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2010 NCAA CROSS COUNTRY WEST REGIONAL MEET Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010 Springfield Country Club, Springfield, Ore. Hosted by the

RACE SCHEDULE COURSE DESCRIPTION

9:25 a.m. Women’s teams called to start The Springfield Country Club, one of Oregon’s premier golf courses, will be 9:30 a.m. National Anthem the site of the NCAA Cross Country West Regional. Athletes will race entirely 9:40 a.m. Final instructions on grass and mostly on fairways. The course consists of three relatively flat 9:45 a.m. Women’s 6,000 meter race loops—an outer loop, an inner loop, and a finish loop. The outer loop is ap- 10:25 a.m. Men’s teams called to start proximately 2,320 meters in length, the inner loop is approximately 2,150 me- 10:40 a.m. Final instructions ters in length, and the finishing loop is approximately 1,350 meters in length. 10:45 a.m. Men’s 10,000 meter race

PAC-10 MEN’S & WOMEN’S TEAMS COMPETE FOR NCAA BIDS AT NCAA WEST REGIONAL

MEN’S RACE WOMEN’S RACE Pac-10 teams are headed to the NCAA West Regional to compete for one The women’s race is up for grabs with a highly competitive field of 30 of two automatic bids up for grabs to the NCAA Championships. All eight teams, including every Pac-10 squad. Pac-10 men’s teams will be competing in the 10,000-meter race, including The women look to run another tough 6,000 meter race after a showdown Pac-10 Champion and second-ranked STANFORD. in Seattle a couple of weeks ago when the Pac-10 crown was decided by six The 25-team race also features four teams ranked in the latest USTFCCA total points. Ranked fourth in the nation in the lastest USTFCCCA Coaches Coaches poll, including No. 3 OREGON and No. 22 CALIFORNIA. Running poll, Pac-10 Champion STANFORD looks to lead the pack again. But not alongside them are No. 11 Northern Arizona and No. 15 Portland. The Ducks too far away vying for the title and one of the two automatic berths are No. 6 play host to the regional. ARIZONA, who is having a breakout year, No. 7 OREGON, No. 11 WASHING- Individually, Stanford’s Chris Derrick won this race last season. He will be TON and No. 26 CALIFORNIA. Also in the competitive field of women’s teams challenged by 2010 Pac-10 Individual Champion Elliott Heath and team- is No. 27 San Francicso. mate Jake Riley, who placed second at the Conference meet, just a hair in Looking to take the individual title is Oregon’s , the 2010 front of Derrick. The three runners crossed the finish line nearly at the same Pac-10 Champion. The Cardinal leader is Kathy Kroeger, who placed second time and were separated by merely .13 of a second. Luke Puskedra from at Pac-10s, while Katie Flood, a freshman, jumped out in front for the Huskies Oregon is an All-American and will challenge the Cardinal runners, as well. and placed sixth in the individual competition at the league meet. Also making ARIZONA’s Stephen Sambu has made quite an impact on the Wildcat squad a big showing and carrying the Golden Bears was Deborah Maier, who was after transferring this season, finishing among the Conference’s elite, placing the third-place finisher at the Conference championships. ARIZONA STATE’s fifth at Pac-10s. Lindsay Prescott has been consistent for the Sun Devils, coming in the top 10 Pac-10 teams have had a strong history at the regional meet, with the at the Pac-10 competition. Cardinal winning the title 11 times. The Wildcats have won eight times and Historically, the Cardinal have fared very well at the regional meet, winning the Ducks seven times. 14 titles. UO has captured 12. Teams that do not claim an automatic bid will have to wait until the NCAA’s Teams that do not claim an automatic bid will have to wait until the NCAA’s announcement of at-large and individual bids on Sunday, Nov. 14. announcement of at-large and individual bids on Sunday, Nov. 14. The NCAA Cross Country Championships will be held on Monday, Nov. 23, The NCAA Cross Country Championships will be held on Monday, Nov. 23, in Terre Haute, Ind. The top two teams from each regional earn automatic in Terre Haute, Ind. The top two teams from each regional earn automatic bids to the event, and the top four runners not associated with qualifying bids to the event, and the top four runners not associated with qualifying teams will advance as individuals. teams will advance as individuals. USTFCCCA RANKINGS POLL NOTES ... On the men’s side, STANFORD slipped to No. 2 just two points behind Oka- homa State, while OREGON remained unchanged at No. 3. CALIFORNIA also remained steady MEN’S (Nov. 2) at No. 22. After an extremely tight women’s race at the Pac-10 Championships, there was plenty Rank School (1st Place) Points Lst Wk of shuffling in the national rankings. STANFORD moved up five spots to No. 4 in the country, 1. Oklahoma State (7) 355 2 while ARIZONA remained at No. 6. Meanwhile, OREGON fell to No. 7 after spending a lot of 2. STANFORD (5) 353 1 time at No. 2 in the polls. WASHINGTON made the third-largest jump of any team in the rank- 3. OREGON 326 3 ing, moving up to No. 11, after being at No. 20 in the previous poll. CALIFORNIA rounds out 4. Iona 318 4 the Pac-10 squads at No. 22. 