University of Oregon
Pacific-10 Championships
Duck XC Teams Take 3rd/7th in Pac-10 Champs
10/30/04 | Cross Country
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The No. 28-ranked Duck men notched their sixth-straight top-three finish in the nation's deepest league with their third-place score of 105 points, and trailed No. 2 Stanford (first, 37), No. 9 Arizona State (second, 64). No. 34 Washington followed in fourth (fourth, 116), ahead of UCLA (fifth, 118), No. 39 Arizona (sixth, 138), Washington State (seventh, 140) and California (eighth, 199). "This was our best performance as a team, and individually for our top five runners," Oregon head coach Martin Smith said. "We needed to run well today to get third, and everybody came through. This was a tough course and a tough field, and the guys showed patience and determination, especially in the critical last 1-2 miles where every place is so important. I'm proud of how they ran today." All-Americans and redshirt seniors Ryan Andrus and Eric Logsdon led the Duck men with eighth- and 12th-place efforts and 8K times of 24:39 and 24:44, respectively. "I came in with a cold this week, so I tried to run more conservatively in the first half," Andrus said. "I tried to stay behind Eric for the first two miles, then share the work the rest of the way. We went through the first mile in 4:42 and were about 20th, then gradually started to move up, and were about 12th or 13th with a mile to go. Afterwards I felt pretty good and was happy how it turned out." Both finishes by Andrus and Logsdon netted All-Pac-10 Second Team honors - the second accolade for both Logsdon (also eighth in '03) and Andrus (11th in '03), while the latter was also a first-team honoree in '02 (fifth). The sophomore pair of Patrick Werhane and Kyle Alcorn followed in 22nd (25:09) and 25th (25:15), and freshman Chris Winter wrapped up scoring in 39th overall (25:41). Werhane moved up at least 10-12 places in the second half of the race to improve on a 38th-place finish in the same meet last year, while Alcorn also improved on his 49th-place debut last season. Other Duck finishers included freshmen J.K. Withers (67th, 26:49) and Pat Swick (68th, 26:49). Saturday's effort was the third, third-place effort for the Ducks under sixth-year mentor Martin Smith after they took similar finishes in 1999 and ?01, and were runners-up in 2000, ?02 and ?03. Considering that three Ducks made their Pac-10 debuts, and two other sophomores had never finished top-35 before they went top-25 Saturday, the Duck mentor was happy with the unit's effort. Just as important were head-to-head wins against several conference rivals also in the hunt for NCAA at-large bids in two weeks in the NCAA West Regional. "The team ran really well," Logsdon said. "For me, it wasn't my best race but it wasn't my worst either. When Ryan decided to run with me, it didn't change my strategy - I just ran the same type of race. The faces and names might change, but this conference is so deep that it's always going to be a good field." Overall individually, Arizona's Robert Cheseret held off returning NCAA runner-up Ryan Hall of Stanford down the 400-meter finish straightaway to win, and both were clocked in 23:48. Arizona State's Aaron Aguayo followed in third (24:12), ahead of Stanford's Jacob Gomez (fourth, 24:28) and UCLA's Jon Rankin (24:31). The Pac-10 awards stand