NAU beats Colorado!

Results????

Did Kangogo beat Jorge?

Jorge ran away with it

Kip's hip/hamstring was really hurting him. He wasn't even BYU's first man.

Can't you give some more complete results than that?

Like how much NAU beat CU by, Jorge's time, margin of victory, top-10?

I don't know anymore than that.

BYU wins with a health Kangogo.

Sorry to be impatient, I just really wanted to know.

Here it is:

Men's 6K (sic) Team Results

1. NAU 74

2. Univ. of Colorado 93

3. BYU 99

4. Weber State 128

5. Montana State 130

6. Colorado State 180

7. Univ. of New Mexico 186

8. Utah State 203

9. Univ. of Utah 214

10. Air Force 215

Men's Individual Results

1. Jorge Torres Univ. of Colorado 29:33

2. Antony Ford Univ. of Montana 30:11

3. Edwardo Torres Univ. of Colorado 30:22

4. Lyle Weese Montana State 30:22

5. Nurani Sheikh NAU 30:26

6. Laird Travis NAU 30:30

7. Bashar Ibrahim UTEP 30:32

8. Matt Gonzales Univ. of New Mexico 30:36

9. Delfino Arevalo Univ. of Utah 30:36

10. Casey Jermyn Montana State 30:38

I wonder where Slattery and Nelson were. I also wonder if this was another CR for Jorge

Women's 6K Team Results

1. BYU 29

2. Univ. of Colorado 66

3. NAU 90

4. Colorado State Univ. 99

5. Weber State 105

6. Air Force 209

7. Montana State Univ. 219

8. Utah State 220

9. Univ. of Utah 235

10. Texas Tech 269

Women's Individual Results

1. Michaela Mannova BYU 20:31

2. Ida Nilsson NAU 20:32

3. Kassi Andersen BYU 20:33

4. Sara Gorton Univ. of Colorado 20:39

5. Holly Austin Univ. of Colorado 20:42

6. Johanna Nilsson NAU 20:45

7. Katie Martin BYU 20:52

8. Jaime Cottle BYU 21:16

9. Natalie Florence Univ. of Colorado 21:20

10. Breanne Sandberg BYU 21:22

Men's 6K Team Results

1. NAU 74

2. Univ. of Colorado 93

3. BYU 99

4. Weber State 128

5. Montana State 130

6. Colorado State 180

7. Univ. of New Mexico 186

8. Utah State 203

9. Univ. of Utah 214

10. Air Force 215

Men's Individual Results

1. Jorge Torres Univ. of Colorado 29:33

2. Antony Ford Univ. of Montana 30:11

3. Edwardo Torres Univ. of Colorado 30:22

4. Lyle Weese Montana State 30:22

5. Nurani Sheikh NAU 30:26

6. Laird Travis NAU 30:30

7. Bashar Ibrahim UTEP 30:32

8. Matt Gonzales Univ. of New Mexico 30:36

9. Delfino Arevalo Univ. of Utah 30:36

10. Casey Jermyn Montana State 30:38

full mountain results:

http://www.ncaachampionships.com/0,5920,1_705_0_24217,00.html

Cross Country Runner-Up At Regionals

Jorge Torres Establishes Fourth Course Record, Sara Gorton Fourth In Women's Race

Nov. 16, 2002

Albuquerque, N.M. - Jorge Torres established a fourth course record and Sara Gorton finished fourth as Colorado's third-ranked men's and women's cross country teams earned automatic bid to next week's NCAA Championships with runner-up finishes at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships at the University of New Mexico North Golf Course here Saturday morning.

"We did what we came here to do, but I can't say that we did it in great style," said head coach Mark Wetmore. "I don't know... maybe we were looking beyond this race. We're often better in 10 days than we are in this weekend, which we need to hope for."

Top-ranked and defending national champion Brigham Young won the women's race while eighth-ranked Northern Arizona had its top five runners in the top-30 to take the men's team title.

