Cardinal Set For West Regionals – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford cross nation is again in motion this week because the Cardinal embarks to California’s capitol metropolis for the NCAA DI West Regional at Haggin Oaks Golf Course in Sacramento, Calif. 

Stanford hits the course at 9 a.m. for the Women’s 6K Championship whereas the Men’s 10K Championship follows at 10 a.m. Live outcomes for Friday’s meet could be discovered here. 

Stanford continues its postseason push following a profitable second journey to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Cross Country Championships to conclude October. The Stanford ladies grabbed a fourth place staff end with Sophia Kennedy main the best way with a seventh place particular person end whereas the Stanford males grabbed seventh with Leo Young main the best way. 

Kennedy’s collegiate-best time of 19:35.4 earned her All-ACC honors as she claimed a top-10 end. Holding regular all through the race, Kennedy saved tempo close to the highest, incomes her second top-10 end of the season. Also scoring for Stanford, Mena Scatchard earned a twenty third place end together with her greatest run in a Cardinal uniform whereas Julia Flynn, Riley Stewart and Hanne Thomsen completed to ensure that the Cardinal. 

The Cardinal males grabbed two All-ACC honors with the duo of Leo Young and James Dargan putting contained in the top-21 harriers. Young, who held stride with the highest of the pack via the 4000m mark, earned a career-best time of twenty-two:55.0 whereas nabbing fifth place in a photograph end amongst locations third via ninth. Dargan, in the meantime, elevated 19 positions total throughout his run to position nineteenth total with a personal-best time of 23:18.1 to assert the all-conference honor. Josh Bell and Evan Noonan additionally ran nicely, incomes season-best occasions to rank contained in the top-50. 

The Cardinal enters 9 student-athletes for the Women’s 6K Championship together with what might be the season debut for Amy Bunnage. Stanford additionally enters Maya De Brouwer, Julia Flynn, Sophia Kennedy, Mena Scatchard, Riley Stewart, Hillary Studdert, Hanne Thomsen and Juliette Whittaker for Friday’s outing. 

On the lads’s facet, Stanford’s lineup contains Josh Bell, Toby Chippendale, James Dargan, Byron Grevious, Evan Noonan, Gavin Sherry, Milo Skapinsky, Nolan Topper, and Quinn White. Also entered for the Cardinal are the Young brothers, Leo and Lex, who might be racing collectively for the primary time this season. 

LAST TIME AT THE WEST REGIONAL

Stanford secured a thirty second consecutive NCAA Championship look following the West Regional final season because the Cardinal ladies nabbed second place at Colfax Golf Club in Colfax, Wash. Amy Bunnage led the Stanford ladies in her season debut by changing into the eighth completely different Stanford lady to win a regional title. Following Bunnage, Sophia Kennedy, Riley Stewart and Zofia Dudek all earned all-region honors by putting inside the highest 25. 

For the Cardinal males, Stanford noticed its three-year successful streak on the west regional come to a halt as Washington and Oregon outpaced the Cardinal within the ultimate 1000 meters. Cole Sprout led the best way for the Cardinal whereas Leo Young claimed a top-10 end. 

Six harriers return for one more crack at a regional crown for the Cardinal together with 4 on the ladies’s facet because the Cardinal seems to be to seize a thirty third consecutive bid to the NCAA Cross Country Championships. 

THE FIELD

40 groups embark to The Golden State for Friday’s championship races with seven packages at present ranked nationally within the newest USTFCCCA Coaches’ Poll. Oregon at present leads the ranked pack with the ladies’s staff slotted at No. 4 whereas the lads are ranked at No. 7. Washington State is ranked at No. 11 for the lads’s facet adopted by Cal Baptist at No. 17 and Boise State at No. 29. 

On the ladies’s facet, Stanford follows Oregon at No. 11 within the nation with Washington and Washington State shut behind at No. 18 and No. 24, respectively. Gonzaga can be ranked heading into Friday at No. 28 whereas Boise State is shut behind and receiving one vote.