5. Wisconsin 305 6 6. Florida State 286 8 7. Northern Arizona 263 11 NCAA WEST REGIONAL MEET RESULTS ... Following the meet, final results for the men’s and 8. Oklahoma 258 5 women’s races will be posted at the NCAA web site (www.ncaa.com) as well as on the University 9. Colorado 255 9 of Oregon web site (www.GoDucks.com). 10. New Mexico 253 12 11. Arkansas 249 10 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? ... The NCAA Championship will be held Monday, Nov. 22 12. Indiana 245 7 in Terre Haute, Ind. (hosted by Indiana State). 13. Portland 212 15 14. Syracuse 204 17 15. BYU 203 13 16. NC State 187 16 17. Princeton 181 18 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS REVIEW 18. North Carolina 141 25 SEATTLE - It was a sweep for the Stanford cross country program, as the Cardinal claimed 19. William & Mary 134 20 the Pac-10 Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship titles at the Jefferson Golf Club 20. Louisville 119 28 on Saturday in Seattle. Individually, Oregon’s Jordan Hasay was the top women’s finisher, post- 21. Virginia 109 19 ing a time of 19:44.95. Stanford swept the top three spots in the men’s race, with Elliott Heath 22. CALIFORNIA 107 22 winning by a nose over his teammates with a time of 23:00.46. 23. Duke 79 14 24. Minnesota 72 NR Six points separated the top four teams in the women’s race, the closest in Pac-10 history. 25. Alabama 70 27 Stanford had three runners in the top 10 and collected 62 points. Arizona, who has had a 26. Penn State 66 24 breakout season this fall, had 65 points to place second. Oregon and Washington tied for third 27. Tulsa 44 NR in the standings with 68 points. The Cardinal reclaimed the title after a three-year absence, 28. Providence 42 NR last winning the crown in 2007. It is also Stanford’s 15th Pac-10 Championship all-time. 29. Villanova 37 29 “I told the women it would be a close race,” said Cardinal head coach Jason Dunn. “We 30. Notre Dame 25 23 needed to place three in the top 10 if we were going to win. I’m happy with the way they and Kathy [Kroeger] ran well with Jordan [Hasay] up front to lead the team. Stephanie [Marcy] placing in the top five, and Jessica Tonn, only a freshman, did a great job coming in eighth.” The top three runners were from different teams with Hasay leading the way. Stanford’s Kathy Kroeger was second with a time of 19:49.43, and California’s Deborah Maier was third, posting a time of 20:01.85. “It’s definitely an honor to win for Oregon, but I’m disappointed our team didn’t do as well as we wanted to. We have the potential. It was a close race, good competition. It’s a great Confer- ence,” said Pac-10 Champion Hasay, who is the second-straight Duck to win the individual title after former Duck Nicole Blood won it in 2009. “It was really close. The last [kilometer] was really tough between Kathy [Kroger] and I. With 400 meters to go, I tried to kick it as hard as I could. I just had a little more today. It was an exciting battle.” Washington’s Katie Flood edged Arizona’s Jennifer Bergman down the stretch to get her Huskies on the podium, posting a sixth-place finish with a time of 20:15315. Bergman was the top finisher for the Wildcats, coming in seventh place with a time of 20:15.32 to lead her squad to the second-place showing. 2010 NCAA WEST REGIONAL In the men’s race, the lead pack was following Stanford’s trio for the entire race. The three Saturday, November 13 essentially crossed the finish line at the same time, with officials needing to check the video Springfield, Ore. before making the official declaration of the winner. Jake Riley came in second place behind Hosted by Oregon Elliott by just a hair, recording a time of 23:00.57. Last year’s Pac-10 Individual Champion, Chris Derrick, was just a tad bit behind him at 23:00.59. The title was Stanford’s second in a 2010 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS row, after capturing the 2009 crown, and 12th all-time. Monday, November 22 “I’m thrilled with the result. The guys ran exactly to plan. We wanted our first three guys to Terre Haute, Ind. get out and push the pace, and the rest of the guys to hang back and work their way through Hosted by Indiana State the pack and that’s exactly what they did,” said Cardinal head coach Jason Dunn. “Our sights have been set on nationals since we met in August and now we want to see it to the end. This is a great victory. We’re going to work hard and continue to make progress as we head to nationals.” “I won the race, but it was anyone’s race. We were’t separated by much,” said Pac-10 Cham- pion Elliott Heath. “We wanted to set the pace from the start and run out together. There was a good pack behind us, but it wasn’t until the end that were able to pull away a little bit. It’s a great win and now we’re focused on nationals and winning a title after the letdown last year. We want to finish strong this year.”

