NCAA Div. I XC Regionals

NOVEMBER 14--The size of the NCAA Championships fields have been expanded from 22 to 31 teams. Thus, from each region the top 2 teams and the top 4 individuals not on a qualifying team automatically qualified for the nationals.

Additionally, 13 teams and 2 individuals were selected on an at-large basis.

Deeper results can be accessed through Jack Moran's Raceberry Jam site.

MEN

All courses 10,000m (6.21M) (*=at-large qualifier):

 

Northeast Men

Bronx, New York--A 1-3 finish by senior Keith Kelly and junior Ben Noad raised defender Providence's string of consecutive NCAA appearances to four.

Teams: 1. Providence 45; 2. Dartmouth 59; 3. Iona* 67; 4. Columbia 87; 5. Army 149; 6. Brown 202; 7. New Hampshire 252; 8. Cornell 258; 9. Yale 260; 10. Connecticut 267.

Individuals: 1. Kelly' (Prov) 30:47; 2. Santos' (Iona) 31:11; 3. Noad' (Prov) 31:15; 4. Grant (Col) 31:18; 5. Conrad (Dart) 31:41; 6. Goff (Army) 31:46; 7. Nickerson (Dart) 31:50; 8. Mulvey (Iona) 31:54; 9. Bush (Prov) 31:58; 10. Pruett (Dart) 32:00.

 

Mid-Atlantic Men

Annapolis, Maryland--Princeton won just as last year, while '97's individual 4th-placer Daniel Kinyua of Mt. St. Mary's moved up to deny Kevin McCarthy of Georgetown a second straight regional win.

Teams: 1. Princeton 57; 2. Georgetown 76; 3. Bucknell 104; 4. Villanova 107; 5. West Virginia 153; 6. Navy 173; 7. LaSalle 210; 8. St. Joseph's 241; 9. Penn State 295; 10. Lafayette 309.

Individuals: 1. Kinyua' (MSM) 30:58; 2. McCarthy (Gtn) 31:02; 3. DeBenedictis (SH) 31:10; 4. Dunn' (Vill) 31:16; 5. Bohan (WV) 31:16; 6. Jordan (Gtn) 31:23; 7. Morrison (Prin) 31:26; 8. Myles* (LaS) 31:34; 9. Colling (Prin) 31:35; 10. Kodak (Buck) 31:35.

 

Southeast Men

Greenville, South Carolina--James Madison upset the formcharts, placing senior Russ Coleman ahead of defender Matt Lane as individual winner and upending NC State for the team victory.

Teams: 1. James Madison 50; 2. NC State 73; 3. Duke* 131; 4. William & Mary* 135; 5. Clemson 148; 6. Western Kentucky 157; 7. Virginia 184; 8. NC Charlotte 193; 9. North Carolina 273; 10. Liberty 322.

Individuals: 1. Coleman (JM) 30:06; 2. Lane (WM) 30:06; 3. Rodgers (NCSt) 30:07; 4. Githuka' (Lib) 30:14; 5. Thiele (Va) 30:15; 6. Cooke (JM) 30:20; 7. Gibson (Clem) 30:21; 8. Khayr' (EnKy) 30:21; 9. Fox (JM) 30:22; 10. Koech' (EnKy) 30:29.

 

South Men

Birmingham, Alabama--Tennessee-Chattanooga sneaked by more heralded cross-state rival Tennessee, with Moc senior Nic Crider holding off Vol senior Doug Ellington individually.

Teams: 1. Tennessee-Chattanooga 77; 2. Tennessee 92; 3. South Florida* 98; 4. Florida 126; 5. Georgia 175; 6. Georgia Tech 201; 7. Mississippi 218; 8. East Tennessee 233; 9. Florida State 247; 10. Miami 302.

Individuals: 1. Crider (TnCh) 30:59; 2. Ellington (Tn) 31:10; 3. Rop' (JackSt) 31:12; 4. Green (Troy) 31:13; 5. Gerbers (SFl) 31:16; 6. Stoker (TnCh) 31:17; 7. Pierdbon (Ga) 31:24; 8. Whitmarsh' (ETn) 31:27; 9. El Majdoubi'* (SnMs) 31:27; 10. Famiglietti (Tn) 31:28.

 

Great Lakes Men

Terre Haute, Indiana--Michigan State reversed its Big 10 fortunes against archrival Michigan, moving up from a '97 3rd-place finish. Butler senior Julius Mwangi maintained his hold on NCAA cofavorite status with an unpressed victory.

