For Immediate Release \\ Thursday, November 18, 2010Contact \\ Natalia Ciccone (nciccone@pac-10.org), Allison Yee (ayee@pac-10.org)

Thirty-one teams were selected to participate in both the men’s and women’s 2010 NCAA Championship in Terre Haute, Ind. Among the teams competing for a national title are CALIFORNIA, OREGON and STANFORD on the men’s side, and on the women’s side ARI-ZONA, the Ducks, Cardinal and WASHINGTON will be vying for top honors.

Individually, Arizona’s Stephen Sambu and Arizona State’s Ben Engelhardt earned at-large bids. Cal’s Deborah Maier was the only individual women’s competitor from the Pac-10 to earn an entry.

The top two, seven-person teams from each of the NCAA regional meets, for a total of 18 teams, automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships. Thirteen additional teams were selected at-large.

Thirty-eight individuals were selected to participate in each championship through an automatic qualifier and at-large selection process. All individual qualifiers finished in the top 25 in their region.

On the men’s side, Oregon is coming off a win at the NCAA West Regional held on November 13 in Springfield, Ore., edging out the 2010 Pac-10 Champion Cardinal, 63-65. Both teams automatically qualified for the national championship meet. The Golden Bears were picked as an at-large after placing third with 78 points.

A newcomer to the Pac-10, JR Sambu was the top Pac-10 men’s individual finisher at the regional meet and was narrowly edge out by West-Region individual winner, Trevor Dunbar of Portland. Dunbar’s time of 29:57.89 was just a hair better than Sambu’s second-place time of 29:57.95.

The Cardinal men enter the NCAA Championships atop the UST-FCCCA national coaches poll, after spending just one week at No. 2. Oregon is third in the poll, earning a first-place vote, while Cal moved up two spots to No. 22.

The women’s regional race was nearly as close as the men’s with the Huskies taking top honors with a score of 73, while the Ducks placed second with 77 points. Stanford was third with 86 points. The

Wildcats are having a breakout season, placing fourth at the West Regional to earn an at-large bid.

Oregon’s Jordan Hasay, only a sophomore, won her second-straight big meet, taking first place at the regional after taking the individual title at the Pac-10 Championships by nearly a five-second margin. Maier earned the at-large individual berth after finishing behind Hasay at the West Region meet.

In the national polls, UW made a seven-spot leap to No. 4 after winning the regional competition, the Ducks are sixth and the Car-dinal seventh. Among the Pac-10 teams, the NCAA Championships race is anyone’s race. At the Conference Championships, the four teams finished within six points of each other, with Stanford taking first with 62 points, followed by the Wildcats with 65 points, and UO and UW tied for fourth with 68 points.

Indiana State University will host the Championships, November 22, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wa-bash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Ind. The women’s race begins at approximately 12:08 p.m. ET, followed by the men’s race at approximately 12:48 p.m.

A live webcast of the championships will be broadcast from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET, Monday, November 22, on NCAA.com. In addition, highlights from the championships will be included as part of the CBS NCAA Fall Seasonal Show scheduled to air on Saturday, Decem-ber 18 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET on CBS HD.

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RACE SCHEDULE

9:00 a.m. Gates Open for Spectators11:45 a.m. Women Called to Start11:50 a.m. National Athem12:08 p.m. Women’s Championship 6K Race12:25 p.m. Men Called to Start12:48 p.m. Men’s Championship 10K Race1:45 p.m. Presentation of Awards

2010 NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPSMonday, Nov. 22, 2010

LaVern Gibson Championship Courseat Wabash Valley Family Sports Center, Terre Haute, Ind.

Hosted by Indiana State University

PAC-10 MEN’S & WOMEN’S TEAMS TAKE AIM AT NATIONAL TITLES

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POLL NOTES ... On the men’s side, STANFORD returns to No. 1 after a week at No. 2, while OREGON remained unchanged at No. 3. After a good showing at the NCAA West Regional meet, CALIFORNIA bumps up four spots No. 18. Another competitive women’s race at the NCAA West Regional saw WASHINGTON take top honors at the race and moved up 11 spots to No. 4 in this wee’s coaches poll. OREGON edged up one spot to No. 6 and STANFORD moved down to No. 7 in the country. ARIZONA is No. 9. CALIFORNIA rounds out the Pac-10 squads at No. 30.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS ... Following the meet, final results for the men’s and women’s races will be posted at the NCAA web site (www.ncaa.com).

WHERE CAN I WATCH? ... Follow coverage of the 2010 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships at the NCAA web site (www.ncaa.com) in the “All-Access” portion of the site from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET. Highlights of the championship will also be included as part of the CBS NCAA Fall Seasonal Show scheduled to air on Saturday, December 18 from 1-2 p.m. ET on CBS.

