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Nov. 13, 2004

FRESNO, Calif. - Three underclassmen finished among the top five runners for Gonzaga University as the Bulldog men placed 17th at the NCAA West Regional Championships on Saturday afternoon at Woodward Park in Fresno, Calif. Sophomore Joe Miller was the top finisher crossing the line at 32:14 to finish 61st overall. Junior Jill Semenza finished 35th in the women's race running as an independent for GU.

Stanford University Ryan Hall won the individual men's championship with a time of 30:07 on the 10 kilometer course as the Cardinal men won the team championship with 49 points. Arizona State University was second with 68 points followed by Cal Poly, UCLA and the University of Portland. Gonzaga was 17th in the 21 team field with 482 points.

Following Miller as finishers for the Bulldogs were senior Ryan Anderson at 87th, sophomore Jeff Johnson at 100th, freshman Baraka Poulin at 116th and senior Dan Futrell at 118th. Senior Eric Berge was 129th and junior Eric Mendoza 134th to round out the Bulldogs non-counters.

On the women's side Alicia Craig of Stanford won individual honors with a time of 20:03 on the 6 kilometer course. Stanford also won the women's team title with 29 points followed by Arizona State, UC Santa Barbara, University of Idaho and University of Washington. Semenza ran a time of 21:38 as the lone Gonzaga female runner.

This marks the second consecutive year that the Gonzaga men's team has advanced to the NCAA West Regional.

NCAA WEST REGIONAL
CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Woodward Park (Fresno, CA)

Men's Championship (10k)








Team Finish
1.   Stanford 		- 49
2.   Arizona State	- 68
3.   Cal Poly		- 86
4.   UCLA		- 114
5.   Portland		- 140
6.   Oregon		- 196
7.   Washington		- 209
8.   Arizona		- 213
9.   Washington State	- 253
10. UC Santa Barbara	- 263
11. UC Irvine		- 299
12. California		- 312
13. Cal State Fullerton	- 347
14. Eastern Washington	- 368
15. Long Beach State	- 412
16. UC Riverside	- 478
17. GONZAGA		- 482
18. Sacramento State	- 555
19. Santa Clara		- 577
20. Loyola Marymount	- 584
21. Cal State Northridge	- 584

Top Individuals
1. Ryan Hall (STAN)		30:07
2. Robert Cheseret (ARIZ)	30:12
3. Neff Araia (STAN)		30:16
4. Aaron Aguayo (ASU)		30:23
5. Forest Braden (Boise State)	30:28

GONZAGA FINISHERS
61. Joe Miller 		- 32:14
87. Ryan Anderson	- 33:02
100. Jeff Johnson	- 33:33
116. Baraka Poulin	- 34:13
118. Dan Futrell		- 34:20
129. Eric Berge		- 34:58
134. Eric Mendoza	- 36:44


WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP (6K)

TEAM FINISH
1.   Stanford		29
2.   Arizona State	45
3.  UC Santa Barbara	92
4.   Idaho		140
5.  Washington		143
6.  UCLA		151
7.  Arizona		245
8.  Oregon		272
9.  Cal Poly		278
10. Washington State	320
11. UC Irvine		334
12. Portland		362
13. Cal State Fullerton	424
14. USC		432
15. San Francisco	438
16. Oregon State	456
17. Hawaii		474
18. Eastern Washington	546
19. San Diego		549
20. Long Beach State	561
21. Pepperdine		584
22. UC Riverside	636
23. Loyola Marymount	645
24. Cal State Northridge	669
25. Santa Clara		672
26. UNLV		732
27. Sacramento State	843
28. Pacific		888

Top Individuals
1. Alicia Craig (STAN)		20:03
2. Amy Hastings (ASU)		20:14
3. Anita Siraki (STAN)		20:17
4. Desi Davila (ASU)		20:36
5. Teresa McWalters (STAN)	20:37

GONZAGA FINISHER
35. Jill Semenza	- 21:38