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…
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…
After a series of tune-up meets, the Cal cross country team will participate in its first major meet this Saturday when it travels to Falcon Heights, Minn., to compete in the 26th Roy Griak Invitational. Run on the beautiful University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course, the invitational is traditionally one Read More…
As part of the preseason training program, members of the Cal cross country team trek to the mountains of Tahoe for altitude training each year. This year, 30 runners made the journey as opposed to 15 last year, a testament to the team’s dedication, according to coach Tony Sandoval. “I’m Read More…
