University of Oregon
Mike Hodges Invitational
Kesselring Wins in Oregon Cross Country Debut
10/17/09 | Cross Country
CLACKAMAS, Ore. -- Anne Kesselring won her first cross country race as a Duck to lead Oregon to the women's team title at the Mike Hodges Invitational Friday at Clackamas Community College.
The Duck women placed five runners in the top 11 to easily win the 5,000-meter race with 22 points. Portland was second with 80, followed by Washington with 93, Xavier with 103 and Portland State with 122.
Kesselring, a freshman from N?rnberg, Germany, finished in 17:51. She was closely followed by senior Brooke Guiffre, making her season debut, in third at 17:59.
Freshman Sarah Penney was fifth in 18:08, senior Bria Wetch ran seventh in 18:10 and freshman Becca Friday took 11th in 18:24 to round out Oregon's scoring.
Meanwhile, the men of Oregon had two of the top three runners and took second with 64 points, just a point behind Willamette. Xavier was third with 89 points, followed by Washington with 91.
Tommy Kauffman of Xavier won the four-mile race in 19:55, just a second ahead of runner-up Bryce Burgess. The Oregon sophomore finished in 19:56. Junior Kevin McNally was third in 20:17 and junior Eric Dettman was 16th in 20:32.
The Ducks also ran a number of unattached individuals who competed well. Sophomore Chris Kwiatkowski took sixth in 20:17 in his first race of the fall, while freshmen Mitchell Hunt (20:17) and Ben DeJarnette (20:21) ran seventh and eighth, respectively.
Oregon's more experienced men's and women's runners are in Terre Haure, Ind., to compete in Saturday's Pre-National Invitational. The Duck men, featuring a lineup of Luke Puskedra, Matthew Centrowitz, Danny Mercado, Diego Mercado, Kenny Klotz, A.J. Acosta and Mac Fleet, will race at 8 a.m. PDT. The women, whose entries include Nicole Blood, Alex Kosinski, Jordan Hasay, Lauren Zaludek, Claire Michel, Bronwyn Crossman and Taylor Wallace, will run at 9:20 a.m. PDT.
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