Week 7: Championship Weekend No. 17 Men’s Quick Hits
Overview • The Pilots return to action as they host the West Coast Conference Championships on Saturday at Fernhill Park. • The men’s 8k is scheduled to start at 9:45 a.m. • This is just the second time Portland has hosted the WCC Championships, with the only other time occurring in 1978. • Portland has claimed 32 of the last 33 WCC titles. • Senior Lars Erik Malde earned a spot on the WCC All-Academic team for the third consecutive season as five other Pilots received honorable mention. They See Me Runnin’, They Hatin’ • Portland looks to continue its national success this year after its second highest finish at the NCAA Championships last year. • The Pilots have finished in the Top 20 in each of the last seven years, including three seasons that ended in the Top 10. • Regularly a dominant team in the nation, Portland won 32 straight West Coast Conference Championships from 1979-2010. WCC Preseason Poll • The Pilots were tabbed to finish second in the conference this year, having won 32 of the last 33 conference titles. • Portland had four runners on the Preseason All-WCC Team as Jared Bassett, Scott Fauble, Lars Erik Malde, and David Perry received recognition. • The Pilots will be hosting the WCC Championships this season at Fernhill Park on October 27th.
2012 Results/Schedules Team Finish/Top Individual Date Meet Men Women 9/1 Pier Park 2/4th 2/6th 9/15 WCC Preview 1/1st 4/6th 9/21 Toledo Bubblebuster n/a 8/23rd 9/29 Roy Griak Invitational n/a 6/23rd 9/29 Charles Bowles Invitational 1/1st 4/14th 10/12 Wisconsin Adidas Inviational 12/32nd n/a 10/13 WPC Open/CCC Invitational 2/3rd 1/1st 10/19 Beaver Classic n/a 2/6th 10/27 WCC Championships 11/9 NCAA West Regional 11/17 NCAA Championships
Women’s Quick Hits
Overview • Ranked No. 8 in the West Region, the women’s team enters the West Coast Conference on the heels of back-toback impressive meets. • After dominating the field at the WPC Invitational two weeks ago, Portland picked up a second place finish last weekend at the Beaver Classic. • Sophomore Maddie Hibshman and junior Merel van Steenbergen each earned a spot on this year’s WCC AllAcademic team. • 10 other Pilots received honorable mention, giving the program the second highest total in the conference behind Santa Clara (14) WCC Preseason Poll • Portland finished third at the 2011 WCC Championships and are picked to finish third again in 2012. • Portland had three runners on the Preseason All-WCC Team as Kellie Houser, Marit Tegelaar, and Merel van Steenbergen received recognition. • Tegelaar and van Steenbergen each finished in the top 10 to earn All-WCC First Team honors in 2011. Houser finished 11th to receive Honorable Mention. • The Pilots will be hosting the WCC Championships this season at Fernhill Park on October 27th, the first time in program history. • Portland’s top three runners from the 2011 NCAA West Regionals (Merel van Steenbergen, Kellie Houser, and Natasha Verma) all finished in under 22:00 and are all returning for the 2012 season.
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Preseason WCC Polls
Team (First Place Votes) BYU (7) Portland (2) San Francisco Gonzaga LMU Santa Clara Saint Mary’s San Diego Pepperdine
All-WCC
Jared Bassett Scott Fauble Lars Erik Malde David Perry
Women
Pts 63 58 45 41 36 36 19 18 8
Pl. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Team (First Place Votes) San Francisco (7) BYU (1) Portland (1) Loyola Marymount Gonzaga Santa Clara San Diego Saint Mary’s Pepperdine
All-WCC
Kellie Houser Marit Tegelaar Merel van Steenbergen
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10/12 Wisconsin Adidas Inviational
9/29 Charles Bowles Invitational
Lyndy Davis - - Andrea Dettmann - 22:46.24 Christine Dollard 20:19.8 24:02.52 Julia Fonk 18:08.4 22:37.65 Melissa Hastings 18:12.8 - Maddie Hibshman 18:25.7 - Laura Hottenrott-Freitag - - Kellie Houser - 21:31.34 Lorea Ibarzabal - - Erin Kelly 19:58.5 - Slaine Kelly 18:44.0 23:30.28 Anne Luijten 18:05.8 - Tansey Lystad 17:24.8 - Annalise Miller 19:33.9 23:53.20 Gina Paletta - 21:23.93 Lily Shafer 19:54.5 24:03.43 Rosalind Smith - - Marit Tegelaar - - Rachel Van Nes 20:21.3 24:02.96 Merel Van Steenbergen - - Calli Vanderwilde 20:20.1 23:59.02 Natasha Verma - - Marci Witczak 18:37.1 22:38.37 Claire Yearian 21:32.2 24:30.52 Tori Zellerhoff 19:07.3 22:57.06 ^ = Overall Individual Winner ! = Top 5 Finish
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10/13 Concordia Invitational (5k)
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9/29 Charles Bowles Invitational (4k)
Nicholas Shindler Jacob Smith Adam Waldum Cody Wells Connor Whan Izaic Yorks
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9/29 Roy Griak Invitational
Justin Rocereto
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9/15 WCC Preview
Kevin McMahon Sean O’Hollearn Trey Parry David Perry
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9/1 Pier Park (4k)
Will Baker-Robinson Cody Barton Jared Bassett Chris Borg Nick Borg Alex Bowns Chase Caulkins Alex Dillard Scott Fauble Gavin Flynn Ben Forsee Shane Geiger Sergio Gonzalez Josh Gorecki Griffin Hay Andy Holstrom Aiden Irish Sean Johnston Stephen Kersh AJ Kimura Woody Kincaid Lars Erik Malde Danny Martinez Charlie McDonald
9/21 Toledo Bubblebuster (4k)
9/1 Pier Park (6k)
9/15 WCC Preview
Meet-by-Meet Results Men
10/13 WPC Open
• University of Portland Cross Country • Week 7 • Oct. 25, 2012 • Page 2 • www.portlandpilots.com •
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