Gonzaga Cross Country Wins Pac-12 Title
The championship came during coach Pat Tyson’s final season after a difficult year for the distance men.
Gonzaga’s men won the Pac-12 cross country championship Friday in Boise, giving the program its first conference title in the league. The Bulldogs beat Utah State 56-39, while Washington State finished third, three points behind Utah State. Four Gonzaga runners placed among the top 10, and the five scoring runners finished within 23 seconds of each other.
Dylan Weniger led Gonzaga in fourth at 23:35, followed by Dylan Rowell in fifth, Logan Schwartz in seventh and Logan Law in ninth. Ryan Mitchell, competing while hurt, added a 13th-place finish. The result was a sharp turnaround after Gonzaga placed 33rd at Wisconsin’s Nuttycombe Invitational earlier this month; Weniger withdrew there with an abdominal injury, and Schwartz finished 203rd.
The victory came in coach Pat Tyson’s final season leading the program. His retirement takes effect after track season, and the championship moved him to tears. Gonzaga joined the reworked Pac-12 this year alongside Washington State and Oregon State, then won the conference’s first championship event in its new form. Washington State also won the women’s race, while Gonzaga placed fifth, led by Audrey Orme in seventh and Sloan Dickson in ninth.
- Friday’s championship race took place in Boise.
- Gonzaga defeated Utah State 56-39; Washington State was third.
- Dylan Weniger led Gonzaga with a fourth-place finish in 23:35.
- Pat Tyson’s retirement begins after track season.
- Gonzaga’s women placed fifth; Audrey Orme was seventh and Sloan Dickson ninth.
Source: The Spokesman-Review ↗
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