Teare, Men of Oregon Second at Pac-12 Meet

Friday, November 1

Monmouth, OR

11:00 AM

University of Oregon

Pac-12 Men's Cross Country Championship

Photo by: Samuel Marshall

11/01/19 | Cross Country

Meet Results

By: Zach Lawson

MONMOUTH, Ore. – In its highest conference outing since 2014, the No. 16 University of Oregon men's cross country team finished in second place Friday morning at the 2019 Pac-12 Championships. Paced by a runner-up effort by junior Cooper Teare, the Ducks' top six all placed inside the top 20. In the women's race, Susan Ejore crossed in ninth place to lead the fifth-place Women of Oregon.

"I'm happy with how we competed and we executed almost perfectly," associate head coach Ben Thomas said following the race. "It was good to see them compete. It's a step up from where we were at this point last year so that's good moving forward."

Behind Teare, the Ducks' top five featured James West in ninth place, Jackson Mestler in 14^th, Charlie Hunter in 15^th and Cole Hocker in 17^th in his conference meet debut. Teare and Mestler repeat as first- and second-team honorees, respectively, with West posting his first all-conference showing. Teare's finish is the Ducks' highest since Edward Cheserek won four-consecutive league titles from 2013-16.

The Ducks finished ahead of three top-10 teams Friday with head-to-head wins over No. 3 Stanford, No. 7 Washington and 10^th-ranked UCLA.

Friday's result marked the Men of Oregon's 20^th runner-up finish at the conference meet. Coupled with their 16 team titles, the Ducks have now finished first or second at 36 of 51 conference meets.

Men's 8K | Full Results
2. Oregon – 57 points
               2. Cooper Teare – 23:05.7
               9. James West – 23:20.0
               14. Jackson Mestler – 23:26.8
               15. Charlie Hunter – 23:27.0
               17. Cole Hocker – 23:32.2
               20. Jack Yearian – 23:36.2
               28. Carter Christman – 23:48.6
               41. Reed Brown – 24:07.9
               55. Austin Tamagno – 24:44.6

For the fourth time in four meets this season, Ejore was the first Oregon runner across the finish line. She now has back-to-back finishes inside the top 10 at the Pac-12 Championships. In addition to Ejore, the Ducks' top four were inside the top 30 along with Amanda Gehrich in 20^th, Taylor Chiotti in 24^th and Phily Bowden in 29^th place.

"I think everyone did great," Ejore said of the team's individual showings. "Everyone came here knowing what they could do to get team points. I feel like everyone gave what they could to help contribute to the team."

In her second race of the season, Aneta Konieczek finished in 34^th place overall and was fifth in the UO lineup. Isabelle Brauer, also competing in just her second race of the year, and Eugene native Caramia Mestler rounded out the Ducks' top seven.

Women's 6K | Full Results
5. Oregon – 115 pts.
               9. Susan Ejore – 19:55.2
               20. Amanda Gehrich – 20:13.2
               24. Taylor Chiotti – 20:24.3
               29. Phily Bowden – 20:34.1
               34. Aneta Konieczek – 20:42.2
               47. Isabelle Brauer – 20:59.5
               56. Caramia Mestler – 21:08.2
               69. Francesca Ierulli – 21:19.5
               76. Moira O'Shea – 21:21.9
               90. Carly Kleefeld – 21:43.1

Up Next
The postseason continues Nov. 15 at the NCAA West Regional Championships in Colfax, Wash. The top-two teams in each race will secure an automatic qualifier into the national meet with at-large selections to be announced later that weekend.

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