Ducks Announce 2023 XC Schedule

EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon cross country team will host the Bill Dellinger Invitational on Friday, Sept. 22 as part of its 2023 schedule.

The season begins Friday, Sept. 1, with the Linfield Harrier Classic in McMinnville, Ore. The opener is scheduled for a 10 a.m. start at Joe Dancer Park with a women's 4K and men's 6K to follow.

This year's Dellinger Invitational will once again be held at the Pine Ridge Golf Club in Springfield. The men's 8,000-meter race will start at 11 a.m. with the women's 6K to follow at 11:45 a.m.

Getting an early look at the NCAA course, Oregon's next date is Friday, Oct. 14, with the XC-23 Pre Nationals in Charlottesville, Va.

The postseason begins Friday, Oct. 27, with the Pac-12 Championships hosted by Washington State at Chambers Creek Regional Park in University Place, Wash. The UO women are set to return its trio of all-conference performers from a season ago in Izzy Thornton-Bott, Harper McClain and Emilie Girard.

The NCAA West Regional Championships will be held Friday, Nov. 10, in Sacramento, Calif. The top-two teams in each race earn an automatic spot in the national field with 13 teams from around the country earning an at-large bid.

Five Ducks—McClain, Thornton-Bott, Maddy Elmore, Abdinasir Hussein and Quincy Norman—ran to all-region accolades a season ago.

For the first time since 1987, the national meet returns to Virginia when the Cavaliers host the NCAA Championships on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Panorama Farms. Thornton-Bott collected All-America honors with a 36^th-place finish last year in Stillwater, Okla.

2023 Oregon Cross Country Schedule
Sept. 1 – Linfield Harrier Classic (McMinnville, Ore.), 10 a.m.
Sept. 22 – Bill Dellinger Invitational (Eugene, Ore.), 11 a.m.
Oct. 14 – XC-23 Pre Nationals (Charlottesville, Va.), TBA
Oct. 27 – Pac-12 Championships (University Place, Wash.), TBA
Nov. 10 – NCAA West Regional Championships (Sacramento, Calif.), TBA
Nov. 18 – NCAA Championships (Charlottesville, VA.), TBA

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