welcomed several newcomers since only three returnees from last year's top 12 (Cheseret-third, Logsdon-eighth, Andrus-11th) turned the trick again in ?04. On the women's side, the Duck women raced without two of their top five runners and still took seventh as a team (182 points), only 11 points shy of repeating a fifth-place performance for the third straight season. No. 1 Stanford won with 30 points, ahead of No. 8 Arizona State (second, 47), Washington (third, 100), No. 26 UCLA (fourth, 102), Washington State (fifth, 171), Arizona (sixth, 180), Oregon (seventh, 182), USC (eighth, 233), California (ninth, 237) and Oregon State (10th, 238). The Beavers made their league debut after they re-added the sport at the varsity level this past year. Individually, redshirt senior Laura Harmon led the Ducks for the fourth race this season (fourth, 6K-20:56) - 15 places better than her previous best league finish. The All-Pac-10 First Team honoree ran conservatively early, then moved up consistently in the second half of the race. "Coming in, I wanted to run the same way I've been running all season," Harmon said, "but this field is a little smaller, so I knew I might have to go out a little quicker. I tried to stay relaxed the first mile, and later on a long downhill I focused on trying to roll past people. I wanted to finish top-seven before the race, but I had a little hamstring problem in some workouts so I wasn't totally confident beforehand based on my practices. It felt pretty good today, and Im looking forward to regionals. Each race I get more and more confident, and closer to my goal of getting to nationals." Looking back at prior league races, the Vancouver, Wash., native Harmon had finished 19th ('02), 48th ('01) and 35th ('00) before she redshirted last season. Redshirt junior and first-year Duck harrier Mandi Fitz-Gustafson ran her strongest race of the season and took 37th overall (22:17). Other Duck scorers included freshman and Eugenean Sarah Pearson (47th, 22:40), redshirt juniors Haripurkh Khalsa (56th, 22:46) and Sara Schaaf (57th, 22:46). Other Duck entrants included freshmen Kasey Harwood (72nd, 23:24) and Maegan Kuntz (80th, 23:44). Missing from the Duck lineup Saturday due to injuries were the team's top two freshmen - Katie Leary and Heather Fitz-Gustafson - who had ranked second and fifth on the squad in their season opener in early September. "We were so close to getting fifth so it's a little disappointing in a way," Oregon women's coach Marnie Mason said, "but we have to be realistic, too. Laura ran a great race as did Mandi. Sarah had another good, consistent effort, and all the freshmen are being challenged by a whole new level of competition and learning so much every race. We have a lot to look forward to as we mature and add more talent each year." Individually, Arizona State junior Amy Hastings pulled away slightly in the final mile to win (20:19) over Stanford's Alicia Craig (second, 20:26). The Cardinal's Anita Siraki followed in third (20:46), ahead of Harmon (20:56), Arizona State's Desiree Davila (fifth, 21:00) and Stanford's Amanda Trotter (sixth, 21:08). Looking back to the previous year's results, Hastings had finished fourth in ?03, while Craig was a runner-up on the hilly WSU course in the same time as the winner and teammate Sara Bei (21:12). Both races on the historic course just southeast of Golden Gate Bridge featured a smorgasbord of harrier terrain. The runners looped twice between grassy flats, narrow and rolling forested singletrack, and an elevated, dirt racetrack straightaway. The footing was equally diverse and switched between soft turf, fine gravel, pavement, and several hard-packed trails full of roots, rocks and branches. Complete results are also available at the
