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Pac-10 Harriers invade Pullman
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For Immediate Release: Monday, October 27, 2003
2003 PAC-10 MEN'S & WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW
MEN'S RACE (35th annual). . . The MONDO Top-30 (Oct. 21) includes No. 1 STANFORD, No. 14 ARIZONA, No. 15 ARIZONA STATE, No. 18 OREGON and No. 27 WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON STATE also received votes in the latest poll. . . . Stanford has won six of the last seven championships and should be the early favorite. The Cardinal have dominated the competition this season, including the recent Pre-NCAA meet in Waterloo, Iowa, where six Cardinal runners finished among the top 10. Stanford will be led by a strong senior class that includes Ian Dobson, Louis Luchini, Grant Robison, Donald Sage and Adam Tenforde. . . . Arizona will be paced by freshman Robert Cheseret, who has not placed lower than second in any meet this season, junior Jonah Maiyo and senior Kyle Goklish. . . Arizona State will count on junior Juan Reyes and sophomore Aaron Aguayo. . . . Oregon will contend with a veteran lineup that includes juniors Ryan Andrus, Eric Logsdon and senior Brett Holts. . . . Senior Eric Garner and sophomore Mark Mandi will keep Washington in the chase. . . Washington State senior Ian Johnson and junior Dan Wolf will look for home course advantage. . . Others to watch at the championships include CALIFORNIA junior Girmay Guangul and sophomore Giliat Ghebray; UCLA freshman Austin Ramos and junior Jon Rankin.
WOMEN'S RACE (18th annual). . . Three Pac-10 women's teams grace the latest FinishLynx Top-25 (Oct. 20). Defending Pac-10 champion STANFORD sits at No. 1, followed by No. 4 ARIZONA STATE, No. 15 UCLA and No. 25 WASHINGTON. The Cardinal look for their eighth consecutive title, and 10th in 11 years, behind juniors Sara Bei and Alicia Craig. The senior-less Stanford squad includes several talented freshmen in twins Amanda and Katy Trotter and Arianna Lambie. . . . Arizona State will be led by sophomore Amy Hastings, only the third Sun Devil to win multiple races in one season, and sophomore Anna Masinelli. ASU women stunned several teams with its first place finish at the talent-laden Roy Griak Invitational. . . . UCLA senior Valerie Flores, and freshmen Alison Costello and Ashley Caldwell should keep the Bruins in the hunt. . . . Junior Lindsey Egerdahl will lead a young Washington squad that includes freshman Amy Lia. . . . ARIZONA will ride the talent of junior Beth Hoge and sophomore Michi Hirakawa-Wong. . . . CALIFORNIA will depend on sophomore Bridget Duffy and freshman Christy Borak. . . Seniors Eli Macdonald and Magdalena Sandoval will lead the OREGON Ducks. . . . USC will be paced by sophomore Iryna Vaschuk and senior Brooke Thomas. . . . WASHINGTON STATE senior Anna Blue and junior Ana Cabrera hope to take advantage of the familiar course. THE COURSE . . . The men's course will cover 8,000 meters at the Washington State Golf Course, Pullman, Wash. 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 and gravel and will be hilly and challenging.
Pacific-10 Cross Country Championships
LAST YEAR . . . A one, two, three finish by juniors Grant Robison, Ian Dobson, and Donald Sage propelled the STANFORD Cardinal to a record low 19 points in winning their sixth Pac-10 title in the last seven years. The trio also was instrumental in leading the Cardinal to the NCAA title. Robison, the Pac-10's Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year, was the top Cardinal finisher at the NCAA championships with a third place showing. The STANFORD women dominated the Pac-10 championships with a record low 23 points to capture their seventh consecutive Pac-10 title, and ninth Conference crown in 10 years. Four of the first five runners across the finish line were Stanford Cardinal, led by individual champion sophomore Sara Bei. The Cardinal went on to a second place finish at the NCAA championships, led by the individual effort of sophomore Alicia Craig. Craig finished third and went on to claim Pac-10 Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year honors.
2002 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS MEN - Team Results WOMEN - Team Results 1. Stanford 19 1. Stanford 23 2. Oregon 51 2. Arizona State 59 3. Arizona State 85 3. Washington 79 4. Washington 114 4. UCLA 186 5. Washington St. 165 5. Oregon 134 6. California 166 6. Washington St. 197 7. Arizona 176 7. USC 202 8. UCLA 183 8. California 208 9. Arizona 242PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS (since 1991) Year Men Individual Women Individual 2002 Stanford Grant Robison, STAN Stanford Sara Bei, STAN 2001 Stanford Grant Robison, STAN Stanford Lauren Fleshman, STAN 2000 Stanford Jonathon Riley, STAN Stanford Tara Chaplin, ARIZ 1999 Arizona Steve Fein, ORE Stanford Erin Sullivan, STAN 1998 Stanford Abdi Abdirahman, ARIZ Stanford Amy Skieresz, ARIZ 1997 Stanford Bernard Lagat, WSU Stanford Amy Skieresz, ARIZ 1996 Stanford Mebrahtom Keflezighi, UCLA Stanford Amy Skieresz, ARIZ 1995 Oregon Karl Keska, ORE Oregon Amy Skieresz, ARIZ 1994 Arizona Martin Keino, ARIZ Stanford Karen Hecox, UCLA 1993 Washington Josephat Kapkory, WSU Stanford Karen Hecox, UCLA 1992 Oregon Josephat Kapkory, WSU Oregon Nicole Woodward, ORE 1991 Arizona Colin Dalton, ORE Oregon Lisa Karnopp, OREWHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? . . . The NCAA West Regional Championships will be in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Nov. 15, while the NCAA Championships will be Monday, Nov. 24 in Waterloo, Iowa.
NEXT YEAR . . . California will host the 2004 Pac-10 Cross Country Championships. 2003 PAC-10 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS . . . Following the championships, final results for the men's and women's races will be available on the Washinton State web site (www.wsucougars.com) and the Pac-10 web site (www.pac-10.org). |