The women's race was run in a pack from the starting gun until the final 500-meters when BYU's Manova Michaela broke away from the pack of Nilsson Ida (Northern Arizona), teammate Anderson Kassie and Colorado's Sara Gorton and Molly Austin for the win. Michaela won with just one second to spare over Ida who finished just one second ahead of Kassie. The top five times were within 11 seconds of the race winning 20 minutes, 31 seconds.

But it was an all BYU team race which placed its top five runners among the top-10 finishers to Colorado's three as the Buffs ran 4-5-9-23-25 for 66 points, a distant 37 behind the Cougars' 29.

"It was a really tiring race," said Gorton. "I haven't raced in the front pack during an entire race and it was a little bit tougher because of the altitude. We were running a pretty good pace (5:30) which was maybe the equivalent had we been running at sea level. It was good that Molly and I worked together to keep the pace out front. But it was a tough workout as I pushed the pace with 500-m to go, then with 400 to go it was Molly, Ida, Michaela and I then I timed out at the end."

"I wanted to finish to finish descent and not think about nationals, just put it to the side," said Austin. Running with the pack the whole race was really difficult. It was tough mentally when you know that it was going to come down to a kick. It was one more race to give us experience for nationals and we'll have to take that with us."

Behind Gorton's 20:39 and Austin's 20:42, Natalie Florence had her best career national qualifying finish with a ninth place effort in 21:20. Tera Moody was CU's fourth finisher in 21:59 while freshman Jackie Zeigle was the Buffs' top newcomer, covering the 6k women's course in 22:03 to round out CU's scoring.

"It was a better run than at Big 12s, but I'm not happy," explained Zeigle who had run just her second race of the season. "I don't think that I pushed the envelope, but I died in the end. If I had started slower I could have caught more runners in the end, but I wanted to stay in the front pack, but then I started to drop back after 3k."

The men's 10k was all Jorge Torres who had BYU's Kip Kangigo on his heels the first half of the 10k race before taking the reigns of the race while Kangigo, considered Torres' top competitor coming into the race having beaten defending national champion Boaz Cheboiwa earlier in the season, eventually fell off Torres' pace at the three-mile mark and eventually finished 28th.

Torres would establish the course record in 29 minutes, 33 seconds, a convincing 38 seconds over individual runner-up Antony Ford of Montana (30:11). With the win, Torres remains undefeated in '02, having won four races in a combined 2:05.

"I came out here to run a conservative race," said Torres. "I didn't care if I finished first or 20th, I just wanted us to get to the next round. I had a bigger lead than I wanted, but when I pulled away, no one responded. I slowed it up a lot after the last three or four kilometers to get ready for next week. I was surprised (on the margin of victory), Kip is one of the best runners in the region. I didn't want to kick at the finish, so things played out right."

Ed Torres methodically worked his way through the 10k, as he was in the second pack early on, then was in ninth after the second loop and sixth just meters later before finishing a career-best third today, "I just kept moving up kilometer by kilometer, a little at a time and was in the top-10 by the 5k and in third at the 8k mark. I just ran a pace to qualify and save my legs for next week."

Freshman Billy Nelson continues to improve, as he finished as CU's third runner, 20th overall, out-kicking senior Steve Slattery (who would finish 23rd) in the final meters to finish in 30:50, just two ticks ahead of Slattery (30:52). Jon Severy finished 46th (31:37) to complete CU's scoring efforts.

"I pretty much ran how I wanted. At the 7k I was a little tired and with 3k left I got my second wind and kept pace and stride with Slattery. In the last mile it was Steve and I and we picked it up and kicked with 700-meters to go. It worked out to be a really good race, even at altitude it was a pretty good time."

"It was a wonderful race for Jorge," complimented Wetmore. "Kangigo is considered one of the best two or three runners in the country early in the season, but Jorge handed it to him. Ed looked very well and Billy had a descent day for a guy who sat out of a block of training. Jackie took a nice step, although she came out too aggressively and could have finished better. The rest of the teams looked a little flat."

