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All faculty, staff, students, and the public are welcome to come watch the Pilot men’s and women’s cross country teams compete live in the West Regionals from Colfax, WA, in the Pilot House on Friday, November 15. The women will run at 11:30 a.m., and the men will take off a 12:30 p.m.
For more information contact athletics at x7117 or go to portlandpilots.com.
The Portland Pilots men’s cross country team jumped 22 spots in the most recent USTFCCCA National Poll to No. 3 after their recent second place performance at the Nuttycombe Invitational. The No.3 ranking marks the highest ever in Pilots cross country program history, as the Pilots have reached the high ranking of No. 4 in 1993, 2008, and 2009. Portland also currently ranks at No.1 in the West Region, and at No.3 in the FloTrack rankings.
The Pilots will compete next at the WCC Championships on October 27 in Oakland, Calif. Conference opponents BYU and San Francisco also rank in the USTFCCCA Poll at No.2 and No.29, respectively.
Portland’s Scott Fauble is an All-American for the third straight year and the Pilots made history on Saturday with a third-place finish at the NCAA Men’s Cross Country Championships, the best finish in Portland program history. In the women’s race, senior Tansey Lystad (pictured) finished in 15th place to earn All-America honors. It is the highest individual finish in Portland women’s cross country history.
The teams will be honored at the UP vs. Oregon State basketball game on Saturday, December 6, at 7 p.m., in the Chiles Center.
Fauble was solid on the 10k course as he remained near the head of the lead pack for the majority of the race. He cruised to the finish in a time of 30:34.4, good for 12th overall. The redshirt senior was 13th at the NCAA Championships as a junior a year ago.
Not far behind Fauble was teammate Reid Buchanan, a senior who finished 26th overall to also earn All-America status. Buchanan was with the lead pack for most of the race and he posted a time of 30:46.6.
For the men, the Pilots as a team were fourth at the 3000 meter split and eighth at 5000 meters before finishing strong. Portland combined for a team score of 175 to finish in the top three.
Colorado won its second straight national title with a score of 65, while Stanford was second with 98 points.
For more information contact athletics at 7117 or go to www.portlandpilots.com.