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Sept. 17, 2005

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SEATTLE, Wash. - Cougar sophomore Haley Paul was the individual winner and led the Washington State women's cross country team to a third-place finish at the University of Washington's Sundodger Invitational Meet held Saturday morning at Lincoln Park in West Seattle.

Paul, from Phoenix, Ariz., ran the 6000m course in a time of 20-minutes, 50 seconds. Three Cougar teammates had top-20 finishes as Meghan Leonard (Newberg, Ore.) finished 11th, Isley Gonzalez 17th and Collier Lawrence 20th. Kelly Ramirez was the final Cougar scorer at 29th overall.

"Haley Paul looked great winning her first major collegiate race with some pretty good runners and pretty good teams," WSU Head Coach Jason Drake said. "She ran a smart race and moved to 10th at the mile, rolled people off and looked good and strong at the finish. I was happy with every one of our top four runners. Megan Leonard's 11th place was a nice finish for her. I was pretty pleased with Isley Gonzalez and Collier Lawrence running where we expected them. It was excited to see them running well but we have some work to do to catch the other teams."

Washington won the women's team title with a score of 53 while UCLA was second at 64 and WSU third with 73 points. Idaho's women finished fourth with 109.

The Cougar men's team finished fourth with 95 points behind Washington (39), Portland (66), and UCLA (72).

WSU's Mike Heidt and Andrew Jones finished fifth and 11th, respectively, but did not count in the team standing because they were running unattached. Heidt (Selah) only has track season eligibility remaining and Jones will probably redshirt this cross country season.

"Woody Favinger and Drew Polley ran well after looking pretty good in practice but it was good to see them come out and look good in the debut of their redshirt freshman years," Drake said after the men's invitational race. "Both ran way-faster than a year ago. Chris Concha ran faster than he thought he could. Ryan Freimuth and Justin Ireland had average days but for middle distance runners they ran pretty well, especially Freimuth with little training."

The Washington State cross country teams will compete next at the Montana Invitational Meet, Oct. 1 at Missoula.

September 17, 2005
Sundodger Men's Invitational (Lincoln Park, Seattle, Wash. 6,000m)
Women's Top Team Results: 1. Washington 53, 2. UCLA 64, 3. Washington State 73, 4. Idaho 109, 5. Club Northwest 146, 6. Oregon State 149, 7. Seattle Running Club 176, 8. Cal State Fullerton 188, 9. Santa Clara 273, 10. Boise State 280, 11. Gonzaga 289, 12. Portland State 310, 13. Eastern Washington 379.
Top Five Individuals: 1. Haley Paul (WSU) 20:50; 2. Dee Olson (Idaho) 21:02; 3. Ashley Caldwell (UCLA) 21:04; 4. Tori Tyler (Washington) 21:08; 5. Claire Rethmeier (UCLA) 21:15.
WSU Results: 1. Haley Paul 20:50; 11. Meghan Leonard 21:30; 17. Isley Gonzalez 21:46; 20. Collier Lawrence 21:50; 29. Kelly Ramirez 22:09; 41. Marisa Sandoval 22:40; 42. Kayle Peterson 22:41; 83. Natalie Smith 23:42; 95. Karen DeMartini 23:59; 96. Kristi Jensen 24:03; 109. Eileen Morley 24:44; 119. Casey Maus 25:19; 126. Selena Galaviz 25:51; 131. Alyssa Modrell 26:44.

Sundodger Women's Invitational (Lincoln Park, Seattle, Wash. 8,000m)
Men's Top Team Results: 1. Washington 39, 2. Portland 66, 3. UCLA 72, 4. Washington State 95, Unattached Washington 196, 6. Idaho 212, 7. Seattle Running Club 216, 8. Club Northwest 217, 9. Cal State Fullerton 254, 10. Santa Clara 255, 11. Boise State 261, 12. Gonzaga 299, 13. Eastern Washington 344, 14. Portland State 401.
Top Five Individuals: 1. Austin Ramos (UCLA) 24:00; 2. Tyberius Axtman (Boise State) 24:05; 3. Casey Moriarty (Seattle University) 24:07; 4. Jon Harding (Washington) 24:08; 5. Mike Heidt (Unattached, WSU) 24:09.
WSU Results: 14. Woody Favinger 24:24; 15. Drew Polley 24:26; 27. Chris Concha 24:53; 32. Chris Williams 24:59; 38. Ryan Freimuth 25:09; 45. Justin Ireland 25:24; 46. Sam Ahlbeck 25:28; 67. Dan Lucero 26:00; 69. Derry Betts 26:03. WSU running Unattached: 5. Mike Heidt 24:09; 11. Andrew Jones 24:21; 31. Clay Hemlock 24:59.