LAKEWOOD, Wash. – The Trinity Western Spartans women's cross-country team opened the 2026 Cascade Conference season with a fifth-place finish at the University Puget Sound Invitational Saturday morning at Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, Washington.
Fourth-year
Catherine Roper (New Delhi, India) and second-year
Hadassah Duff (Spokane, Wash.) were the top Spartans, finishing in 19th and 20th place overall.
QUOTABLE
Shane Wiebe, TWU Head Coach
"With a schedule that takes us through three back-to-back races, today we took a measured approach to get a gauge as to where our athletes are at. Given our preservation-style tactics today, results for both teams were where we hoped they would be."
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now head to Tacoma, Wash., for the Pacific Lutheran Invitational on Saturday, September 19 at the PLU Cross Country Course.
Women's Results | 5km
19th –
Catherine Roper – 19:57.20
20th –
Hadassah Duff – 20:04.00
26th –
Ava Rodway– 20:59.70
27th –
Janaya Sandhu – 21:06.10
34th –
Livia Armitage – 21:25.60
Men's Results | 5 km
9th – Justin Kiplagat – 15:46.60
10th – David Mutai – 15:49.10
14th – Noah Louwerse – 16:06.40
16th – Malcom Reid – 16:08.60
17th – Elijah Headley – 16:10.20
28th – Lucien Dixon-Lawless – 16:32.10
48th – Larson Rische– 17:57.80
50th – Kenton Bell – 18:03.50
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes 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 15 U SPORTS team championships and 35 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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