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Runners topple Edinboro at UAA Invitational

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Seawolf runners strong in Seattle

SEATTLE ? Led by runner-up performances from sophomore Marko Cheseto and senior Elizabeth Chepkosgei, the Alaska Anchorage men's and women's cross country squads served notice to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with a strong showing Saturday in the University of Washington's Sundodger Invitational held at West Seattle's Lincoln Park.

The nationally ranked No. 12 Seawolf men's team finished second in the 8-kilometer invitational race to host Washington but beat out a slew of Division I foes, as well GNAC rival and nationally ranked No. 10 Western Washington. Not to be outdone, the UAA women placed three runners in the top eight to win the 6K open race over Western Washington.

“We're excited about how the men ran. For them to beat a quality field the Division I's and a conference rival was nice,” head coach Michael Friess said via cell phone. “The women also beat a solid field. We feel pretty good about how they did. If you compare the results to last year's there are obvious improvements at all positions.”

Cheseto finished in 23 minutes, 45 seconds after he led a majority of the race before he was overtook by Eastern Washington's Paul Limpf, who finished 12 seconds ahead in a course-record time of 23:33.

“Marko had a good run. I think had he adjusted his pace a little earlier he probably could've won it. He led basically 98 percent of the race before he got overextended,” Friess said of the Kapenguria, Kenya, native. “But it's still kind of nice to know that our best runner is better than the University of Washington's best runner.”

UAA freshman Alfred Kangogo finished seventh in 24:13 in his debut, while freshman Jake Parisien (24:32) and senior David Kiplagat (24:34) were 14th and 15th, respectively. Sophomore Paul Rottich rounded out the scorers for the Seawolves with a time of 24:55 to finish 29th. The Seawolves top foursome all finished ahead of Western Washington's top runner.

Chepkosgei crossed the line in 21:34 to finish second and lead the UAA women, who had five runners in the top 17. Junior Laura Carr was fifth in 21:59, while sophomore Emma Bohman was a second away from the top ten with an 11th-place time of 22:20. Freshmen Stephanie Trenholm (22:47) and Laura Rombach (22:48) placed 16th and 17th, respectively.

“We'll take this and move forward,” Friess said. “We know what counts is what we do at our regional meet. This doesn't get us anywhere but it's certainly a good indicator.”

The Seawolves now have three weeks to train before they head to California for the UC San Diego-hosted Triton Classic on Oct. 11.
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Players Mentioned

Emma Bohman

Emma Bohman

DIS
5' 5"
Freshman
Laura Carr

Laura Carr

DIS
5' 2"
Junior
Elizabeth Chepkosgei

Elizabeth Chepkosgei

DIS
5' 4"
Sophomore
David Kiplagat

David Kiplagat

DIS
5' 10"
Junior
Marko Cheseto

Marko Cheseto

DIS
Sophomore
Stephanie Trenholm

Stephanie Trenholm

DIS
Freshman
Jake Parisien

Jake Parisien

DIS
Freshman
Laura Rombach

Laura Rombach

NOR
Freshman
Paul Rottich

Paul Rottich

M
5' 9"
Redshirt Freshman

Players Mentioned

Emma Bohman

Emma Bohman

5' 5"
Freshman
DIS
Laura Carr

Laura Carr

5' 2"
Junior
DIS
Elizabeth Chepkosgei

Elizabeth Chepkosgei

5' 4"
Sophomore
DIS
David Kiplagat

David Kiplagat

5' 10"
Junior
DIS
Marko Cheseto

Marko Cheseto

Sophomore
DIS
Stephanie Trenholm

Stephanie Trenholm

Freshman
DIS
Jake Parisien

Jake Parisien

Freshman
DIS
Laura Rombach

Laura Rombach

Freshman
NOR
Paul Rottich

Paul Rottich

5' 9"
Redshirt Freshman
M