Friday, October 28
Tucson, Ariz.
9:30 AM
University of Washington
vs
Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
Pac-12 Desert Duel For No. 2 Women, No. 25 Men
October 26, 2016 | Cross Country
Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
Friday, October 28 - Tucson, Ariz.
Randolph North Golf Course
Women's 6,000-meters - 9:30 a.m.
Men's 8,000-meters - 10:30 a.m.
SEATTLE - The NCAA cross country season heats up in a big way this week, so what better place than Tucson and a 90-degree forecast for the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships. The Pac-12 meet, set for Friday at 9:30 a.m., will be one of the most intriguing and closely watched in the nation, and Washington's ranked squads will have plenty to say about the final standings.
Hosted by the University of Arizona at the Randolph North Golf Course, the women's 6,000-meter run will go at 9:30 a.m. and the men's 8,000-meters will start at 10:30 a.m. The Pac-12 Networks will televise the event on a tape delay, with the first showing coming next Monday, Oct. 31, at 6 p.m. Pacific time, across all Pac-12 channels.
As usual, this year's Pac-12s has battles between several of the nation's top-ranked teams on both sides. The main storyline in the women's race involves the second-ranked Huskies going up against No. 1-ranked Colorado for the first time this season, after both teams had impressive victories at the Wisconsin Invitational (Washington) and the Pre-National Meet (Colorado) two weeks ago. The men's race also features No. 2 Stanford and No. 3 Oregon, along with four more ranked squads including the 25th-ranked Dawgs.
Pac-12s are the first of three straight championship races as the season marches towards the national championships. After Pac-12s, teams then lock up NCAA bids with the Regional Championships. Advance out of Regionals and it's on to Terre Haute and the NCAA Championships on Nov. 19.
After their respective victories two weeks ago, Colorado moved up to No. 1 in the USTFCCCA Coaches Poll and the Huskies moved up to No. 2, with the Buffs getting eight first-place votes and Washington receiving four. But it will be far from a two-team dual meet, as fifth-ranked Oregon was runner-up to Colorado at Pre-Nats and was runner-up to UW at the Washington Invite. Also looking to make a statement are 11th-ranked Stanford, 17th-ranked Utah, 23rd-ranked UCLA, and 25th-ranked California.
The Huskies have shown excellent depth on the women's side this year, and Pac-12s provide the last chance to run more than seven Dawgs in a meet this year. Sophomore Charlotte Prouse and junior Amy-Eloise Neale have led the Huskies at the past two races, as Prouse won the Washington Invite, and then Neale and Prouse finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at Wisconsin. It will be the first Pac-12 XC Championships for Neale since 2013, her freshman fall, when she was 27th. Neale missed the past two seasons due to injury but has returned in great form this fall.
The lone senior on the team, Kaylee Flanagan, will look for a career-best Pac-12 finish on Friday coming off a great run at Wisconsin where she was 36th overall. Junior Katie Knight, the reigning Pac-12 10,000-meter champion, and NCAA 1,500m qualifier Anna Maxwell, also a junior, have the big meet experience to power UW in the championship meets. Junior Izzi Batt-Doyle, who won the B race at Wisconsin, makes her Pac-12 debut, while sophomore Emily Hamlin, sixth in the Wisconsin B-race, looks to improve on her 2015 run. Three freshmen will make their Pac-12 debuts. Kaitlyn Neal and Nikki Zielinski have had an instant impact on the team, scoring in UW's top-five at the past two meets, and will be joined on the starting line by Katherine Penner of Bellevue.
On the men's side, the Dawgs will have a chance to get some big momentum going towards Regionals with a strong showing on Friday, as the Pac-12 men's side is very deep, with Stanford and Oregon ranked second and third, plus Colorado at No. 7, UCLA at No. 10, and Washington State at No. 15 all teams that the Huskies can target.
Washington will look to its four core juniors to lead the way on Friday in Colby Gilbert, Fred Huxham, Andrew Gardner, and Johnathan Stevens. Huxham is coming off a strong 37th-place finish in Wisconsin, his first time leading the Huskies. Gilbert was in the top-10 for much of that race but couldn't quite finish off the run on that day. Both ran in the top-25 at Pac-12s a year ago, and Gardner was just outside in 27th-place. Sophomore Mahmoud Moussa is set for his second Pac-12 meet and is coming off a solid run at Wisconsin where he was 135th overall as UW's fifth finisher. Junior Keith Williams, and redshirt freshmen Julius Diehr and Andy Snyder will all make their Pac-12 Championship debuts, while senior Blake Nelson will race in the meet for the first time since 2013.
Last season at Pac-12s, seniors Maddie Meyers and Izaic Yorks each finished third individually, and Washington came in fourth in both team battles. Yorks' third-place was the best ever by a Husky male at the conference meet. The women have finished in the top-four in the team race every year since 2003. They last won the title in 2009, and were runner-up most recently in 2011.