Looking ahead, the Duck men's and women's team have a week off from racing before making runs after NCAA invites in the NCAA West Regional Championships, Sat., Nov. 12 at Woodward Park in Fresno, Calif. -
SAN FRANCISCO - The University of Oregon men's and women's opened their postseason slate with third- and seventh-place finishes in the Pacific-10 Conference Championships Saturday, held for the first time at Golden Gate Park by the University of California.
2004 PAC-10 XC Championships
Men's 8K Results
October 30, 2004
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Hosted by Univ. of California
Men's 8K Results
4.96 Miles, 8.00 Kilometers
Scoring Teams and Points:
1. Stanford 37 (2 4 7 11 13 16 24)
2. Arizona St 64 (3 10 14 18 19 29 36)
3. Oregon 105 (8 12 22 25 38 54 55)
4. Washington 116 (6 15 26 34 35 37 39)
5. UCLA 118 (5 20 21 27 45 48 49)
6. Arizona 138 (1 23 33 40 41 43 46)
7. Washington St 140 (9 28 30 31 42 44 50)
8. California 199 (17 32 47 51 52 53 56) Team Total (Average) Times:
Stanford: 2:02:24 (24:28)
Arizona St: 2:03:39 (24:43)
Oregon: 2:05:31 (25:06)
Washington: 2:05:52 (25:10)
UCLA: 2:06:04 (25:12)
Arizona: 2:06:01 (25:12)
Washington St: 2:06:52 (25:22)
California: 2:09:21 (25:52)
1 Robert Cheseret (SO) Arizona 23:48
2 Ryan Hall (SR) Stanford 23:48
3 Aaron Aguayo (JR) Arizona St 24:12
4 Jacob Gomez (SO) Stanford 24:28
5 Jon Rankin (SR) UCLA 24:31
6 Mark Mandi (JR) Washington 24:34
7 David Vidal (JR) Stanford 24:39
8 Ryan Andrus (SR) Oregon 24:41
9 Danny Wolf (SR) Washington St 24:43
10 Velibor Radejovic (JR) Arizona St 24:43
11 Brett Gotcher (SO) Stanford 24:44
12 Eric Logsdon (SR) Oregon 24:45
13 Peter Meindl (SO) Stanford 24:45
14 Ryan Warrenburg (JR) Arizona St 24:46
15 Travis Boyd (SO) Washington 24:51
16 Jon Pierce (SO) Stanford 24:55
17 Girmay Guangul (SR) California 24:56
18 Juan Reyes (SR) Arizona St 24:58
19 Roger Cahill (JR) Arizona St 25:00
20 Erik Emilsson (SR) UCLA 25:04
21 Austin Ramos (SO) UCLA 25:06
22 Pat Werhane (SO) Oregon 25:09
23 Mohamed Trafeh (FR) Arizona 25:09
24 Chris Emme (SR) Stanford 25:09
25 Kyle Alcorn (SO) Oregon 25:15
26 Forrest Tahdooahnippah (FR) Stanford 25:16
27 Jeremy Mineau (FR) Washington 25:16
28 Ben Aragon (SR) UCLA 25:19
29 Mike Heidt (SR) Washington St 25:22
30 Casey Burchill (JR) Arizona St 25:23
31 Alex Grant (SO) Washington St 25:29
32 Andrew Jones (SO) Washington St 25:29
33 Kevin Davis (JR) California 25:33
34 Eric Chavez (SO) Arizona 25:34
35 Jon Hickey (SO) Washington 25:35
36 Andy Fader (JR) Washington 25:36
37 Kal Clark (SO) Arizona St 25:39
38 Brad Liber (FR) Washington 25:40
39 Chris Winter (FR) Oregon 25:41
40 Matthew Owen (SO) Washington 25:41
41 Josh Ludwig (JR) Arizona 25:44
42 Kevin Engelhardt (SR) Arizona 25:46
43 Ryan Freimuth (SO) Washington St 25:49
44 Robert Smitson (JR) Stanford 25:52
45 Lauren Jespersen (FR) Stanford 25:57
46 Chris Ogle (FR) Arizona 25:58
47 Daniel Frederick (FR) Washington St 26:00
48 Micky Cobrin (SO) UCLA 26:04
49 Kenny Frank (SO) Arizona 26:07