Teams: 1. Michigan State 58; 2. Michigan 82; 3. Butler* 96; 4. Wisconsin* 102; 5. Central Michigan* 138; 6. Miami* 147; 7. Ohio State 165; 8. Notre Dame 192; 9. Eastern Michigan 211; 10. Indiana State 243.

Individuals: 1. Mwangi' (But) 30:21; 2. Snyder (Mi) 30:34; 3. Taylor (MiSt) 30:42; 4. Schoenfelder (Wi) 30:42; 5. Connor (OhSt) 30:50; 6. Downin (Wi) 30:51; 7. Jurcevich (MiSt) 30:54; 8. Schell (MiSt) 30:59; 9. Young (But) 31:12; 10. Shay (NDm) 31:21.

 

Midwest Men

Augusta, Kansas--Illinois State senior Chris Bailey, the Missouri Valley champion, grabbed top individual honors, and favored Oklahoma State beat out a surprising Iowa squad.

Teams: 1. Oklahoma State 42; 2. Iowa 81; 3. Minnesota* 100; 4. Missouri* 126; 5. Illinois 221; 6. Southern Illinois 223; 7. Drake 237; 8. Loyola 238; 9. Illinois State 240; 10. Kansas State 247.

Individuals: 1. Bailey (IlSt) 30:53; 2. Jensen (Ks) 30:55; 3. Jessop (KsSt) 31:02; 4. Sloan (OkSt) 31:05; 5. Churu' (OkSt) 31:06; 6. Parks (SnIl) 31:09; 7. Pierce (Mn) 31:13; 8. Smith (Mo) 31:18; 9. Steele (Ia) 31:19; 10. Carlsen' (OkSt) 31:23.

 

South Central Men

Denton, Texas--Arkansas appeared ready for Lawrence, scoring just 21 points behind the win of SEC champ Michael Power. The 36-second spread among its scoring 5 showed promise.

Teams: 1. Arkansas 21; 2. Tulane 105; 3. SMU 114; 4. Texas 134; 5. TCU 173; 6. Rice 214; 7. North Texas 216; 8. Texas A&M 230; 9. McNeese 252; 10. LSU 276.

Individuals: 1. Power' (Ar) 30:59; 2. Begley (Ar) 30:59; 3. Kaley (Ar) 31:03; 4. Kipyegon' (Tul) 31:18; 5. Colenso' (SMU) 31:27; 6. Mokgokhu' (SMU) 31:28; 7. Zack (Ar) 31:32; 8. Link' (Ar) 31:35; 9. Lagat' (TCU) 31:36; 10. Skoog' (UTA) 31:54.

 

Mountain Men

Salt Lake City, Utah--Adam Goucher put up the most dominating win of all, opening a 42 second margin and leading his Colorado team's expected win over Northern Arizona.

Teams: 1. Colorado 34; 2. Northern Arizona 60; 3. Weber State 98; 4. BYU 122; 5. Idaho State 152; 6. Utah 170; 7. Montana 188; 8. Air Force 190; 9. Colorado State 206; 10. Wyoming 243.

Individuals (altitude 1321m): 1. Goucher (Co) 30:44; 2. Simonich (Ut) 31:26; 3. Poulsen (BYU) 31:42; 4. Herman' (NnAz) 31:46; 5. Friedberg (Co) 31:47; 6. Ozaduik' (NnAz) 31:48; 7. Carr (IdSt) 31:55; 8. Reese (Co) 31:56; 9. Batliner (Co) 31:57; 10. James (SnUt) 31:58.

 

West Men

Fresno, California--Defending NCAA champion Stanford picked up a comfortable victory even while resting milers Jonathon Riley and Gabe Jennings. The prospect of a healthy, fit return of one or both to the nationals lineup is key to Cardinal hopes. Pac-10 winner Abdi Abdirahman continued his roll.

Teams: 1. Stanford 37; 2. Oregon 65; 3. Washington State* 129; 4. tie, Arizona* & Portland* 133; 6. Washington 144; 7. Cal Poly SLO 169; 8. Arizona State 187; 9. UCLA 212; 10. Cal 235.

Individuals: 1. Abdirahman (Az) 30:06; 2. Bra. Hauser (Stan) 30:12; 3. M. Davis (Or) 30:23; 4. Lagat' (WaSt) 30:37; 5. Balkman (Stan) 30:42; 6. Bre. Hauser (Stan) 30:44; 7. Hauser (UCLA) 30:46; 8. Fein (Or) 30:53; 9. Aubrey (Or) 30:58; 10. Weldon (Stan) 31:03.