The Buffs have just 10 days to evaluate this morning's race before taking on the rest of the country at the NCAA Championships Monday, Nov. 25 in Terre Haute, Ind.

"Whatever Steve Slattery has (a cold) needs to get in, through and out of him for him to run what he can and the rest need to rest up and stick to the race plan," said Wetmore. "Some agreed to a race plan and didn't follow it, which is the most disappointing part of today. The race won't go well if you violate your own plan in the first two minutes."

NCAA MOUNTAIN REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS (Albuquerque)

Men's Team Scores

1. Northern Arizona 74-points

2. COLORADO 93

3. Brigham Young 99

4. Weber State 128

5. Montana State 130

6. Colorado State 180

7. New Mexico 186

8. Utah State 203

9. Utah 214

10. Air Force 215

11. UTEP 217

12. Montana 337

13. Idaho State 363

14. Southern Utah 379

15. Wyoming 387

16. Texas Tech 455

17. New Mexico State 503

18. Denver 546

Colorado Finishers

1. Jorge Torres 29:33 (course record)

3. Ed Torres 30:22

20. Billy Nelson 30:50

23. Steve Slattery 30:52

46. Jon Severy 31:37

69. Bret Schoolmeester 32:35

75. Andy Knutsen 32:50

Women's Team Scores

1. Brigham Young 29-points

2. COLORADO 66

3. Northern Arizona 90

4. Colorado State 99

5. Weber State 105

6. Air Force 209

7. Montana State 219

8. Utah State 220

9. Utah 235

10. Texas Tech 269

11. Southern Utah 307

12. Montana 311

13. Wyoming 353

14. Nevada 358

15. New Mexico 417

16. Idaho State 452

17. Denver 528

Colorado Finishers

4. Sara Gorton 20:39

5. Molly Austin 20:42

9. Natalie Florence 21:20

23. Tera Moody 21:59

25. Jackie Ziegle 22:03

39. Christine Bolf 22:28

71. Kendall Grgas-Wheeler 23:09

Jesus Christ,could NAU possibly get any less respect? Obviously some factors played into their hands, but they still ran a very solid race, especially if u consider what happenend to them at conference.

The Rainman wrote:

Jesus Christ,could NAU possibly get any less respect? Obviously some factors played into their hands, but they still ran a very solid race, especially if u consider what happenend to them at conference.

Wetmore is a great coach but he comes across incredibly obnoxious sometimes.

cu learned the same leason that nau learned at big sky.

Kangogo, Kangigo...got worked-o!

He looked as if he was running over his head today for the first 4-5K. Jorge was just squeezing the trigger down on him. I predict Jorge win's nationals by 20 seconds.

I can predict Colorado's score for you at nationals

Colorado 1,7,13,20,28

Torres

Torres

Ritz

Slattery

Nelson

Remember that I said it first; Ritz will go next weekend. He was not at the meet today because he was back in Boulder "resting"

If you are not planning on racing in 10 days, why are you resting? When any colorado athlete was asked about his rehab, training. They all said the same thing; "He is getting healthy"

Wetmore "Fine, he's getting Healthy"

A little too tight lipped about things. He runs in Terra Haute. He has nothing to lose; He will be a professional before he spends 5 years at CU.

T.Moritz

ru4real wrote:

The Rainman wrote:

Jesus Christ,could NAU possibly get any less respect? Obviously some factors played into their hands, but they still ran a very solid race, especially if u consider what happenend to them at conference.

Wetmore is a great coach but he comes across incredibly obnoxious sometimes.

Obnoxious? Wetmore's candor about his own crew is actually very refreshing. And it was his own crew he was talking about, not NAU.

"Wetmore on Schoolmeester: 'Brett is the most accomplished Colorado high school boy since Adam Goucher. He?s even more suited to 800 [sic - 8,000?] and 10,000-m than he is to shorter distances where he set the state high school record in the 2-mile. He?s a very strong contender for the post season roster.' "

For a guy who ran 8:49 in high school, shouldn't he be running a lot faster? Anyone know what's going on there?

He's undergoing adjustment?