Race Location – 44th Annual Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational / Salem, Ore.
Host School – Willamette University
Start Times – 9:30 a.m.
Race Distance – Women 5k / Men 8k
Race Preview – Last week, the Saints defended their home course on the campus of Saint Martin's, but return to the road for the 44th Annual Charles Bowles Willamette Invitational.
The 5k/8k race for the women and the men will be the same distance as last week's SMU Ken Garland Classic. The 5k will be the second time the women have run that distance this season.
Lindsey Dorney and
Yeshi Vaughan are poised to led the Saints after finishing 57th and 104th in last year's race.
Sadie Dalgleish finished fourth on the team last year with a time of 20:13.6. Newcomers
Alyssa Robinson and
Eliza Bannister continue to make impactful moves after placing third and fifth on the team at the Ken Garland Classic.
Over on the men's side, the Saints look to continue their success after a fifth place finish at the Ken Garland Classic. Second leading scorer from last year's Willamette Invitational
Levi Schilter, along with freshman
Andrew Oslin, set up to be the top scorers in this year's race.
Colton Buster, who finished second last week, will likely push both Schilter and Oslin for the team lead.
Joe Phinazee and John Farrell look to repeat their performances as scorers for SMU last week.
Last year, the Saints finished 11th on the women's and 14th on the men's out of 18 schools.
Last Race Recap - On the campus of Saint Martin's, over 250 student-athletes competed in the 2018 Ken Garland Classic, with the Saints being led by
Lindsey Dorney and
Andrew Oslin, who placed 30th and 37th respectively.
Dorney finished first on the women's side with a time of 20:20.81 minutes, with her teammates
Yeshi Vaughan and
Alyssa Robinson finishing behind her. Vaughan finished with a time of 21:25.85 and Robinson close behind at 21:32.54. Rounding out the scoring for the Saints on the women's side was
Sadie Dalgleish at 21:59.52 and
Eliza Bannister at 22:23.39.
Over on the men's side of action, Oslin ran to a tune of 28:02.64 to lead the Saints and finished 37th overall.
Colton Buster placed second on the team at 28:13.74, followed by
Levi Schilter at a time of 28:52.03 minutes. Closing out the top five for the Saints was
Joe Phinazee at 29:04.66 and John Farrell with a time of 29:21.60 minutes.
Overall as a team, the Saints placed fifth on the men's side with total of 166 points and ninth on the women's at 218.
The Saint hit the road next weekend for the Willamette Invitational on Saturday, September 29. Results will be posted at smusaints.com.