USTFCCCA REGIONAL HONORS ... After the men’s team finished 1-2-3 individually by .13 of a margin, en route to a Stanford Pac-10 team title, head coach Jason Dunn was named West Regional Men’s Coach of the Year for the second-consecutive season. The Cardinal have been ranked No. 1 in the USTFCCCA Coaches poll all season but one week. Stanford also placed second at the NCAA West Region meet ... After leading the Huskies to a third-straight NCAA West Region win and a tie for third at the Pac-10 Championships, missing out on the league crown by just six points, head coach Greg Metcalf was selected the USTFCCCA West Region Women’s Coach of the year for the third-straight year ... Only a sophomore, Jordan Hasay has had a big few weeks, taking home the Pac-10 individual title and winning the NCAA West Region meet by almost a five-second margin. She was named West Region Athlete of the Year.

USTFCCCA RANKINGSMEN’S (Nov. 15)Rank School (1st Place) Points Lst Wk 1. STANFORD (4) 350 2 2. Oklahoma State (6) 349 1 3. OREGON (1) 337 3 4. Wisconsin 322 5 5. New Mexico 294 10 6. Oklahoma (1) 280 8 7. Colorado 256 9 7. Iona 256 4 9. Arkansas 251 11 10. Syracuse 250 14 11. Florida State 238 6 12. Alabama 224 25 13. Indiana 223 12 14. Northern Arizona 212 7 15. BYU 207 15 16. William and Mary 192 19 17. Princeton 187 17 18. CALIFORNIA 160 22 19. Portland 153 13 20. Duke 146 23 21. NC State 124 16 22. Villanova 111 29 23. Minnesota 76 24 24. Providence 63 28 25. Georgetown 61 RV 26. Notre Dame 54 30 26. Penn State 54 26 28. Richmond 46 NR 29. Louisville 43 20 30. Texas 343 RV

Receiving Votes: Virginia 19, Dartmouth 4,ARIZONA STATE 2, Florida 2.

PAC-10 NCAA HISTORY

MEN’S NCAA CHAMPS1961 OSU1970 ORE1973 ORE1974 ORE1977 ORE1996 STAN2002 STAN2003 STAN2007 ORE2008 ORE

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS1957 Max Truex, USC1961 Dale Story, OSU1966 Gerry Lindgren, WSU1967 Gerry Lindgren, WSU1969 Gerry Lindgren, WSU1970 Steve Prefontaine, ORE1971 Steve Prefontaine, ORE1973 Steve Prefontaine, ORE1976 Henry Rono, WSU1977 Henry Rono, WSU1978 Alberto Salazar, ORE1979 Henry Rono, WSU1986 Aaron Ramirez, ARIZ1993 Josephat Kapkory, WSU1994 Martin Keino, ARIZ1997 Meb Keflezighi, UCLA2008 Galen Rupp, ORE

PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS REVIEWSEATTLE - It was a sweep for the Stanford cross country program, as the Cardinal claimed

the Pac-10 Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship titles at the Jefferson Golf Club on Saturday in Seattle. Individually, Oregon’s Jordan Hasay was the top women’s finisher, post-ing a time of 19:44.95. Stanford swept the top three spots in the men’s race, with Elliott Heath winning by a nose over his teammates with a time of 23:00.46.

Six points separated the top four teams in the women’s race, the closest in Pac-10 history. Stanford had three runners in the top 10 and collected 62 points. Arizona, who has had a breakout season this fall, had 65 points to place second. Oregon and Washington tied for third in the standings with 68 points. The Cardinal reclaimed the title after a three-year absence, last winning the crown in 2007. It is also Stanford’s 15th Pac-10 Championship all-time.

“I told the women it would be a close race,” said Cardinal head coach Jason Dunn. “We needed to place three in the top 10 if we were going to win. I’m happy with the way they and Kathy [Kroeger] ran well with Jordan [Hasay] up front to lead the team. Stephanie [Marcy] placing in the top five, and Jessica Tonn, only a freshman, did a great job coming in eighth.”

The top three runners were from different teams with Hasay leading the way. Stanford’s Kathy Kroeger was second with a time of 19:49.43, and California’s Deborah Maier was third, posting a time of 20:01.85.

“It’s definitely an honor to win for Oregon, but I’m disappointed our team didn’t do as well as we wanted to. We have the potential. It was a close race, good competition. It’s a great Confer-ence,” said Pac-10 Champion Hasay, who is the second-straight Duck to win the individual title after former Duck Nicole Blood won it in 2009. “It was really close. The last [kilometer] was really tough between Kathy [Kroger] and I. With 400 meters to go, I tried to kick it as hard as I could. I just had a little more today. It was an exciting battle.”

