Below are tables of the regional and national rankings of the teams in the West Region. Following that are the weekly reports sent to the other regional reps. Scrolling down will give the reports of previous weeks.

v = received votes, but not in top 25

11/4/01

West Regional Preview -- One team and six individuals will qualify out of the West Region.

The team favorites should be Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Puget Sound and Willamette. CMS is ranked first in the region. They have only lost to three Division I schools, one club team and one Canadian team this season. They won the SCIAC Championships by 23 points. They beat Willamette in their only matchup at the Willamette Invitational which was run on the regional course. Puget Sound is ranked second in the region. They won the Northwest Conference Championships over Willamette by 12 points. That meet was also on the regional course. Willamette beat Puget Sound in their only previous meeting on September 22. Puget Sound and CMS have not met this season.

The individual race begins with Dana Boyle of Puget Sound. She is undefeated this season. She ran away with the NWC title winning by 47 seconds (17:32) over the ninth place finisher at last year’s D III Championships (Lia Ossiander). Boyle qualified as an individual in 1999. Ten other runners from the region have run under 18:50 on the Willamette course this year at either the Willamette Invite or the NWC meet. Ossiander of Pacific Lutheran was the second D III finisher at both meets (18:16, 18:19) and has qualified for the nationals as an individual both the last two seasons. Whitworth’s Leslie Nelson and Jessica Austin finished 3-6 (18:22, 18:46) at the NWC meet with Willamette’s Liz Rodda and Nattalie Wright finishing 4-5 (18:25, 18:45). Rodda also ran 18:20 at the WU Invite. Willamette’s Katie Pierce ran 18:44 at their invite, but ran number eight for them at the NWC meet. CMS had their top four of Ellie Irons, Andrea Haver, Amy Foss and Angie Jacquez run 18:02, 18:28, 18:33 and 18:37 at the Willamette meet. Irons and Jacquez qualified as individuals for nationals last season. Jacquez, Foss and Irons finished 2-4-6 at the SCIAC meet with Haver running number eight for CMS. Colorado’s Emily Dickerson ran 18:42 at the Willamette Invite last season. The other runners in the hunt for individual qualifying spots who have not raced on the regional course are the SCIAC champion Laura Bishop of Pomona-Pitzer and La Verne’s Monica Martinez and Leti Arroyo who finished 3-5 at the SCIAC meet.

West Region ranking (national rank suggestion)

1 CMS (12)

2 Puget Sound (18-22)

3 Willamette (22-25)

4 Pacific Lutheran (none)

5 Whitworth (none)

10/28/01

Northwest Conference Championships (~50 and raining)

