PALMER (Sept. 7) - The UAA men's cross country team posted its second straight team title while the women's team tied Alaska Fairbanks at the Palmer Cross Country Invitational here Saturday.
UAA's Sean Rivers and Tobias Schwoerer went 1-2 for the Seawolf men again. Rivers covered the five-kilometer layout in 15 minutes, 39 seconds while Schwoerer was timed in 15:56.
The UAA men posted a team score of 19 points, outdistancing Team Alaska (48) and Alaska Fairbanks (63). The Seawolves' Eric Strabel was fourth in 15:59, followed by Todd List (fifth, 16:10) and Andy Elvester (seventh, 16:19).
Stacy Edwards' third-place finish paced the UAA women's 28-28 tie with UAF. The Nanooks' Sigrid Aas won the race in 18:58 while teammate Johanna Turunen was second in 19:07. Edwards posted a time of 19:21, followed by the Seawolves' Kiersten Lippman in 19:58.
Rounding out UAA's top five were Nicole Deyong (sixth, 20:11), Leslie Boyd (seventh, 20:21) and Lindsay Krous (eighth, 20:36). The Seawolf ladies ran without Meyoung Blum, who sat out the race nursing a leg injury.
The Seawolves will return to action at the Fresno Invitational on Sept. 14.
Palmer Cross Country Invitational
Palmer, Alaska - Janecek Trails
Sept. 7, 2002
Team Results
Men
1) Alaska Anchorage 19 (1-2-4-5-7)
2) Team Alaska 48 (3-6-10-14-15)
3) Alaska Fairbanks 63 (8-9-13-16-17)
Women
1) Alaska Anchorage 28 (3-4-6-7-8)
1) Alaska Fairbanks 28 (1-2-5-9-11)
Men's Top 10 (5 kilometers
1) Sean Rivers, UAA 15:39
2) Tobias Schwoerer, UAA 15:56
3) Marcus Dunbar, Team AK 15:57
4) Eric Strabel, UAA 15:58
5) Todd List, UAA 16:10
6) Joe Alward, Team AK 16:14
7) Andy Elvester, UAA 16:19
8) Michal Malak, UAF 16:30
9) Juraj Brugos, UAF 16:31
10) Matthew Corinth, Team AK 16:36
Other UAA finishers: 11) Chris
Cannon, 16:37; 12) Nate Normandin,
16:39; 15) Brent Knight, 16:48; 19) Dan
Cline, 16:58; 23) Ivan Steadman, 17:15;
26) Zach Violet, 17:41; 31) Sheamus
Lamb, 18:44; 33) Casey Fagerquist,
19:14; 36) Dana Mossman, 19:49.
Women's Top 10 (5 kilometers)
1) Sigrid Aas, UAF 18:58
2) Johana Turunen, UAF 19:07
3) Stacy Edwards, UAA 19:21
4) Kiersten Lippman, UAA 19:58
5) Erinn Whitmer, UAF 20:02
6) Nicole Deyong, UAA 20:11
7) Leslie Boyd, UAA 20:21
8) Lindsay Krous, UAA 20:36
9) Diana Heimerl, UAF 20:45
10) Nicole Hanson, UAA 21:08
Other UAA finishers: 13) Sarah
Hansen, 21:16; 14) Amy Lambe, 21:27;
15) Jessica Cerutti, 21:29; 20) Haley
Olms, 24:08.
