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Sept. 11, 2004

SPOKANE, Wash. - Gonzaga University's men's and women's cross country teams blitzed the Community College of Spokane course on Saturday to dominate the Sasquatch Invitational.

Jill Semenza, Jamie Schiel, Emily Buck and Nellie Ballou paced a near sweep for the Bulldogs in the 5K women's meet and had six runners in the top eight. The Bulldogs won the meet 16-42 over Whitworth College, the only other team represented with a full squad.

On the men's side, Joe Miller and Ryan Anderson took second and third, respectively, behind CCS's Mark Currell as the Bulldogs placed five runners in the top 10 for 24 points to easily out-distance Whitworth (42) and CCS (63).

"Both teams did an excellent job," Gonzaga 10th-year head coach Kevin Swaim said. "Both teams had a plan and went out and executed it well. I thought we got strong performances from the veterans and some strong races from some newcomers."

The veteran women's squad saw Semenza cross the line in 19:08.70, Schiel come across in 19:28.20 and Buck (19:57.30) and Ballou (19:57.90) were third and fourth, respectively, as the Bulldogs had four runners beat the 20:00.00 barrier. Kristi Dickey of Whitworth broke up the Gonzaga sweep in fifth in 20:12.00. Freshman Kara Rasmussen was sixth in 20:13.00 and Molly Follen was eighth in 20:13.50 for the Bulldogs.

Other top freshmen for the Bulldog women were Lindsay Hallvik, 21st in 21:35.40, and Naomi Calkins, 25th in 21:45.20.

The senior-laden men's squad saw Miller and Anderson cross the line in 20:34 and 20:38, respectively, over the 6400M course. Eric Berge was seventh in 21:26 and Dan Futrell eighth in 21:29. Freshman Baraka Poulin completed the top five for the Bulldogs in 10th place in 21:33.

The Bulldogs will compete at the National Catholic Invitational on Friday in South Bend, Ind.

Team Scores Gonzaga 24, Whitworth 46, Community Colleges of Spokane 63

 1. Mark Currell, CCS               20:22
 2. Joe Miller, Gonzaga             20:34
 3. Ryan Anderson, Gonzaga          20:38
 4. Ty Axtman, Unatt                20:46
 5. Doug Blackburn, Whitworth       20:58
 6. Justin Culver, Unatt            21:12
 7. Eric Berge, Gonzaga             21:26
 8. Dan Futrell, Gonzaga            21:29
 9. Jacob Deitz, Whitworth          21:30
10. Baraka Puolin, Gonzaga          21:33

Other Gonzaga Finishers

13. David Hannon        21:39
13. Eric Mendoza        21:48
24. Gabe Hayden         22:28
32. Jeff Rigby          23:28

WOMEN'S RESULTS - 5K

Team Scores
Gonzaga 16, Whitworth 42

Top 10 Individuals

 1. Jill Semenza, Gonzaga            19:08.70
 2. Jamie Schiel, Gonzaga            19:28.20
 3. Emily Buck, Gonzaga              19:57.30
 4. Nellie Ballou, Gonzaga           19:57.90
 5. E. Kristi Dickey, Whitworth      20:11.80
 6. Kara Rasmussen, Gonzaga          20:12.20
 7. Elaine Heinemann, Whitworth      20:13.00
 8. Molly Follen, Gonzaga            20:13.50
 9. Annette Rahn, Unatt              20:25.90
10. Stephanie Thurston, Whitworth    20:32.90

Other Gonzaga Finishers

21. Lindsay Hallvik    21:35.40
24. Jessica Hermens    21:43.30
25. Naomi Calkins      21:45.20
30. Elizabeth Brands   22:18.90
32. Alyson Mahan       22:50.40