1 U of Puget Sound 46 1 8 10 11 16 31 32

17:32, 18:58, 18:59, 19:07, 19:14, 20:01, 20:02 1-2: 1:26, 2-5: 16, 5-7: 48

2 Willamette University 58 4 5 12 18 19 20 22

18:25, 18:45, 19:07, 19:19, 19:22, 19:25, 19:32 1-2: 20, 2-5: 37, 5-7: 10

3 Pacific Lutheran U. 78 2 7 15 26 28 41 43

18:19, 18:54, 19:13, 19:48, 19:54, 20:26, 20:31 1-2: 35, 2-5: 1:00, 5-7: 37

4 Whitworth College 84 3 6 13 25 37 42 44

18:22, 18:46, 19:09, 19:48, 20:11, 20:27, 20:34 1-2: 24, 2-5: 1:25, 5-7: 23

5 Lewis & Clark College 117 9 14 24 34 36 39 40

18:59, 19:12, 19:39, 20:04, 20:06, 20:21, 20:23 1-2: 13, 2-5: 52, 5-7: 17

6 Whitman College 168 21 23 33 45 46 51 52

top runner: 19:28

7 George Fox University 189 17 27 35 49 61

top runner: 19:16

8 Pacific University 211 29 30 48 50 54 59 60

top runner: 19:55

9 Linfield College 249 38 47 53 55 56 57 58

top runner: 20:13

1 Boyle, Dana SR U of Puget Sound 17:32.1 5:38 1

2 Ossiander, Lia SR Pacific Lutheran 18:19.7 5:53 2

3 Nelson, Leslie SO Whitworth 18:22.6 5:54 3

4 Rodda, Liz SO Willamette 18:25.4 5:55 4

5 Wright, Nattalie JR Willamette 18:45.1 6:02 5

6 Austin, Jessica JR Whitworth 18:46.6 6:02 6

7 Goldner, Tracey SO Pacific Lutheran 18:54.7 6:05 7

8 Meyer, Julie JR U of Puget Sound 18:58.1 6:06 8

9 Erwin, Emily SR Lewis & Clark 18:59.2 6:06 9

10 Hagney, Alana FR U of Puget Sound 18:59.6 6:06 10

11 Hickel, Breanne JR U of Puget Sound 19:07.1 6:09 11

12 Andrews, Alicia FR Willamette 19:07.6 6:09 12

13 Abbey, Elizabeth JR Whitworth 19:09.1 6:09 13

14 Weyhmiller, Cassie FR Lewis & Clark 19:12.6 6:10 14

15 DeSloover, Breea SO Pacific Lutheran 19:13.4 6:11 15

16 Burnet, Sara FR U of Puget Sound 19:14.3 6:11 16

17 Moyer, Elizabeth SO George Fox 19:16.9 6:12 17

18 Holbert, Kari FR Willamette 19:19.6 6:13 18

19 Wright, Bobbi FR Willamette 19:22.6 6:14 19

20 Emery, Amber JR Willamette 19:25.1 6:14 20

21 Andrews, Ariel JR Whitman 19:28.9 6:16 21

22 Henderson, Amber SO Willamette 19:32.0 6:17 22

23 Pierce, Katie FR Willamette 19:34.0 6:17

24 Pfeiffer-Hoyt, Karin JR Whitman 19:34.8 6:18 23

25 Blum, Angela FR Lewis & Clark 19:39.1 6:19 24

SCIAC Championships (~65 degrees, 85% grass)

1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 28 2 3 4 9 10 11 12

18:52, 19:08, 19:16, 19:37, 19:47, 19:49, 19:54 1-2: 16, 2-5: 39, 5-7: 7

2 Occidental College 51 5 6 7 16 17 21 30

19:25, 19:25, 19:35, 20:36, 20:41, 21:06, 22:17 1-2: 0.2, 2-5: 1:16, 5-7: 1:36

3 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 67 1 8 15 20 23 24 28

18:45, 19:36, 20:31, 21:02, 21:12, 21:14, 21:41 1-2: 51, 2-5: 1:48, 5-7: 29

4 Univ. of Redlands 99 13 14 18 19 35 36 38

top runner: 20:07

5 Cal Lutheran Univ. 133 22 25 26 29 31 33 37

top runner: 21:08

6 Caltech 185 27 32 40 42 44 47

top runner: 21:38

7 Whittier College 202 34 39 41 43 45 46

top runner: 22:49

1 Laura Bishop Pomona-Pitzer JR 18:45.1 1

2 Angie Jacquez CMS JR 18:52.6 2

3 Monica Martinez La Verne JR 19:00.6

4 Amy Foss CMS JR 19:08.8 3

5 Leti Arroyo La Verne SR 19:09.6

6 Ellie Irons CMS JR 19:16.1 4

7 Jenny Willis Occidental SO 19:25.0 5

8 Meredith Fogg Occidental SO 19:25.2 6

9 Elizabeth May Occidental SO 19:35.2 7

10 Stefanie McDougall Pomona-Pitzer SO 19:36.2 8

11 Erin Robertson CMS SR 19:37.7 9

12 Soames Boyle CMS SR 19:47.9 10

13 Sarah Alaei CMS SO 19:49.9 11

14 Danielle Neff CMS SR 19:54.4 12

15 Andrea Haver CMS SR 19:56.7

16 Megan Olson CMS SR 20:04.8

17 Samantha Clarke Redlands FR 20:07.6 13

18 Caitlin Elliott Redlands JR 20:26.2 14

19 Heather Callahan Pomona-Pitzer SO 20:31.7 15

20 Heather Crump Occidental FR 20:36.8 16

21 Colleen Callahan Occidental SO 20:41.9 17

22 Jodie Konigsberg CMS JR 20:47.8

23 Liz Creso Redlands JR 20:51.7 18

24 Heidi Esh Redlands FR 20:52.7 19

25 Aurora Burd CMS FR 20:56.3

West Region ranking (national rank suggestion)

1 CMS (12)

2 Puget Sound (18-22)

3 Willamette (22-25)

4 Pacific Lutheran (none)

5 Whitworth (none)

Puget Sound ran their best race of the season to beat Willamette in the Northwest Conference meet. The course appeared to run slightly slower than at the Willamette Invite (<10 seconds) pretty much across the board. Willamette had their number two at NWC's run 23 seconds faster than at WU, but their number two from WU ran 50 seconds slower yesterday. CMS had their number one from their last meet run number eight, but their depth keeps them the top team in the region. The SCIAC course is not particularly fast. I estimate it to be at least 30 seconds slower than NWC. Combining the two meets and taking 30 seconds off the SCIAC times would yield the following: 1. CMS 69, 2. UPS 75, 3. Willamette 92, 4. PLU 118, 5. Whitworth 128. If everything else remained the same and the Willamette and CMS runners ran back to form, then the scores would be more like: 1. CMS 51, 2. Willamete 72, 3. UPS 75. We will find out in a couple of weeks.

