University of Oregon
Pier Park Preview
Cross Country Teams Sweep Season Opener in Portland
09/08/06 | Cross Country
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PORTLAND ? The University of Oregon cross country teams opened their season Friday with sweeps of the men's and women's team and individual races in the Pier Park Preview, hosted by the University of Portland at Pier Park in northwest Portland.
The Oregon men team won the team race over the Portland ?B' squad, 26-29, and beat Portland State, 15-50, in the dual-scored competitions, while Portland's ?B' team beat PSU, 15-50.
The UO women also beat the Portland ?C' team, 15-50, and Portland State, 18-41, while Portland State won their women's match-up with Portland, 19-38.
On the women's side, UO freshman Keara Sammons won the 5,000-meter race by seven seconds (17:49.25) over sophomore teammate Zoe Nelson (second, 17:56.57) and Willamette's Sarah Zerzan (third, 18:24.28).
“It was great having Zoe out there to run with,” Sammons said. “Her expertise made me less nervous. Coach told us to go out in the top two and stay together and then go harder at the end. The course was nice, and had some rolling hills.”
Junior Sarah Pearson followed in fourth place overall (18:37.00), and other UO scorers included freshman Lauren Zaludek (sixth, 18:58.71), junior Liisa Heinonen (ninth, 19:17.78). Other UO finishers included freshmen Berkeley Aldinger-Gibson (11th, 19:19.20) and Amanda Stopa (12th, 19:26.54).
In his debut for the Duck men, redshirt sophomore transfer Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott won the four-mile men's race by four seconds (19:46.86) over Portland's Colin Longmuir (second, 19:50.65) and Justin Houck (third, 19:55.75).
The Albuquerque, N.M. product Kiptoo-Biwott ran with the Duck front five through the first three miles, then surged ahead the final mile and comfortably built up a 30-meter lead on the field.
“I've been waiting to put on an Oregon uniform for a while so it was nice to finally get a chance to race and have it count,” Kiptoo-Biwott said. “I felt good today and tried to do my best to help the team out. We've had a great week training together, so it was nice to get out there and race together, too.”
With a front five separated by only 15 seconds, the Duck men's team placed four more runners in the top 10 thanks to freshman Kenny Klotz (fourth, 19:59.70), graduate student Ben Stern (sixth, 20:03.17), junior Chris Winter (seventh, 20:04.17) and sophomore Duke Wasteney (eighth, 20:08.12).
Other Duck finishers included sophomore Scott Wall (11th, 20:33.57), juniors Vertin Alvarez (12th, 20:36.53) and James Withers (14th, 20:46.01), senior Blake Flanders (29th, 21:20.28) and redshirt freshman Stephen Oliver (42nd, 21:48.29).
Looking ahead, the UO cross country teams will return to Bend for the remainder of their fall training camp. Their next competition will be the Bill Dellinger Invitational, scheduled for the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 29 at Alton Baker Park in Eugene ? their first home cross country event since 1998.
Final Results
Men's Results 6,400 meters (4 miles)
1, Shadrack KiptooBiwott, Oregon, 19:46.86
2, Colin Longmuir, Portland, 19:50.65
3, Justin Houck, Portland, 19:55.75
4, Kenny Klotz, Oregon, 19:59.70
5, Mike Quackenbush, Portland, 20:02.82
6, Ben Stern, Oregon, 20:03.17
7, Chris Winter, Oregon, 20:04.17
8, Duke Wasteney, Oregon, 20:08.12
9, Brendan Robinson, Portland, 20:25.28
10, Tommy Betterbed, Portland, 20:29.20
11, Scot Wall, Oregon, 20:33.57
12, Vertin Alvarez, Unat., 20:36.53
13, Steven Ault, Portland, 20:38.68
14, JK Withers, Oregon, 20:46.01
15, Rob Schlegel, Portland, 20:46.18
16, Derrick Mandell, Portland, 20:48.14
17, Mat Cravens, Unat., 20:51.20
18, Ian Batch, Willamette, 20:53.53
19, Lucas Nebert, Willamette, 20:56.32
20, Taylor Roholt, Willamette, 20:58.67
21, Nate Endicott, Portland State, 21:01.15
22, Jake Moe, George Fox, 21:03.87
23, Alex Jimenez, Willamette, 21:09.68
24, Kevin Krohn, Portland, 21:10.50
25, Steven Millard, Willamette, 21:12.71
26, Chris Platano, Willamette, 21:12.87
27, Vincent D'Onofrio, Unat., 21:14.84
28, Nick Bellisario, Portland, 21:19.92
29, Blake Flanders, Oregon, 21:20.28
30, Nick Crawford, W. Oregon, 21:20.95
