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This weekend, sophomores Bethan Knights, Peter Simon and Isabella Marten will be competing in the NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama. They all qualified by ranking among the top 16 athletes in their respective events in the country. Knights will be running the 3,000-meter run. She qualified at the MPSF
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Qualifying for Division I nationals is a dream for almost every track and field athlete in the country, and for many of the Cal track and field athletes, this weekend is their final chance. On Friday and Saturday, the men’s and women’s track and field teams will travel to Seattle
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Although they are used to training and traveling together, the Cal track and field teams split up this weekend, competing in two meets across state lines. At their respective meets, athletes placed a strong emphasis on individual performance rather than team scores. This focus allowed them to identify what is
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Refusing to be outshone by the recent success of the football squad, Cal cross country runner Bethan Knights put on an impressive exhibition at the Roy Griak Invitational this weekend, dominating the field and completing the 6-kilometer course in a time of 20:54. Knights crossed the 3,000-meter mark in a
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After several years of disappointing results and middling finishes, the Cal cross country team appears to have finally translated some of its potential into results and enters this weekend’s racing in strong form. The Bears will head to Minnesota this weekend to race at the Roy Griak Invitational, held in
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The Cal men’s and women’s cross country teams began their season on a strong note, as both teams captured the team and individual titles at the USF Invitational this weekend. The Cal women were led by talented sophomore Bethan Knights, who dominated the race and finished the 5,000-meter course in
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The Cal cross country team is entering the 2015 season with little fanfare after a seventh-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships last year. Despite a few notable individual performances, the team lagged behind more established running programs across the country. After several years of development, the Bears look ready to
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The NCAA Outdoor Championships ended this weekend at the Historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. After freshman Walt Jones IV and junior Thomas Joyce finished their events Wednesday, sophomore Ethan Cochran competed in the discus throw Friday, while freshman Bethan Knights ran the women’s 5,000-meter race Saturday. Although the final
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This week, Cal track and field athletes freshmen Walt Jones IV and Bethan Knights, sophomore Ethan Cochran and junior Thomas Joyce headed to Eugene, Oregon, where the NCAA Outdoor Championships are being held. For Joyce and Jones, the festivities began — and ended — on Wednesday, while Knights and Cochran
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On Thursday, 20 athletes from the Cal track and field team arrived in Austin, Texas, for the NCAA West Regionals with hopes of reaching the marks needed to qualify the Bears for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in their respective events. While the whole participating team put forth a strong effort,
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