10/21/01

10/14/01

SCIAC Multi-Dual Meet (Friday afternoon - 85 degrees; 89 finishers)

Complete results: http://www.physical-education.pomona.edu/results/womensxc/01duals-W.html

All SCIAC teams race at once, but score as if racing each school individually. This was a new course, but is in the same park used for all 11 years of the meet.

The fastest time recorded at this meet is 18:21 by the NCAA Division III runner-up in 1991.

Dual Meet Records (Win-Loss)

Claremont M-S 7-0 (scored 15 points against four schools, 17-44 v. OXY, 18-inc. v. ULV, 20-43 v. P-P)

18:57.3, 19:01.7, 19:05.3, 19:15.4, 19:42.3, 19:50.4, 19:53.4; 1-4: 18 seconds, 4-7: 38

Occidental 6-1 (OXY 26, P-P 29)

19:28.1, 19:32.5, 20:23.3, 20:35.6, 20:47.8, 23:05.0, 23:30.8; 1-5: 80 seconds, 5-7: 2:43

Pomona-Pitzer 5-2

18:38.2, 19:57.9, 20:04.0, 21:00.9, 21:07.1, 21:09.3, 21:51.3; 1-2: 80 seconds, 2-5: 69, 5-7: 44

Redlands 4-3

Cal Lutheran 3-4

Caltech 2-5

Whittier 1-6

La Verne 0-7

1 Laura Bishop JR PomonaPitzer 18:38.2

2 Andrea Haver SR Claremont-MS 18:57.3

3 Ellie Irons JR Claremont-MS 19:01.7

4 Monica Martinez JR La Verne 19:05.0

5 Amy Foss JR Claremont-MS 19:05.3

6 Angie Jacquez JR Claremont-MS 19:15.4

7 Jenny Willis SO Occidental 19:28.1

8 Meredith Fogg SO Occidental 19:32.5

9 Soames Boyle SR Claremont-MS 19:42.3

10 Danielle Neff SR Claremont-MS 19:50.4

11 Samantha Clarke FR Redlands 19:52.2

12 Erin Robertson SR Claremont-MS 19:53.4

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Mt. Hood CC Invite

1. Willamette 24

top 10 finishers below; 1-5: 34 seconds, 5-7: 39

2. CC of Spokane 62

3. Mt.Hood CC 83

4. Uof Portland 85

5. Clark CC 124

6. Chemeketa CC 154

Top Individuals/WU (77 finishers)

1. H. Saulie-Rohman Clack 18:59

5. Liz Rodda WILL 19:26

7. Bobbi Wright WILL 19:38

10. A.Andrews WILL 19:51

12. Nattalie Wright WILL 19:56

13. A.Henderson WILL 20:00

16. Jessie Enell WILL 20:27

20. Amber Emery WILL 20:39

21. M.Kennedy WILL 20:41

24. Molly Brady WILL 20:48

25. S.Vandehey WILL 20:50

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Warrior Invitational

Lewis-Clark State 15, Whitman 47

Whitman (did not run their number one runner)

19:08, 19:27, 19:52, 20:26, 20:42, 20:43, 20:54; 1-5: 1:34, 5-7: 12

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Pacific Lutheran Invitational (results courtesy of Mike Orechia, UPS coach)

1 Washington "B" 34

2. PUGET SOUND 66

17:23.4, 18:52.2, 19:02.8, 19:27.9, 19:45.2 (did not run usual 5&6 - flu); 1-2: 89, 2-5: 53

3. Whitworth 75

18:17.7, 18:33.7, 19:22.7, 19:42.2, 19:47.6, 19:50.5, 19:55.0; 1-5:1:30 [2-3: 49], 5-7: 8

