Gauchos Journey to O‘ahu for Big West Championships

HONOLULU, Hawai’i (Oct. 31) – Two weeks after their dominant podium finishes on the Bronco Invitational, the UC Santa Barbara Men’s and Women’s Cross Country groups are touring to O’ahu to compete on the Big West Championships hosted by the University of Hawaii. The Gauchos are set to hold on the success established inside their common season, transfer up in convention standings, and safe a spot for NCAA West Regionals.

DETAILS

Race 1:  Men’s 8K at 10:30 a.m

Race 2: Women’s 6K at 11:30 a.m

Location: Queen Kapi’olani Regional Park, Honolulu, Hawai’i

Forecast: Sunny with a excessive of 85*, winds from 10-20 mph

How to look at: tune in with finished results

LAST MEET

The UC Santa Barbara Cross Country groups have been final seen in motion in Sunnyvale, Calif. Where they competed on the Bronco Invitational hosted by Santa Clara University. The UCSB squads as soon as once more rose to the problem of their second massive invitational of the season, with the ladies ending first total in a subject of 16 groups and the boys ending second towards 18 different packages.

This meet marked the Gauchos as formidable competitors heading into the convention championships, with Zach Parker securing Big West Athlete of the week for the third time this common season, and the USTFCCCA rating the UCSB girls’s staff at fifteenth total within the West Region. 

In a standout efficiency, Zachary Parker crossed the road first out of 180 finishers, in a private report of 23:43.4 on the 8k course. Parker not solely led his staff to second place end, however this race positioned him sixth all time in UCSB historical past for the boys’s 8k. The subsequent Gauchos to cross the road have been Nate Osborn, Conrad Voigt, Matthew Galindo, and Will Mulliken to finish the scoring 5, all ending in private information to guide their staff to the rostrum.

On the ladies’s aspect, Addie Oversmith continues to impress in her debut collegiate season, setting a private report of 20:33.6 within the 6k to complete second total out of 151 finishers. This efficiency locations Oversmith at ninth all time in UCSB historical past for the ladies’s 6k, an unimaginable feat for a freshman. The 5 scoring Gauchos all positioned inside the prime 25, with Isabel Ross,  Jordin Lieberman, Danielle Hollander, and Keira Sorenson all setting private information to assist their squad safe victory.

COMING UP

If all goes in accordance with plan,  the UCSB males’s and girls’s staff won’t solely have a profitable meet on the Big West Championships, however safe a bid for NCAA West Cross Country Regionals. West Regionals is ready to happen in Sacramento, Calif. on November 14, with the ladies competing at 9 am PT and males following at 10 am PT.