Allie Ostrander Wins NCAA West Regional, Boise State Women 2nd and Men 5th

SEATTLE, Washington--Boise State freshman Allie Ostrander continued to trounce the competition as she won the individual 6-kilometer at the NCAA West Regional Cross Country Championships this afternoon.

Ostrander led three Broncos in the Top 10 across the finish line, and Coach Corey Ihmels' Broncos finished one point behind powerhouse Oregon for the team title. With the second place finish today, Boise State automatically qualifies for the NCAA National Championships next Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky.


Oregon won with 79 team points to 80 for Boise State, Washington had 105, and Stanford 121. Those four nationally-ranked teams were followed by San Francisco (182), Gonzaga (224), California (234)Arizona State (243), Portland (286) and UCLA (334).


Just as she did at the Mountain West Championships two weeks ago, Ostrander made her move around the 4-k mark and left the field. Ostrander won by over 21 seconds with a time of 20:10.9. Waverly Neer of Oregon was second (20:32.2) while Maddie Meyers of Washington was third (20:37.2). Boise State freshman Brenna Peloquin finished 6/10th's of a second behind Meyers, with Bronco Minttu Hukka fifth in 20:42.2.


Anna Holdiman of Boise State was 34th with a time of 21:22, Charlotte Corless was (21:22.7) while Alexis Fuller finished 63rd in 21:40.4.

Bronco Men 5th at NCAA Regional, Will Play Waiting Game

SEATTLE, Washington--The Boise State men's cross country team finished fifth this afternoon at the NCAA West Regionals.

Boise State finished with 137 points, calculated by adding up the finishes of the top six Broncos. Washington won the title with 63 points to 83 for Stanford. Oregon finished 3rd with 99 points to 125 for Washington State.
Coach Corey Ihmels' team will now have to wait to see if they earn an at-large berth in next week's NCAA National Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. Only the top two teams at each of the country's nine regionals are guaranteed a spot, and there will be 13 at-large teams selected. Boise State was hurt today losing to unranked Washington State.


Michael Vennard finished 17th to lead the Bronco men with a time of 31:29.8. Chandler Austin was 26th (31:46.6), followed by Louis McAfee at #28 (31:48.1), Elijah Armstrong 30th in 31:49.9, Rhys Park 36th with a time of 31:55.7 and Addison DeHaven (31:55.7). Oregon All-American Edward Cheserek won the individual title with a time of 30:43.2.


The selection of the at-large teams will take place tomorrow.

TEAM SCORING SUMMARY

Final Standings		Score	Scoring Order	Total	Avg.	Finish Order	Spread
1	Washington	63	5-10-12-14-22 (59) (73)	2:36:52	31:23	5-10-12-14-22-59-73	0:29.6
2	Stanford	83	6-7-8-20-42 (72) (102)	2:37:18	31:28	6-7-8-20-42-72-104	0:42.8
3	Oregon	99	1-4-24-31-39 (43) (47)	2:37:21	31:29	1-4-24-31-39-43-47	1:13.7
4	Washington St.	125	2-3-32-37-51 (93) (105)	2:37:56	31:36	2-3-32-37-51-95-107	1:12.0
5	Boise State	137	17-26-28-30-36 (45) (174)	2:38:50	31:46	17-26-28-30-36-45-178	0:26.0
6	California	146	19-25-29-35-38 (78) (96)	2:38:58	31:48	19-25-29-35-38-78-98	0:22.9
7	UCLA	163	9-16-40-44-54 (75) (76)	2:38:54	31:47	9-16-40-44-54-75-76	0:51.6
8	UC Santa Barbara	184	11-13-49-53-58 (82) (84)	2:39:15	31:51	11-13-49-53-58-83-85	0:54.6
9	Portland	200	21-33-46-48-52 (57) (91)	2:39:44	31:57	21-33-46-48-52-57-92	0:32.3
10	Gonzaga	253	18-23-55-70-87 (94) (129)	2:40:41	32:09	18-23-55-70-88-96-132	1:20.8
11	San Francisco	273	15-41-61-64-92 (121) (142)	2:41:03	32:13	15-41-61-64-93-123-145	1:31.3
12	Cal Poly	344	56-66-68-71-83 (115) (152)	2:42:20	32:28	56-66-68-71-84-117-156	0:33.4
13	UC Davis	389	27-34-95-114-119 (134) (173)	2:44:10	32:50	27-34-97-116-121-137-177	1:58.0
14	San Jose St.	409	67-74-85-86-97 (118) (124)	2:43:43	32:45	67-74-86-87-99-120-126	0:42.3
15	Arizona State	422	60-77-81-100-104 (131) (166)	2:44:04	32:49	60-77-82-102-106-134-170	0:53.0
16	St. Marys (Cal.)	489	50-79-99-128-133 (161) (175)	2:45:51	33:11	50-79-101-131-136-165-179	1:53.1
17	Loyola Marymount	535	80-110-111-112-122 (136) (200)	2:47:06	33:26	80-112-113-114-124-139-204	1:05.5
18	Eastern Washington	551	89-98-109-116-139 (190) (194)	2:47:17	33:28	90-100-111-118-142-194-198	1:13.1
19	Santa Clara	562	63-88-126-141-144 (146) (155)	2:47:31	33:31	63-89-129-144-148-150-159	1:51.7
20	Cal St. Fullerton	574	65-101-113-137-158 (162) (183)	2:48:00	33:36	65-103-115-140-162-166-187	2:20.2
21	UC Riverside	635	62-69-147-178-179 (196)	2:50:13	34:03	62-69-151-182-183-200	3:13.1
22	Seattle U.	647	108-117-120-143-159 (171) (197)	2:49:50	33:58	110-119-122-146-163-175-201	1:17.4
23	Long Beach St.	692	90-135-145-157-165 (177) (182)	2:50:44	34:09	91-138-149-161-169-181-186	1:57.4
24	Fresno State	712	103-106-156-167-180 (184)	2:51:42	34:21	105-108-160-171-184-188	2:22.2
25	UC Irvine	725	127-130-138-160-170 (191)	2:51:49	34:22	130-133-141-164-174-195	1:07.7
26	Portland State	774	123-148-163-168-172 (185) (188)	2:53:10	34:38	125-152-167-172-176-189-192	1:23.7
27	Pepperdine	779	107-140-153-181-198	2:55:07	35:02	109-143-157-185-202	4:02.7
28	Sacramento St.	805	132-154-164-169-186	2:54:17	34:52	135-158-168-173-190	1:55.3
29	San Diego	831	125-149-176-189-192 (195) (199)	2:55:54	35:11	128-153-180-193-196-199-203	2:15.3
30	Cal St. Northridge	882	150-151-187-193-201	3:00:37	36:08	154-155-191-197-205	5:02.1