MONMOUTH, Ore.— Cross country teams from more than 30 colleges and universities will converge this week as Western Oregon University will host the NCAA DII West Region Championships at the Ash Creek Preserve on Saturday, Nov. 4.
With national qualifying spots up for grabs, a dozen teams currently ranked in the top 25 of the most recent NCAA DII poll will be in action, including the No. 1 ranked Cal Baptist women and the No. 4-ranked men from Chico State.
The top region teams from each of the eight regions will automatically advance to the NCAA DII National Championships while eight at-large selections will also advance.
The women's 6,000-meter race is set to begin at 10 a.m. while the men will toe the line at 11:15 a.m.
In addition to the top-ranked women's squad from Cal Baptist, four other teams will be looking to dethrone the two-time defending regional champs. Ranked fourth and fifth in the country, respectively, Alaska Anchorage and Chico State give the region three of the top five programs while Simon Fraser (No. 9) and Cal State San Marcos (No. 12) join the fray for five of the top 12 ranked teams in NCAA DII.
As for the men's race, No. 4-ranked Chico State will be the pre-race favorite while No. 6-ranked Cal Baptist, No. 9-ranked Cal Poly Pomona and the No. 13-ranked and host team from Western Oregon will look to stop the Wildcats from repeating as regional champs.
WEST REGION NOTES
- All six individual conference winners (men and women) led their teams to victory
- Seven 2016 NCAA DII Cross Country All-Americans will be competing with Chico State's Kyle Medina (11th) and Alaska Anchorage's Caroline Kurgat (3rd) the top finishers in action
- From the 2016 West Region in Billings, Montana, only two of the top 10 return: Chico State's Kyle Medina (2nd) and Alaska Anchorage's Edwin Kangogo (4th).
- From the 2016 West Region in Billings, Montana only four of the top ten return: Alaska Anchorage's Caroline Kurgat (2nd), Chico State's Karlie Garcia (6th) and the Point Loma duo of Hannah Benoit-Bucher (9th) and Brianna Bartello Point (10th)
- Western Oregon University hosted the NCAA DII West Region Championships in 2015
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
CCAA MEN
- Chico State won its 16th consecutive CCAA title
- Placing all 10 runners inside the top 20, Chico State scored a meet-low 18 points
- Chico State's Kyle Medina captured the individual title to give the Wildcats its 10th individual title
- Last year, Medina was the West Region runner-up to teammate Will Reyes
- Cal Poly Pomona placed second behind the Wildcats with 63 points
- Placing third, Cal Poly Pomona's Ruben Dominguez broke up a No. 1-7 Chico State sweep
- Dominguez placed 23rd overall at the 2016 NCAA DII National Championships
CCAA WOMEN
-- Chico State won its 10th straight CCAA title and 14th crown in the last 16 years
-- Chico State placed four runners in the top 10, for a meet-low 37 points
-- Cal State San Marcos placed second with 78 points
-- Chico State's Hannah Dorman took home the individual title
PAC WEST MEN
- Cal Baptist won the team title with 24 points
- Cal Baptist men placed all five scorers in the top eight and all seven inside the top 16
- Cal Baptist freshman McMarshall Hartzenburn won the individual title by two seconds
- Azusa Pacific's Jeremy Porter took second with Academy of Art's Gatien Airiau third
- Airiau defeated Hartzenburg earlier this year at the San Francisco State Invite
PAC WEST WOMEN
- Cal Baptist easily won the Pac West title with a meet-low 22 points
- Cal Baptist placed all five scorers inside the first eight positions
- Emeline Delanis and Anett Somogyi finished first and second for Cal Baptist
- Also earning All-Pac West honors for CBU were Katherine Robinson (5th) and Fruzsina Ladany (6th)
- Academy of Art took second place with 76 points
- Academy of Art was paced by Swann Phelippeau (3rd) and Giulia McIsaac (9th)
GNAC MEN
- Western Oregon won their first GNAC title with 51 points
- The top four teams finished within 25 points one another
- The Wolves were led by individual champion David Ribich and Dustin Nading (8th)
- WOU placed six runners inside the top 20
- Western Oregon edged Alaska Anchorage (64) by 13 points for the title
- Simon Fraser (70) and Western Washington (76) placed third and fourth
GNAC WOMEN
- Alaska Anchorage collected their third straight GNAC title with 28 points
- UAA placed all five scorers inside the top 10
- Simon Fraser (65), Western Washington (87) and Seattle Pacific (93) battled for runner-up honors
- The Seawolves were led by individual champ Caroline Kurgat
- Kurgat finished nearly a full minute ahead of the field, 20:49 to 21:45 |
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NCAA DII WEST REGION
XC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Nov. 4, 2017
Ash Creek Preserve
Western Oregon Univ.
Monmouth, Ore.
LIVE VIDEO
RESULTS
COURSE MAP (6K)
COURSE MAP (10K)
NCAA DII West Region Championship History
West Region Champions - Men
2016 - Chico State
2015 - Alaska Anchorage
2014 - Chico State
2013 - Chico State
2012 - Chico State
West Region Champions - Women
2016 - Chico State
2015 - Chico State
2014 - Simon Fraser
2013 - Alaska Anchorage
2012 - Chico State
NCAA DII RANKINGS
Men's Rankings West Region Rankings (DII) - as of Oct. 25
1. Chico State (#4)
2. Cal Baptist (#6)
3. Cal Poly Pomona (#9)
4. Western Oregon (#13)
5. Alaska Anchorage (#16)
6. Simon Fraser (#22)
7. Academy of Art (RV)
8. Western Washington (RV)
9. Cal State San Marcos
10. Cal State East Bay
Women's Rankings West Region Rankings (DII) - as of Oct. 25
1. Cal Baptist (#1)
2. Alaska Anchorage (#4)
3. Chico State (#5)
4. Simon Fraser (#9)
5. Cal State San Marcos (#12)
6. Cal Poly Pomona (#22)
7. Western Washington (RV)
8. Seattle Pacific
9. Academy of Art
10. Humboldt State
RETURNING
ALL-AMERICANS
2016 DII All-Americans - Men
11. Kyle Medina, Chico State
23. Ruben Dominguez, Cal Poly Pomona
34. Edwin Kangogo, Alaska Anchorage
2016 DII All-Americans - Women
3. Caroline Kurgat, Alaska Anchorage
29. Julia Howley, Simon Fraser
37. Brianna Bartello, Point Loma
39. Katie Deimling, Cal Baptist
2016 NCAA DII CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
Nov. 5, 2016 at Slippery Rock
Women's 6K Results
Men's 10K Results
2016 NCAA DII WEST REGION RESULTS
Nov. 5, 2016 at MSU Billings
Men's & Women's Results |
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