Nov. 1, 1997

Men's And Women's Cross Country Teams Successfully Defend PAC-10 Titles

STANFORD, Calif.- Amy Skieresz of Arizona successfully defended her Pacific-10 title for the third straight year, and the top-ranked Stanford men's and women's cross country teams successfuly defended its conference titles on a hot, sunny Saturday at the Stanford Golf Course.

Skieresz captured her twelfth straight race over the past three seasons, this time running the 5,000 meters in a time of 16:40. Skieresz became the first woman in Pac-10 history to win the conference title three times. Four Stanford women runners finished in the top seven to pace the Cardinal victory. Freshman Julia Stamps was Stanford's top finisher in third place running the course in 17:13. Close behind in fourth and fifth place for Stanford were Mary Cobb (17:21) and Sally Glynn (17:25). Stanford won the team title with 36 points. Oregon and Washington finished in a tie for second place with 72 points.

The Cardinal men's team swept to its second straight league title, easily outdistancing second place Oregon. Stanford finished with 33 points compared to 86 points for Oregon. Three Stanford runners finished in the top eight, led by Nathan Nutter and Brad Hauser, who finished third and fourth, respectively. Bernard Lagat of Washington State upset the defending conference champion Mebrahtom Keflezighi of UCLA to win the individual title. Lagat finished the 8,000 meter course in a time of 23:59. Keflezighi finished second with a time of 24:07.

Team Results (Men, 8,000 meters)          Team Results (Women,5,000 meters)
1. Stanford         33                      1. Stanford         36
2. Oregon           86                      2. Oregon           72
3. Washington State 88                      2. Washington       72
4. UCLA             103                     4. UCLA             127
5. Arizona          113                     5. Arizona          148
6. Washington       116                     6. USC              153
7. California       146                     7. Washington State 163
8. Arizona State    195                     8. California       183
                                            9. Arizona State    190
Individual Results (54 men runners)       Individual Results (61 women runners)
1. Bernard Lagat, WSU       23:59           1. Amy Skieresz, Arizona 16:40  
2. Mebrahtom Keflezighi, UCLA 24:07         2. Marie Davis, Oregon 17:13
3. Nathan Nutter, Stanford  24:18           3. Julie Stamps, Stanford 17:13
4. Brad Hauser, Stanford 24:31              4. Mary Cobb, Stanford 17:21
5. Peter Gilmore, California    24:34       5. Sally Glynn, Stanford 17:25
6. Jason Lunn, Stanford     24:36           6. Elissa Riedy, California 17:31
7. Abdi Abdirahman, Arizona 24:37           7. Sarna Renfro, Stanford 17:32
8. Jonathon Riley, Stanford 24:37           8. Grazyna Penc, USC 17:35
9. Rob Aubrey, Oregon       24:41           9. Milena Glusac, Oregon 17:40
10. Christian Belz, Washington  24:47      10. Deeya Youngquist,Washington17:48
                                          

Other Stanford men runners                Other Stanford women runners
12. Brent Hauser    24:55                  17. Ann Ramsey      18:01
15. Jonathan Weldon 25:06                  22. Mary Huang      18:04
50. Michael Stember 27:47                  29. Sara Moore      18:31
Other California men runners             Other California women runners
33. Bolota Asmerom  26:12                  26. Lori Reidy      18:20
34. Chris Maier     26:14                  37. Oasmit Lucero   18:48
36. Steve Moreno    26:22                  55. Tiffany Hansen  19:44
38. Steve Immel     26:25                  59. Ally Lombardi   20:15
49. Steve Hansen    27:28                  61. Ashley Zongker  20:46

Stanford University Cross Country