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CUBuffs.com: Top-Ranked Women, Second-Ranked Men Head To Regionals (Cross Country, Friday, Logan UT)

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BOULDER — The University of Colorado cross country teams are ready for the 2016 NCAA Mountain Region Championships on Friday, November 11, in Logan, Utah.

The CU women enter the meet as the top-ranked team in the nation, while the men are second in the latest poll. The women are also the top team in the region, while the men are third behind top-ranked Northern Arizona and BYU.

Utah State will serve as the host of the regional championship at Steve & Dona Reeder Cross Country Course. The women's 6k race is first at 11 a.m. MT, while the men's 10k race will follow at 12 p.m. MT. A short awards ceremony will follow to honor the top 25 racers on each side with all-region honors. Friday's forecast is a high of 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Host Utah State's event homepage - http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/c-xc/spec-rel/ncaa-16.html

U.S. Coaches' Association Live Results Wall - http://www.ustfccca.org/2016/11/featured/2016-national-results-wall-live-cross-country-updates

CU meet notes -(http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/cubuffs.com/documents/2016/11/9/2016_XC_Notes_Region_Notes.pdf) -
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RESULTS: Results will be posted at www.ncaa.com after the races.

SOCIAL MEDIA: The offi cial hashtags for the meet are #NCAAXC and #d1Mtn.
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From Utah State's preview article (http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/c-xc/spec-rel/110916aaa.html) , looks like live results will be available at http://www.liverunningresults.com/public_html/events/d1regxc2016/
 
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Good luck to the teams. Typically, these regional races are more work than glory, as teams just want to qualify for the NCAA championships while not having to work TOO hard so as to lose edge for the Championships 8 days later.

My VERY non-expert take on the races-
With the top 2 teams in each gender qualifying for the championships, the #1 ranked women SHOULD (although anything can happen in any given competition) not have to extend too much, as after #6 (and defending champion) New Mexico, the next ranked team in the region is BYU at #18. Therefore, I assume the Buffs may (???) try and just make it a good hard training run, ideally running in a tight pack, as well as possibly using their great depth to rest any of their top runners who might either be a little dinged up or just fatigued (the latter of which especially can sometimes be the case late in the season with the younger runners). It could also be a case where the top runners like Clark and Benner may not go into the red zone to sprint for the win, even though they definitely could be in contention if they so wished.
In last year's regionals, New Mexico, which ended up winning the Nationals Championships in one of the most dominating performances ever, ran in a pack with their top 5 finishing close together at 9th-13th places, actually leading to a NARROW one point Buff win at regionals, who were lead by 2nd and 3rd place finishes for Benner and Clark.

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It will also be interesting to see how the #2 ranked men's race plays out. Unlike the women, the men will possibly have to run harder, as both unanimous #1 ranked Northern Arizona and #3 BYU are in the same region, and therefore, as noted above for the women, only 2 of the 3 top teams in the country will earn auto-berths to Nationals. HOWEVER, there are also 13 at-large teams selected for Nationals, with those selections based on how many other teams that qualify (in their regional races) the teams have beaten. With CU, NAU and BYU being as highly ranked as they are, all 3 are PROBABLY in pretty good shape to qualify for Nationals based on points, although they might not want to totally relax and finish 4th or worst in this race.
(The next highest ranked team in the race is #15 UTEP. Flotrack wrote an article (http://www.flotrack.org/article/47985-there-s-a-chance-the-oregon-men-don-t-make-ncaas) that included near the bottom a list of 8 things that, if ALL occurred, the Buff men wouldn't make the championships. To put it in context, however, one of the commenters calculates that, if Flotrack estimated %'s of each of the 8 things happening is accurate, the chance that scenario happens is 0.00096%. With one of the 8 things being the Buffs finishing only 4th at regionals, IF Flotrack is accurate, the Buffs can hopefully take care of business themselves on Friday by not finishing worse than 3rd.)