NCAA CROSS COUNTRY WEST REGIONAL // November 11, 2010 2 Coming in second place in the men’s team standings was Oregon with 56 points, and Cali- USTFCCCA RANKINGS fornia placed third with 86 points. The top finisher for the Ducks’, Luke Puskedra, came in behind the Cardinal trio, with a time of 23:05.80. Michael Coe was Cal’s top runner, placing WOMEN’S (Nov. 2) sixth with a time of 23:12.33. Stephen Sambu from Arizona rounded out the top five with a Rank School (1st Place) Points Lst Wk time of 23:06.77 1. Villanova (12) 360 1 2. Florida State 338 3 3. Texas Tech (1) 326 4 2010 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RESULTS - MEN 4. STANFORD 323 9 5. Georgetown 314 5 1. Stanford...... 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 15...... 25 6. ARIZONA 306 6 2. Oregon...... 4, 7, 8, 13, 24, 25, 32...... 56 7. OREGON 295 2 3. California...... 6, 12, 19, 22, 27, 36, 54...... 86 8. Colorado 267 7 4. UCLA...... 16, 17, 18, 21, 29, 31, 43...... 101 9. Syracuse 250 8 5. Arizona State...... 14, 23, 28, 38, 40, 46, 47...... 143 10. New Mexico 240 10 6. Washington State...... 20, 30, 34, 35, 39, 52, 55...... 158 11. WASHINGTON 237 20 7. Washington...... 26, 33, 37, 41, 44, 45, 50...... 181 12. Virginia 216 24 8. Arizona...... 5, 42, 48, 49, 51, 53...... 195 13. Iowa State 213 11 14. Providence 205 13 2010 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAL RESULTS - MEN 15. Stony Brook 192 14 16. Michigan State 188 16 17. Duke 159 12 1. Elliott Heath...... Sr.....STAN...... 23:00.46 6. Michael Coe...... Sr.....CAL...... 23:12.33 18. Michigan 147 21 2. Chris Derrick...... Jr...... STAN...... 23:00.57 7. Matthew Centrowitz...Sr.....ORE...... 23:17.42 19. Princeton 140 18 3. Jake Riley...... Jr...... STAN...... 23:00.59 8. A.J. Acosta...... Sr.....ORE...... 23:43.16 20. Minnesota 139 19 4. Luke Puskedra...... Jr...... ORE...... 23:05.80 9. Miles Unterreiner...... S0....STAN...... 23:48.07 21. North Carolina 101 17 5. Stephen Sambu...... Jr...... ARIZ...... 23:06.77 10. J.T, Sullivan...... Jr...... STAN...... 23:48.64 22. College 96 25 23. Oklahoma State 89 27 24. Tulsa 86 23 25. Texas 77 15 2010 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RESULTS - WOMEN 26. CALIFORNIA 60 22 1. Stanford...... 2, 5, 8, 21, 26, 27, 49...... 62 27. San Francisco 56 26 2. Arizona...... 7, 11, 12, 13, 22, 25, 29...... 65 28. Penn State 48 RV 3. Oregon...... 1, 4, 16, 23, 24, 32, 35...... 68 29. NC State 39 28 4. Washington...... 6, 10, 15, 18, 19, 34, 36...... 68 30. Toledo 35 RV 5. California...... 3, 28, 30, 33, 38, 42, 46...... 132 6. UCLA...... 17, 20, 31, 43, 54, 62, 66...... 165 7. Arizona State...... 9, 39, 41, 48, 51, 52, 57...... 188 8. Oregon State...... 40, 44, 47, 55, 59, 60, 64...... 245 9. Washington State...... 37, 45, 53, 56, 61, 63, 65...... 252 10. USC...... 14, 50, 58, 67, 68, 69, 70