 

WOMEN

All courses 5000m (3.11M):

 

Northeast Women

Van Cortland Park, Bronx, New York--Providence, a top-10 team at each of the past 9 NCAAs, took an easy win over Cornell. Boston University's Larissa Kleinmann beat out Providence No. 1 Sarah Dupre, reversing their New England Champs positions.

Teams: 1. Providence 70; 2. Cornell 122; 3. Boston College 131; 4. Brown 142; 5. Dartmouth 156; 6. Boston U 167; 7. Massachusetts 268; 8. Columbia 274; 9. Vermont 283; 10. Syracuse 285.

Individuals: 1. Kleinmann (BU) 17:21; 2. Dupre' (Prov) 17:25; 3. Graham' (BC) 17:28; 4. Hixson (Prov) 17:30; 5. Germano (Corn) 17:47; 6. Kelly (Yale) 17:55; 7. Devlin (Dart) 18:00; 8. Moriarty (Brown) 18:01; 9. Ryan (BC) 18:02; 10. Bendana (StJ) 18:06.

 

Mid-Atlantic Women

Annapolis, Maryland--With '97 NCAA champ Carrie Tollefson leading the way and NCAA 1500 champion Carmen Douma returned after a stomach virus, Villanova handled a tough Georgetown team.

Teams: 1. Villanova 19; 2. Georgetown 32; 3. Penn 118; 4. Princeton 122; 5. West Virginia 134; 6. Navy 169; 7. LaSalle 191; 8. St. Joseph's 206; 9. Bucknell 219; 10. Rutgers 239.

Individuals: 1. Tollefson (Vill) 17:16; 2. Goodman (Vill) 17:20; 3. Gordon (Gtn) 17:23; 4. Nicolini (Vill) 17:34; 5. Douma' (Vill) 17:35; 6. Fogg (Gtn) 17:36; 7. McGranahan (Vill) 17:40; 8. Jost (Vill) 17:48; 9. Garber (Penn) 17:57; 10. Kane (StJos) 18:00.

 

Southeast Women

Greenville, South Carolina--Wake Forest junior Janelle Kraus moved up from 4th in '97 for the individual win but couldn't take the Deamon Deacons past team winner NC State.

Teams: 1. NC State 47; 2. Wake Forest 73; 3. North Carolina 108; 4. William & Mary 117; 5. Eastern Kentucky 165; 6. Virginia 192; 7. James Madison 223; 8. Clemson 226; 9. Duke 295; 10. Virginia Commonwealth 341.

Individuals: 1. Kraus (WF) 17:04; 2. Calle (VaC) 17:23; 3. Rogers (NCSt) 17:24; 4. Harrelson (Appy) 17:32; 5. Newberry (WM) 17:33; 6. Nervo (NC) 17:33; 7. Sabino (NCSt) 17:43; 8. Williams (CCar) 17:45; 9. Beykirch (NCSt) 17:45; 10. Wallace (WF) 17:46.

 

South Women

Birmingham, Alabama--The same five teams that fronted the men's race led here, but with a mixing of the order. Florida proved deep enough to overcome South Florida's 1-2 by Minna Rasimus and Maria Otto.

Teams: 1. Florida 34; 2. South Florida 59; 3. Tennessee 86; 4. Tennessee-Chattanooga 117; 5. Georgia 209; 6. Alabama 215; 7. Vanderbilt 240; 8. Georgia State 269; 9. Georgia Tech 274; 10. Miami 302.

Individuals: 1. Rasimus' (SFl) 17:03; 2. Otto' (SFl) 17:09; 3. Reed (Fl) 17:21; 4. Ferris (Tn) 17:24; 5. Clark (Fl) 17:25; 6. McGranahan (Fl) 17:26; 7. Grizzle (Fl) 17:27; 8. Hopkins (UAB) 17:28; 9. Labudde (Al) 17:31; 10. Megesi (GaT) 17:36.

 

Great Lakes Women

Terre Haute, Indiana--With teams from outside the Big 10 added to the race, Wisconsin improved on its conference margin over Michigan, though Wolverine and NCAA indoor 3000 champ Katie McGregor won individually.

