NCAA West Regionals on Saturday

UP Article: Link

The men’s race has No. 1 Stanford, No. 3 Oregon, No. 7 Portland, No. 13 Arizona State and No. 17 Washington in addition to Cal Poly and UCLA who have also received votes on the men’s side.

Possible Portland men’s line-up:
Jared Bassett
Tommy Betterbed
Robert Cosby
Trevor Dunbar
Matt Frerker
Shane Geiger
Alfred Kipchumba
Lars Erik Malde
Joash Osoro

The women’s competition will feature No. 1 Washington, No. 5 Oregon, No. 14 Stanford, No. 16 Arizona State, No. 24 Arizona and No. 27 California.

Portland women’s line-up:
Lyndy Davis
Theresa Hailey
Elizabeth Keaveny
Bethany McInturff
Molly Mitchell
Cori Moore
Marit Tegelaar

Oh man. So we could possibly run 9 guys? That would be awesome, but it doesn't work like that. Also, listing exactly 7 women as a "possible line up" is pretty funny too.

What's with the "individuals?" Do we only count people from non-BCS schools? LOL.

I noticed that there are only 7 women listed, too. But it doesn't say "possible." I'm guessing that Coach Conner hasn't decided on a final line-up while Coach Solof has.

Maybe there were no individuals who qualified for Regionals ( I have no idea what it takes to qualify) whose team didn't also qualify.

My bad on the women's thing. I'm sure it's exactly how you describe it on both issues. I just think whomever wrote this up doesn't understand the terms/rules.

How huge would it be if we could knock off Oregon or Stanford?? I'm not worried that we won't make it to Terre Haute if we don't; it would just be wicked cool!

I think a lot depends on who steps up and finishes #5. Our top 4 are as good as anybody. It's the 5 guy who will make or break us eventually, from what I understand.

You're right. Our #5 has really hurt us thus far this year. I think that'll keep us from beating Oregon and Stanford. But a third place finish would easily get us to nationals as we might be in the best region in the nation.

Nice article from the O on Dunbar: LINK

"He's come in as a freshman and done fantastic," Conner said. "When he's dropping people in workouts it's a little scary."

I'm not ready to believe the hype on Hasay just yet. A lot of girls are good when they are young, and then their body starts to change and they aren't as fast. She's quite good now, but I'll reserve my awe for her later college years.

Vin Lananna calls it "the toughest region in the country."
http://www.dailyemerald.com/sports/regional-redemption-1.898112
Kipchumba listed as possible individual contender (!)