Friday, November 11
Sacramento, CA
11 a.m.
Oregon State
vs
NCAA West Regional
Senior Samantha Lewis (right) and freshmen Lexi Reed were OSU's No. 4 and No. 5 scorer at the Pac-12 Championships.
Photo by: Chris Hook
Beavers to run at NCAA West Regional
November 09, 2016 | Women's Cross Country
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State cross country team, fresh off a ninth-place finish at the recent Pacific-12 Conference championships, will run at the NCAA West Regional on Friday.
The 6,000-meter race begins at 11 a.m. at the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento. Sacramento State is the host team.
The top two teams in the 36-team field earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships, set for Nov. 19 at Terra Haute, Ind. The top two teams at eight other regionals from around the country will also qualify automatically; the remainder of the 31-team championship field will be selected on an at-large basis.
OSU's lineup will feature seniors Emily Weber, Samantha Lewis and Morgan Anderson; junior Kristiane Width; sophomore Juliana Mount, and freshmen Lexi Reed and Sara Christianson. Redshirt sophomore Nicole Goecke is the alternate.
"We've had a great fall, as a team and individually," coach Kelly Sullivan said. "We've run all over the country, competed in great meets and I'm very impressed with how this group has handled that.
"Now we are down to the last meet of the season and we can just let it all loose. We are all excited to go, which is always a good sign. Sometimes you get to the end of a season and you're either excited about it, or ready for it to get over.
"This group is definitely going into the meet looking forward to it. It's a credit to what they have done, physically and emotionally, for the last 12 weeks."
All of the upperclassmen have regional experience. Mount (76) and Lewis (91) were OSU's No. 2 and No. 3 finisher in 2015; Anderson (194) also ran; Weber redshirted.
Weber (56) and Anderson (100) were OSU's top two finishers in the 2014 regional. Width ran in the 2013 regional, redshirted in 2014 and missed the 2015 regional because of injury.
The Beavers are ranked 11th in the West Region in the U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association poll. Seven other Pac-12 teams are also ranked: Â Washington (1), Stanford (2), Oregon (4), California (6), UCLA (7), Arizona (10) and Arizona State (14). Pac-12 champion Colorado (1) and Utah (3) are ranked in the Mountain Region.
Colorado is also No. 1 in the national Top 30 poll. Washington (4), Stanford (7), Oregon (11), Utah (20) and California (27) are also ranked; UCLA led all teams also receiving votes. Five of the top 16, and eight of the Top 35, teams in the final USTFCCCA rankings will compete in the West Regional.
"The top 20 programs in this region are all very good," Sullivan said. "For any team from our region that qualifies for nationals, this meet is about as good of a dress rehearsal as you will have in the country."
FANTASTIC FRESHMEN: Lexi Reed (Denver) was OSU's No. 3 runner in two meets, the No. 4 runner in two more and the No. 5 runner at Pac-12s. Sara Christianson (Boise) was the No. 5 team scorer in her first varsity race, the Oct. 15 Indiana State Pre-Nationals Invitational, and was No. 7 at Pac-12s.
Emily Bacon (Newport Harbor, Calif.) competed in three races, two as an unattached competitor and once as a uniformed runner in the Open race at Notre Dame.
OSU's other freshmen are Brooke Chuhlantseff (Salem); Emily Mackay (Endicott, N.Y.), and Mikayla Sodersten (Fresno). They redshirted this fall.
REDSHIRTING RETURNEE: Senior Holly Cavalluzzo underwent offseason ankle surgery and redshirted. A three-year letterwinner, she was OSU's No. 1 runner in every meet in 2015 and placed 52nd at Pac-12s and 67th at the NCAA West Regional. Cavalluzzo ranks No. 1 on the career 6,000-meter list (20:30) and is No. 2 over 5,000 (16:55).
LOSSES FROM 2015:Â OSU lost Maureen Tremblay, Kira Kelly, Macaulay Wilson, Adrienne Demaree and Dakota Steen from the 2015 team. Kelly was OSU's No. 3 finisher at Pac-12s and No. 4 at regionals. Demaree was No. 5 at both meets, Tremblay No. 7. Wilson ran at Pac-12s but was not in the regional lineup. Steen ran in the season-opener only.
POSTSEASON PLANS:Â Indiana State hosts the NCAA Championships, set for Nov. 19 at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course at Terra Haute, Ind. Indiana State is the host school.