Teams: 1. Wisconsin 39; 2. Michigan 53; 3. Bowling Green 133; 4. Notre Dame 137; 5. Ohio 151; 6. Michigan State 187; 7. Eastern Michigan 239; 8. Butler 260; 9. Marquette 275; 10. Kent State 332.

Individuals: 1. McGregor (Mi) 17:03; 2. Deeter (NDm) 17;14; 3. Palmer (Wi) 17:17; 4. Conrad (Oh) 17:29; 5. Deatherage (Wi) 17:39; 6. Brewster (Wi) 17:44; 7. Kampfe (Mi) 17:44; 8. Converse (Oh) 17:45; 9. Slater (Mi) 17:54; 10. Licht-Ordway (BG) 17:54.

 

Midwest Women

Augusta, Kansas--In a close three-way race among juniors, Minnesota's Rasa Michniovaité outfinished Bradley's Mary Ellen Hill and Oklahoma State's Hanna Smedstad. Kansas State rose from 4th in '97 to the win.

Teams: 1. Kansas State 92; 2. Missouri 110; 3. Minnesota 118; 4. Nebraska 128; 5. Oklahoma State 152; 6. Bradley 197; 7. Iowa State 250; 8. Southeast Missouri 258; 9. Loyola 263; 10. Wichita State 292.

Individuals: 1. Michniovaité' (Mn) 17:08; 2. Hill (Brad) 17:09; 3. Smedstad' (OkSt) 17:09; 4. Quigley (SEMo) 17:20; 5. Vullum' (Tuls) 17:33; 6. Hinds' (KsSt) 17:36; 7. Brooks (Mo) 17:38; 8. Eggleston (Mn) 17:39; 9. Wetterhus (KsSt) 17:41; 10. Swartz (Wich) 17:43.

 

South Central Women

Denton, Texas--The formidable 1-2 punch of Amy Yoder and Jessica Koch set up Arkansas's win over Baylor, a repeat of last year's top-2 team order.

Teams: 1. Arkansas 43; 2. Baylor 69; 3. Texas 87; 4. TCU 158; 5. tie, Rice & Texas A&M 154; 7. McNeese 200; 8. Houston 225; 9. LSU 229; 10. SFA 232.

Individuals: 1. Yoder (Ar) 17:10; 2. Koch (Ar) 17:15; 3. Keitany' (TCU) 17:28; 4. Ernström' (Bay) 17:29; 5. Smith (Bay) 17:30; 6. Robertson' (Ar) 17:32; 7. Brand (Rice) 17:49; 8. Salmon' (McN) 17:55; 9. Bockel (Ar) 18:00; 10. Diaz (Tx) 18:01.

 

Mountain Women

Salt Lake City, Utah--NCAA defender team BYU scored 1 point less than it did taking the region last year, behind a Maggie Chan-Elizabeth Jackson-Kara Ormond 1-2-3.

Teams: 1. BYU 28; 2. Colorado 69; 3. Northern Arizona 95; 4. Colorado State 125; 5. Utah State 165; 6. Weber State 172; 7. Montana 210; 8. Southern Utah 211; 9. Utah 234; 10. Montana State 248.

Individuals (altitude 1321m): 1. Chan' (BYU) 17:33; 2. E. Jackson (BYU) 17:51; 3. Ormond (BYU) 17:56; 4. Hess (Web) 17:57; 5. Allison (NnAz) 18:02; 6. Anderson (Mt) 18:03; 7. Burroughs (Co) 18:05; 8. Stott-Messick (Co) 18:05; 9. Swier (NnAz) 18:08; 10. Meldrum (BYU) 18:15.

 

West Women

Fresno, California--Arizona upset Stanford, which had the race won through 4 runners. Wildcat senior Amy Skieresz got her fourth straight regional victory.

Teams: 1. Arizona 78; 2. Stanford 80; 3. Washington 110; 4. Oregon 118; 5. UCLA 164; 6. Arizona State 176; 7. UC Irvine 188; 8. Washington State 225; 9. Cal 270; 10. Boise State 280.

Individuals: 1. Skieresz (Az) 16:26; 2. Stamps (Stan) 16:33; 3. Villa (UCI) 16:54; 4. Davis (Or) 16:58; 5. Campbell (Boise) 17:02; 6. Fortner (UNLV) 17:04; 7. E. Riedy (Cal) 17:08; 8. Glynn (Stan) 17:12; 9. Maynard (WaSt) 17:12; 10. Penc' (USC) 17:14.