Another element to consider for the men is that this will be their 1st race at the National Championship 10K distance. (Earlier races have been 8K or a little less.) With their race being quite a bit longer than the women's 6K, it can be even more important for the national championships IF the team doesn't have to extend itself too much, and can use depth if possible. Again, with the top 3 men's teams racing, it will be interesting to see how much the coaches of the 3 teams handle the goals of not embarrassing themselves at regionals (they ARE competitors/ racers after all), insuring they qualify for the championships, while staying as fresh as possible FOR those championships.

In last year's race, the Buff men, who were the strong favorites for the National Championship but finished in 2nd there in an upset behind Syracuse, won the regional race by 10 points.
 
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A little over an hour before the 1st race.

Assume there may not be too many that interested in running, but if you're a nerd, Flotrack is having an ~5-1/2 hour show previewing and discussing the various regional races, and how, as they occur, the results might be affecting the KOLAS points, which determines which teams make Nationals. They did mention a thing or two that might hurt the Buff men's chances of advancing, even as the #2 team in the country, IF of course they don't get one of the 2 auto-qualifying spots. Hopefully Flotrack's just being a little sensational and using it as a story. Again, it's just 4-5 people talking- NO action being shown. If anyone wants to check it out anyways, it's at http://live.flotrack.org/#/event/1869-2016-kolas-ncaa-selection-show .

Note- right this minute, they're going to be showing one of their typically premium shows on the Buff's men team from a few years ago.
 
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Per Flotrack, unofficially an easy Buff women win with 35 points, with New Mexico in 2nd somewhere north of 100 points.

 
Official results finally in for the women. Full listing - http://ut.milesplit.com/meets/250474/results/489386/formatted#.WCYff_krLIV

All 7 Buffs in the top 21. Results through there-

WOMENS 6,000 METER RUN
PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT POINTS
1 Alice Wright University of New Mexico 19:59.90 1
2 Winny Koech UTEP 20:17.10 2
3 Gillespie Carina Air Force Academy 20:17.80 3
4 Jaci Smith Air Force Academy 20:19.90 4
4 Makena Morley University of Colorado 20:19.90 5
6 Kaitlyn Benner University of Colorado 20:20.30 6
7 Erin Clark University of Colorado 20:20.70 7
8 Mackenzie Caldwell University of Colorado 20:21.00 8
9 Ellie Child Weber State 20:21.90 9
10 Tabor Scholl University of Colorado 20:26.20 10
11 Calli Thackery University of New Mexico 20:26.90 11
12 Danielle Jones University of Colorado 20:27.50 12
13 Janelle Lincks Colorado State University 20:27.60 13
14 Darby Gilfillan Colorado State University 20:28.30 14
15 Kashley Carter Utah State University 20:28.50 15
16 Hailey Whetten Weber State 20:30.80 16
17 Hannah Mcinturff University of Utah 20:32.50 17
18 Grayson Murphy University of Utah 20:33.60 18
19 Lindy Long Air Force Academy 20:43.40 19
20 Yesenia Silva Brigham Young University 20:45.50 20
21 Melanie Nun University of Colorado 20:50.80 21

Note- Assume the team MAY have rested freshman Sage Hurta, as she has typically been the Buff's #5 runner most of this year. Otherwise, looks like they did race the full team, although they may not have gone all out for the win. Although, as deep as the team is, assume there could still be some evaluation left as to how practice looks for the various runners as to which 7 Buffs will be toeing the line at Nationals next Saturday.
 
Per a post on the USTFCCA live results wall-

#MTN - Team results
NAU - 60
Colorado - 76
BYU - 79
Colorado St - 114
UTEP - 122
Southern Utah - 134
Air Force - 168
 
I wondered how the men would do against NAU. Now we know.

This one doesn't matter - just get them in 8 days at the championships.

Congrats to the Buffs for locking down first and second this week!
 
