Big news in XC!
In addition to the big track meet coming to Sacramento next June, there is also the NCAA Div I West Regional Cross Country Championships happening on Friday, November 15th, at Haggin Oaks Golf Course.
The event is hosted by CSUS.
In addition to CSUS, NCAA West Region teams also include include Oregon, Stanford, Colorado, Washington, Arizona, UCLA, Cal Poly, and UC Davis, among others.
I can only vaguely remember my first 10K, but I am pretty certain I didn’t run it in 32 minutes. Nice!
Watch more video of 2013 Stanford Invitational on flotrack.org
Kim Conley (Photo courtesy of the SRA)
Former UC Davis standout Kim Conley, who now runs for the Sacramento Running Association’s Elite Team, ran a personal best Tuesday in the first round of the women’s 5,000 meters at this year’s Olympic Games, but failed to advance to the final.
Conley finished 12th in the second heat with a time of 15: 14.48–well ahead of her 15:19.79 previous best set six weeks ago at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene.
Conley’s teammates Julie Culley and Molly Huddle both advanced to the final, which will be run on Friday and shown at some completely random time on NBC.
I know we were all focused on the women’s Olympic Marathon and Saturday’s phenomenal 10,000 meters (Rupp!!), but there were some local people actually out there running their own races this weekend.
If you wanted to run with (or without) your dog, the Kaleo 5K looks like the place to have been. Michael Carlone took the overall win in 18:36. Jamie Styles and Justin Flowers rounded out the top three men in 19:01 and 20:07, respectively.
The top woman was Kristi Capello, in 20:29. Following her in for second and third were Katie Madaus and Christina Applegate in 21:46 and 21:50.
There is no word in how the dogs finished. Complete results are here.
Lea Wallace at the 2011 Big Sky Conference Championships
We at the SRN were sad to see that Sac State standout Lea Wallace didn’t quite make the Olympic team this time around.
It turns out there was a lot going on in Wallace’s life in the time leading up to the finals.
Taylor Dutch at Flotrack informs us that: (more…)
One advantage of the apparent death of the “arena deal” is that the Bee has some extra ink lying around that they can use to write about some other, better sports.
For example, this morning’s sports page has an excellent story on American River College sprinter Diondre Batson.
Batson, 19, has already earned himself an Olympic “A” standard time in the 200 with his 20.53 at the Mt. SAC Relays. (Video below.)
Batson is still about .05 seconds shy of the “A” standard in the 100, but seems to have room for improvement. Does he have enough time before the trials to get there? We can only hope.
The CSUS Hornets men’s and women’s track and field teams each defeated UC Davis Aggies Friday night in the annual Causeway Track & Field Meet.
The Hornets’ men’s team won 99-92 while the women earned a 102-86 victory.
Complete results are here.
Nice work!
If you are sitting around the house, this would be a great time to be watching some live video from the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational track meet at Stanford.
The fastest heats of the 5000 are starting right now, and the 10,000 meters are scheduled to start now.
Highlight: Deena Kastor is going to be running the 10,000 meters in search of a Olympic Trials qualifying time.
Looks like the American River College cross country team is wrapping up another good season!
They won the NorCal meet and are off to Fresno for tomorrow’s State Championship meet.
Read more about it in the Bee.
Lea Wallace earned All American in the 800
Hornets senior Lea Wallace wrapped up her collegiate running career this weekend with a 9th place finish in the 1500, and placing 6th and earning All American in the NCAA Div I Outdoor Championships 800.
In Friday evening’s 800, Wallace finished in 2:04.56 and, according to Sac State, she recorded the highest finish by a Hornet woman since Marisa Avendano placed second in the 10,000 in 1997.
Multiple, lengthy weather delays frustrated the athletes and event organizers this weekend. According to CSUS: (more…)
