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Men Place Second, Women Sixth At ASU Intivational
10/8/1999 12:00 AM | Cross Country
Oct. 8, 1999
GILBERT, Ariz.-- Utah senior Johanna Nielsen won the 5k race (18:18) at the ASU Invitational on Friday for her second win of the season. The No.19 ranked Utah men's team placed second overall in the 8k race with Tavis Hildebrand (25:13) and Chris Merkley (25:32) placing third and fourth, respectively.
The Utah men had eight top 50 finishers out of a field of 138 runners. The men's team placed ahead of the No. 17 Arizona State and Division II No. 1 Adams State College and No. 9 UC Davis. Teren Jameson placed ninth (25:50) followed by Adam Stark (26:42) in 25th place, Lion Gallegos (26:55) in 28th place and Mike Strauss placing 33rd (27:06). Chris Gartz (27:46) and Phil Stoddard (27:49) placed 49th and 50th respectively.
The women's team placed sixth overall with Daisy Freedman placing 32nd (19:52) and Trina Bateman finishing 33rd (19:56) for Utah. Julie Osguthorpe finished 48th followed by Lauren Bateman placing 68th (21:39).
Up next for Utah, the men's team will travel to Bloomington, Ind., for the Pre-NCAA meet on Oct. 16th while the women's team competes in the UNLV Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev.
Men's Team Scores Women's Team Scores
1. Western State College 1. Adams State College
2. Utah 2. Western State College
3. Adams State College 3. UC Davis
4. UC Davis 4. Arizona State University
5. Arizona State 5. Concordia University
6. UTEP 6. Utah
7. Central Arizona College 7. UTEP
8. New Mexico 8. New Mexico
9. Fort Lewis 9. Yavapai CC
10. Pima CC 10. Fort Lewis
11. Paradise Valley CC 11. Paradise Valley
12. Phoenix College 12. Central Arizona
13. Glendale CC 13. Glendale CC
14. Mesa CC
15. Scottsdale CC
16. South Mountain CC
Men's Individual Scores- Utah Women's Individual Scores
1. Michael Aish (Western State) 24:47 1. Johanna Nielsen 18:18
3. Travis Hildebrand 25:13 32. Daisy Freedman 19:55
4. Chris Merkley 25:32 33. Trina Bateman 19:56
9. Teren Jameson 25:50 48. Julie Osguthorpe 20:33
25. Adam Stark 26:42 68. Lauren Adams 21:39
28. Lion Gallegos 26:55 91. Kim Eldredge 23:33
33. Mike Strauss 27:06
49. Chris Gartz 27:46
50. Phil Stoddard 27:49
58. Larry Stanley 28:10
70. Chris Laman 28:35
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