; 8. Luke Hetrick, NNU-27:35.6;
9. David Norris, Alaska-27:46.0; 10. Ray Sabo, Open-27:57.0;
11. Lex Treinen, Alaska-28:01.8; 12. AJ Baker, SPU-28:13.1;
13. Lars Arneson, Alaska-28:18.5; 14. Erik Soderstrom, Alaska-28:28.7; 15. Cody Priest, Alaska-28:40.5; 16. Andrew Arnold, Alaska-28:47.0; 17. John Parry, Alaska-28:49.7; 18. Andrew VanNess, SPU-28:50.2; 19. Gavin Brand, SPU-28:53.5;
20. Eric Ryan, Alaska-29:13.2; 21. David Apperson, Alaska-29:14.7; 22. Tux Seims, Alaska-29:28.2; 23. Mickey Wilson, Alaska-29:50.0; 24.
Wyatt Mayo, Open-30:19.6;
25. Alex Morris, Alaska-30:40.9; 26.
Frederik Bak, Open-30:49.3;
27. Ian Wilkinson, Alaska-31:12.0; 28. Nolin Ainsworth, Alaska-31:13.9; 29. Justin Calkins, Alaska-31:14.4.