Friday, October 28 - Tucson, Ariz.
Randolph North Golf Course
Women's 6,000-meters - 9:30 a.m.
Men's 8,000-meters - 10:30 a.m.
SEATTLE - The NCAA cross country season heats up in a big way this week, so what better place than Tucson and a 90-degree forecast for the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships. The Pac-12 meet, set for Friday at 9:30 a.m., will be one of the most intriguing and closely watched in the nation, and Washington's ranked squads will have plenty to say about the final standings.
Hosted by the University of Arizona at the Randolph North Golf Course, the women's 6,000-meter run will go at 9:30 a.m. and the men's 8,000-meters will start at 10:30 a.m. The Pac-12 Networks will televise the event on a tape delay, with the first showing coming next Monday, Oct. 31, at 6 p.m. Pacific time, across all Pac-12 channels.
As usual, this year's Pac-12s has battles between several of the nation's top-ranked teams on both sides. The main storyline in the women's race involves the second-ranked Huskies going up against No. 1-ranked Colorado for the first time this season, after both teams had impressive victories at the Wisconsin Invitational (Washington) and the Pre-National Meet (Colorado) two weeks ago. The men's race also features No. 2 Stanford and No. 3 Oregon, along with four more ranked squads including the 25th-ranked Dawgs.
Pac-12s are the first of three straight championship races as the season marches towards the national championships. After Pac-12s, teams then lock up NCAA bids with the Regional Championships. Advance out of Regionals and it's on to Terre Haute and the NCAA Championships on Nov. 19.
After their respective victories two weeks ago, Colorado moved up to No. 1 in the USTFCCCA Coaches Poll and the Huskies moved up to No. 2, with the Buffs getting eight first-place votes and Washington receiving four. But it will be far from a two-team dual meet, as fifth-ranked Oregon was runner-up to Colorado at Pre-Nats and was runner-up to UW at the Washington Invite. Also looking to make a statement are 11th-ranked Stanford, 17th-ranked Utah, 23rd-ranked UCLA, and 25th-ranked California.
The Huskies have shown excellent depth on the women's side this year, and Pac-12s provide the last chance to run more than seven Dawgs in a meet this year. Sophomore Charlotte Prouse and junior Amy-Eloise Neale have led the Huskies at the past two races, as Prouse won the Washington Invite, and then Neale and Prouse finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at Wisconsin. It will be the first Pac-12 XC Championships for Neale since 2013, her freshman fall, when she was 27th. Neale missed the past two seasons due to injury but has returned in great form this fall.
The lone senior on the team, Kaylee Flanagan, will look for a career-best Pac-12 finish on Friday coming off a great run at Wisconsin where she was 36th overall. Junior Katie Knight, the reigning Pac-12 10,000-meter champion, and NCAA 1,500m qualifier Anna Maxwell, also a junior, have the big meet experience to power UW in the championship meets. Junior Izzi Batt-Doyle, who won the B race at Wisconsin, makes her Pac-12 debut, while sophomore Emily Hamlin, sixth in the Wisconsin B-race, looks to improve on her 2015 run. Three freshmen will make their Pac-12 debuts. Kaitlyn Neal and Nikki Zielinski have had an instant impact on the team, scoring in UW's top-five at the past two meets, and will be joined on the starting line by Katherine Penner of Bellevue.
On the men's side, the Dawgs will have a chance to get some big momentum going towards Regionals with a strong showing on Friday, as the Pac-12 men's side is very deep, with Stanford and Oregon ranked second and third, plus Colorado at No. 7, UCLA at No. 10, and Washington State at No. 15 all teams that the Huskies can target.
Washington will look to its four core juniors to lead the way on Friday in Colby Gilbert, Fred Huxham, Andrew Gardner, and Johnathan Stevens. Huxham is coming off a strong 37th-place finish in Wisconsin, his first time leading the Huskies. Gilbert was in the top-10 for much of that race but couldn't quite finish off the run on that day. Both ran in the top-25 at Pac-12s a year ago, and Gardner was just outside in 27th-place. Sophomore Mahmoud Moussa is set for his second Pac-12 meet and is coming off a solid run at Wisconsin where he was 135th overall as UW's fifth finisher. Junior Keith Williams, and redshirt freshmen Julius Diehr and Andy Snyder will all make their Pac-12 Championship debuts, while senior Blake Nelson will race in the meet for the first time since 2013.
Last season at Pac-12s, seniors Maddie Meyers and Izaic Yorks each finished third individually, and Washington came in fourth in both team battles. Yorks' third-place was the best ever by a Husky male at the conference meet. The women have finished in the top-four in the team race every year since 2003. They last won the title in 2009, and were runner-up most recently in 2011.
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