Stanford Set For West Regionals

STANFORD, Calif. — Having last competed at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Cross Country Championships to close October, Stanford cross country is back in action on Friday, November 13, heading up the road to Sacramento, Calif., for the NCAA DI West Region Cross Country Championships. 

Friday’s meet begins with the women’s six-kilometer championship at 9 a.m. PT followed by the men’s 10-kilometer run at 10 a.m. PT. Live results for Friday’s meet can be found here. 

Stanford returns to the starting line following strong outings at the ACC Championships with Julia Flynn and Paul Bergeron taking home All-ACC honors for their performances at the meet. On the women’s side, Flynn continued her dominance on the course, earning a 15th-place finish with a personal-best time of 19:34.9, beating her previous personal-best by 16 seconds. In the field, freshman Amaya Bharadwaj and Chiara Dailey finished behind Flynn as the latter claimed a personal-best time. Hanne Thomsen and Hillary Studdert claimed the final two scoring spots for the Cardinal on the day as the Stanford women claimed 14th in a highly-competitive field. 

On the men’s side, Bergeron led the charge for Stanford finishing 20th overall with a season-best time. Behind the Cardinal front-runner, Josh Bell and Sean Fries claimed personal-best times while placing in the top 30 overall. Byron Grevious and Evan Noonan grabbed the last scoring spots for the Cardinal as Stanford took fifth overall as a team. 

Stanford is back at the West Regionals after taking home the region crown on the women’s side a season ago. Stanford claimed the 13th regional crown on the women’s side with Amy Bunnage and Sophia Kennedy claiming top-five finishes en route to a nine point team victory. On the men’s side, Leo Young finished as Stanford’s top harrier last season, earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship race after the Cardinal men failed to earn an at-large team bid.