4. Pacific Lutheran 85

18:12.7, 19:08.4, 19:14.2, 19:43.7, 19:58.8, 20:09.7; 1-2: 56, 2-5: 50

5. Lewis & Clark 119

18:51.4, 19:19.0, 19:44.3, 19:59.2, 20:05.3, 20:06.5; 1-5: 1:14

6. WWU 160

7. Pacific 210 - top runner: 19:38.1

8. North Idaho 219

9. George Fox 246 - top runner 19:51.5

10. Linfield 281

11. BCC 292

Top 10 Division III Individuals

1. Dana Boyle Puget Sound 17:23.4 (Course record by 25 seconds)

10. Lia Ossiander PLU 18:12.7

12. Leslie Nelson Whitworth 18:17.7

14. Jessica Austin Whitworth 18:33.7

17. Emily Erwin Lewis & Clark 18:51.4

18. Sara Burnet Puget Sound 18:52.2

21. Alana Hagney Puget Sound 19:02.8

22. Breea DeSloover PLU 19:08.4

23 Tracey Goldner PLU 19:14.2

25. Cassie Weyhmiller Lewis & Clark 19:19.0

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Fort Hays State Invitational

Colorado College ran an incomplete team - 19:53, 20:29, 22:05, 22:53 (winner ran 19:26)

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West Region rankings (national rank suggestion)

1. CMS (10)

2. Willamette (18-22)

3. Puget Sound (22-25)

4. Whitworth (none)

5. Pacific Lutheran (none)

CMS easily won the SCIAC Multi-Dual meet. Although they did not run as well as the week before (the race was at 4:00 Friday afternoon in 85 degree weather and the team trains in the morning) their team time was 2:13.4 faster than the same meet last year. Willamette easily won the Mt. Hood Invite and again had a close-running pack of five. The rankings for 3-5 were solidified at the PLU Invite. UPS, Whitworth and PLU all have good front runners with Boyle really in a class by herself. I have created a West region page (http://cms.claremont.edu/westregion.htm) which has results and rankings from the entire season to this point.

For what it is worth, I re-did my attempt to integrate CMS and Willamette times from last week into the Augustana Pre-national race (I added 10 seconds to their times). CMS (121) would have finished between Luther/Wartburg (109) and Nebraska Wesleyan/Washington Univ (140). Willamette (215) would have finished behind St. Olaf (192), but ahead of Puget Sound (241).

10/7/01

Willamette Invitational (5K): 40 scoring teams, 388 finishers; 60 and overcast

This is a fairly fast course. By comparing the results from the pre-Nationals, Sundodger Invite and this meet it appears to be about 10 seconds faster than the Augustana course.

Top ten overall teams (in parentheses is scoring without the D I teams)

1 University of Victoria (Canada #2) 89 (68)

2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (D III #17) 153 (121)

18:03, 18:29, 18:34, 18:37, 18:55, 19:05, 19:16, 19:19; 1-5: 52 seconds, 5-7: 21 seconds

3 Greater Boise Running Club 174 (140)

4 Utah Valley State College (JC ranked) 185 (149)

5 University of Hawaii (D I) 214

6(5) Northwest College (NAIA #1) 217 (175)

7 University of Oregon (D I) 221

8(6) Willamette University (D III #22) 302 (250)

18:20, 18:45, 19:08, 19:13, 19:14, 19:17, 19:23; 1-5: 54 seconds, 5-7: 9 seconds

9(7) Humboldt State University (D II) 307 (252)

10 University of Portland (D I) 324

Other notables

8. Westmont (NAIA #13) (296)

9. Lewis-Clark State (NAIA #14) (344)

12. Pacific Lutheran (D III) (420)

18:16, 19:03, 19:36, 19:52, 20:08, 20:30, 20:53; 1-2: 47 seconds, 2-5: 65 seconds, 5-7: 48 seconds

16. British Columbia (NAIA #17) (465)

17. Lewis & Clark (D III) (482)

18:57, 19:04, 19:49, 19:54, 20:11, 20:22, 20:25; 1-5: 74 seconds, 5-7: 14 seconds

28. Pacific University (D III) (799) top runner: 19:55

33. George Fox University (D III) (883) top runner: 19:53

34. Linfield College (D III) (887) top runner: 19:50

Top five overall and top ten Division III finishers

1 Cheryl Smith (Hawaii) 16:56.3 [course record]

2 Deanna O'Neill (Unat) 17:21.4

3 Margaret Butler (Kajaks TC) 17:29.5

4 Heather MacDonald (British Columbia) 17:29.8

5 Hanna Bremler (Unat) 17:41.2

11 Ellie Irons (CMS) 18:02.7

20 Lia Ossiander (Pacific Lutheran) 18:16.2

23 Liz Rodda (Willamette) 18:20.0

30 Andrea Haver (CMS) 18:28.9

37 Amy Foss (CMS) 18:33.9

41 Angie Jacquez (CMS) 18:37.2

53 Katie Pierce (Willamette) 18:44.8

69 Soames Boyle (CMS) 18:56.1

71 Emily Erwin (Lewis & Clark) 18:56.9

80 Tracey Goldner (Pacific Lutheran) 19:02.8

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Whitman finished 7 out of 9 D I and D II teams at the San Francisco State Invitational (6K)

