Rachel Sauder and Nick Rogers Win USA Northwest Regional Cross Country Meet
(Tacoma, WA) Under drizzly skies, Nick Rogers, a former University of
Oregon athlete, and Rachel Sauder, an Auburn University graduate residing
in Salem, Oregon, won the USA Northwest Regional Cross Country Championship
meet at the Lake Spanaway Golf Course.
Rogers took command shortly after the 8-kilometer mark after running for
most of the race in a group of four athletes that included early leaders
Craig Dickson of Olympia, Rob Cook of Seattle, and Germany's Uli Stiedl, a
graduate student at the University of Washington.
Cook led the first three laps of the 2-kilometer course, running splits of
2:58, 6:03, and 18:30. Shortly after the six-kilometer point, Rogers, a
former Washington state 3200-meter champion who attended Mt. Si High School
in Snoqualmie, began taking command of the race.
"I wanted to work off the lead groups for the first three laps," said the
winner. "I wanted to stay back and make a move after the 6-k point".
In the women's competition, Sauder took command of the race after the first
of three laps and never relinquished it, after overtaking early leader
Kelly Cordell of Gilbert, Arizona.
Sauder, who finished tenth at last year's USA Cross Country Championships
in Portland said, "I wanted to run even today. I wanted to see who (among
the women) was going to take it out."
"I feel like I did'nt have to work today. I just ran off the guys," said
Sauder, in commenting on the fact that the men and women ran together.
Both winners agreed that the course was fairly fast. "I felt that this
course was almost like a track meet. There were lots of turns, but it's a
good cross country course", said Sauder.
"The course is great," Rogers said. "It's almost like a European course.
If (the nationals at Lake Spanaway in February) it's dry, I think that the
nationals will be a fast race.
In the men's team competition, Seattle's Club Northwest exacted revenge
upon the Portland-based Red Lizards, scoring 21 points to the Red Lizards'
45. adidas-Runner's Pace came in third with 82, followed by the Oregon
State University TC with 108 points. Club Northwest won the women's team
title, as they were the only squad to field a full team.
For race organizers, today's race was a dry run for the USA Winter Cross
Country Championships on the same Lake Spanaway course February 13-14th.
The first six finishers in each of the championship races will represent
the United States at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Belfast,
Northern Ireland in March.
Women's 6k Results: 1 Rachel Sauder Team New Balance 20:25
2 Lisa Nye Nike 20:41
3 Michele Chalmers Mountain West TC 20:45
4 Jennifer Hillier Asics 20:49
5 Kristen Hall Adidas 20:50
6 Kelly Cordell Asics 20:51
7 Shelley Smathers Team New Balance 20:56
8 Janice Posey Unattached 21:03
9 Kathy Kanes Moving Comfort 21:36
10 Staci Snyder Asics 21:56
11 Kimball Bender Unattached 21:58
12 Mindy Leffler Club Northwest 22:06
13 Kathleen Harri Club Northwest 22:12
14 Karen Steen Club Northwest 22:32
15 Wendy Bruneau OSU TC 22:48
16 Roxanne Bernstein Army-WCAP 22:54
17 Rene Frazee Unattached 22:59
18 Joanne Templeman Club Northwest 23:04
19 Liz Stahl Club Northwest 23:12
20 Jean Mundahl Club Northwest 23:26
21 Joelle Brayton Club Northwest 23:33
22 Rhonda Mazza Team Red Lizards 23:39
23 Nancy Collister Unattached 23:42
