VANCOUVER, Wash. - Following their week-over-week success, both Penguins Men's and Women's Cross Country programs hit their stride at the right time, placing 2nd at NWAC Southern Region Championship last weekend. 



Both programs saw stellar performances from their returners as well as incomers. Leading the Men's team was Freshman Gary Sherman who placed 6th overall while Sophomore Jane Kuebrich lead the charge for the Women's team placing 7th overall.
The Women's team finished with a final score of 56, average time of 21:29, and total time of 1:47:26
The Men's team finished with a final score of 58, average time of 29:23, and total time of 2:26:56

Notable Individual Women's Stats:

• Jane Kuebrich - finished 7th overall with a final time of 20:36.8 with an average mile time of 6:38.0
• Emily Thompson - finished 11th overall with a final time of 21:18.5 with an average mile time of 6:51.5
• Emily Anderson - finished 13th overall with a final time of 21:30.3 with an average mile time of 6:55.3
• Raleena Maxson - finished 16th overall with a final time of 21:47.4 with an average mile time of 7:00.8
• Chloe Crawford - finished 19th overall with a final time of 22.13.5 with an average mile time of 7:09.2
• View the full results HERE

 Notable Individual Men's Stats:

• Gary Sherman - finished 6th overall with a final time of 28:05.1 with an average mile time of 5:39.0
• Norman Hartman - finished 11th overall with a final time of 29:34.1 with an average mile time of 5:56.9
• Stanley Johnson - finished 12th overall with a final time of 29:37.0 with an average mile time of 5:57.4
• Evan Hebblethwaite - finished 13th overall with a final time of 29:38.5 with an average mile time of 5:57.7
• Dylan Ho - finished 16th overall with a final time of 30:02.1 with an average mile time of 6:02.5
• View the full results HERE

Frasier, flanked by Kailey Sears, was awarded the NWAC Southern Region Men's Coach of the Year. 



Regarding their past weekend's success, Frasier said, "Saturday was a huge day for our program to have both Men's and Women's teams in the top two. It was two totally different races but both team executed exactly what we wanted to do. On the Men's side, we knew it was going to be a battle and our guys rose to the challenge and ran a really gutsy race. We are proud of how hard they competed. For the Women, we knew we were pretty secure in our spot in the race and it was all about taking care of business and running a solid race. We know a ton of them feel like they've still got a lot left for the Conference Championship. We expect to see their best performances there."

Penguins XC programs now look ahead to the NWAC Championship and will take the next two weeks to prepare to make some noise at Chambers Bay.



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