Oct. 27, 2001

(Belmont, CA) - USF cross country competed in the 2001 West Coast conference Championships today at Crystal Springs Course in Belmont. San Francisco posted a sixth place finish in the women's race, while the men registered a seventh place showing for the Dons.

Junior Crysta Heavens earned All-WCC First Team honors after finishing in ninth place with a time of 19:35 in the 5K event. Heavens earned her second consecutive all-league nod after posting an honorable mention finish in 2000. Senior Laura Danner-Baird made her final race memorable with a 15th place finish and a time of 19:55 to earn All-WCC Honorable Mention accolades. Sophomore Marcie Cole was the third USF runner across the finish in 32nd, with a time of 20:45.

USF's men's squad posted their highest finish at the league championship since the 1998 team placed sixth. Rudy Castanon was the top finisher for the Dons with a time of 28:47 in the 8K race. Seniors Ritchie Jong placed 37th, while Isaac Medrano finished 42nd as both closed out their four-year careers on the Hilltop.

Portland won the men's team title for the 23rd consecutive year, while Santa Clara won their first-ever women's cross country trophy, snapping the Pilots women's streak at five.

MEN'S TEAM SCORES ------------------------------------------------- 1. PORTLAND 1 3 5 6 7 (10) (25) = 22 2. SANTA CLARA 4 8 11 13 16 (17) (20) = 52 3. U OF SAN DIEGO 2 12 15 21 23 (24) (36) = 73 4. PEPPERDINE 9 14 18 19 30 (33) (34) = 90 5. GONZAGA 26 28 32 38 40 (41) (44) = 164 6. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 22 31 39 43 45 (51) (54) = 180 7. U OF SAN FRANCISCO 29 35 37 42 49 (52) (55) = 192 8. SAINT MARY'S 27 46 47 48 50 (53) = 218

PLACE FIRST NAME LAST NAME YR COLLEGE TIME PACE ===== ==================== == ======================= ===== ===== 1 Nick Schuetze FR PORTLAND 25:29 5:08 2 Antonio Lopez JR U OF SAN DIEGO 25:41 5:10 3 Chris Olinger FR PORTLAND 25:48 5:12 4 Thomas Chapman JR SANTA CLARA 25:53 5:13 5 Steve Schaefer SO PORTLAND 25:59 5:14 6 Rick White JR PORTLAND 26:12 5:17 7 Matt Harriman FR PORTLAND 26:14 5:17 8 Ben Gauen SO SANTA CLARA 26:16 5:17 9 Thomas McMahon SR PEPPERDINE 26:30 5:20 10 Chad Kilian SO PORTLAND 26:46 5:24 11 Ricky Brackett SO SANTA CLARA 26:55 5:25 12 Steve Trudelle SO U OF SAN DIEGO 26:55 5:25 13 Stephen Moore JR SANTA CLARA 27:07 5:28 14 Louis Rich FR PEPPERDINE 27:15 5:29 15 Rob Beamer JR U OF SAN DIEGO 27:21 5:30 16 Kevin Edwards SO SANTA CLARA 27:21 5:31 17 Devlin Croal SO SANTA CLARA 27:40 5:34 18 Eward Leon FR PEPPERDINE 27:46 5:36 19 David Cameron JR PEPPERDINE 27:47 5:36 20 Mike Richmond JR SANTA CLARA 27:54 5:37 21 Joey McKeller SO U OF SAN DIEGO 27:58 5:38 22 Andy Thompson FR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 27:58 5:38 23 Brent Warnken FR U OF SAN DIEGO 28:07 5:40 24 Dennis Sheehan FR U OF SAN DIEGO 28:21 5:42 25 Brandon Wedam FR PORTLAND 28:24 5:43 26 Ryan Anderson FR GONZAGA 28:34 5:45 27 Travis Biziorek FR SAINT MARY'S 28:40 5:46 28 Sam Burch SO GONZAGA 28:46 5:48 29 Rudy Castanon JR U OF SAN FRANCISCO 28:47 5:48 30 John Valdez JR PEPPERDINE 28:47 5:48 31 Sean Cox FR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 28:51 5:49 32 Mark Bridenstine JR GONZAGA 28:52 5:49 33 Nevada Tuggle SO PEPPERDINE 28:53 5:49 34 Stephen Plank SR PEPPERDINE 28:56 5:50 35 Thomas Revane SO U OF SAN FRANCISCO 28:59 5:50 36 Peter Chrzanowski FR U OF SAN DIEGO 29:07 5:52 37 Ritchie Jong SR U OF SAN FRANCISCO 29:09 5:52 38 Dan Futrell FR GONZAGA 29:23 5:55 39 Bernie Ochoa FR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 29:28 5:56 40 Joe Manning FR GONZAGA 29:31 5:57 41 Eric Berge FR GONZAGA 29:48 6:00 42 Isaac Medrano SR U OF SAN FRANCISCO 29:51 6:01 43 Warren Sutton JR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 30:06 6:04 44 Pete Cushman SO GONZAGA 30:15 6:06 45 Nick Erikson FR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 30:36 6:10 46 Davin Fiese JR SAINT MARY'S 30:48 6:12 47 Anthony Holder SO SAINT MARY'S 30:57 6:14 48 Peter Stemp SO SAINT MARY'S 31:05 6:15 49 Alejandro Nuno FR U OF SAN FRANCISCO 31:12 6:17 50 Blair Howard FR SAINT MARY'S 31:25 6:20 51 Chris Brown SO LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 31:53 6:25 52 Anthony Medina FR U OF SAN FRANCISCO 32:47 6:36 53 Ronnie Willet FR SAINT MARY'S 32:55 6:38 54 Daniel Judnick FR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 34:04 6:52 55 Lech Walczak FR U OF SAN FRANCISCO 34:13 6:53