50 John Eves (SO) California 26:08
51 Kyle Shackleton (FR) UCLA 26:11
52 Michael Haddan (FR) UCLA 26:13
53 Geoff Casazza (FR) Washington St 26:14
54 Caleb Knox (FR) Washington 26:16
55 Joey Heller (FR) Arizona St 26:17
56 Chris Concha (FR) Washington St 26:18
57 Chris Chavez (FR) California 26:18
58 Matt Knoff (SO) Washington St 26:21
59 Ozzie Pina (SR) California 26:26
60 Jeremy Cramer (SO) Arizona St 26:26
61 Ryan Ludwig (SO) Arizona 26:32
62 Nick De Felice (JR) UCLA 26:36
63 Martell Munguia (JR) UCLA 26:36
64 James Wilson (FR) Washington 26:40
65 Griffin Lee (JR) Arizona St 26:44
66 Micah Parker (SO) California 26:47
67 Jk Withers (FR) Oregon 26:49
68 Patrick Swick (FR) Oregon 26:49
69 Giliat Ghebray (JR) California 26:56
70 Preston Brashers (SR) Washington 27:09
71 Nick Thornton (SR) UCLA 27:49
72 Andres Perezchica (FR) California 28:27
2004 PAC-10 XC Championships
Women's 6K Results
October 30, 2004
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Hosted by Univ. of California
Women's 6K Results
3.72 Miles, 6.00 Kilometers
Scoring Teams and Points:
1. Stanford 30 (2 3 6 8 11 12 14)
2. Arizona St 47 (1 5 9 13 19 27 29)
3. Washington 100 (7 16 18 28 31 46 53)
4. UCLA 102 (15 20 21 22 24 25 32)
5. Washington St 171 (23 26 38 40 44 45 55)
6. Arizona 180 (17 33 39 43 48 52 54)
7. Oregon 182 (4 35 42 50 51 61 65)
8. USC 233 (10 41 56 59 67 69 70)
9. California 237 (36 37 49 57 58 60 62)
10. Oregon St 238 (30 34 47 63 64 66 68) Team Total (Average) Times:
Stanford: 1:44:54 (20:58)
Arizona St: 1:45:40 (21:08)
Washington: 1:48:26 (21:41)
UCLA: 1:48:47 (21:45)
Washington St: 1:51:24 (22:16)
Arizona: 1:51:42 (22:20)
Oregon: 1:51:25 (22:17)
USC: 1:54:20 (22:52)
California: 1:53:53 (22:46)
Oregon St: 1:54:08 (22:49)
1 Amy Hastings (JR) Arizona St 20:19
2 Alicia Craig (SR) Stanford 20:26
3 Anita Siraki (SR) Stanford 20:46
4 Laura Harmon (SR) Oregon 20:56
5 Desiree Davila (SR) Arizona St 21:00
6 Amanda Trotter (SO) Stanford 21:08
7 Dallon Williams (SO) Washington 21:10
8 Katy Trotter (SO) Stanford 21:12
9 Victoria Jackson (SR) Arizona St 21:14
10 Iryna Vashchuk (SR) USC 21:17
11 Teresa McWalters (FR) Stanford 21:22
12 Jeane Goff (SR) Stanford 21:23
13 Anna Masinelli (JR) Arizona St 21:24
14 Lauren Centrowitz (FR) Stanford 21:24
15 Alison Costello (SO) UCLA 21:30
16 Lindsey Egerdahl (SR) Washington 21:33
17 Julie Allen (FR) Stanford 21:37
18 Beth Hoge (SR) Arizona 21:40
19 Angela Wishaar (JR) Washington 21:41
20 Jessica Crate (SO) Arizona St 21:43
21 Jenna Timinsky (JR) UCLA 21:44
22 Monika Rothenburger (FR) UCLA 21:49
23 Olga Aulet-Leon (FR) UCLA 21:50
24 Haley Paul (FR) Washington St 21:50
25 Ashley Caldwell (SO) UCLA 21:54
26 Alejandra Barrientos (JR) UCLA 21:56
27 Kayle Peterson (SO) Washington St 21:56
28 Rachel Ellison (JR) Arizona St 21:57
29 Laura Halverson (SR) Washington 21:58
30 Cassie Rios (FR) Arizona St 22:01
31 Ashley Younce (SO) Oregon St 22:02
32 Meghan Lawrence (SR) Washington 22:04
33 Allison Hall (JR) UCLA 22:07
34 Corey Randall (SO) Arizona St 22:08
35 Amber Steen (JR) Arizona 22:12
36 Neoma Palmer (SO) Oregon St 22:17
37 Mandi Fitz-Gustafson (JR) Oregon 22:17
38 Lindsay Allen (FR) Stanford 22:19
39 Sarah West (JR) UCLA 22:22
40 Lindsey Maclise (SR) California 22:24
41 Maja Ruznic (JR) California 22:25
42 Ana Cabrera (SR) Washington St 22:26
43 Emily McGregor (FR) Arizona 22:26
44 Molly Bull (SR) Washington St 22:31
45 Jessie McLaughlin (JR) Arizona St 22:33
