Ex-Wolf of the Week: Adrian Clifford, cross country, Linfield College (sr.)

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Adrian Clifford, a 2013 Sequim High grad, is a senior and the top male cross country runner at Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore., this fall.

An exercise science major at Linfield, Clifford raced to a 26:13.90 finish (96th overall in a field of 291 runners) at the 8,000-meter Sundodger Invitational in Seattle on Sept. 17.

In the Wildcats’ season-opening meet, the Linfield Harrier Classic on Sept. 2, Clifford was the school’s top runner in the men’s 6,000-meter race and placed second overall, finishing in 20:23.38, about 45 seconds behind Jackson Baker of Ultimook Track Club.

At Linfield’s second meet — the Ash Creek Cross Country Invitational in Monmouth, Ore., on Sept. 9 — Clifford once again led Linfield, placing 26th overall with a 20:21.5 finish in the 6.3-kilometer race. The school placed fifth out of nine teams.

Clifford is a three-year letter-winner at Linfield, scoring runner at all seven meets as a junior (including six top-three Wildcat efforts) and competing in the NCAA Division III West Regionals. He also finished in the top three for the Wildcats five times as a sophomore.

Clifford competed in two state cross country meets (2011, 2012) for the Wolves.