31, Jeff Gill, Portland, 21:22.23
32, Julio Vieyra, Willamette, 21:24.39
33, JT Lehman, Portland, 21:24.51
34, Tristan Knutson-Lombardo, Willamette, 21:29.76
35, Paul Rapet, George Fox, 21:35.26
36, Michael Haugen, Portland, 21:40.15
37, Mike Schmidt, W. Oregon, 21:42.46
38, Corey Hansen, Portland, 21:42.84
39, Ian Terpin, Unat., 21:44.11
40, Kyle Kotaich, Willamette, 21:46.67
41, Jason Prado, Portland State, 21:47.90
42, Stephen Oliver, Oregon, 21:48.29
43, AJ Packard, Willamette, 21:49.36
44, Austin Knutson, Willamette, 21:49.65
45, Everett Ottinger, Willamette, 21:51.46
46, Jordan Ware, George Fox, 21:51.64
47, Grant Finney, George Fox, 21:53.71
48, Brad Taylor, Portland State, 21:54.29
49, Eric Zeuthen, Portland State, 21:58.79
50, Josh Clough, Willamette, 22:01.43
51, Jamie Timbrell, Unat., 22:01.59
52, Johnson Lee, Portland, 22:02.12
53, Garrett Reim, Willamette, 22:06.37
54, Riley Eoff, Clark, 22:23.23
55, Joel Sauvain, Unat., 22:25.21
56, Kurt Sommer, W. Oregon, 22:25.43
57, Jason Ames, Willamette, 22:30.20
58, Jake Hansen, Portland State, 22:33.34
59, Jesse McChesney, Clark, 22:36.79
60, Ben Leipzig, Willamette, 22:39.01
61, Brookman Holmes, Portland State, 22:50.84
62, Eric Henderson, George Fox, 22:56.34
63, Brandon Frisbee, Portland State, 22:59.18
64, Troy Banker, W. Oregon, 23:02.90
65, Jonathan Graves, Clark, 23:03.26
66, Jesse Cronin, Unat., 23:03.81
67, David Delmore, George Fox, 23:04.25
68, Charley Mathes, Willamette, 23:08.98
69, Jeff Long, W. Oregon, 23:17.78
70, Braxton Jackson, W. Oregon, 23:28.67
71, Matt Weisbard, Willamette, 23:30.46
72, Phillip Petterborg, Portland State, 23:39.37
73, Kyle Seick, W. Oregon, 23:43.68
74, Charlie Goman, Portland State, 24:12.25
75, Stephen Lane, Willamette, 24:30.45
76, Johnathan Hayes, Clark, 24:37.25
77, Paul DeMoss, George Fox, 24:45.31
78, Gabriel Tallent, Willamette, 24:52.07
79, Josh Vredenberg, W. Oregon, 24:55.25
80, Carson O'Brien, Portland State, 25:10.68
81, William Gale, Willamette, 26:01.17
82, Josh Bernier, Clark, 26:17.09
83, Aaron Hicks, Clark, 26:37.34
Women's Results (5,000 meters, 3.1 miles)
1, Keara Sammons, Oregon, 17:49.25
2, Zoe Nelson, Oregon, 17:56.57
3, Sarah Zerzan, Willamette, 18:24.28
4, Sarah Pearson, Oregon, 18:37.00
5, Kamila Bocian, Portland State, 18:46.90
6, Lauren Zaludek, Oregon, 18:58.71
7, Hannah Vietmeier, Willamette, 19:07.67
8, Staci Bielenberg, Portland State, 19:16.04
9, Liisa Heinonen, Oregon, 19:17.78
10, Amanda Kamm, Portland State, 19:18.20
11, Berkeley Aldinger-Gibson, Oregon, 19:19.20
12, Amanda Stopa, Oregon, 19:26.54
13, Maddie Coffman, Willamette, 19:31.07
14, Elizabeth Hart, Willamette, 19:38.46
15, Edith Polanco, Willamette, 19:41.06
16, Janel Sislow, Portland, 19:41.59
17, Mallory Gordon, Portland State, 19:45.54
18, Danielle Hutchinson, Clark, 19:49.65
19, Anna McLain, George Fox, 19:50.73
20, Megan Smith, Portland, 19:54.03
21, Adrienne Nova, Portland, 19:56.93
22, Maya Velez, Willamette, 20:05.65
23, Jena Winger, Willamette, 20:12.25
24, Julie Borstmayer, Portland State, 20:18.76
25, Katrina Brett, Willamette, 20:20.43
26, Chelsea Tuck, Portland, 20:20.81
27, Elizabeth Littlefield, George Fox, 20:27.17
28, Mara Engle, Willamette, 20:32.73
29, Honisty Baek, Portland State, 20:34.07
30, Bethany Adams, George Fox, 20:35.71
31, Rachel M Giffey Brohaugh, George Fox, 20:35.90
32, Leighann Fischer, George Fox, 20:49.00
33, Audrey Squires, Willamette, 20:51.15
34, Karissa Fuller, Portland State, 20:57.57
35, Lih Kuhlman, Portland, 21:05.48
36, Melissa Ostermick, Willamette, 21:07.45
37, Ciara Gonzalez, Willamette, 21:16.20
38, Audra McNally, Clark, 21:16.70
39, Jackie Dargitz, Portland, 21:16.85
40, Bethany Strutz, George Fox, 21:30.06
41, Rebecca Duby, George Fox, 21:35.37
42, Nora Panitz, Portland, 21:35.81
43, Fionna Fallon, Portland State, 21:41.70
44, Molly Lewis, Willamette, 21:56.10
45, Megan Colvin, Portland, 22:02.31
46, Alison Shives, Willamette, 22:08.29
47, Holly Sohriakoff, Portland State, 22:08.68
48, Grete Lenz, Portland, 22:19.85
49, Lindsey Kemp, Clark, 22:30.65
50, Emily Hoover, Portland State, 22:46.04
51, Sarah Aden, Portland State, 23:05.62
52, Stephanie Cooley, Clark, 23:39.21
53, Maria Gomulkiewicz, Clark, 24:13.84
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