2010 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAL RESULTS - WOMEN 1. Jordan Hasay...... So....ORE...... 19:44.43 6. Katie Flood...... Fr.....WASH.....20:13.15 2. Kathy Kroeger...... So....STAN...... 19:49.43 7. Jennifer Bergman.....So....ARIZ...... 20:15.32 3. Deborah Maier...... Jr...... CAL...... 20:01.85 8. Jessica Tonn...... Fr.....STAN...... 20:16.14 4. Alex Kosinski...... Sr.....ORE...... 20:09.58 9. Lindsay Prescott...... Jr...... ASU...... 20:17.52 5. Stephanie Marcy...... Jr...... STAN...... 20:12.26 10. Marie Lawrence...... Sr.....WASH.....20:22.64

PAC-10 NCAA HISTORY MEN’S NCAA CHAMPS MEN’S INDIVIDUAL WOMEN’S NCAA 1961 OSU CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS 1970 ORE 1957 Max Truex, USC 1983 ORE 1973 ORE 1961 Dale Story, OSU 1987 ORE 1974 ORE 1966 Gerry Lindgren, WSU 1996 STAN 1977 ORE 1967 Gerry Lindgren, WSU 2003 STAN 1996 STAN 1969 Gerry Lindgren, WSU 2005 STAN 2002 STAN 1970 , ORE 2006 STAN 2003 STAN 1971 Steve Prefontaine, ORE 2007 STAN 2007 ORE 1973 Steve Prefontaine, ORE 2008 WASH 2008 ORE 1976 Henry Rono, WSU 1977 Henry Rono, WSU WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL 1978 , ORE 1979 Henry Rono, WSU CHAMPIONS 1986 Aaron Ramirez, ARIZ 1996 Amy Skieresz, ARIZ 1993 Josephat Kapkory, WSU 2001 Tara Chaplin, ARIZ 1994 Martin Keino, ARIZ 1997 Meb Keflezighi, UCLA 2008 , ORE

NCAA CROSS COUNTRY WEST REGIONAL // November 11, 2010 3 25 YEARS WOMEN’S SPORTS - Cross Country

It is a landmark year for the Pac-10 as it celebrates 25 years of women’s athlet- ics in 2010-2011.

Since expanding to add 10 women’s sports in 1986-87, the Conference has been the leader of excellence in women’s athletics, winning more NCAA titles than any other conference. Pac-10 teams have won 123 women’s national titles, 106 coming in the last 25, easily outdistancing the SEC, which is second on the list with 74. In 1993, the Pac-10 added women’s soccer, for a total of 11 total women’s sports sponsored by the Pac-10.

Since the NCAA began conducting women’s championships 29 years ago, Pac-10 members have claimed at least four national titles in a single season on 21 occasions. Pac-10 institutions have dominated a number of sports, winning 22 softball titles, 13 of the last 21 trophies in golf, and 11 in swimming and diving. Skieresz Cross country has been one of the sports the Pac-10 has been particularly successful, producing eight national championship teams, seven coming in the last 25 years. The Conference is second in cross country national titles to the Big East, which has claimed nine.

Oregon dominated the sport of cross country early on, winning seven in the first decade of Pac-10 cross coun- try. The Ducks won their first NCAA crown in 1983 and won the Conference’s first in the sport under the Pac-10 umbrella in 1987. Pac-10 greats Penny Graves and Annette Hand, Pac-10 Athletes of the Year in the first three seasons of Pac-10 cross country, were instrumental in helping the Ducks win the 1987 crown.

UCLA’s Karen Hecox welcomed the 1990‘s by dominating in 1993 and 1994, becoming the first Pac-10 runner to win back-to-back individual titles before passing the torch.

In the mid- to late-1990’s, another runner ascended onto the Pac-10 scene. Arizona’s Amy Skieresz was a four- time Pac-10 Athlete of the Year, the only men’s or women’s runner to earn the award four times, and was an individual Conference champion every year of her career from 1995-1998. The speedy Wildcat was the first Pac- Hecox 10 women’s athlete to win an NCAA individual national championship in 1996. Her time of 16:36 in the Pac-10 Championship stands as the fastest time by a woman in the 5,000 meter distance.

Running at a new distance of 6,000 meters, which is the current distance competed today, another Wildcat, Tara Chaplin, opened the new millennium with a Pac-10 individual victory in 2000 and became the second-ever Pac-10 runner to capture an NCAA individual crown in 2001.

While individuals reigned on the Pac-10 scene, Stanford dominated the team competition, winning the Conference title in 1993 and 1994, and then again every year from 1996-2007. The Cardinal run included four NCAA titles in five years from 2003-2007. Leading the way was Arianna Lambie who stood atop the podium as an individual three times from 2006-2008.

Washington broke the Stanford streak in 2008 with Kendra Schaaf leading the way, winning a Pac-10 individual crown with a Conference record of 19:24. She and the Huskies would go on to win the 2008 crown. Lambie

Schaaf 1987 NCAA Championship Team

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