Men's Results | Women's Results

MONMOUTH, Ore. – The mens and womens cross country teams traveled to Monmouth, Ore. to open up their 2019 season. The men placed eighth in their 15-team, 6K race with 202 total points and an average time of 20:11. The women took eighth in their 12-team, 4K race with 131 total points and an average time of 16:28.
 
The men were led by Mike Ophoff who finished in 22^nd place with a total time of 19:20.53, the best time by a male GNAC representative. Following close behind Ophoff was Logan Mowry who finished 34^th at a time of 19:49.75. Rounding out the men's race for the Nanooks were Zephan Ozturgut, who finished 41^st with a time of 20:01.73, Christopher Kalev, who finished 61^st with a time of 20:46.94 and finally Nathan Sanches who finished 67^th with a time of 20:56.40. Jacob Walsh received a DNF for the 'Nooks.
 
With six total runners, the women Nanooks were led by redshirt-senior Alexandria Bergholtz who posted a 12^th place finish and a time of 15:43.9 in the women's 4K race. Two other Nanooks finished in the top 20. Anja Maijala ran a time of 16:18.8 for an 18th place finish and was followed up at 19^th place by Noelle Resignolo who ran a 16:19.3.
 
The final three Nanook runners were Rya Berrigan who took 37^th place with a time of 16:48.5, Mariel Pulles who was 50^th with a time of 17:10.4 and Maggie Meeds who finished 59^th and had a time of 17:29.8.
 
Both the men and women will return to Monmouth on Sept. 20 for the Sundowner Invite hosted by Western Oregon University.
 
For more information on the Alaska Nanooks men's and women's cross country running teams, follow @AlaskaNanooksXC on twitter or like the Alaska Nanooks XC team page on Facebook.