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Oct. 22, 2007
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MEN'S RACE (39th annual). . . ARIZONA's predominately freshman squad (nine freshmen, three sophomores and one junior) will be paced by freshman Victor Zazueta... ARIZONA STATE senior Kyle Alcorn leads a Sun Devil squad that has been successful at two high-caliber meets this season, finishing second at the Roy Griak Invitational and ninth at in the White Divison race at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational... Senior David Torrence will pace the CALIFORNIA Golden Bears. He posted a 16th place showing to lead Cal to a third-place finish in the Blue Race at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational. Cal's impressive team showing moved the Bears into the national rankings at No. 8 (tied)... The top-ranked OREGON Ducks will be led by a pair of juniors in defending Pac-10 champion Galen Rupp and Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott. Rupp has yet to compete this season, while Kiptoo-Biwott finished second in his only race of the year (Bill Dellinger Invitational)... STANFORD, which had it's string of six consecutive Pac-10 titles snapped by Oregon last season, looks to regain the Pac-10 crown behind seniors Russell Brown and Neftalem Araia. Each have paced the Cardinal in separate meets this season... Senior Austin Ramos will keep UCLA in the hunt. He's been the Bruins top finisher in each of the two races he's run this year... WASHINGTON will look to junior Jon Harding to lead the Huskies. He set a course record at the Sundodger Invitational earlier this season, running the 8,000-meter course in 23:36... WASHINGTON STATE has been led by senior Andrew Jones. He's been the top-finishing Cougar in each of the three meets he's competed.
WOMEN'S RACE (22nd annual). . . A competitive race featuring four teams ranked among the nation's Top 10... Junior Irine Lagat will lead the ARIZONA women. She placed 40th at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational... ARIZONA STATE has been ranked among the top 10 teams this season, thanks to the strong showing by junior Jenna Kingma. The fifth-ranked Sun Devils finished second at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational, with Kingma crossing the finish line first for Arizona State, ninth overall... CALIFORNIA senior Rebecca Yau has been the top finisher for the Golden Bears in two of the three meets she's competed in this season... OREGON quickly moved up the rankings this season to its current No. 2 spot thanks in part to strong performances from junior Zoe Nelson and sophomore Nicole Blood... Host OREGON STATE will be guided by junior Sylvia Veal. Veal has been the top Beaver finisher in each of her three races... Top-ranked STANFORD Cardinal two-time defending champion senior Arianna Lambie will attempt to become the second woman in Pac-10 history to win three consecutive Pac-10 titles. Senior Teresa McWalters will also contend for top honors for the defending national champions... UCLA will be led by senior Claire Rethmeier. She was the Bruins top finisher at the recent NCAA Pre-Invitational... USC freshman Zsofia Erdelyi has come on strong for the Trojans. She placed 13th in her first meet, then had a third-place finish in her second meet. She topped those performances by winning the UC San Diego Triton Invitational in a course-record time... The ninth-ranked WASHINGTON Huskies are coming off an impressive showing at the NCAA Pre-Invitational where they finished fourth in the White Race. Junior Anita Campbell has been the Huskies top runner on what has been one of Washington's most competitive squads in recent years... WASHINGTON STATE will be led by Sara Trané, the Pac-10 champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase. Trané was the top finishing Cougar at the NCAA Pre-Invitational, finishing 17th in the Blue Race. THE COURSE . . . The men's course will cover 8,000 meters at Trysting Tree Golf Course, Corvallis, Ore. The women, meanwhile, will run a course of 6,000 meters. The terrain for both the men's course and women's course will be run over grass, with short sections run on dirt service road.
2007 PAC-10 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS . . . Following the championships, final results for the men's and women's races will be available on the Oregon State web site (www.osubeavers.com) and the Pac-10 web site (www.pac-10.org).
CAN'T MAKE IT IN PERSON? . . . A video recap of the Pac-10 Championships will be available on the Pac-10 website (www.pac-10.org) starting Wednesday, Oct. 31.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? . . . The NCAA West Regional Championships will be in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, Nov. 10 (hosted by University of Oregon), while the NCAA Championships will be Monday, Nov. 19 in Terre Haute, Ind. (hosted by Indiana State).
NEXT YEAR . . . OREGON will host the 2008 Pac-10 Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 1.
LAST YEAR . . . MEN: OREGON captured its 14th Pac-10 title, and first since 1995 with a narrow five-point margin of victory over defending league champion STANFORD. With the win, the Ducks snapped Stanford's streak of six straight league titles. Oregon's Galen Rupp knocked off two-time defending champion ARIZONA's Robert Cheseret for individual honors with a clocking of 23:03. Rupp went on to place fourth at the West Region in leading the Ducks to the West Region title. For his efforts, he was named the 2006 Pac-10 Cross Country Athlete of the Year. Freshman teammate Diego Mercado was the Pac-10's highest placing freshman in the league championships, finishing ninth (23:38). At the NCAA's, Stanford was the Pac-10's top finishing squad with a fourth-place showing. One point behind the Cardinal in a tie for fifth was Oregon. Oregon's Vin Lananna was tabbed the Pac-10 Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year. It's the sixth time he has earned the honor with the previous five times coming as head coach of the Stanford Cardinal.
2006 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS - MEN Stanford Golf Course, Stanford, Calif. MEN - Team Results 1. Oregon 1, 6, 9, 12, 25, 27, 31--53 2. Stanford 3, 8, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22--58 3. Arizona 2, 5, 28, 34, 38, 40, 42--107 4. Arizona State 4, 10, 17, 39, 43, 50, 51--113 5. UCLA 15, 16, 24, 29, 46, 48, 49--130 6. Washington 7, 26, 30, 33, 35, 36, 41--131 7. Washington State 18, 19, 32, 37, 44, 52, 54--150 8. California 11, 23, 45, 47, 53, 55, 56--179 WOMEN: STANFORD successfully defended its NCAA title with a 28-point margin of victory, giving the Cardinal their fourth national title overall. Along the way, the Cardinal captured their 11th consecutive Pac-10 title, and 13th overall, with a Pac-10 record-tying 22 points, equaling the low point total set by Stanford in 2003. Stanford took top honors at the NCAA West Region as well. Stanford's Arianna Lambie defended her Pac-10 individual crown with a clocking of 20:15 on her home course, then captured top honors at the West Region, followed by a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. For her efforts, she was named the 2006 Pac-10 Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year. Arizona State's Ali Kielty was the league's top finishing freshman at the Pac-10 Championships where she placed 13th (21:10) and was named the Pac-10 Women's Newcomer of the Year. In guiding the Cardinal to the NCAA title, Stanford's Peter Tegen was named the Pac-10 Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year. He was also recognized nationally by being named the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Association Coach of the Year. The Association paid tribute to Tegen by naming the annual award in his honor. 2006 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS - WOMEN Stanford Golf Course, Stanford, Calif. WOMEN - Team Results 1. Stanford 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 18, 22 --22 2. Arizona State 5, 7, 10, 13, 16, 21, 29 --51 3. Washington 6, 9, 24, 25, 32, 33, 47 --96 4. Oregon 14, 19, 20, 22, 28, 42, 50--103 5. UCLA 8, 15, 27, 35, 36, 44, 45--121 6. Washington State 11, 31, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43 --156 7. Arizona 17, 34, 49, 52, 54, 56, 59--206 8. Oregon State 30, 40, 46, 48, 53, 55, 58--217 9. California 26, 51, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64--260 10. USC 57, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70--323 |
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