Huskies sweep SeattleU in season opener at Magnuson Park...

SEATTLE--In what was essentially a glorified tempo run over the trails of Warren G. Magnuson Park, the University of Washington opened the 2013 cross country season by sweeping cross-town rival Seattle University in the annual UW/SeattleU Open Meet, with the men winning 17-40 over a 7200 meter course (4.47 miles), and the #5 ranked women taking care of business 25-31 over 4800 meters (2.98 miles).

In the opening women's race, a wall of nine runners led from start to finish, with the Huskies' Eleanor Fulton (#2032/photo by Paul Merca), a former world junior championships competitor in 2010 in the steeplechase getting credit for the win in 17:07.

SeattleU's WAC steeple champ Hannah Mittelstaedt was second in 17:08, with unattached runners Maddie Meyers, Katie Flood, Amy-Eloise Neale, Katie Knight, and Liberty Miller getting places 3-7 in the same time.  

Unattached runner Kaylee Flanagan was eighth in 17:09, followed by the Huskies' 800 meter specialist Baylee Mires in the same time, and Haley Suarez tenth in 17:14.

The men's race followed the same script, with unattached runners Aaron Nelson, Johnathan Stevens, and Sumner Goodwin going 1-2-3 in 22:18.

Tyler King was the first scoring Husky across the line in 22:18, followed by unattached runners Andrew Gardner and Izaic Yorks in 22:19 and 22:30.

Meron Simon and Tim Cummings of the Huskies were seventh & eighth in 22:30, and unattached runners Jacob Smith (22:33) and AJ Yarnall (22:42) ninth and tenth.

Nathan McLaughlin was the Redhawks' top scorer in eleventh at 22:45.

Washington, which assembled as a team earlier this week, heads off to its annual pre-season camp.  


Both teams will see each other on September 14th at the Sundodger Invitational at Lincoln Park, along with Washington State, Idaho, Gonzaga, Eastern Washington, and Oregon State.

Event 1  Women 4800 Meter Run CC
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points          
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  1 Fulton, Eleanor              University of Wa      17:06.11    1             
  2 Mittelstaedt, Hannah         Seattle University    17:07.35    2             
  3 Meyers, Maddie               Unattached            17:07.52                  
  4 Flood, Katie                 Unattached            17:07.56                  
  5 Neale, Amy-Eloise            Unattached            17:07.70                  
  6 Knight, Katie                Unattached            17:07.75                  
  7 Miller, Liberty              Unattached            17:07.90                  
  8 Flanagan, Kaylee             Unattached            17:08.04                  
  9 Mires, Baylee                University of Wa      17:08.14    3             
 10 Suarez, Haley                Unattached            17:13.24                  
 11 Curatilo, Sophie             Seattle University    17:20.09    4             
 12 Hammerle, Lauren             Seattle University    17:29.97    5             
 13 Huschka, Breanna             University of Wa      17:38.61    6             
 14 Morgan, Megan                University of Wa      17:38.63    7             
 15 Johnson, Erin                University of Wa      17:38.66    8             
 16 Davis, Madison               Seattle University    17:45.07    9             
 17 Smith, Cassandra             University of Wa      17:45.85   10             
 18 Smith, Elena                 Seattle University    18:02.05   11             
 19 Laveaga, Taylor              Seattle University    18:05.52   12             
 20 Rice, Lila                   Seattle University    18:05.90   13             
 21 Arigo, Meghan                Seattle University    18:07.60   14             
 22 O'Connor Lenth, Moira        Seattle University    18:18.84   15             
 23 Hedberg, Emily               Seattle University    18:33.17   16             
 24 Lassere, Rebecca             Seattle University    18:40.21                  
 25 Stolle, Jennifer             Seattle University    19:03.68                  
 26 Tolentino, Amy               Seattle University    19:21.91                  
 27 Kruell, Haley                Seattle University    19:25.75                  
 28 Frederick, Lindsay           Seattle University    19:37.67                  
 29 Clawson, Amy                 Seattle University    19:45.20                  
                                                                                 
                                   Team Scores                                   
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Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
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   1 University of Washington     25    1    3    6    7    8   10               
      Total Time:  1:27:10.15                                                    
         Average:    17:26.03                                                    
   2 Seattle University           31    2    4    5    9   11   12   13   14   15
      Total Time:  1:27:44.53                                                    
         Average:    17:32.91             

Event 2  Men 7200 Meter Run CC
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points          
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  1 Nelson, Aaron                Unattached            22:17.88                  
  2 Johnathan, Stevens           Unattached            22:17.90                  
  3 Goodwin, Sumner              Unattached            22:17.95                  
  4 King, Tyler                  University of Wa      22:18.00    1             
  5 Gardner, Andrew              Unattached            22:18.11                  
  6 Yorks, Izaic                 Unattached            22:29.12                  
  7 Simon, Meron                 University of Wa      22:29.57    2             
  8 Cummings, Tim                University of Wa      22:29.65    3             
  9 Smith, Jacob                 Unattached            22:32.48                  
 10 Yarnall, AJ                  Unattached            22:41.04                  
 11 McLaughlin, Nathan           Seattle University    22:44.93    4             
 12 Overbay, Collin              Unattached            22:45.47                  
 13 Nelson, Blake                University of Wa      22:46.45    5             
 14 Coughlin, Jamie              Unattached            22:48.21                  
 15 Keith, Williams              Unattached            22:52.60                  
 16 Riordan, Ruben               Unattached            22:58.72                  
 17 Beattie, Aaron               University of Wa      22:58.97    6             
 18 Baklund, Jeff                Seattle University    23:08.89    7             
 19 Herrera, Caleb               Seattle University    23:15.70    8             
 20 Gilbert, Colby               Unattached            23:18.48                  
 21 Harris, Nick                 University of Wa      23:18.52    9             
 22 Flannery, Tyler              Seattle University    24:11.77   10             
 23 Dennison, Ryan               Seattle University    24:21.12   11             
 24 Hille, Miles                 Seattle University    24:22.63   12             
 25 Hayes, Connor                Seattle University    24:33.00   13             
 26 VanNuland, Peter             Seattle University    24:50.51   14             
                                                                                 
                                   Team Scores                                   
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Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
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   1 University of Washington     17    1    2    3    5    6    9               
      Total Time:  1:53:02.64                                                    
         Average:    22:36.53                                                    
   2 Seattle University           40    4    7    8   10   11   12   13   14     
      Total Time:  1:57:42.41                                                    
         Average:    23:32.49                                                                                           

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