{"id":6595,"date":"2017-10-25T20:45:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T04:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=6595"},"modified":"2017-11-10T12:53:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T20:53:02","slug":"mens-cross-country-runs-title-women-jog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/mens-cross-country-runs-title-women-jog\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s cross country runs to the title, women&#8217;s ranks sixth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00eb<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Strickland | Managing Editor<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Oct. 21, Wolves cross country headed to Bellingham, Washington to compete in the GNAC Championships. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The men\u2019s cross country team, currently number 12 in the NCAA DII rankings, took home two trophies <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">their first team title, as well as a first-place 8,000-meter trophy for senior David Ribich.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The team win is the first GNAC Championship win in Western history <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> it also beat a seven-year winning streak from University of Alaska Anchorage. The Wolves came close to a win 10 years ago, but ultimately ended up in second place. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ribich, currently GNAC Athlete of the Year, won the 8,000-meter with a time of 24:54.82, coming in 0:48.83 seconds in front of Edwin Kangogo from University of Alaska Anchorage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Western junior Dustin Nading placed eighth in the same event with a time of 25:32.76. Wolves Tyler Jones, Parker Marson and Justin Crosswhite came in at 11th, 12th and 13th, rounding out the top 15 spots in the event. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The cumulative scores of the men\u2019s team resulted in the 51-point win for the Wolves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior Kennedy Rufener took the lead for Western\u2019s women\u2019s cross country, placing seventh in the women\u2019s 6,000-meter run. Rufener finished with a time of 22:07.73.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The second Wolf to place was senior Suzanne Van De Grift, who came in 21st with 22:53.51.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wolves stay in Monmouth for the next cross country event. The NCAA West Regional meet is slated for Nov. 4 at the Ash Creek Preserve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact the author at journalmanaging@wou.edu<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zo\u00eb Strickland | Managing Editor On Oct. 21, Wolves cross country headed to Bellingham, Washington to compete in the GNAC Championships. The men\u2019s cross country team, currently number 12 in the NCAA DII rankings, took home two trophies \u2014 their first team title, as well as a first-place 8,000-meter trophy for senior David Ribich. 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