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Pac-12 Championships
No. 21 Cross Country Sets Off to Upper Left Coast for Pac-12 Championships
10/25/2023 2:16 PM | Cross Country
The Utah cross country team is set to compete at the Pac-12 Championships located at Chambers Creek Regional Park.
SALT LAKE CITY – The 21st-ranked Utah cross country team sets off to the Pacific Northwest this Friday, Oct. 27, for the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships held at Chambers Creek Regional Park. The gun is scheduled to go off at 12:10 p.m. (MT) / 11:10 a.m. (PT) local for the women with Jim Watson and Tom Feuer guiding fans through the action on Pac-12 Networks.
PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS (Meet Central)
DATE: Friday, October 27
WHERE: Chambers Bay Golf Course (Course Map)
WHEN: 12:10 p.m. (MT) / 11:10 a.m. (PT)
TELEVISION: Pac-12 Networks
TV TALENT: PxP: Jim Watson | Analyst: Tom Feuer
PAC-12 RECORD BOOK: https://bit.ly/3D3RHf8
LIVE RESULTS: https://bit.ly/3tIaPy9
PARTICIPANTS: Arizona, Arizona State, California, #20 Colorado, #14 Oregon, #9 Oregon State, #5 Stanford, UCAL, USC, #21 Utah, #19 Washington, Washington State
UTAH PARTICIPANTS: Karli Branch, McKaylie Caesar, Caroline Fischer, Morgan Jensen, Ellie Lundgreen, Kyla Martin, Clara Mayfield, Katarzyna Nowakowska, Anna Peters, Maddie Reed
THE LINE UP
Head coach Kyle Kepler sends 10 runners to the conference championships once again with Karli Branch, Morgan Jensen, Ellie Lundgreen and Maddie Reed the four with experience running at the championships. Branch and Jensen will have a leg up on their teammates having ran on this course before when the Pac-12 Championships were held at Chambers Creek Regional Park last in the spring of 2021 after the fall season was pushed to the spring due to COVID-19.
This will be Lundgreen's first Pac-12 Championships race since her freshman year in 2019 where she finished 51st overall as Utah's seventh runner to cross. This Friday also serves as the second time racing at the conference championships for Reed. Jensen will compete in her fourth-straight Pac-12 Championships while Branch makes her third-career appearance at the conference meet.
Making their debut at the Pac-12 Championships for Utah will be McKaylie Caesar, Caroline Fischer, Kyla Martin, Clara Mayfield, Katarzyna Nowakowska and Anna Peters. Martin, Nowkowska and Peters are all freshmen while Caesar and Mayfield have had plenty of experience at a conference meet at their previous schools.
PAC-12 REWIND
For the second year in a row, the Women of Utah finished second at the Pac-12 Championships in 2022. However, this time it was because the tiebreaker rule went against the Utes to give Colorado the team title. Despite a furious finish by Simone Plourde to pass 11 runners in the final 1000m to take fifth-overall behind Emily Venters' second-place finish, the Utes had to settle for second despite their fifth scorer finish 16 spots ahead of CU's fifth scorer. Venters and Plourde both garnered First-team All-Pac-12 honors to eventually close out their careers at Utah.
UTAH AT THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
UP NEXT
The Women of Utah will have a couple weeks to rest and train before heading to Lubbock, Texas, for the NCAA Mountain Regionals on Friday, Nov. 10, at the Chaparral Ridge Cross Country Course. The women's race is slated to go off first beginning at 9 a.m. (MT) / 10 a.m. (CT) local.
For the latest news and information on the Utah cross country and track & field programs, fans can stay connected online at www.UtahUtes.com and on social media by following on Facebook, X and Instagram.
PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS (Meet Central)
DATE: Friday, October 27
WHERE: Chambers Bay Golf Course (Course Map)
WHEN: 12:10 p.m. (MT) / 11:10 a.m. (PT)
TELEVISION: Pac-12 Networks
TV TALENT: PxP: Jim Watson | Analyst: Tom Feuer
PAC-12 RECORD BOOK: https://bit.ly/3D3RHf8
LIVE RESULTS: https://bit.ly/3tIaPy9
PARTICIPANTS: Arizona, Arizona State, California, #20 Colorado, #14 Oregon, #9 Oregon State, #5 Stanford, UCAL, USC, #21 Utah, #19 Washington, Washington State
UTAH PARTICIPANTS: Karli Branch, McKaylie Caesar, Caroline Fischer, Morgan Jensen, Ellie Lundgreen, Kyla Martin, Clara Mayfield, Katarzyna Nowakowska, Anna Peters, Maddie Reed
THE LINE UP
Head coach Kyle Kepler sends 10 runners to the conference championships once again with Karli Branch, Morgan Jensen, Ellie Lundgreen and Maddie Reed the four with experience running at the championships. Branch and Jensen will have a leg up on their teammates having ran on this course before when the Pac-12 Championships were held at Chambers Creek Regional Park last in the spring of 2021 after the fall season was pushed to the spring due to COVID-19.
This will be Lundgreen's first Pac-12 Championships race since her freshman year in 2019 where she finished 51st overall as Utah's seventh runner to cross. This Friday also serves as the second time racing at the conference championships for Reed. Jensen will compete in her fourth-straight Pac-12 Championships while Branch makes her third-career appearance at the conference meet.
Making their debut at the Pac-12 Championships for Utah will be McKaylie Caesar, Caroline Fischer, Kyla Martin, Clara Mayfield, Katarzyna Nowakowska and Anna Peters. Martin, Nowkowska and Peters are all freshmen while Caesar and Mayfield have had plenty of experience at a conference meet at their previous schools.
PAC-12 REWIND
For the second year in a row, the Women of Utah finished second at the Pac-12 Championships in 2022. However, this time it was because the tiebreaker rule went against the Utes to give Colorado the team title. Despite a furious finish by Simone Plourde to pass 11 runners in the final 1000m to take fifth-overall behind Emily Venters' second-place finish, the Utes had to settle for second despite their fifth scorer finish 16 spots ahead of CU's fifth scorer. Venters and Plourde both garnered First-team All-Pac-12 honors to eventually close out their careers at Utah.
UTAH AT THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
| YEAR | FINISH | POINTS |
| 2022 | 2nd | 66 |
| 2021 | 2nd | 52 |
| 2020 | 6th | 166 |
| 2019 | 3rd | 86 |
| 2018 | 7th | 191 |
| 2017 | 6th | 146 |
| 2016 | 5th | 169 |
| 2015 | 5th | 149 |
| 2014 | 9th | 241 |
| 2013 | 8th | 207 |
| 2012 | 7th | 200 |
| 2011 | 8th | 205 |
UP NEXT
The Women of Utah will have a couple weeks to rest and train before heading to Lubbock, Texas, for the NCAA Mountain Regionals on Friday, Nov. 10, at the Chaparral Ridge Cross Country Course. The women's race is slated to go off first beginning at 9 a.m. (MT) / 10 a.m. (CT) local.
For the latest news and information on the Utah cross country and track & field programs, fans can stay connected online at www.UtahUtes.com and on social media by following on Facebook, X and Instagram.
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