Ariel Andrews finished 10th in 23:06; 1-2: 1:30, 2-5:1:20, 5-7: 1:15 seconds

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Colorado College finished 5 out of 7 at the Northern Colorado Invitational (5K)

Emily Dickerson finished 14th in 19:39; 1-3: 37 seconds, 3-4: 1:30, 4-5: 1:17, only five runners

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Off this week:

Puget Sound, Whitworth, Caltech, La Verne, Occidental, Pomona-Pitzer, Redlands, Whittier

Region rank: (suggested national rank)

1. CMS (top 10)

2. Willamette (15-18)

3. Puget Sound (22-25)

4. Pacific Lutheran (none)

5. Lewis & Clark/Whitworth (none)

The Willamette results gave a clearer picture of the West region. This course is the site of the region meet in five weeks. Four of the top five teams competed at the meet. CMS showed its front running strength, had its best team pack all season and placed second in a quality field. CMS had five of the top eight Division III finishers. They are deserving to move up in the poll. Trying the inexact science of predicting their finish in the Augustana race they would have been just behind Luther and Wartburg. Willamette was missing one runner from their Sundodger team which would have improved their score around 25 points. Puget Sound decided to rest after racing at Augustana last weekend. Pacific Lutheran moves up to four by beating Lewis & Clark runner on runner 1-5. Puget Sound, Pacific Lutheran, Lewis & Clark and Whitworth will all meet next week at the Pacific Lutheran Invitational.

9/30/01

Augustana Invitational - 414 finishers, 26 teams

The summary of this race will probably be in a few of the other region reports so I will only highlight the lone West team.

7. PUGET SOUND 1 38 58 70 74 (93)(126) = 241

Dana Boyle won the race and is possibly the best runner in the country right now

17:13, 19:07, 19:19, 19:28, 19:34, 19:46, 20:15; 1-2 spread 1:34, 2-5: 27 seconds. 5-7:41

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Stanford Invitational - three women's races: 6K with all divisions, 4K all divisions (no DIII) and an unscored 5K

6K: 178 finishers, 25 teams - winner: Byrd, Arkansas 20:49

1. Stanford 24

2. Arkansas 39

3. Brigham Young 88

4. UC Irvine 141

5. Utah State 203

20. Occidental 535 Top finisher: Jenny Willis 23:15 (68), 1-2: 47; 2-5: 1:32, only six runners

21. Pomona-Pitzer 545 Top finisher: Laura Bishop 22:36 (34[3rd among non-DI]); 1-2:1:50, 2-5: 1:19, 5-7:1:27

5K: 94 finishers, winner: 18:20

Redlands Top finisher: Samantha Clarke 19:13 (6), 1-2: 48, 2-5: 1:54, only six runners

La Verne Top finisher: Monica Martinez 20:19 (22), 1-5: 4:42, only five runners

Caltech Top finisher: Amy Kelly 23:18

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Whitman finished 5 out of 6 non-D I teams at the Big Cross Invitational

Ariel Andrews finished 19th in 19:04; 1-2: 1:38, 2-5:1:13, 5-7: 6 seconds

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Whitworth won the four team North Idaho Invitational with 17 points

top finisher and winner: Leslie Nelson 19:14.5; 19:24.3, 19:50.0, 20:27.3, 20:32.0, 20:44.5, 20:55.8; 1-5: 1:17.5, 5-7: 34

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Lewis & Clark beat Pacific University in a dual meet 16-47

Lewis & Clark Top finisher: Cassie Weyhmiller 19:29; 19:31, 19:36, 19:46, 19:53, 20:01, 20:09, 20:15; 1-5: 32, 5-7: 14

Pacific Top finisher: Shelan McClung 19:53

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No results:

Western Oregon Invitational: Willamette 'B'

Trask Mountain Assault - Linfield

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Off this week:

CMS, Pacific Lutheran, George Fox, Cal Lutheran, Whittier, Colorado College

Region rank: (suggested national rank)

1. CMS (12-15)

1. Willamette (12-15)

3. Puget Sound (22-25)

4. Lewis & Clark (none)

5. Whitworth (none)

I have not seen Willamette's results for the week and CMS was off. I still think they are very equal. Puget Sound performed quite well at Augustana, but I would rank them behind the other two. Boyle obviously helps their team score tremendously especially in huge meets the size of Augie's, but her finish will have less of an impact in our relatively small regional race (120 runners). The top four in the region all meet this week at the Willamette Invitational.

