Meet Results

LEWISTON, Idaho — Alyssa Johnson finished runner-up for the third consecutive year and Emily Picard earned all-conference honors, pacing the Southern Oregon women's cross country team at the Cascade Conference Championships presented by U.S. Bank on Friday morning at the Lewis-Clark State cross country course. 

Johnson, now a four-time All-Cascade Conference performer, finished the 6,000-meter course in a season's best time of 21 minutes 12.7 seconds. It was the second quickest time of her life and only seven seconds off her personal best. 

Picard improved upon last season's 22nd-place finish, taking 12th in 21:58.5 for her first-ever All-CCC award. It was a 54-second personal best for the sophomore. 

No. 2 College of Idaho won the team title, with seven All-CCC performances and putting five in the top-10. No. 12 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) was second with 84 points and No. 15 Eastern Oregon finished in third with 85 points. Southern Oregon came in fourth with 139 points. 

"Considering the women have been plagued by sickness since basically the beginning of October, I thought our performance was really good," said head coach Grier Gatlin. "Both Alyssa and Emily consistently moved up through the race and our 3-5 ran the fastest they have all season." 

Johnson found herself with the chase pack to start the race before moving to third at the third-mile split. She was two seconds behind CI's second-place Rozzlyn Cazier before moving past her and creating a six-second gap by the finish line. Picard sat in 25th after one mile and moved to 12th by mile three. 

SOU's next two finishers ran personal best times. Freshman Ellieana Massey placed 40th in 23:43.5 and senior Mercedes Harms improved upon last year's 54th-place finish, taking 44th in 23:56.5

Senior Ashley Jentzsch posted a season's best time of 24:12.3 to place 53rd and round of the scoring. 

The Raiders had three more finishers. Meadow Baxter placed 59th in 24:43.2, Kayla Gorchels took 69th in 25:28.8 and Izzie Calingasan finished 75th in 26:24.2. 

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES — 1. College of Idaho 31, 2. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 84, 3. Eastern Oregon 85, 4. Southern Oregon 139, 5. Oregon Tech 155, 6. Trinity Western (B.C.) 171, 7. Evergreen State (Wash.) 184, 8. Northwest (Wash.) 186, 9. Corban 204, 10. Bushnell 242, 11. Walla Walla (Wash.) 317, 12. Warner Pacific 390

SOU WOMEN'S 6K RESULTS (of 95 total runners)
2. Alyssa Johnson, 21:12.7
12. Emily Picard, 21:58.5
40. Ellieana Massey, 23:43.5
44. Mercedes Harms, 23:56.5
53. Ashley Jentzsch, 24:12.3
59. Meadow Baxter, 24:43.2
69. Kayla Gorchels, 25:28.8
75. Izzie Calingasan, 26:24.2