2010 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSMonday, November 22

Terre Haute, Ind.Hosted by Indiana State

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Washington’s Katie Flood edged Arizona’s Jennifer Bergman down the stretch to get her Huskies on the podium, posting a sixth-place finish with a time of 20:15315. Bergman was the top finisher for the Wildcats, coming in seventh place with a time of 20:15.32 to lead her squad to the second-place showing.

In the men’s race, the lead pack was following Stanford’s trio for the entire race. The three essentially crossed the finish line at the same time, with officials needing to check the video before making the official declaration of the winner. Jake Riley came in second place behind Elliott by just a hair, recording a time of 23:00.57. Last year’s Pac-10 Individual Champion, Chris Derrick, was just a tad bit behind him at 23:00.59. The title was Stanford’s second in a row, after capturing the 2009 crown, and 12th all-time.

“I’m thrilled with the result. The guys ran exactly to plan. We wanted our first three guys to get out and push the pace, and the rest of the guys to hang back and work their way through the pack and that’s exactly what they did,” said Cardinal head coach Jason Dunn. “Our sights have been set on nationals since we met in August and now we want to see it to the end. This is a great victory. We’re going to work hard and continue to make progress as we head to nationals.”

“I won the race, but it was anyone’s race. We were’t separated by much,” said Pac-10 Cham-pion Elliott Heath. “We wanted to set the pace from the start and run out together. There was a good pack behind us, but it wasn’t until the end that were able to pull away a little bit. It’s a great win and now we’re focused on nationals and winning a title after the letdown last year. We want to finish strong this year.”

Coming in second place in the men’s team standings was Oregon with 56 points, and Cali-fornia placed third with 86 points. The top finisher for the Ducks’, Luke Puskedra, came in behind the Cardinal trio, with a time of 23:05.80. Michael Coe was Cal’s top runner, placing sixth with a time of 23:12.33. Stephen Sambu from Arizona rounded out the top five with a time of 23:06.77

2010 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RESULTS - MEN1. Stanford .....................................1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 15 .............................................. 252. Oregon .......................................4, 7, 8, 13, 24, 25, 32 ............................................ 563. California ...................................6, 12, 19, 22, 27, 36, 54 ........................................ 864. UCLA .........................................16, 17, 18, 21, 29, 31, 43 .................................... 1015. Arizona State ..............................14, 23, 28, 38, 40, 46, 47 .................................... 1436. Washington State .......................20, 30, 34, 35, 39, 52, 55 .................................... 1587. Washington ................................26, 33, 37, 41, 44, 45, 50 .................................... 1818. Arizona ......................................5, 42, 48, 49, 51, 53 ............................................ 195

2010 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAL RESULTS - MEN

2010 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RESULTS - WOMEN1. Stanford .....................................2, 5, 8, 21, 26, 27, 49 ............................................ 622. Arizona ......................................7, 11, 12, 13, 22, 25, 29 ........................................ 653. Oregon .......................................1, 4, 16, 23, 24, 32, 35 .......................................... 684. Washington ................................6, 10, 15, 18, 19, 34, 36 ........................................ 685. California ...................................3, 28, 30, 33, 38, 42, 46 ...................................... 1326. UCLA .........................................17, 20, 31, 43, 54, 62, 66 .................................... 1657. Arizona State ..............................9, 39, 41, 48, 51, 52, 57 ...................................... 1888. Oregon State ..............................40, 44, 47, 55, 59, 60, 64 .................................... 2459. Washington State .......................37, 45, 53, 56, 61, 63, 65 .................................... 25210. USC ...........................................14, 50, 58, 67, 68, 69, 70

2010 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAL RESULTS - WOMEN

1. Elliott Heath .............Sr. ... STAN .....23:00.462. Chris Derrick ............Jr. .... STAN .....23:00.573. Jake Riley ................Jr. .... STAN .....23:00.594. Luke Puskedra .........Jr. ....ORE ......23:05.805. Stephen Sambu .......Jr. ....ARIZ .....23:06.77

6. Michael Coe .............Sr. ...CAL .......23:12.337. Matthew Centrowitz ..Sr. ...ORE ......23:17.428. A.J. Acosta ...............Sr. ...ORE ......23:43.169. Miles Unterreiner .....S0. .. STAN .....23:48.0710. J.T, Sullivan .............Jr. .... STAN .....23:48.64

