Maxime Chevee was nervous. Beads of sweat rolled down his face as he slowly took his place at the starting line on the track at Edwards Stadium. With a second to look around at his surroundings, he saw equally anxious runners next to him on the track, those trying to Read More…
After the last Cal runner crossed the finish line at the NCAA Championships on Monday, the No. 23 Cal women’s cross country team’s most successful season ended. The results were posted, and the Bears found their name in the 18th position. For many of the runners, this was their last Read More…
This Monday at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Ind., senior Deborah Maier will approach the chalk line again at the NCAA Championships. Looking across the line last year, Maier saw Villanova star Sheila Reid and a little farther down Georgetown All-American Emily Infeld. Behind her was nothing Read More…
Seniors Deborah Maier, Taylor Dutch and Chelsea Reilly have been working in the shadow of the men’s cross country team over their Cal careers. This Saturday at the West Regionals in Stanford, Calif., the women finally emerged, earning a berth to the NCAA Championships for the first time in 23 Read More…
Cal cross country teams’ seasons are on the line this Saturday at the NCAA West Regional. The meet, held at the Stanford Golf Course, determines which squads move on to the NCAA Championships. Two of the country’s 18 automatic bids will be awarded to the top finishers. There are also Read More…
Senior Chelsea Reilly could see the finish line in sight. A difficult race under the Arizona sun combined with an exhausting pace had been physically taxing on Reilly, yet she was still in eighth place and in line for an All-Conference finish in the top 15. That’s when things began Read More…
The strongest cross country conference this year is not the Big Ten, SEC or Big-12. It’s the Pac-12, a conference filled with perennial powerhouses and some of the nation’s top runners. They will all be competing this Saturday at the Pac-12 Championships run on Wigwam Golf Course in Litchfield Park, Read More…
Three hundred runners pushing, shoving and elbowing could have been a major roadblock for the Cal women’s cross country team this past Friday in Madison, Wis. However, with senior Deborah Maier in the driver’s seat, the Bears were able to negotiate the traffic to finish seventh in the Wisconsin Adidas Read More…
The NCAA Championships are five weeks away, but the Cal cross country team will get a taste of that level of talent this Friday at the Wisconsin Adidas (Badger) Invitational. “I’ll be honest, the Badger Invitational is better than nationals in many regards,” Cal coach Tony Sandoval said. “It will Read More…
The Cal women’s cross country team went into Saturday’s Roy Griak Invitational unranked. That might change after the Bears beat out 26 other universities, including seven ranked teams, to finish in a tie for first with No. 8 Iowa State at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course in Read More…
