Ducks Finish Third, Fourth in Loaded West

Friday, November 15

Colfax, WA

TBD

University of Oregon

NCAA West Regional Championships

MXC All-Region - Mestler, Teare, Yearian, West

Photo by: Ben Crawford

11/15/19 | Cross Country

Meet Results

By: Zach Lawson

COLFAX, Wash. – The Oregon cross country teams made their case for a national bid Friday at the NCAA West Regional Championships at the Colfax Golf Club. In their first top-three regional finish since 2015, the Men of Oregon were third in a loaded team race. On the women's side, the Ducks secured a pair of all-region performances on their way to a fourth-place finish.

The full NCAA Championships field including at-large selections will be announced Saturday at 2 p.m. (PT) on NCAA.com.

Oregon leaves the meet with six all-region accolades, awarded to the top-25 finishers. Jackson Mestler (sixth), Cooper Teare (ninth), James West (22^nd) and Jack Yearian (25^th) collected honors for the men. For the Women of Oregon, Taylor Chiotti (13^th) and Amanda Gehrich (23^rd) earned the first all-region honors of their respective careers.

Men's 10K | Full Results
3. Oregon – 90 points
                6. Jackson Mestler – 29:58.5
                9. Cooper Teare – 29:59.1
                22. James West – 30:08.6
                25. Jack Yearian – 30:11.3
                28. Carter Christman – 30:16.2
                31. Charlie Hunter – 30:32.9
                57. Reed Brown – 31:01.2

In a field featuring six ranked teams including five top-15 squads, the UO men stayed bunched through most of Friday's race and moved from fourth in the team standings to third over the final 2K. For the first time this season, Mestler was the first Duck across the finish line and followed closely by Teare.

West has been a top-three scorer for Oregon in all four of his appearances this season. Yearian was fourth in the UO lineup, good for his first scoring position of the year. Redshirt junior Carter Christman rounded out the Ducks' top five with this 28^th-place showing. The team's top seven also featured Charlie Hunter (31^st) and Reed Brown (57^th).

Women's 6K | Full Results
4. Oregon – 145 pts.
                13. Taylor Chiotti – 20:15.9
                23. Amanda Gehrich – 20:33.6
                31. Aneta Konieczek – 20:42.9
                35. Isabelle Brauer – 20:46.3
                43. Phily Bowden – 20:57.0
                84. Caramia Mestler – 21:25.0
                99. Moira O'Shea – 21:37.6

The Women of Oregon saw four of its top five finish within the top 35, paced by the all-region efforts by Chiotti and Gehrich. Friday's race marked an impressive improvement for Chiotti who finished 99^th last year at the regional meet. She and Gehrich have been in the Ducks' top three in each of the past four meets this season.

Newcomer Aneta Konieczek was the third UO runner across the finish and redshirt senior Isabelle Brauer made her first appearance in the scoring lineup during the postseason. For the third time, fellow redshirt senior Phily Bowden rounded out the Ducks' top five in 43^rd place. The top seven also featured Caramia Mestler (84^th) and Moira O'Shea (99^th).

Up Next
The 2019 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships are just eight days away and will be held next Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Lavern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Ind.

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