9/23/01

Sundodger Invitational Open Race (5K) - 191 runners, 17 schools

1 NORTHWEST COLLEGE (NAIA #1) 70

2 WILLAMETTE (NCAA III) 128 1-5 spread: 20 seconds, 5-7: 22

3 WESTERN WASHINGTON (NCAA II #10) 137

4 SEATTLE PACIFIC (NCAA II #21) 143

5 SIMON FRASER (NAIA #8) 149

6 PUGET SOUND (NCAA III) 160 1-2: 1:29, 2-5: 52, 5-7: 1:19

7 WESTERN OREGON (NCAA II) 227

8 LEWIS & CLARK (NCAA III) 228 1-5: 55, 5-7: 32

9 CENTRAL WASHINGTON (NCAA II #15) 256

10 PACIFIC LUTHERAN (NCAA III) 262 1-5: 1:51, 5-7:1 3

(Sabrina Munro (UW), last year's Div. I runner-up ran 16:06 to win the Invite race)

1 DANA BOYLE PUGET SOUND 17:13

2 EMILE MONDOR SIMON FRASER 17:24

3 DESNIGE MCLEAN SIMON FRASER 17:42

4 ASHLEE VINCENT WESTERN WASHINGTON 17:56

5 CARLENE DANIEL SIMON FRASER 17:58

Next 10 Division III Finishers

12 LIA OSSIANDER PACIFIC LUTHERAN 18:24

21 ALANA HAGNEY PUGET SOUND 18:42

22 LIZ RODDA WILLAMETTE 18:45

26 BOBBI WRIGHT WILLAMETTE 18:49

29 KARI HOLBERT WILLAMETTE 18:52

34 EMILY ERWIN LEWIS & CLARK 18:55

38 CASSIE WEYHMILLER LEWIS & CLARK 18:59

41 ALICIA ANDREWS WILLAMETTE 19:04

42 AMBER HENDERSON WILLAMETTE 19:05

48 NATALIE WRIGHT WILLAMETTE 19:14

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Pacific Four-Way (2 Miles)

Team: Pacific 35, George Fox 43, Warner Pacific 43, Clark CC inc

no individual results

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Westmont Invitational (5K) - 61 runners, 5 teams

1. Westmont (NAIA) 23

2. Redlands (III) 56

3. Cal Lutheran (III) 76

4. CS Bakersfield (II) 90

5. The Master's (NAIA) 135

1 Samantha Clarke (UR) 19:15

2 Sarah Eyman (West) 19:23

3 Christa Fitzgerald (West) 19:30

4 Rebecca Schwanda (West) 19:33

5 Ashley Idema (UR) 19:35

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UC Riverside Invitational (5K) - 265 runners, 25 teams, 80 degrees, all dirt (lots of dust)

