UCSB’s Smith flirts with All-American mark
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — UCSB’s Scott Smith and Crystal Reed competed at Monday’s NCAA Cross Country Championships, held at Indiana State University’s LaVern Gibson Course.
The athletes were greeted by a warm day and a firm course, which contributed to the fast times clocked in the races.
Smith finished 50th in the men’s 10k race, narrowly missing the All-American [...]
Deardorff, Walsh scamper to top-20 finishes at Mt. SAC
Santa Barbara’s Briggs Deardorff just missed a trip to the State Cross Country Meet in Fresno, topping out in 17th place at the CIF Finals at Mt. SAC on Saturday.
Deardorff’s time of 15 minutes and 45 seconds was 11 ticks quicker than his race at Prelims, yet not fast enough to qualify in a Division [...]
Moreno lays down season best at State Championships
SBCC sophomore Mark Moreno took seventh in the State Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning while SBCC’s women placed 21st at Woodward Park in Fresno.
Moreno, who finished second in the WSC and 16th in the Southern Cal Regional, was clocked in a season-best 20:24 on the 4-mile course. Teammate Matt Organista also ran a season-best 22:28 [...]
Smith, Reed run down NCAA Championship trips
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Scott Smith and Crystal Reed will qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships after running terrific races at Saturday’s NCAA West Regional, which was held at Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Ore.
Smith finished the 10k course in 30:42.60, which landed him fourth place, All-Region honors and qualification to the NCAA Championships. He [...]
Channel League trio advances to CIF Final
Sergey Sushchikh, Evan Bradford and Briggs Deardorff will keep their running feet moving next week, each qualifying for CIF’s Division III Finals at Saturday’s Prelims at Mt. SAC.
Dos Pueblos’ Sushchikh recorded the fastest time of the trio, clocking in at 15 minutes and 47 seconds. Santa Barbara High’s Deardorff’s time of 15:56 was a career best [...]
Rams race on at Mt. SAC
Mackenzie Walsh and the Cate girls cross country team locked in CIF Finals berths on Saturday at the CIF Division V Prelims, assuring at least one more race next Saturday at Mt. SAC.
Walsh completed the course in 20 minutes and 33 seconds, which was the sixth-best time in Cate history at Mt. SAC. It was [...]
Dolan named Coach of the Year for regaining X-country title
Pete Dolan was awarded the 2009 Big West Coach of the Year Award in women’s cross country, after leading the Gauchos to their fifth Conference Championship in the last seven years.
UCSB re-captured the crown after a one-year hiatus, for their seventh crown overall. The women’s program has won titles in 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, [...]
SBCC women earn spot in State Meet, as does Moreno
The SBCC women’s cross country team took eighth place in the Southern Cal Championships on Friday morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut. Seanie Rigney (28th, 19:23) and Erika Schaeffer (39th, 19:45) led the Vaqueros in the 28-school competition on a 2.91-mile course.
“We’ve been bouncing around the rankings between 10 and 15 and I’ve [...]
Cardinals sending both teams to CIF
Bishop Diego qualified its boys and girls cross country teams to the CIF Prelims by finishing in the top three at the Frontier League Championships at Lake Casitas on Thursday.
The Cardinal girls were runners-up to Nordhoff while the Bishop boys took third place.
Christie Delgadillo paced the Bishop girls with a second-place finish in 21:44 over [...]
Sushchikh, DP girls claim Channel XC crowns
It was a special day for Dos Pueblos High cross country at the Channel League Championships as Sergey Sushchikh ran away with the individual boys title and the Chargers captured their first girls team title in 13 years.
Sushchikh has been a force on the cross country trails this fall and the junior star continued his [...]
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