All the Buff men in the top 49, with their last scorer in 27th.. Mountain region top 50 results-

Futsum Zienasellassie Northern Arizona University30:54.101
2Jonah Koech UTEP30:58.602
3Joe Klecker University of Colorado30:59.203
4Nicolas Montanez Brigham Young University30:59.504
5John Dressel University of Colorado30:59.705
6Cory Glines Northern Arizona University30:59.906
7Tyler Day Northern Arizona University31:00.907
8Dillon Maggard Utah State University31:02.208
9Jerrell Mock Colorado State University31:02.709
10Benard Keter Texas Tech University31:07.7010
11Joshua Collins Southern Utah University31:08.9011
12Matt Wright Southern Utah University31:10.6012
13Antony Kosgei UTEP31:12.8013
14Andrew Johnston Air Force Academy31:16.0014
15Brayden McLelland Brigham Young University31:16.6015
16Zach Perrin University of Colorado31:16.7016
17Spencer Hanson Brigham Young University31:16.9017
18Jefferson Abbey Colorado State University31:17.6018
19Cosmas Boit UTEP31:18.6019
20Jon Harper Brigham Young University31:19.4020
21Grant Fischer Colorado State University31:19.6021
22Matthew Baxter Northern Arizona University31:19.7022
23Clayton Young Brigham Young University31:21.7023
24Nathan Weitz Northern Arizona University31:23.7024
25Ben Saarel University of Colorado31:25.7025
26Kyle Eller Air Force Academy31:29.9026
27Ryan Forsyth University of Colorado31:32.9027
28Jacob Bilvado Air Force Academy31:33.1028
29Michael Saruni UTEP31:39.2029
30Tyson Lambert Utah Valley University31:41.2030
31Aidan Reed Southern Utah University31:42.2031
32Anthony Laurita Colorado State University31:46.8032
33George Espino Southern Utah University31:47.4033
34Cole Rockhold Colorado State University31:47.5034
35Ty Mogan Montana State University31:47.9035
36Andy Trouard Northern Arizona University31:48.5036
37Christian Martin University of Colorado31:49.8037
38Danny Carney Brigham Young University31:51.0038
39Graham Thomas University of New Mexico31:55.5039
40Mitchell Briggs Brigham Young University31:56.4040
41Jonah Henry University of Wyoming31:57.9041
42Jacob Simonsen University of New Mexico31:59.5042
43Jason Kearns Weber State32:02.5043
44Eric Hamer Colorado State University32:02.8044
45Alexander Palm University of New Mexico32:05.2045
46Luca Sinn Weber State32:07.1046
47Kasey Knevelbaard Southern Utah University32:09.9047
48Matt Dorsey Air Force Academy32:10.7048
49Ethan Gonzales University of Colorado32:14.7049
50Preston Johnson Weber State32:15.8050
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Excellent showing against NAU. Buffies will be dangerous in the main tournament.
 
Detail point totals for the top 6 women's and men's teams in the mountain region-

Womens (The Buffs 6 second split in the top 5 is RIDICULOUSLY tight- and a great sign for nationals. And, congrats to the Air Force for the great finish, with most of the calculators saying they easily qualify as an at-large team for nationals (and it evidently being the 1st time they're TEAM will be at the championships.)-
PLACETEAMPOINTSSCORERSTIMES
1University of Colorado365+6+7+8+10 (12+21)0:6 1-5 Split | 20:21 Avg
2University of New Mexico1091+11+27+34+36 (58+82)1:14 1-5 Split | 20:46 Avg
3Air Force Academy1103+4+19+35+49 (62+77)1:13 1-5 Split | 20:49 Avg
4University of Utah13617+18+25+32+44 (70+74)0:53 1-5 Split | 20:55 Avg
5Brigham Young University14620+26+28+29+43 (53+79)0:39 1-5 Split | 21:01 Avg
6Colorado State University14713+14+38+40+42 (46+63)0:55 1-5 Split | 20:58 Avg
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Mens-
PLACETEAMPOINTSSCORERSTIMES
1Northern Arizona University601+6+7+22+24 (36)0:29 1-5 Split | 31:07 Avg
2University of Colorado763+5+16+25+27 (37+49)0:33 1-5 Split | 31:14 Avg
3Brigham Young University794+15+17+20+23 (38+40)0:22 1-5 Split | 31:14 Avg
4Colorado State University1149+18+21+32+34 (44+53)0:44 1-5 Split | 31:26 Avg
5UTEP1222+13+19+29+59 (64+83)1:26 1-5 Split | 31:30 Avg
6Southern Utah University13411+12+31+33+47 (60+88)1:01 1-5 Split | 31:35 Avg
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