Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Head to California, Face Defending National Champions
September 22, 2004 | Men's Cross Country
Sept. 22, 2004
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University cross country teams certainly have a challenge ahead of them this weekend. The Falcons will head to Palo Alto, Calif., to compete in the 31st annual Stanford Invitational Saturday (Sept. 25) at the Stanford Golf Course.
The event, co-hosted by Palo Alto High School, will feature nearly 4,000 competing runners in a total of 22 races.
Head coach Cami Wells and the Falcons will compete in the 4,000 meter races, with the women's race beginning at 4:35 p.m. Pacific Time and the men's race slated for a 4:55 p.m. PT start.
The travel squad for the Falcon women will include senior co-captains Melissa Krueger and Niki Suitor, seniors Elise Gould and Christina Gingras, sophomores Andrea Pollack and Kim Settle and freshmen Caroline Hillman and Jamie Roflow.
The men's travel list includes senior co-captain Steve Vairetta, junior Bryan Jackson, sophomores Edwin Cheruiyot and Rogers Kipchumba and freshmen Steve Ferber and Ryan Rohrer.
The Falcon teams will be facing some difficult competition, as a number of nationally-ranked teams dot both the men's and women's lists. The women's race features ninth-ranked UCLA, #28 Southern Methodist (SMU) and #38 California -- oh, yes, and defending national champion and #1-ranked Stanford. Also running in the women's race will be a pair of NAIA powers, Simon Fraser (defending national champions and ranked #1) and Azusa Pacific (#6).
 Men's co-captain Steve Vairetta  |
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MEET INFORMATION
The annual event, as mentioned, is co-hosted by Palo Alto High School. Races will begin at 9:30 a.m. PT as many of the top high school runners from California and the Western United States will compete for top honors. In the late afternoon (4:10 p.m. PT), the nation's finest collegiate runners will compete on the Stanford Cross Country Course. Universities representing each NCAA division, as well as a selection of NAIA and junior college teams are scheduled to compete. In all, 22 races will be held in college and high school competition.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(all times local to site)
High Schools 9:30 a.m. - JV Girls - Divisions 3, 4, 5 (3,000 meters) 9:50 a.m. - J.V. Boys - Divisions 3, 4, 5 (3,000 meters) 10:10 a.m. - Varsity Girls - Division 5 (5,000 meters) 10:40 a.m. - Varsity Boys - Division 5 (5,000 meters) 11:05 a.m. - Varsity Girls - Division 4 (5,000 meters) 11:35 a.m. - Varsity Boys - Division 4 (5,000 meters) Noon - Varsity Girls - Division 3 (5,000 meters) 12:30 p.m. - Varsity Boys - Division 3 (5,000 meters) 12:55 p.m. - J.V. Girls - Divisions 1 & 2 (3,000 meters) 1:15 p.m. - J.V. Boys - Division 1 & 2 (3,000 meters) 1:35 p.m. - Varsity Girls - Division 2 (5,000 meters) 2:00 p.m. - Varsity Boys - Division 2 (5,000 meters) 2:25 p.m. - Varsity Girls - Division 1 (5,000 meters) 2:50 p.m. - Varsity Boys - Division 1 (5,000 meters) 3:15 p.m. - Varsity Boys - Division 1 Seeded (5,000 meters) 3:40 p.m. - Varsity Girls - Division 1 Seeded (5,000 meters)College Races 4:10 p.m. - Women (5,000 meters non-scored race) 4:35 p.m. - Women (4,000 meters scored race - short course) * 4:55 p.m. - Men (4,000 meters scored race - short course) * 5:15 p.m. - Women (6,000 meters scored race - long course) 5:45 p.m. - Men (8,000 meters scored race - long course) 6:15 p.m. - Men (8,000 meters non-scored race)
* BGSU scheduled to compete in this race
SCHEDULED ENTRIES FOR COLLEGE 4000 METER RACES
Men's 4000 Meters Alliant International Azusa Pacific Bowling Green Cal Coast California Chico State Claremont Mudd Scripps Kentucky San Jose State Santa Ana Santa Clara Santiago Canyon Stanford Univ. of San Francisco UC Riverside UC Santa Cruz UCLAWomen's 4000 Meters Alliant International Azusa Pacific Bowling Green British Columbia Cal State Monterey Bay California Chico State Hawaii-Manoa Kentucky Santiago Canyon Simon Fraser Southern Methodist Stanford UC Riverside UCLA Univ. of San Francisco Univ. of Victoria Vanderbilt Yavapai College
(NOTE: Some information courtesy Stanford's official athletics web site, GoStanford.com)
