NCAA Preview Awaits Ducks in Wisconsin

Saturday, October 13

Madison, WI

TBD

University of Oregon

Pre-Nationals Invitational

Men's XC start at Bill Dellinger Invitational

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10/11/18 | Cross Country

2018 Cross Country Team Results

By: Zach Lawson

EUGENE, Ore. – With just over a month until the NCAA meet, the Oregon cross country teams will get a feel for this year's championship course Saturday at the Pre-Nationals meet in Madison, Wis. The Ducks will compete in the Cardinal seeded races with the women going off at 8 a.m. PT followed by the men at 9:30 a.m.

2018 Wisconsin Pre-Nationals
Zimmer Championship Course (Madison, Wis.)
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Nationally Ranked Teams in the Cardinal Field
Women: No. 1 Colorado, No. 4 OREGON, No. 7 Arkansas, No. 9 BYU, No. 11 Indiana, No. 13 NC State, No. 18 Ole Miss, No. 21 Minnesota, No. 23 Portland, No. 25 Florida State

Men: No. 1 Northern Arizona, No. 3 Wisconsin, No. 5 Stanford, No. 9 Colorado State, No. 11 Colorado, No. 13 OREGON, No. 15 Southern Utah, No. 20 Michigan, No. 22 Ole Miss, No. 26 NC State

This year's Pre-Nationals will consist of two seeded races per gender. Each team selected to race in the seeded sections can run up to seven athletes. Individuals not competing in the seeded sections will run in the Grey races scheduled for 11 a.m. (women) and 11:45 a.m. (men).

Oregon Entries
Women: Phily Bowden, Isabelle Brauer, Carmela Cardama Baez, Taylor Chiotti, Susan Ejore, Amanda Gehrich, Jessica Hull, Rennie Kendrick, Weronika Pyzik

Men: Seth Berdahl, Reed Brown, Blake Haney, Charlie Hunter, Jackson Mestler, Austin Tamagno, Cooper Teare, James West, Jack Yearian

Last Time Out
The Women of Oregon swept the top-seven spots at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Springfield with Ejore (19:32.7) racing to her second win of the year. The top four Ducks crossed the finish line within two seconds of each other. On the men's side, Mestler finished third overall at the Dellinger with all five scorers placing in the top 20.

Up Next
Saturday's race will also serve as Oregon's final tune-up for the postseason which begins Friday, Oct. 26 with the Pac-12 Championships hosted by Stanford. The conference meet will be followed by the NCAA West Regional (Nov. 9) in Sacramento and the NCAA Championships (Nov. 17) back in Madison.