Cross country teams finish strong in WCC
Runners look forward to tough competition in regional tournament
By Cecile Nguyen
Issue date: 11/1/07 Section: Sports
Originally published: 10/31/07 at 8:53 PM PSTLast update: 11/1/07 at 9:15 AM PST
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The team finished in fourth place behind Portland, San Francisco and LMU.
The women's cross country team was without top runner Adriane Puetz, who is out for the remainder of the season with a stress fracture in her foot.
"To lose our number-one runner in Adriane that close to the WCC championship was tough," Service said. "But the girls stepped up and did an excellent job."
Veronica Vazquez, Danielle Miller and Annie Murphy-Hagan finished within seconds of each other in 16th, 17th and 18th place, respectively, narrowly missing All-WCC honors.
Both teams are now preparing for the NCAA regional race, which will be held in Eugene, Ore., next weekend.
The Broncos will be facing stiff competition from some of the best programs in the nation, including current No. 1 ranked Oregon and No. 8 Cal.
"This will be our toughest race of the year with 35 Division I teams in the West," Service said. "We need to step up our performance."
Montoro expects big races from both Delaurenti and Conlin.
"The best ever Santa Clara finish was 14th place back in 2002," Delaurenti said. "We should be able to match, or even exceed, it this year."
Contact Cecile Nguyen at (408) 551-1918 or cnguyen5@scu.edu.
The women's cross country team was without top runner Adriane Puetz, who is out for the remainder of the season with a stress fracture in her foot.
"To lose our number-one runner in Adriane that close to the WCC championship was tough," Service said. "But the girls stepped up and did an excellent job."
Veronica Vazquez, Danielle Miller and Annie Murphy-Hagan finished within seconds of each other in 16th, 17th and 18th place, respectively, narrowly missing All-WCC honors.
Both teams are now preparing for the NCAA regional race, which will be held in Eugene, Ore., next weekend.
The Broncos will be facing stiff competition from some of the best programs in the nation, including current No. 1 ranked Oregon and No. 8 Cal.
"This will be our toughest race of the year with 35 Division I teams in the West," Service said. "We need to step up our performance."
Montoro expects big races from both Delaurenti and Conlin.
"The best ever Santa Clara finish was 14th place back in 2002," Delaurenti said. "We should be able to match, or even exceed, it this year."
Contact Cecile Nguyen at (408) 551-1918 or cnguyen5@scu.edu.
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