Friday, October 28, 2011

Boise State Cross Country Teams Ready to Battle in Mountain West Championships

The Bronco men's and women's cross country teams will face the best the Mountain West Conference has to offer tomorrow at the MW Championships in Fort Collins, Colorado.

There will be a 6-kilometer course for the women and an 8-k for the men.  The Boise State men are #12 in the Western Region, behind #7 New Mexico, #8 Air Force, #10 Colorado State and #11 Wyoming.  On the women's side, New Mexico is the favorite as the Lobo women are ranked #20 in the nation.  Colorado State is fifth in the Mountain Region, TCU is #11 in the South and Air Force and Wyoming are #12 and #13 in the West.  The Bronco women entered the regional rankings for the first time in school history last week at #14.

Andrew Booth, David Elliott, Vince Hamilton, Kyle Merritt, Drew O-donoghue-McDonald, Dakota Parker, John Robinson and Allan Schroeder will race for the Boise State men while Emma Bates, Shea Hanson, Kate Jette, Lauren Lucas, Eric McLaghlin, Tessa Murray, Taryn Treadway and Marisa VanderMalle are set to go for the women.

The Championships get underway at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday) morning.

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