WOU CROSS COUNTRY
MEN'S ROSTER | WOMEN'S ROSTER | CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
George Oja Invite
Independence, Oregon | Oak Knoll Golf Course
10 a.m. Women | 11 a.m. Men
Live Results - Athletic Timing

WOLVES HEADING INTO THE RACE

• The Wolves as of Monday are traveling nine men and six women to Saturday's race - a final tuneup before the GNAC Championships the following Saturday in Bellingham, Washington. Here are the updated WOU entries.
• The teams are coming off the Lewis Crossover in Romeoville, Illinois - the largest D-II meet of the season. logan Parker paced the men with a time of 25:00.61 in the 8K race while Ameila Merritt led the women in the 6K (23:36.14).

THE REST OF THE FIELD

• According to Athletic Timing, 36 teams/organizations will be represented at the event Saturday - though no other GNAC schools. The women's race has 192 entries while the men's race has 282.

NOTES
Wolves men lead GNAC, women second in Academic All-Conference Honorees (Oct. 9)
The Western Oregon men's cross country team had a conference-best 11 GNAC All-Academic honorees while the women's team was second with nine when the conference released the honors Wednesday.

Earning honors for the men was: Chase Anspach, Jordan Kemper, James Lackey, Dustyn McKenney, Easton Pomrankey, Keeton Sanchez, Kolby Spink, Ethan Bothwell, Elwood Hosking, Isaiah Rodriguez and Remedan Seman. For McKenney, it was his fourth time being honored, for Kemper, Pomrankedy and Sanchez it was their third time and for Anspach it is his second honor.

On th women's side earning honors for the Wolves was: Katie Chapman, Abbigale Elliott, Olivia Flack, Holly Hutton, Lindie Larson, Natalie Perez, Amelia Merritt, Kaydence Nguyen and Kyla Potratz. For Chapman and Larson, it's their third time being honored while for Elliott, Flack, Hutton and Perez it was their second time.

To qualify, a student-athlete must have a 3.20 GPA or higher and be in their second year at their current university.

Women place first, men second at home Mike Johnson Classic (Sept. 27)
The Wolves women took first place and the men took second at the Mike Johnson Classic on home Ash Creek Preserve course. WOU led the four-team women's field by all five runners placing top nine of scored runners in the 6K – led by sophomore Kyla Potratz at a finishing time of 22:23.3.

The men took second, placing only behind NCAA West Region No. 9 Northwest Nazarene and having five runners take top-ten finishes for their 8K race. The Wolves were led by senior Easton Pomrankey, who placed fourth at a time of 24:36.7.

Men start season strong at Ash Creek Collegiate (Sept. 13)
The Wolves runners took first place in the men's team rankings during the Ash Creek Collegiate on Sept. 13 in Monmouth, with five placing in the top ten. Easton Pomrankey led the men for WOU, placing second in the 6K at 18:28.76. Fellow Wolves Logan Parker, Alden Roy, Matthew Resnik and Timothy Rambo all placed top ten.

A full race recap can be found by following this link.

WOU men 4th, women 6th in GNAC preseason poll
The Western Oregon men's and women's cross-country programs were picked in the same place they finished a year ago when the GNAC released the coaches poll.

2024 GNAC Men's Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Western Washington (10) - 100
2. Simon Fraser - 83
3. Alaska Anchorage - 79
4. Western Oregon - 77
5. Northwest Nazarene - 59
6. Central Washington - 51
7. Saint Martin's - 39
8. Seattle Pacific - 31
9. Alaska Fairbanks - 17
10. Montana State Billings - 14

2024 GNAC Women's Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Western Washington (9) - 99
2. Alaska Fairbanks (1) - 81
3. Simon Fraser - 78
4. Saint Martin's - 67
5. Alaska Anchorage - 65
6. Western Oregon - 56
7. Seattle Pacific - 42
8. Northwest Nazarene - 29
9. Central Washington - 23 
10. Montana State Billings - 11