Albuquerque — The University of Colorado’s cross-country program earned a top-five finish and six All-Region selections in the 2022 NCAA Cross-Country Mountain Regional Championships Friday morning.
The guys came into the game, finishing ninth in the NCAA and fourth in the region, and they moved up one spot with a third-place finish and beat the No. 5 Air Force. The men finished with 97 points, just behind NAU with 43 points and No. 2 BYU with 54 points.
“Well, I wouldn’t call it frustration because everyone is running around trying to calculate how easy it is for them to qualify,” the head coach said. Mark Wetmore“So one or two spots for us or them doesn’t mean anybody beats anybody. The top four or five teams are just trying to get through next week as carefully as possible.”
austin fancier Leading CU, holding the lead for most of the game. Vancil finished seventh with a time of 28:08.9, just one second behind fourth, and the gap between the top nine was just eight seconds. Andrew Kent, Seth Hirsch and Brendan Fraser All made considerable progress in the game, giving CU the finish. Kent at 56th At 1600 metres, it then climbed 39 places over the next two miles to fifth. he fell back to 20th with a mile remaining and caught eight runners to finish 12th At 28:17.0.Followed by Hirsch, who made progress from a 54-year-oldth Up 20 spots at the halfway mark and another 10 spots before he finished 19 in the final mileth The total score is 28:19.2. Frazier ranked 21stYingshi Finished the CU men’s all-area selection with a time of 28:23.3.
Also for Colorado, hunter appleton and James Overberg Completing one position, Appleton scored 38 points in 28:47.6th and Overberg ran 28:55.3 39th. Noah Hibbard Out of seven players with 60 pointsth– Finished the race with a time of 29:38.4.
buffaloes no charlie sweeney Who will join the seven if the Buffs get a full bid for the NCAA tournament today.
“The NCAA has a points system throughout the season,” Wetmore said. “Teams that don’t finish in the top two of the nine regions go into the points system. It’s kind of confusing when they say there’s going to be a selection show the next day because there’s no real selection it’s just counting points and our guys are in. We’ll Plus Chuck, he’s completely healthy. We just let some other guys run and we want to see, but Chuck’s going to be in next week.”
The women’s team ranks eighth in the NCAA and fifth overall with 135 points behind second-ranked New Mexico State with 56 points, ninth-ranked Utah State and fourth-ranked NAU, which each scored 103 points. and second-ranked CSU. Scored 121 points today to secure the NCAA title.
“The women’s game isn’t great,” Wetmore said. “Our normal leader is having a hard time. Emily has been nursing a calf issue that we know isn’t perfect. We’ve had eight days to make it a lot better.”
Pac-12 champions Bailey Hertenstein Leading the Buffaloes charge, starting at age 17th and keep it around 13th Position 11 before she finishesth At 20:21.1. Ella Baran Completed the all-region selection, out of 33road Finish 15 in the first third of the raceth The overall time was 20:32.6, including over eight runners in the final kilometer. Caitlin Barthel Ranked first in the regional rankings with a score of 29th Finished the race in 20:51.8, followed closely by emily secret at 37th At 20:59.1. Covert was eighth in the first third before dropping to 26th There was a mile left before finishing her final position.
Gabriel Ori is Buffalo’s last scorer, finishing with 44th At 21:05.1. whitney valentine complete 82date Buffs were even at 22 minutes, while Alisa Meraz-Fishbein Second only to her in 1986th at 22:04.6
“If Bailey is ready to mix up front like she was two weeks ago, if we get Emily’s legs right, we can top our ranks,” Wetmore said. “We might drop a little bit from eighth. I think we’re eighth, we’ll drop from eighth. But if we put our pieces together correctly over the next seven days, we can beat it. “
Both Buffalo teams are expected to be among the first teams selected during the NCAA Cross Country Championship draft tomorrow at 3 p.m.
result
CU Women: 11. Bailey Hertenstein20:21.1; 15. Ella Baran20:32.6; 29. Caitlin Barthel20:51.8; 37. emily secret 20:59.1; 44. Gabriel Ory, 21:05.1; 82. whitney valentine22:00.0; 86. Alisa Meraz-Fishbein22:04.6
Women’s results: 1. New Mexico State 56; 2. Utah State 103; 3. NAU 103; 4. California State University. 121; 5. Colorado 135; 6. BYU 144; 7. Utah Valley 164; 8. Utah 167; 9. Air Force 201; 10. Wyoming 204; 11. Weber State University 363; 12. Montana 367; 13. Southern Utah 378 14. Nevada 403; 15. New Mexico 409; 16. Northern Colorado 513; 17. Idaho 514; 18. Texas Tech 544; 10. Montana 553; DNP.Utop
Men’s Top 10: 1. Nico Young (NAU) 28:01.8; 2. Drew Bosley (NAU) 28:01.9; 3. Duncan Hamilton (MSU) 28:06.9; 4. Matthew Richman (MSU) ) 28:07.6; 5. Brandon Garnica (BYU) 28:08.1; 6. Kathy Klinger (Brigham Young University) 28:08.4; 7. austin fancier (COLO) 28:08.9; 8. Joey Knox (Brigham Young University) 28:09.2; 9. Ryan Love (NAU) 28:09.7; 10. Ryan Johnson (AF) 28:11.0
Other cum men: 12. Andrew Kent (COLO) 28:17.0; 19. Seth Hirsch (COLO) 28:19.2; 21. Brendan Fraser (COLO) 28:23.3; 38. hunter appleton (COLO) 28:47.6; 39. James Overberg (COLO) 28:55.3; 60. Noah Hibbard (COLO) 29:38.4
Men’s results: 1. NAU 43; 2. Brigham Young University 54; 3. Colorado 97; 4. Air Force 104; 5. Montana 123; 6. CSU 132; 7. Utah 198; 8. Wyoming 226; 9. New Mexico 227; 10. Utah Valley 269; 11. Southern Utah 337; 12 . Nevada 341; 13. UTEP 352; 14. Weber State 357; 15. Texas Tech 437; 16. Montana 451; 17. Idaho 523; DNP.new mexico