Carrick Leads SPU Women to 3rd at Emerald City
Falcon Freshman Sets the Pace for Falcon Pack at Lower Woodland Park
Krysta Carrick was at the front for the Seattle Pacific women on Saturday.
10/3/2009 10:46:42 PM
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SEATTLE -- Freshman Krysta Carrick covered the 6-kilometer course at Lower Woodland Park in 25 minutes, 56 seconds on Saturday morning, finishing 18th overall and leading Seattle Pacific to a third-place finish in the Emerald City Invitational.
The Falcons, competing with their younger runners while the veterans had a day off following last week’s Stanford Invitational, totaled 85 points. The University of Washington, also competing with some of its non-varsity athletes, won with a perfect score of 15, and Seattle University was second with 47.
Carrick (Tokyo, Japan) was well in front of the SPU pack on Saturday. Freshman Laura Moser (Sequim, Wash./Sequim HS.) was second across the line for the Falcons, taking 23rd overall in 26:47. Then it was a group of three SPU runners right in a row: Freshman Lauren Wood (Parker, Colo.) 26th in 27:01; sophomore Kayla Wilkins (Vancouver, Wash./Evergreen HS) 27th in 27:18; and sophomore Margaret Hanscom (Lake Oswego, Ore.) 28th in 27:32.
Most of those same Falcons will return to action next Saturday in Bellingham at the Western Washington Invitational. The meet in Lake Padden Park begins at 10:30 a.m.
NCAA Women's Cross Country
Emerald City Invitational
Saturday, October 3, 2009
6K at Lower Woodland Park/Seattle, Wash.
Team scores -- 1, Washington 15; 2, Seattle University 47; 3, Seattle Pacific 85; 4, Eastside Runenrs 97; no other complete teams.
Winner -- Mo Huber (UW) 23:03.
SPU placers -- 18, Krysta Carrick 25:56; 23, Laura Moser 26:47; 26, Lauren Wood 27:01; 27, Kayla Wikins 27:18; 28, Margaret Hanscom 27:32; 31, Kassandra Boulton 28:23; 32, Madel Torres 29:32.