Phillips Leads PLU Men to Sixth Place

Men's Results
Women's Results

ESTACADA, Ore. - Junior John Phillips placed 22nd overall to lead the Pacific Lutheran men to a sixth-place finish out of 12 teams at the Lewis & Clark Invitational cross country meet held Saturday at McIver State Park.

Phillips finished the 8000-meter course in a time of 26:55.1 and the Lutes scored 175 points as a team. Western Oregon won with 51 points, followed by Linfield with 71, Concordia 77, Whitman 118, Lewis & Clark 120 and then PLU.

Rounding out the top five finishers for the men were Orion Bras, 28th in 27:07.7, Sean Andrascik, 30th in 27:09.4, Alex Martin, 66th in 28:39.8, and Kolter Grigsby, 71st in 28:48.4.

On the women's side, Suzy Olsen finished 14th overall as the Lutes placed seventh out of 11 teams. Olsen clocked 23:49.1 over the 6000-meter course. Rounding out the top five for the PLU women were Mary Wuest, 33rd in 24:54.1, Katie Gebert, 34th in 24:75.3, Erica Johnson, 47th in 25:39.7, and Chiara Rose-Witt, 54th in 25:58.3.

Whitman easily won the women's event with 35 points, followed by Lewis & Clark with 60, Linfield 88, Northwest Christian 113, Concordia 120, Western Oregon 127 and PLU 151.

The Lutes return to action next Saturday at the Sundodger Invitational in Seattle.

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