Nov. 1, 2003

Tiffanie Marley of San Diego became the first Torero to win an individual West Coast Conference cross country title, claiming the women's race with a time of 18:04 over the 5K Crystal Springs course in Belmont, California. The time is the eighth fastest mark recorded in WCC Championship history. Coming in second was Portland's Ashlee Vincent with a time of 18:15. Kathy Rice of Portland finished third with a time of 18:24, while fellow Pilot Breanne Siebol finished fourth with a time of 18:33. Lauren Swigart of Santa Clara and Kristen Rohde of Portland tied fifth with a time of 18:34. San Diego placed 6th out of the 8 teams.

Portland repeated as the women's champion this year, with five runners in the top ten, finishing with a total of 23 points. This is the seventh time in eight years that the Pilots have won the WCC Women's Cross Country title. Santa Clara captured second place with 43 points. Pepperdine finished third with 107 points, followed by Gonzaga (122), LMU (127), San Diego (152), San Francisco (153), and Saint Mary's (200)

The WCC Freshman of the Year for the women was Breanne Siebol of Portland. Ian Solof won the WCC Women's Coach of the Year honor for the second straight season.

WEST COAST CONFERENCE 2003 Women-5K CROSS COUNTRY November 1, 2003 Crysal Springs Course, Belmont CA Weather:Normal SF? *****Race Results by Robert Rush-Sports Consultant (650) 595-3619************** Place First Name Last Name Yr College Time Pace ===== ==================== == ======================= ===== ===== 1 Tiffanie Marley JR SAN DIEGO 18:04 5:49 2 Ashlee Vincent JR PORTLAND 18:15 5:53 3 Kathy Rice SO PORTLAND 18:24 5:56 4 Breanne Siebol FR PORTLAND 18:33 5:58 5 Lauren Swigart FR SANTA CLARA 18:34 5:59 6 Kristen Rohde SO PORTLAND 18:34 5:59 7 Shannon Bell FR SANTA CLARA 18:38 6:00 8 Alison Smith JR PORTLAND 18:41 6:01 9 Robin Bell JR SANTA CLARA 18:41 6:01 10 Katie Hansen JR SANTA CLARA 18:44 6:02 11 Allegra Porter SR SAINT MARY'S 18:46 6:03 12 Blossom Marimpietri FR SANTA CLARA 18:50 6:04 13 Jill Semenza SO GONZAGA 18:56 6:06 14 Tarrah Crowley FR PEPPERDINE 18:59 6:07 15 Lauren Tyree SO PEPPERDINE 19:04 6:09 16 Jamie Schiel SO GONZAGA 19:05 6:09 17 Ariana Morey SO SAN FRANCISCO 19:05 6:09 18 Renee Stribling FR SAN FRANCISCO 19:11 6:11 19 Kelsey Metcalfe SO PORTLAND 19:13 6:11 20 Kristin Gonzalez FR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 19:15 6:12 21 Karen Porter FR PEPPERDINE 19:17 6:13 22 Nicole Ricci SR PORTLAND 19:18 6:13 23 Trinity Amalfitano JR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 19:22 6:14 24 Jennifer Crossland SR PEPPERDINE 19:26 6:16 25 Cara Payne SR SANTA CLARA 19:32 6:17 26 Alexis Gernhardt JR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 19:33 6:18 27 Emily Buck SO GONZAGA 19:34 6:18 28 Lara Del Rio SO LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 19:35 6:18 29 Cathy Hall JR GONZAGA 19:36 6:19 30 Maria Degitz JR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 19:37 6:19 31 Milena Basile SR SANTA CLARA 19:38 6:20 32 Cassandra Chavez JR SAN DIEGO 19:40 6:20 33 Christine Carter SR PEPPERDINE 19:44 6:21 34 Anna Bretan SO SAN FRANCISCO 19:46 6:22 35 Jocelyn Johnson FR SAN DIEGO 19:51 6:24 36 Katie Clary JR PEPPERDINE 19:52 6:24 37 Nellie Ballou FR GONZAGA 19:57 6:26 38 Jessica Anderson FR SAN FRANCISCO 19:59 6:26 39 Erin Cartaya SO SAN DIEGO 20:02 6:27 40 Melani Hom FR LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 20:07 6:29 41 Kyla Maher FR PEPPERDINE 20:08 6:29 42 Strada Morris SR SAINT MARY'S 20:24 6:34 43 Ashley Viens SR SAINT MARY'S 20:24 6:34 44 Larisa Manuel JR GONZAGA 20:30 6:36 45 Rachel Erlandson SO SAN DIEGO 20:38 6:39 46 Heather Scott FR SAN FRANCISCO 20:46 6:41 47 Vanessa Mantas SR SAN DIEGO 20:48 6:42 48 Kimberly Crosswell SR SAN DIEGO 21:00 6:46 49 Andrea Johnson SO SAN FRANCISCO 21:16 6:51 50 Naomi Gilna SO GONZAGA 21:19 6:52 51 Bethany DeMore SR SAINT MARY'S 21:34 6:57 52 Michelle Toapanta SO LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 21:37 6:58 53 Deanna Price SO SAINT MARY'S 21:38 6:58 54 Kristen Hurst JR SAINT MARY'S 21:42 6:59 55 Emily Van Buskirk FR SAINT MARY'S 21:58 7:05 56 Alyssa Samuel SO SAN FRANCISCO 22:39 7:18

