Friday, October 14
Madison, Wis.
9:00 AM
UCLA
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Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational presented by Under Armour
UCLA will tackle the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational and the Bronco Invitational this weekend.
Busy Weekend Ahead for UCLA Cross Country
October 13, 2016 | Cross Country
LOS ANGELES – The UCLA cross country team will head to the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin. The meet is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 14 and will be held at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course.
The Championship Races will start off at 10:30 a.m. PT with the women's 6K and the Men's 8K is scheduled for 11:20 a.m. PT start.
Named the top meet of 2016 by FloTrack, the meet will feature 17 of the top 30 women's teams in the country according to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Coaches' Poll. Nineteen teams will toe the link ranked in the men's race.
The UCLA men enter the meet ranked 27th in the country while the women are receiving votes.
Last season in Wisconsin the men put together a solid outing by placing ninth overall in the stacked field. Carolina Johnson will make her season debut as she made her collegiate debut last year in the same race and finished 26th overall.
A select group of Bruins will also be heading to the Bronco Invitational at Santa Clara on Saturday, Oct. 15. It will be held at Baylands Regional Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. The men's 8K will start things off at 9 a.m. and the women's 6K will follow at 9:45 a.m.
The Bruins had a small squad running in uniform at the Mustang Challenge the last time out. On the men's side, redshirt freshman George Gleason was the top finisher by placing third with a time of 25:01.3. Sophomore Arturo Sotomayor followed in seventh with a time of 25:23.8 while sophomore Sahm Bazargan was just outside of the top-10 in 11th with a 25:34.7. Rounding out the Bruins top-5 was Max Davis in 14th with a 25:51.0 and sophomore Scott Snow in 45th at 26:45.5.
In the women's 5k freshman Beckie Alch paced the Bruins in 22nd with a time of 18:52.5. Redshirt freshman Madison Moore was 46th at 19:28.9 while freshman Sweena Mangal and redshirt freshmanSarah Riggs rounded out the Bruins in 54th (19:41.0) and 97th (21:08.4), respectively.
The Bruins will take another week off to train and then head to the Pac-12 Championships. The meet is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 28 at the Randolph North Golf Course in Tucson, Ariz.
The Championship Races will start off at 10:30 a.m. PT with the women's 6K and the Men's 8K is scheduled for 11:20 a.m. PT start.
Named the top meet of 2016 by FloTrack, the meet will feature 17 of the top 30 women's teams in the country according to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Coaches' Poll. Nineteen teams will toe the link ranked in the men's race.
The UCLA men enter the meet ranked 27th in the country while the women are receiving votes.
Last season in Wisconsin the men put together a solid outing by placing ninth overall in the stacked field. Carolina Johnson will make her season debut as she made her collegiate debut last year in the same race and finished 26th overall.
A select group of Bruins will also be heading to the Bronco Invitational at Santa Clara on Saturday, Oct. 15. It will be held at Baylands Regional Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. The men's 8K will start things off at 9 a.m. and the women's 6K will follow at 9:45 a.m.
The Bruins had a small squad running in uniform at the Mustang Challenge the last time out. On the men's side, redshirt freshman George Gleason was the top finisher by placing third with a time of 25:01.3. Sophomore Arturo Sotomayor followed in seventh with a time of 25:23.8 while sophomore Sahm Bazargan was just outside of the top-10 in 11th with a 25:34.7. Rounding out the Bruins top-5 was Max Davis in 14th with a 25:51.0 and sophomore Scott Snow in 45th at 26:45.5.
In the women's 5k freshman Beckie Alch paced the Bruins in 22nd with a time of 18:52.5. Redshirt freshman Madison Moore was 46th at 19:28.9 while freshman Sweena Mangal and redshirt freshmanSarah Riggs rounded out the Bruins in 54th (19:41.0) and 97th (21:08.4), respectively.
The Bruins will take another week off to train and then head to the Pac-12 Championships. The meet is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 28 at the Randolph North Golf Course in Tucson, Ariz.
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