Coe Helps Cal to Historic Finish
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Competing in its first national-championship race as a team, the No. 20 California men's cross country team took 16th overall with 434 points at the NCAA championships hosted by Indiana State University Monday. Cal wrapped up its most successful season in its history by finishing second among Pac-10 schools, as top-ranked Oregon won the national title.
"It was an intense race," said Cal head coach Tony Sandoval. "We had some people step up and it was a solid team effort. We were excited to come here. We beat some teams that we thought were a lot better than us. With four of our top five coming back, next year bodes well for us."
Highlighting the Bears' success were senior David Torrence and junior Yosef Ghebray. Participating in his final cross country race at Cal, Torrence toured the course in 30:47.7 to take 62nd, while Ghebray finished in 67th, clocking in at 30:53.6. Liberty's Josh McDougal won the individual title in 29:22.4 for the 10k course.
First and foremost among those stepping up was MICHAEL COE pictured here running against Stanford. He had finished fourth among the Cal runners last weekend at the Western Regionals. He moved up to third today with a time of 31:16.9 for 117th overall.
Cal Men's Individual Results: 62. David Torrence 30:47.7, 67. Yosef Ghebray 30:53.6, 117. Michael Coe 31:16.9, 142. Kari Karlsson 31:26.1, 154. Mark Matusak 31:34.1, 202. Chris Chavez 32:07.1, 203. Eric Lee 32:08.6
Oregon won the team title with 85 points, with Iona taking second (113 points) and Oklahoma State following in third (180 points). In the process of taking 16th, Cal also beat two ranked Pac-10 foes, as No. 13 Stanford placed 19th and No. 30 Arizona State came in 26th.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Competing in its first national-championship race as a team, the No. 20 California men's cross country team took 16th overall with 434 points at the NCAA championships hosted by Indiana State University Monday. Cal wrapped up its most successful season in its history by finishing second among Pac-10 schools, as top-ranked Oregon won the national title.
"It was an intense race," said Cal head coach Tony Sandoval. "We had some people step up and it was a solid team effort. We were excited to come here. We beat some teams that we thought were a lot better than us. With four of our top five coming back, next year bodes well for us."
Highlighting the Bears' success were senior David Torrence and junior Yosef Ghebray. Participating in his final cross country race at Cal, Torrence toured the course in 30:47.7 to take 62nd, while Ghebray finished in 67th, clocking in at 30:53.6. Liberty's Josh McDougal won the individual title in 29:22.4 for the 10k course.
First and foremost among those stepping up was MICHAEL COE pictured here running against Stanford. He had finished fourth among the Cal runners last weekend at the Western Regionals. He moved up to third today with a time of 31:16.9 for 117th overall.
Cal Men's Individual Results: 62. David Torrence 30:47.7, 67. Yosef Ghebray 30:53.6, 117. Michael Coe 31:16.9, 142. Kari Karlsson 31:26.1, 154. Mark Matusak 31:34.1, 202. Chris Chavez 32:07.1, 203. Eric Lee 32:08.6
Oregon won the team title with 85 points, with Iona taking second (113 points) and Oklahoma State following in third (180 points). In the process of taking 16th, Cal also beat two ranked Pac-10 foes, as No. 13 Stanford placed 19th and No. 30 Arizona State came in 26th.
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Martin runs race of his career
KENOSHA, Wisc.--At the NAIA nationals on Saturday in Kenosha Westmont placed 16th, three spots ahead of their rankings.
Over the 8k course senior NICK MARTIN of Lompoc finished fourth among Westmont runners, in 107th place with a time of 26:18.5.
“Nick ran the race a senior should run,” said coach Russell Smelley, “He was hurting, but just decided he needed to do better and passed a lot of people in the last mile.”
“I was happy with the race,” said Martin. “Where I finished compared to other runners in our region and within the team is about where I had hoped to be.
“I’m looking forward to not having ever to run another cross country race,” continued Martin honestly. “They’re brutal. But I think it helped knowing it was my last race. It gave me a little bit of extra incentive at times I just did not want to keep going. It gave me the motivation to keep moving.”
Martin runs race of his career
KENOSHA, Wisc.--At the NAIA nationals on Saturday in Kenosha Westmont placed 16th, three spots ahead of their rankings.
Over the 8k course senior NICK MARTIN of Lompoc finished fourth among Westmont runners, in 107th place with a time of 26:18.5.
“Nick ran the race a senior should run,” said coach Russell Smelley, “He was hurting, but just decided he needed to do better and passed a lot of people in the last mile.”
“I was happy with the race,” said Martin. “Where I finished compared to other runners in our region and within the team is about where I had hoped to be.
“I’m looking forward to not having ever to run another cross country race,” continued Martin honestly. “They’re brutal. But I think it helped knowing it was my last race. It gave me a little bit of extra incentive at times I just did not want to keep going. It gave me the motivation to keep moving.”
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Final Word on Big Game Scoreboard Snafu
Final Word on Big Game Scoreboard Snafu
“The "Big Game" scoreboard was turned off by mistake. The operator was NEW....BIG tactical error for this game.....and just turned the board off as a matter of "closing up shop". She/he had no idea. It was also mentioned that Coach Cross has received over 100 phones calls about this incident. "Sorry" to Coach Cross, who has way too much to do to field that many questions, some of which I'm sure were no fun to answer!So, I guess it can be summed up as an unintentional mistake, and I hope that the scoreboard keeper, who is a volunteer like the rest of us, does not feel too bad. We need all of the willing volunteers that we can get for these events!Thanks for giving us a forum to address these "earth shaking" issues!!
Russ Samaniego
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Nominations Begin to Flow
MIGUEL ORTIZ, Cabrillo cross-country coach PETER ANDERSON and the CABRILLO BOYS CROSS COUNTRY team have been nominated in the Lompoc Locker Room.com End of the Year Awards poll. Ortiz was nominated as Male Athlete of the Year, Anderson as coach.
Anderson’s 2007 X-C team qualified for the state meet by finishing fifth at the CIF Southern Section Div. III finals last weekend at Mt. SAC in Walnut.
Ortiz led the Conquistadores with a third place finish in 15:13 followed by BEN LI, EDDIE TOVAR, MASSIMO BEESON and OSCAR TORRES.
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Nominations Begin to Flow
MIGUEL ORTIZ, Cabrillo cross-country coach PETER ANDERSON and the CABRILLO BOYS CROSS COUNTRY team have been nominated in the Lompoc Locker Room.com End of the Year Awards poll. Ortiz was nominated as Male Athlete of the Year, Anderson as coach.
Anderson’s 2007 X-C team qualified for the state meet by finishing fifth at the CIF Southern Section Div. III finals last weekend at Mt. SAC in Walnut.
Ortiz led the Conquistadores with a third place finish in 15:13 followed by BEN LI, EDDIE TOVAR, MASSIMO BEESON and OSCAR TORRES.
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