UC Irvine Sends Seven to NCAA West Regional

Friday, November 15

Colfax, Wash.

11:30 AM

UC Irvine

NCAA West Regional

UC Irvine Sends Seven to NCAA West Regional

November 13, 2019 | Women's Cross Country

NCAA West Regional
Date: Friday, Nov. 15
Event: 6K
Time: 11:30 a.m. (PST)
Location: Colfax Golf Club - Colfax, Wash.
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Notes - Meet #6

IRVINE, Calif. - The UC Irvine women's cross country team is headed to Colfax, Washington, for the NCAA West Regional on Friday, Nov. 15. The 6K race is slated for an 11:30 a.m. start at the Colfax Golf Club.

The West Regional features 37 teams on the women's side, including nationally-ranked Stanford (No. 2), Washington (No. 4), Boise State (No. 13) and Oregon (No. 19).

All nine NCAA Regional meets will take place on Friday. The top two team finishers of each regional automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships. The top four individuals who are not on a qualifying team will also advance to nationals. The remaining 13 at-large teams and two additional individuals will be selected by the NCAA Division I Cross Country Subcommittee.

Seven 'Eaters are entered in the NCAA West Regional - Elizabeth Celada Padilla, Hannah Chau, Brenda Dorantes, Anastasia Karnaze, Claire Livengood, Patricia Sanchez and Mariah Theologidy.

QUICK HITS
• This is the Anteaters' first out-of-state trip of 2019. It is also the first time they will be competing on a Friday this season.
• UCI has won a league-leading 12 Big West titles with the most recent coming in 2005.
• The 'Eaters were dominant in the early years of the conference, claiming nine of the first 10 championships.
• Sophomore Hannah Chau earned All-Big West honors with a fifth-place finish at the Big West Championships two weeks ago.
• She is the first 'Eater to receive all-conference recognition in women's cross country since 2008.
• Chau has led UC Irvine in every meet this year.
• She has four top-10 showings, and has placed among the top-five in each of her last three outings.
• At the UCR Invitational, Chau ran the fourth-fastest 6K in program history at 20:44.5.
• Distance coach Casey Kear is in his first season at UCI.

LAST TIME OUT
• UC Irvine finished fifth at the Big West Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2.
• Hannah Chau recorded her third consecutive top-five individual finish, taking fifth in a field of 76 athletes.
• She completed the 6000-meter course in 20:51.83.
• Sophomore Patricia Sanchez was UCI's No. 2 runner, clocking a personal-record 21:52.84 (28th).
• Senior Mariah Theologidy also established a lifetime-best 21:58.3 to come in 30th overall.
• In her Big West debut, freshman Claire Livengood was 42nd with a personal-best 22:18.4.
• Seniors Brenda Dorantes (22:23.7) and Anastasia Karnaze (22:32.3) were next to cross the line for the 'Eaters.