BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Larissa Kolasinski finished 31st at the GNAC Championships while Josh Hunt placed 59th as the Saints finished 10th and 11th overall at Lake Padden Park on Saturday.

COMPLETE RESULTS

Kolasinski recorded the fastest time of any Saint on the women's side, with a time of 23:22.50 minutes, only 0.3 seconds away from tying her season-best time. Yadira Lopez placed second on the team and 37th overall with a time of 23:34.06 minutes. Lindsey Dorney took 67th overall in the Championships with her mark of 24:39.08 minutes, while Sadie Dalgleish and Yeshi Vaughan placed fourth and fifth with times of 25:22.82 and 26:00.66 respectively.

Over on the men's side of the action, Josh Hunt was first on the team once again with a time of 27:10.96 minutes. Freshman Miguel De LaMelena took second with a time of 27:58.75 while Levi Schilter came in third on the team at 28:06.05 minutes. Rounding out the top five for the Saints was Joe Edgecomb and Derrick Howlett with times of 28:51.49 and 29:21.46 minutes respectively. 

Overall, the Saints finished 10th on the women's side with 255 points while the men finished 11th at 331. Winning the GNAC Championships was Alaska Anchorage (28) for the women and Western Oregon (51) for the men. Caroline Kurgat (20:49.42) of Alaska Anchorage and David Ribich (24:54.82) of Western Oregon each won their respective races.

"Overall for both the men and women's teams, we did not quite have the outcome we were anticipating or wanting; however, there were still some decent highlights for some of our athletes," said head coach Jim Brewer. "On the ladies side both Olivia Abbott and Sadie (Dalgleish) made improvements on the same course from a couple weeks ago. OUr men have been making steady progress in the 8k throughout the season; however, today was not quite our race. Now that we are done we will take a look at what we need to do as we prepare for regionals and hope for better results there."

The Saints will travel to Western Oregon on November 4th for the NCAA West Regionals. More information about the race will be posted in the coming days.