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES ------------------------------------------------- 1. SANTA CLARA 3 7 11 12 13 (45) (46) = 46 2. PORTLAND 6 8 10 19 20 (22) (25) = 63 3. PEPPERDINE 14 16 17 21 23 (27) (28) = 91 4. U OF SAN DIEGO 4 5 30 31 39 (40) (43) = 109 5. SAINT MARY'S 2 18 26 35 36 (42) (50) = 117 6. U OF SAN FRANCISCO 9 15 32 38 41 (54) = 135 7. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 1 29 34 48 49 (52) (53) = 161 8. GONZAGA 24 33 37 44 47 (51) (55) = 185

-PLACE FIRST NAME LAST NAME YR COLLEGE TIME PACE ===== ==================== == ======================= ===== ===== 1 Edit Pakay JR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 17:58 5:47 2 Allegra Porter SO SAINT MARY'S 18:07 5:50 3 Robin Bell FR SANTA CLARA 19:03 6:08 4 Fabienne Mueri JR U OF SAN DIEGO 19:13 6:12 5 Kim Croswell SO U OF SAN DIEGO 19:19 6:13 6 Alison Smith FR PORTLAND 19:20 6:14 7 Jenny Smokey JR SANTA CLARA 19:26 6:16 8 Megan Lafrenz SO PORTLAND 19:32 6:17 9 Lrysta Heavens JR U OF SAN FRANCISCO 19:35 6:19 10 Hannah Coombe FR PORTLAND 19:41 6:20 11 Annie Gastelum JR SANTA CLARA 19:44 6:21 12 Milena Basile SO SANTA CLARA 19:47 6:22 13 Katie Hansen FR SANTA CLARA 19:49 6:23 14 Christine Carter SO PEPPERDINE 19:52 6:24 15 Laura Danner-Baird SR U OF SAN FRANCISCO 19:55 6:25 16 Monica Keyes SO PEPPERDINE 20:01 6:27 17 Laura Beam SR PEPPERDINE 20:04 6:28 18 Strada Morris SO SAINT MARY'S 20:06 6:28 19 Sara Sundborg JR PORTLAND 20:09 6:30 20 Jessie Newton JR PORTLAND 20:10 6:30 21 Lauren Gray FR PEPPERDINE 20:12 6:31 22 Amanda Bullat JR PORTLAND 20:14 6:31 23 Jennifer Crossland SO PEPPERDINE 20:16 6:32 24 Becka Hardy SO GONZAGA 20:25 6:35 25 Whitney Niemcziek FR PORTLAND 20:28 6:35 26 Ashley Viens SO SAINT MARY'S 20:28 6:36 27 Alyssa Rosenbaum FR PEPPERDINE 20:31 6:36 28 Carin Huizenga FR PEPPERDINE 20:33 6:37 29 Heather MontgomerySO LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 20:35 6:38 30 Jen Pici JR U OF SAN DIEGO 20:37 6:39 31 Cassandra Chavez FR U OF SAN DIEGO 20:43 6:40 32 Marcie Cole SO U OF SAN FRANCISCO 20:45 6:41 33 Carrie Gibson SO GONZAGA 20:49 6:42 34 Erin Junkin SO LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 20:51 6:43 35 Megan Gebbardt SR SAINT MARY'S 20:57 6:45 36 Danielle St. Clair JR SAINT MARY'S 21:04 6:47 37 Jennifer Holstein SO GONZAGA 21:11 6:49 38 Monica Corbin FR U OF SAN FRANCISCO 21:12 6:50 39 Lisa Holman FR U OF SAN DIEGO 21:13 6:50 40 Lindsay Herf SR U OF SAN DIEGO 21:15 6:51 41 Jennifer Kinder JR U OF SAN FRANCISCO 21:18 6:52 42 Jacqui Powell SO SAINT MARY'S 21:18 6:52 43 Claudia Sandoval SO U OF SAN DIEGO 21:22 6:53 44 Christina Paal FR GONZAGA 21:25 6:54 45 Kristin Love JR SANTA CLARA 21:32 6:56 46 Kasey Shemwell SR SANTA CLARA 21:32 6:56 47 Jessica Hermens FR GONZAGA 21:34 6:57 48 Trinity Amalfitano FR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 21:35 6:57 49 Jenny Atkinson SR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 21:40 6:59 50 Bethany DeMore SO SAINT MARY'S 21:52 7:03 51 Christi Urann JR GONZAGA 22:23 7:13 52 Maria Degitz SO LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 22:31 7:15 53 Alie Moody JR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 22:36 7:17 54 Andrea Johnson FR U OF SAN FRANCISCO 23:23 7:32 55 Marissa Hood FR GONZAGA 23:45 7:39