UCLA Women, Men Place Sixth At Pac-10 Cross Country Meet

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SEATTLE - Eric Peterson's UCLA women's and men's cross country teams on Saturday placed sixth at the 2000 Pacific-10 Cross Country meet, held in Seattle and hosted by the University of Washington. St

Oct. 28, 2000

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SEATTLE - Eric Peterson's UCLA women's and men's cross country teams on Saturday placed sixth at the 2000 Pacific-10 Cross Country meet, held in Seattle and hosted by the University of Washington. Stanford, rated No. 2 in the U. S. in women's rankings and No. 3 in the men's, swept both team titles.

In the women's team standings, Stanford won with 51 points, followed by No. 4 Arizona State (second-place, 67), No. 8 Arizona (third-place, 79), No. 6 Washington (fourth-place, 83), fifth-place Washington State (124), sixth-place UCLA (134), seventh-place Oregon (140), eighth-place USC (226) and ninth-place California (254).

Held at Lincoln Park in Seattle, the women's 6000m race was won by Arizona's Tara Chaplin, in a time of 20:10.67. UCLA's top finishers were senior Katie Nuanes, who placed 12th, in a time of 21:11.23 and senior Christina Bowen, who was 14th, in 21:15.40.

UCLA's women scoring finishers were sophomore Kelly Grimes (31st, 22:01.99), junior Bridie Hatch (38th, 22:25.46) and sophomore Melissa McBain (39th, 22:30.10). Also running for the Bruin women were senior Gina Donnelly (48th, 22:56.07) and sophomore Julia Barbour (49th, 22:59.21)

In the men's team race, Stanford won with 21 points, followed by No. 13 Oregon (second-place, 66), No. 10 Arizona (third-place, 70), fourth-place Arizona State (114), fifth-place Washington (117), sixth-place UCLA (142), seventh-place Washington State (190) and eighth-place California (195). The men's 8000m race was won by Stanford's Jonathon Riley, in a time of 23:39.59. UCLA's top finisher was junior Bryan Green, placing eighth in a time of 23:57.57. Green has placed in the Top 10 of every UCLA men's meet (five) this season.

UCLA's men scoring finishers were senior Paul Muite (23rd, 24:31.50), freshman Jon Rankin (24th, 24:32.28), junior Justin Patananan (42nd, 25:12.60) and junior Andrew Wulf (45th, 25:16.46). The Bruins' other men's runners were senior Scott Abbott (46th, 25:36.05), and senior Mason Moore (47th, 25:37.32).

UCLA's next meet is the NCAA West Regional Qualifying, set for Nov. 11 in Fresno. Qualified teams and individuals will then advance to the 2000 NCAA Cross Country Championships, held in Ames, IA on Nov. 20.