LACEY, Wash. – A pair of newcomer athletes in Eliana Hanson, and Marcus Rice led the Sants on their home course as Saint Martin's in the Ken Garland Classic on Saturday.
 
COMPLETE RESULTS
 
Hanson once again led the Saints on the website side of work with a time of 19:49 minutes. Bethany Forward followed in second place on the team with her time of 19:59 minutes. SMU was followed up by Noami Hartley (20:25), Kendyl Otter (21:31), and Kierla Yates (22:07) in the scoring.
 
On the men's side of action, it was the transfer Rice who led the pack with his 13th place finish at 26:32 minutes. Underclassmen Nick Sarysz and Andrew Oslin were second and third with their times of 26:43 and 26:45 respectively. Zachary Franco and Joe Phinazee closed out the scoring for Saint Martin's with their fourth and fifth place finishes on the team.
 
Saint Martin's as a unit was fifth on the men's side and sixth overall on the women's. Winning the event was Northwest Nazarene in the women's race and College of Southern Idaho in the men's.
 
Next weekend, the Saints travel to Chambers Bay for the Joe Payne/Curtis Invitational hosted by Washington. The race is set to start around 3:00 PM.