1. UC Irvine (NCAA I) 41 5- 6- 9-10-11 (12-13)

2. CS Northridge (NCAA I) 76 2- 4- 7-29-34 (60-61)

3. USC (NCAA I) 100 1-16-23-27-33 (127-158)

4. Claremont-MS (NCAA III) 162 14-21-22-41-64 (65-72) 1-5 spread: 67 seconds, 5-7: 7

5. CS Fullerton (NCAA I) 203 18-36-40-50-59 (69-91)

6. Azusa Pacific (NAIA #6) 208 31-32-37-45-63 (81-114)

7. CS Long Beach (NCAA I) 257 19-56-57-58-67 (78-113)

8. UC San Diego (NCAA II) 263 8-47-55-71-82 (94-100)

9. Point Loma (NAIA #21) 264 35-42-46-54-87 (88-111)

10. San Diego St. (NCAA I) 266 24-25-52-53-112(132-133)

11. CS Los Angeles (NCAA II) 327

12. Occidental (NCAA III) 352

1. Kareen Nilsson (Unat) 17:46

2. Ursula Kremer (Unat) 18:09

3. Sarah Ellis (USC) 18:16

4. Angela Talarico (CSUN) 18:24

5. Cara Rumber (Unat) 18:27

Top 10 Division III Finishers

17. Ellie Irons (CMS) 19:11

19. Monica Martinez (La Verne) 19:13

25. Angela Jacquez (CMS) 19:22

26. Andrea Haver (CMS) 19:23

33. Jenny Willis (OXY) 19:37

45. Leti Arroyo (La Verne) 19:54

47. Sarah Alaei (CMS) 19:57

49. Meredith Fogg (OXY) 20:00

72. Amy Foss (CMS) 20:18

73. Erin Robertson (CMS) 20:18

81. Danielle Neff (CMS) 20:25

West Region Ranking

1 CMS 12-15

1 Willamette 12-15

3 Puget Sound Do not rank

4 Lewis & Clark Do not rank

5 Whitworth Do not rank

So much for 5K comparisons of CMS and Willamette. The course CMS ran was relatively flat and can be fast, but it was 80 degrees with lots of dust from all of the runners on the all-dirt course. The course Willamette ran is dead flat and run on quick trails. An old teammate of mine, Mike Scott (vice chair, USATF cross country council), estimated that the course is only 5-20 seconds slower than PR track times. My best guess trying to compare the two (adding 45 seconds to Willamette's times) have the teams practically even. CMS would have the top three, but Willamette has a great pack which would put all seven of their runners between CMS' three and four. Dual meet scoring would be CMS 29, WU 30. CMS and Willamette will meet for the only time until regionals in two weeks at the Willamette Invitational.

9/15/01

Lewis & Clark Invitational (5K) - 48 runners, 6 schools

1 Lewis & Clark 28 (1-3-5-9-10)-11-12 1-5 spread: 64 seconds; 1-8: 79 seconds

2 Southern Oregon 54 (2-6-14-15-17)-24

3 Pacific 69 (7-8-16-18-20)-21-25

4 Linfield 81 (4-13-19-22-23)-26

Individual Results

1 Cassie Weyhmiller Lewis & Clark 1 19:50.8

2 Alanna Steinert Southern Oregon 2 19:57.2

3 Molly Barker Lewis & Clark 3 20:04.2

4 Kira Seifert Linfield 4 20:14.9

5 Emily Erwin Lewis & Clark 5 20:21.0

6 Helen Rarick Southern Oregon 6 20:21.8

7 Dace Samata Pacific 7 20:22.5

8 Shelan McClung Pacific 8 20:34.7

9 Andrea Nations Oregon Tech 20:48.2

10 Mallory Swan Oregon Tech 20:50.5

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Clackamas CC Invitational (4.2K) - 76 finishers, 8 schools

1. WILLAMETTE - 44 4-6-9-11-14 (16-25) 1-5 spread: 26 seconds, 1-7: 66 seconds

(top three and five of top seven were freshman; three of top returners did not run)

2. U of Portland NCAA D1 - 53

3. W. Oregon NCAA D2 - 89

4. Mt. Hood CC - 123

5. Clackamas CC - 144

6. George Fox - 150

7. North Idaho - 175

Place Name School Time

1. Saclie-Rohman Clackamas CC 15:19

2. Salmon WOU 15:20

3. Rissmiller CCC 15:30

4. PIERCE WILLAMETTE 15:34

5. Wells WOU

6. HOLBERT WILLAMETTE 15:45

7. Goeres G Fox 15:46

8. Niemcziek Portland 15:47

9. B.WRIGHT WILLAMETTE 15:49

10. Copher Mt.Hood 15:50

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St. Martin's Invitational - no results (Pacific Lutheran and Puget Sound scheduled to run)

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Whitman Invitational

1. Lewis-Clark State 33

2. Whitworth 43

(1^st runner(2^nd overall): 18:58, 31 second gap to 2^nd runner, 2-5: 57 seconds, 5-7: 41 seconds)

3. NW Nazarene 68

4. Whitman 82

(1^st runner(4^th overall): 19:25, 61 second gap to 2nd runner, 2-5: 15 seconds, 57 seconds to #6)

5. Eastern Oregon 130

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Tour o' the Park Invitational (6K) - 112 runners, 13 teams, 80 degrees, 98% long grass&soft ground

1. Fila Track West 42 1- 2- 4- 8-27 (44)

2. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 64 6- 7-12-17-22 (32-38) 1-5 spread: 65 seconds, 1-7: 1:42

3. Azusa Pacific (NAIA #3) 105 15-18-19-20-33 (40-51)

Fresno Pacific (NAIA #28) 105 11-14-16-25-39 (62)

