The Fort Lewis College women’s cross country team was second out of six teams and the men’s third out of five at the Mountaineer Open on Saturday in Gunnison.
Host school Western State – ranked second (men) and third (women) nationally – swept both races comfortably, beating the FLC women by 41 and the men by 66 on the Mountaineers’ home course.
Maddie Kruger led the way for the FLC women, finishing fifth in the 6-kilometer race in 23 minutes, 54 seconds in a race won by Western State’s Tara Richardson. Katarina Medici and Alexis Work were 11th and 12th, respectively, for the Skyhawks, while Madeigh Winsor, Katherine Judge and Kiara Glover came in together in 16th, 17th and 18th, respectively.
The rest of the FLC women:
Kelsi Lawrence, 22nd.
Alyssa Carman, 33rd.
Rhea Gillespie, 37th.
Farrah Hood, 41st.
Garilena Cly, 43rd.
Kolette Dayish, 47th.
Julia Boyd-Helm, 49th.
Jae Borgen, 51st.
Valarie Bound, 52nd.
Courtney Ragle, 53rd.
Meghan Schroeder, 57th.
Christian Gering was the top men’s finisher for FLC, finishing in 11th in 26:22 in an 8-kilometer race where Western State swept the top nine spots. Garret Sapakoff was 13th for FLC.
The rest of the FLC men:
Derek Laue, 25th.
Tate Lagasca, 29th.
Joey Brenner, 32nd.
Preston Charlie, 33rd.
Jess Montour, 39th.
William Scoggins, 40th.
Alex Kilman, 41st.
Ryan Mott, 43rd.
Malclom Skeet, 44th.
Zachary Rhodes, 47th.
Zach Chenoweth, 55th.
Dominick Bitsui, 59th.
Joseph Spinelli, 61st.
Sam Kelly, 62nd.
Walter Delwiche, 63rd.
Clah Robert, 67th.
Sean Salazar, 68th.
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