46 Kristen Berglas (SO) USC 22:37
47 Sarah Pearson (FR) Oregon 22:40
48 Adrienne Goeller (JR) Arizona 22:41
49 Natalie Smith (SO) Washington St 22:41
50 Kelly Ramirez (SO) Washington St 22:41
51 Jamie Gibbs (SR) Washington 22:42
52 Kaitlin Poggi (FR) Oregon St 22:43
53 Ashley Ippolito (SO) Arizona 22:43
54 Samantha Jones (SO) California 22:44
55 Carmen Winant (SR) UCLA 22:44
56 Haripurkh Khalsa (JR) Oregon 22:46
57 Sara Schaaf (JR) Oregon 22:46
58 Karen Langdorf (SO) Arizona 22:47
59 Marie Foushee (SO) Washington 22:49
60 Susan Mortensen (JR) Arizona 22:52
61 Collier Lawrence (FR) Washington St 22:56
62 Lori Mann (-) UCLA 22:59
63 Katie Troy (SO) Washington St 22:59
64 Shannon Durkin (FR) Arizona 23:01
65 Kristin Kovacich (FR) USC 23:02
66 Liz Lindgren (JR) Arizona St 23:05
67 Amanda Thornberry (FR) California 23:09
68 Trisha Rasmussen (FR) Washington 23:10
69 Pippa Macdonald (SO) California 23:11
70 Kate Pinta (JR) USC 23:20
71 Rebecca Yau (FR) California 23:21
72 Kasey Harwood (FR) Oregon 23:24
73 Isley Gonzalez (FR) Washington St 23:26
74 Kira Harrison (SO) Washington 23:29
75 Chloe Jarvis (SR) California 23:29
76 Taylor Bryant (SR) Oregon St 23:31
77 Michi Hirakawa-Wong (JR) Arizona 23:33
78 Lauren Denfeld (FR) Oregon St 23:35
79 Camille Connelly (SR) Washington 23:37
80 Maegan Kuntz (FR) Oregon 23:44
81 Karen DeMartini (SO) Washington St 24:00
82 Jean-Marie Peterson (FR) Oregon St 24:02
83 Diane Reed (FR) California 24:03
84 Harlye Maya (SR) USC 24:04
85 Noelle Harer (FR) Oregon St 24:19
86 Christina Eads (SO) USC 24:24
87 Heather Wales (FR) Oregon St 24:29
88 Lisa Roberton (FR) Oregon St 24:31
89 Victoria Carter (FR) USC 25:01
90 Elizabeth Mayeda (SO) California 25:05
91 Michelle Wilson (FR) Oregon St 25:28
92 Lisa Sandoval (SO) California 25:59
2004 PAC-10 XC Championships
Open Overall Results
October 30, 2004
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Hosted by Univ. of California
Open Overall Results
Men: 8K. Women: 6K
Key: Overall Place, Bib#, Name, (Age/Sex Group & Place in Group) Time, (mile pace)
1 #429 Carlos Carballo (M 1) Unattached 25:04 (5:03)
2 #411 Hakon DeVries (M 2) Unattached 25:09 (5:04)
3 #414 Gary Heath (M 3) Unattached 25:24 (5:07)
4 #415 Hari Mix (M 4) Unattached 25:36 (5:09)
5 #421 Tom Phelps (M 5) Unattached 25:37 (5:09)
6 #425 Beth Wittry (F 1) California 25:38 (5:10)
7 #404 Russell Brown (M 6) Stanford 25:48 (5:12)
8 #423 Steven DeWitt (M 7) Stanford 25:51 (5:12)
9 #432 Andrew Hill (M 8) Unattached 25:52 (5:12)
10 #424 Justin Romaniuk (M 9) Stanford 26:00 (5:14)
11 #405 Sean Drake (M 10) Stanford 26:01 (5:14)
12 #116 Casey Nevitt (F 2) Stanford 26:01 (5:14)
13 #431 Slappy McFadden (M 11) Unattached 26:10 (5:16)
14 #420 Drew Shackleton (M 12) Unattached 26:16 (5:17)
15 #416 Chris Mocko (M 13) Unattached 26:18 (5:18)
16 #402 Kevin Bickham (M 14) Stanford 26:31 (5:20)
17 #413 Jacob Evans (M 15) Unattached 26:42 (5:22)
18 #422 Nick Zoetewey (M 16) Unattached 26:52 (5:25)
19 #419 Greg Williams (M 17) Unattached 27:15 (5:29)
20 #406 Michael Garcia (M 18) Stanford 27:29 (5:32)
21 #417 Kevin Pellegrino (M 19) Unattached 27:48 (5:36)
22 #427 Wes Davison (M 20) California 28:12 (5:41)
23 #409 John Cuaron (M 21) Unattached 28:35 (5:45)
24 #401 Ryan Bickerstaff (M 22) Stanford 28:36 (5:45)
25 #426 Tim Bardet (M 23) California 29:01 (5:51)
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