5. Concordia (NAIA #13) 129 3-10-30-41-45 (61-69)

6. Biola (NAIA #7) 155 9-26-35-42-43 (47-53)

7. CS Los Angeles (NCAA D2) 163 13-23-36-37-54

8. Cal Baptist (NAIA #19) 173 5-24-31-49-64

9. Redlands 210

10. Vanguard 224

11. Cal Lutheran 296

12. Whittier 353

1. Kristin Harper (Fila) 21:31

2. Carmen Martinez (Fila) 22:12

3. Berenice Carbajal (Concordia) 22:51

4. Melissa Correa (Fila) 23:09

5. Fransica Florez (Cal Baptist) 23:15

6. Ellie Irons (CMS) 23:22

7. Amy Foss (CMS) 23:31

8. Stephanie Norberg (Fila) 23:40

9. Kristy Fournier (Biola) 23:40

10. Heather Shurtlef (Concordia) 23:42

West Region Ranking

1 CMS 10-12

2 Willamette 15-18

3 Lewis & Clark Do not rank

4 Whitworth Do not rank

5 Pacific Lutheran/George Fox Do not rank

CMS finished well ahead of five ranked NAIA teams on a historically slow course over 6K. Willamette beat a D1 and D2 school with a very young squad over 4K. Next week both run at 5K which should give a little better basis for comparison.

9/8/01

Puget Sound ran at the Emerald City Invitational (4.85K). Dana Boyle finished 5th overall (18:16). The winner was Sabrina Monro, last year's Division I runner-up (17:17). Puget Sound finished 3rd with 142 points behind Washington (17) and Northwest College (61). Their 2-5 runners ran 20:07, 20:10, 20:13 and 20:49.

Pacific University Invitational (5K) eight teams; winner Perletti (Clark) 19:01

1. Lewis & Clark 50 (4-9-10-13-14-17-19) First runner 19:18; 2-5 19:43-20:03

2. George Fox 54 (2-6-8-11-27) First runner 19:14; 2-4 19:29-19:50; fifth runner 21:54

3. Pacific University 104 (15-20-22-23-24-26) First 20:12; 2-5 20:31-21:28

4. Linfield 112 First runner 19:50

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No results from Redlands Invite (Redlands, Caltech, La Verne)

No results from San Diego Invite (Occidental)

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West Region rankings (National recommendation)

1. CMS (10-15)

2. Willamette (15-20)

3. Whitworth

4. Lewis & Clark

5. George Fox

West Region Preview

The following is a little bit about each of the top five teams at last year's West Region meet.

Willamette (1^st - 71) Return four runners from last year's region team (2-3-5-6) Three of them (2-5-6) will not race for the first month due to (in order) injury, sickness and study abroad recovery. Their number three, Liz Rodda, was their top finisher at their conference meet (6^th) and second for them at NCAA's (129^th). They add five all-state (OR or WA) runners, two excellent track runners new to cross (5:08 1600 and 4:50/10:40 15/3) and return their number five from 1999 and number eight from last year. Some of these are returning students who have yet to compete due to injury.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (2^nd - 76) Return six runners from last year's region team (1-2-3-5-6-7) including NCAA individual qualifiers Ellie Irons (24^th, All-American) and Angie Jacquez (53^rd). Their number eight from last year, Danielle Neff, was an 800 meter All-American last spring (2:12.27) and finished 19^th at the region meet in 1999. They also regain Andrea Haver who studied abroad last year. She was their number one runner in 1999, winning the SCIAC and finishing sixth at the region meet.

Whitman (3^rd - 87) Lost six of their seven from the region meet (return #6)

Whitworth (4^th - 100) Lost their top five, four to graduation and one to injury. Top seven returners are sophs and juniors. Their conference champ in the heptathlon is out for cross and finished second for them at their first meet. Freshmen ran fifth and eighth for them.

Pacific Lutheran (5^th - 120) Return three from their region team (1-4-5) including two-time NCAA individual qualifier Lia Ossiander (9^th in 2000, All-American).

The sixth thru 10^th teams all return at least five of their runners from last season. The top among them is George Fox (sixth) who lost their third and fourth runners (26^th & 37^th), but return individual qualifier Colleen Forbes (97^th at NCAA). Pomona-Pitzer (10^th) returns their entire squad including Laura Bishop, the 2000 SCIAC Runner of the Year, who collapsed while running with the leaders 100 meters from the finish line at the region meet and got up to finish 28^th. Other runners with national experience include Emily Dickerson (Colorado) [141^st 1998] and Dana Boyle (UPS) [dnf 1999, 2^nd NAIA 1998]

West Region preseason ranking (suggested national ranking):

1 CMS 10-15

2 Willamette 15-20

3 George Fox -

4 Whitworth -

5 Pacific Lutheran -

CMS and Willamette will face each other once prior to the region meet at the Willamette Invitational (site of the region meet) on October 6.