24 Shelley Williams Club Northwest 23:48
25 Emily Mullen Unattached 24:26
26 Felicia Killian Unattached 24:31
27 Schaylee Baumgartner Unattached 24:37
28 Amy King Unattached 25:20
29 Joy Cordell Unattached 26:30
30 Gwen Hundley Sound RC 28:01
Men's 10k Results: 1 Nick Rogers Unattached 30:15
2 Uli Steidl Club Northwest 30:20
3 Craig Dickson Club Northwest 30:25
4 Rob Cook Team New Balance 30:28
5 Eric Tollefson Unattached 30:55
6 Brad Hudson Army-WCAP 30:58
7 Shawn Found Army-WCAP 31:22
8 Phillimon Hanneck Mizuno 31:30
9 Tim Julian Team Red Lizards 31:31
10 Dave Sobolik Team Red Lizards 31:36
11 Brian Montgomery Club Northwest 31:39
12 Dan Franek Club Northwest 31:46
13 John Hill Club Northwest 31:46
14 Andy Martin Team Red Lizards 31:51
15 Miguel Galeana Club Northwest 31:54
16 Matt Messner Club Northwest 32:00
17 Clay Wing Club Northwest 32:06
18 Sam Alexander Adidas-Runners Pace 32:19
19 Ben Sauvage Club Northwest 32:23
20 Erik Anderson Adidas-Runners Pace 32:40
21 Ahman Dirks Team Red Lizards 32:44
22 Steve Hatzenbeler Club Northwest 32:46
23 Matt Dressel Adidas-Runners Pace 33:01
24 Peter Prichett Army-WCAP 33:21
25 Frankie Ceniceros Unattached 33:22
26 Robert Sowers Unattached 33:28
27 Ray McClanahan Club Northwest 33:34
28 Mark Bloudek Club Northwest 33:39
29 Mike Bernstein Army-WCAP 33:40
30 John Foland Team Red Lizards 33:55
31 Nick Martin OSU TC 33:57
32 Wayne Bunce Team Red Lizards 33:59
33 Andy Wedam Unattached 34:02
34 Dan Salazar Club Northwest 34:04
35 Brad Barquist Nike 34:05
36 Troy Robey OSU TC 34:06
37 James Tomlin Adidas-Runners Pace 34:11
38 Stan Holman Unattached 34:20
39 Ty Whitten Discount Jogging Club 34:22
40 Mark Davies Club Northwest 34:30
41 Mits Bryant Unattached 34:32
42 Eric Bone Club Northwest 34:33
43 Scott Drem Unattached 34:38
44 Zach Boteilho Unattached 34:42
45 Turkey #1 Unattached 34:47
46 Peter Tel Unattached 34:56
47 Ryan McGuire Unattached 34:57
48 Scott Koch Discount Jogging Club 35:02
49 Shawn Hennessey Unattached 35:04
50 Noah Megowan Team Red Lizards 35:11
51 Nathanael Castle Unattached 35:13
52 Ryan Nash Unattached 35:17
53 Roger Dyksterhuis Club Northwest 35:18
54 Mark Billett Unattached 35:23
55 Tim Lang Unattached 35:24
56 Kevin Olson Adidas-Runners Pace 35:32
57 Nicholas Glancy Unattached 35:38
58 Rock Moulton Club Northwest 35:50
59 David Loney Unattached 35:57
60 Ted Lystig Club Northwest 36:02
61 Jim McGill Club Northwest 36:11
62 Denis Villeneuve Club Northwest 36:24
63 Michael Allison Club Northwest 36:29
64 Steve James Unattached 36:31
65 Yosuke Yamamoto OSU TC 36:32
66 Matt Holman Unattached 36:35
67 Steve Denton Unattached 37:00
68 Cameron Hardy Unattached 37:07
69 Jason Carver OSU TC 37:08
70 Mark Busby Unattached 37:12
71 Robert Cheeks OSU TC 37:36
72 Eric Jacobs Unattached 37:45
73 David Flowers Unattached 38:15
74 Kenneth Cofield Unattached 38:55
75 Kevin Beares Adidas-Runners Pace 39:17
76 Peter O'Neil Snohomish TC 40:23
77 Terry Parks Unattached 40:35
78 Ian Hunter OSU TC 40:36
79 David Harding Team Red Lizards 40:40
80 Eric Cederblom Unattached 41:35
81 Ron Taylor Unattached 42:04
82 David Pitkethly Snohomish TC 43:50
83 Brian Brouillet Club Northwest 46:13
84 Doug Sturm Unattached 47:12
85 Mel Preedy Unattached 50:19
Men's Team Scoring Summary 1 Club Northwest 21 = 1 2 5 6 7 9 10 11
2 Team Red Lizards 45 = 3 4 8 14 16 18 21 28
3 Adidas-Runners Pace 82 = 12 13 15 20 22 26
4 OSU TC 108 = 17 19 23 24 25 27