USTFCCCA RANKINGSWOMEN’S (Nov. 15)Rank School (1st Place) Points Lst Wk 1. Villanova (12) 360 1 2. Florida State 343 2 3. Georgetown 329 5 4. WASHINGTON 313 11 5. New Mexico 293 10 6. OREGON 292 7 7. STANFORD 279 4 8. Colorado 271 8 9. ARIZONA 264 6 10. Texas Tech 258 3 11. Syracuse 252 9 12. Iowa State 224 13 13. Virginia 218 12 14. Stony Brook 206 15 15. Providence 190 14 16. Michigan State 187 16 17. Michigan 162 18 18. North Carolina 138 21 19. Oklahoma State 122 23 20. Boston College 118 22 21. Duke 117 17 22. Minnesota 111 20 23. Penn State 108 28 24. Texas 98 25 25. Princeton 83 19 26. Tulsa 64 24 27. Toledo 43 30 28. NC State 38 29 29. Florida 26 RV 30. CALIFORNIA 24 26

Receiving Votes: Rice 23, UC Santa Barbara 12, Kansas State 10, Arkansas 2, San Francisco 1, BYU 1.

PAC-10 NCAA HISTORY

WOMEN’S NCAACHAMPIONS1983 ORE1987 ORE1996 STAN2003 STAN2005 STAN2006 STAN2007 STAN2008 WASH

WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS1996 Amy Skieresz, ARIZ2001 Tara Chaplin, ARIZ

1. Jordan Hasay ...........So ...ORE ......19:44.432. Kathy Kroeger ..........So. .. STAN .....19:49.433. Deborah Maier .........Jr. ....CAL .......20:01.854. Alex Kosinski ............Sr. ...ORE ......20:09.585. Stephanie Marcy ......Jr. .... STAN .....20:12.26

6. Katie Flood ...............Fr. ...WASH ....20:13.157. Jennifer Bergman ....So. ..ARIZ .....20:15.328. Jessica Tonn ............Fr. ... STAN .....20:16.149. Lindsay Prescott .......Jr. ....ASU ......20:17.5210. Marie Lawrence .......Sr. ...WASH ....20:22.64

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25 YEARS WOMEN’S SPORTS - Cross Country

It is a landmark year for the Pac-10 as it celebrates 25 years of women’s athlet-ics in 2010-2011.

Since expanding to add 10 women’s sports in 1986-87, the Conference has been the leader of excellence in women’s athletics, winning more NCAA titles than any other conference. Pac-10 teams have won 123 women’s national titles, 106 coming in the last 25, easily outdistancing the SEC, which is second on the list with 74. In 1993, the Pac-10 added women’s soccer, for a total of 11

total women’s sports sponsored by the Pac-10.

Since the NCAA began conducting women’s championships 29 years ago, Pac-10 members have claimed at least four national titles in a single season on 21 occasions. Pac-10 institutions have dominated a number of sports, winning 22 softball titles, 13 of the last 21 trophies in golf, and 11 in swimming and diving.

Cross country has been one of the sports the Pac-10 has been particularly successful, producing eight national championship teams, seven coming in the last 25 years. The Conference is second in cross country national titles to the Big East, which has claimed nine.

Oregon dominated the sport of cross country early on, winning seven in the first decade of Pac-10 cross coun-try. The Ducks won their first NCAA crown in 1983 and won the Conference’s first in the sport under the Pac-10 umbrella in 1987. Pac-10 greats Penny Graves and Annette Hand, Pac-10 Athletes of the Year in the first three seasons of Pac-10 cross country, were instrumental in helping the Ducks win the 1987 crown.

UCLA’s Karen Hecox welcomed the 1990‘s by dominating in 1993 and 1994, becoming the first Pac-10 runner to win back-to-back individual titles before passing the torch.

In the mid- to late-1990’s, another runner ascended onto the Pac-10 scene. Arizona’s Amy Skieresz was a four-time Pac-10 Athlete of the Year, the only men’s or women’s runner to earn the award four times, and was an individual Conference champion every year of her career from 1995-1998. The speedy Wildcat was the first Pac-10 women’s athlete to win an NCAA individual national championship in 1996. Her time of 16:36 in the Pac-10 Championship stands as the fastest time by a woman in the 5,000 meter distance.

Running at a new distance of 6,000 meters, which is the current distance competed today, another Wildcat, Tara Chaplin, opened the new millennium with a Pac-10 individual victory in 2000 and became the second-ever Pac-10 runner to capture an NCAA individual crown in 2001.

While individuals reigned on the Pac-10 scene, Stanford dominated the team competition, winning the Conference title in 1993 and 1994, and then again every year from 1996-2007. The Cardinal run included four NCAA titles in five years from 2003-2007. Leading the way was Arianna Lambie who stood atop the podium as an individual three times from 2006-2008.

Washington broke the Stanford streak in 2008 with Kendra Schaaf leading the way, winning a Pac-10 individual crown with a Conference record of 19:24. She and the Huskies would go on to win the 2008 crown.

Skieresz

Hecox

1987 NCAA Championship Team

Lambie

Schaaf