For more information on the Oregon State track and field program, follow the Beavers on Facebook at Facebook.com/OSUTrackCrossCountry, or on Twitter at twitter.com/@BeaverTrackXC
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The 6,000-meter race begins at 11 a.m. at the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento. Sacramento State is the host team.
The top two teams in the 36-team field earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships, set for Nov. 19 at Terra Haute, Ind. The top two teams at eight other regionals from around the country will also qualify automatically; the remainder of the 31-team championship field will be selected on an at-large basis.
OSU's lineup will feature seniors Emily Weber, Samantha Lewis and Morgan Anderson; junior Kristiane Width; sophomore Juliana Mount, and freshmen Lexi Reed and Sara Christianson. Redshirt sophomore Nicole Goecke is the alternate.
"We've had a great fall, as a team and individually," coach Kelly Sullivan said. "We've run all over the country, competed in great meets and I'm very impressed with how this group has handled that.
"Now we are down to the last meet of the season and we can just let it all loose. We are all excited to go, which is always a good sign. Sometimes you get to the end of a season and you're either excited about it, or ready for it to get over.
"This group is definitely going into the meet looking forward to it. It's a credit to what they have done, physically and emotionally, for the last 12 weeks."
All of the upperclassmen have regional experience. Mount (76) and Lewis (91) were OSU's No. 2 and No. 3 finisher in 2015; Anderson (194) also ran; Weber redshirted.
Weber (56) and Anderson (100) were OSU's top two finishers in the 2014 regional. Width ran in the 2013 regional, redshirted in 2014 and missed the 2015 regional because of injury.
The Beavers are ranked 11th in the West Region in the U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association poll. Seven other Pac-12 teams are also ranked: Â Washington (1), Stanford (2), Oregon (4), California (6), UCLA (7), Arizona (10) and Arizona State (14). Pac-12 champion Colorado (1) and Utah (3) are ranked in the Mountain Region.
Colorado is also No. 1 in the national Top 30 poll. Washington (4), Stanford (7), Oregon (11), Utah (20) and California (27) are also ranked; UCLA led all teams also receiving votes. Five of the top 16, and eight of the Top 35, teams in the final USTFCCCA rankings will compete in the West Regional.
"The top 20 programs in this region are all very good," Sullivan said. "For any team from our region that qualifies for nationals, this meet is about as good of a dress rehearsal as you will have in the country."
FANTASTIC FRESHMEN: Lexi Reed (Denver) was OSU's No. 3 runner in two meets, the No. 4 runner in two more and the No. 5 runner at Pac-12s. Sara Christianson (Boise) was the No. 5 team scorer in her first varsity race, the Oct. 15 Indiana State Pre-Nationals Invitational, and was No. 7 at Pac-12s.
Emily Bacon (Newport Harbor, Calif.) competed in three races, two as an unattached competitor and once as a uniformed runner in the Open race at Notre Dame.
OSU's other freshmen are Brooke Chuhlantseff (Salem); Emily Mackay (Endicott, N.Y.), and Mikayla Sodersten (Fresno). They redshirted this fall.
REDSHIRTING RETURNEE: Senior Holly Cavalluzzo underwent offseason ankle surgery and redshirted. A three-year letterwinner, she was OSU's No. 1 runner in every meet in 2015 and placed 52nd at Pac-12s and 67th at the NCAA West Regional. Cavalluzzo ranks No. 1 on the career 6,000-meter list (20:30) and is No. 2 over 5,000 (16:55).
LOSSES FROM 2015:Â OSU lost Maureen Tremblay, Kira Kelly, Macaulay Wilson, Adrienne Demaree and Dakota Steen from the 2015 team. Kelly was OSU's No. 3 finisher at Pac-12s and No. 4 at regionals. Demaree was No. 5 at both meets, Tremblay No. 7. Wilson ran at Pac-12s but was not in the regional lineup. Steen ran in the season-opener only.
POSTSEASON PLANS:Â Indiana State hosts the NCAA Championships, set for Nov. 19 at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course at Terra Haute, Ind. Indiana State is the host school.
For more information on the Oregon State track and field program, follow the Beavers on Facebook at Facebook.com/OSUTrackCrossCountry, or on Twitter at twitter.com/@BeaverTrackXC
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Through the power of sport, we help people discover and pursue their passions, talents and purpose in order to live a life of balance and positive contribution.
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