Team Results

Individual Results

SALEM, ORE. - The University of Hawai`i women's cross country squad took fourth place at the 28th Willamette Invitational earlier this morning. UH was paced by junior Victoria Chang and freshman Hanna Bremler.

The cool 60-degree temperatures and overcast skies didn't bother Chang, who completed the course in 17 minutes and 20.77 seconds good enough for seventh place overall. Teammate Bremler was right behind her finishing in 10th with a time of 17:28.88.

Winning the women's invite was Idaho with 46 points edging Auburn by a point. Oregon took third place at 110 points followed by UH at 133, while Santa Clara was fifth with 138.

UH's other three runners that scored were Jennifer Crumley in 40th place with a time of 18:31.32, Teryn Bentley in 63rd place coming in at 19:01.62, and Robin McRobbie in 69th at 19:13.27.

"I was very pleased with (Sarah) Verga, Crumley, and Bentley," Head Coach Carmyn James said. "You can see the hard work that they have put in over the course of the year reflected in their times."

Crumley was the most improved runner who competed a year ago as she bettered her time by chopping off one minute and 20 seconds on this same course. Verga showed an improvement of one minute flat off her time from a year ago posting a 20:12.31. Also, teammate Bentley knocked off 26 seconds from her time from last year.

"The ladies are working extremely hard, and we are trying to keep things in perspective while trying to peak for the Western Athletic Championships," James said. "Internally, we have focused primarily on the first 3K and finishing strong."

UH will split its squad next weekend, as this week's 10 runners head to the Triton Classic X-C Invitational at UC San Diego. The rest of the squad is running in the Hawai`i Pacific Invitational on its Kaneohe Campus. Both races are slated for 6K.