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES -------------------------------------------------

1. 23 PORTLAND (18:30 92:27) ========================================== 1 2 71 Ashlee Vincent JR 18:15 2 3 66 Kathy Rice SO 18:24 3 4 69 Breanne Siebol FR 18:33 4 6 67 Kristen Rohde SO 18:34 5 8 70 Alison Smith JR 18:41 6 ( 19) 64 Kelsey Metcalfe SO 19:13 7 ( 22) 65 Nicole Ricci SR 19:18

2. 43 SANTA CLARA (18:42 93:27) ========================================== 1 5 141 Lauren Swigart FR 18:34 2 7 134 Shannon Bell FR 18:38 3 9 135 Robin Bell JR 18:41 4 10 136 Katie Hansen JR 18:44 5 12 137 Blossom Marimpietri FR 18:50 6 ( 25) 138 Cara Payne SR 19:32 7 ( 31) 133 Milena Basile SR 19:38

3. 107 PEPPERDINE (19:18 96:30) ========================================== 1 14 49 Tarrah Crowley FR 18:59 2 15 53 Lauren Tyree SO 19:04 3 21 52 Karen Porter FR 19:17 4 24 48 Jennifer Crossland SR 19:26 5 33 46 Christine Carter SR 19:44 6 ( 36) 47 Katie Clary JR 19:52 7 ( 41) 51 Kyla Maher FR 20:08

4. 122 GONZAGA (19:26 97:08) ========================================== 1 13 18 Jill Semenza SO 18:56 2 16 17 Jamie Schiel SO 19:05 3 27 12 Emily Buck SO 19:34 4 29 15 Cathy Hall JR 19:36 5 37 10 Nellie Ballou FR 19:57 6 ( 44) 16 Larisa Manuel JR 20:30 7 ( 50) 14 Naomi Gilna SO 21:19

5. 127 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (19:29 97:22) ========================================== 1 20 32 Kristin Gonzalez FR 19:15 2 23 28 Trinity Amalfitano JR 19:22 3 26 31 Alexis Gernhardt JR 19:33 4 28 30 Lara Del Rio SO 19:35 5 30 29 Maria Degitz JR 19:37 6 ( 40) 33 Melani Hom FR 20:07 7 ( 52) 35 Michelle Toapanta SO 21:37

6. 152 SAN DIEGO (19:39 98:15) ========================================== 1 1 106 Tiffanie Marley JR 18:04 2 32 101 Cassandra Chavez JR 19:40 3 35 104 Jocelyn Johnson FR 19:51 4 39 100 Erin Cartaya SO 20:02 5 45 103 Rachel Erlandson SO 20:38 6 ( 47) 105 Vanessa Mantas SR 20:48 7 ( 48) 102 Kimberly Crosswell SR 21:00

7. 153 SAN FRANCISCO (19:46 98:47) ========================================== 1 17 120 Ariana Morey SO 19:05 2 18 123 Renee Stribling FR 19:11 3 34 117 Anna Bretan SO 19:46 4 38 116 Jessica Anderson FR 19:59 5 46 122 Heather Scott FR 20:46 6 ( 49) 119 Andrea Johnson SO 21:16 7 ( 56) 121 Alyssa Samuel SO 22:39

8. 200 SAINT MARY'S (20:34 102:46) ========================================== 1 11 88 Allegra Porter SR 18:46 2 42 86 Strada Morris SR 20:24 3 43 92 Ashley Viens SR 20:24 4 51 84 Bethany DeMore SR 21:34 5 53 90 Deanna Price SO 21:38 6 ( 54) 85 Kristen Hurst JR 21:42 7 ( 55) 91 Emily Van Buskirk FR 21:58