Women Place Fifth In Oregon

EUGENE -- At the Bill Dellinger Invitational, where second through fifth place was determined by less than 15 points, the No. 18-ranked BYU women's cross country team finished fifth.

Six top-25 teams made the trip to Eugene, Ore., for the meet, with host Oregon winning. Arkansas, ranked No. 4 nationally, came in second place with No. 17 Washington and No. 21 Colorado State finishing in third and fourth, respectively.

"We ran a notably better race than we did three weeks ago at the Autumn Classic," said BYU coach Patrick Shane of the Cougars' second-place finish in a race with far less talent than that of the Dellinger Invitational. "We did a better job running as a team, and our groupings were much better."

The Cougars were led by sophomore Katie Bowen who placed fifth overall with a 6K time of 20:31. Freshman Angela Wagner wasn't far behind with a time of 20:33, good for seventh place.

"We could've started off a little faster but we got boxed in a little bit at the beginning," Wagner said. "But overall, I was really happy with the race."

Rounding out the top five for the Cougars were junior Amber Duffin (29th overall), junior Amy Fowler Layne (30th) and senior Jenna Jensen (33rd). Duffin and Layne ran identical times of 21:06, with Jensen completing the race in 21:12.

The Cougars will be in action again at Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind., on Oct. 13.

Team Scoring
PLACE  TEAM       POINTS  PLACES OF FINISHERS    
1   Oregon        65    1, 3, 8, 21, 32, 39, 45    
2   Arkansas      90    10, 11, 15, 19, 35, 36, 46   
3   Washington    93    2, 6, 13, 22, 50, 53, 64   
4   Colorado St.  95    4, 9, 23, 28, 31, 34, 51   
5   BYU           104   5, 7, 29, 30, 33, 37, 43
5. BYU
    5           Katie Bowen           20:31
    7           Angela Wagner         20:33
   29           Amber Duffin          21:06
   30           Amy Fowler-Layne      21:06
   33           Jenna Jensen          21:12
   37           Cecily Lemmon         21:16
   43           Tawny Bybee           21:21
   47           Anna Sperry           21:22
   68           Angela Petersen       21:37
   85           Stacy Slight          21:52
   91           Carolyn Quebe         21:56
   110          Wendy Harris          22:18