INDEPENDENCE, Ore. – First-year Ava Rodway led Trinity Western's women's team at the Cascade Collegiate Conference Cross Country Championships finishing 12th Friday at the Oak Knoll Golf Course. 

Rodway crossed the line with a time of 22:35.9 over six kilometres to earn CCC All-Conference honours. Hadassah Duff was the Spartans second best runner on the day, crossing the line 17th in 23:00.2.

On the men's side, second-year Spartan Yemane Mulugeta finished first and third-year Justin Kiplagat was right behind him in second, as Trinity Western put together a most impressive debut by finishing one-two at the Cascade Collegiate Conference Cross Country Championships

Competing in the CCC Championships for the first time as a team, having officially entered NAIA and the CCC this fall, Mulugeta topped the field with a time of 24:03.1 over eight kilometres. Kiplagat finished seven seconds behind his teammate in 24:10.7. Both Mulugeta and Kiplagat earned CCC All-Conference honours.

The result duplicated the duo's performance three weeks ago on the same course, when Mulugeta was first and Kiplagat was second at the Linfield George Oja Invitational. For Mulugeta's performance last time in Independence, he was named the NAIA Runner of the Week. The conference title is Mulugeta's third victory of the season, having also won the Bill Roe Invitational Sept. 27 in Bellingham, Wash. 

As a team, the Spartans men finished fourth overall, while the women's team was eighth.

Women's Results | 6km
12th – Ava Rodway – 22:35.9 
17th – Hadassah Duff – 23:00.2
47th – Catherine Roper – 24:40.6
67th – Anaka Weber – 25:46.8
79th – Tianna Iorio – 27:16.3

Men's Results | 8km
1st – Yemane Mulugeta – 24:03.1
2nd – Justin Kiplagat – 24:10.7
22nd – David Mutai – 25:35.3
31st – Malcolm Reid – 25:47.3
38th – Elijah Headley – 25:58.2
47th – Lucien Dixon-Lawless – 26:21.7
63rd – Brendan O'Brien – 27:09.5

UP NEXT
The Spartans will prepare to compete in the NAIA Championships in Tallahassee, Florida. 

About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in NAIA in cross country and track and field and as an independent team in men's rugby and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 34 Canada West team championships.

About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in CIS sports. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.  

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