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In Friday’s Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, both the Cal men’s and women’s teams were once again distinctively young; six of the fourteen Bears who competed were freshmen.
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Cal had an exemplary start to the new season a few weeks ago at the USF Invitational in Golden Gate Park with the men’s team earning first place and the women’s team earning third place.
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For the men, graduate student Garrett Corcoran stole the show with a first-place individual performance. The talented Bear ran a 24:31.2 in the 8K,
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Prior to the Pac-12 Championships and NCAAs, the Bears will compete in the USF Invitational, Joe Piane Invitational, Capital Cross Challenge and Santa Clara Bronco Invitational, all of which they participated in last season.
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Brendel and Corcoran led the men’s pack for most of the season, but lack of depth and standout talent was the team’s Achilles’ heel. The women also had a roster that ran shallow, but Knights and Oakley carried the team. The freshman-senior duo’s flat-out dominant performances in every meet of the season were enough to boost the the women to the NCAA Championships in Louisville, Kentucky.
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But as Oakley has shown time and time again, her drive is unwavering. And today, as someone who has crushed numerous records en route to becoming a star with Cal cross country, she looks far from lost.
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With the 2017 cross country season coming to a close, the Bears have crossed their final finish line of the season. While neither of the men’s or women’s finishes were especially impressive, they were marked with some promising highlights. Saturday, Cal raced at the NCAA Championships, with the women’s team
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The women will be led by the electric duo of senior Bethan Knights and freshman Brie Oakley. This will be Knights’ third trip to the NCAA championships, having gone her freshman and junior years, but this will be the first time she’ll run with her team. Oakley, on the other hand, will race in her first collegiate championship meet this Saturday. Oakley’s performance will be one to watch, having continually impressed all season long.
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The women were able to garner an at-large bid to nationals later this month. The men, however, will not be traveling as a team, but rather Brendel and Corcoran will be running as individuals, earning individual bids with their top-15 finishes.
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At the same meet last year, Knights placed eighth in a very competitive field, and she will be looking to produce a repeat of that performance in Seattle. Knights and Oakley have been Cal’s deadly one-two punch all season, and the Bears will be relying on them more than ever this Friday.
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