The Oregon Ducks cross country team successfully defended there B1G championship this past weekend with both the men and women’s teams winning their respective conference championship. It was also the 3rd straight conference championship for the Women’s team.
Across Cross Country, Indoor Track, and Outdoor Track Oregon has now won 12 of 14 conference titles since joining the B1G.
Womens
Oregon’s top 3 finishers on the Women’s side finished in 1st, 2nd, and 4th place. Including sophomore Diana Cherotich setting
the course record in Madison Wisconsin by 3 seconds for her 2nd straight individual conference title and Oregon’s 3rd straight conference individual title.
Here is the full Womens roster with their final placements and times
1. Diana Cherotich – 18:56.1
2. Juliet Cherubet – 19:10.0
4. Dalia Frias – 19:43.3
11. Sofia Thogersen – 20:09.3
17. Ella Thorsett – 20:16.6
43. Ava Parekh – 20:46.7
81. Kendall Martin – 21:12.3 (74)
84. Landen LeBlond – 21:14.4
106. Allura Markow – 21:40.1
Mens
Oregon’s entire first team all finished inside the Top 9 highlighted by Simeon Birnbaum taking home the individual title. In addition to the successful showing from the first team Oregon had two additional Top 20 places with freshmen Juan Gonzalez and Xavier Perras-Phaneuf finishing 13th and 20th respectively
Here is the full Mens roster with their final placements and times
1. Simeon Birnbaum – 23:04.2
3. Evan Jenkins – 23:07.0
4. Aiden Smith – 23:11.9
7. Connor Burns – 23:17.8
8. Benjamin Balazs – 23:18.1
9. Tayson Echohawk – 23:18.2
13. Juan Gonzalez – 23:23.1
20. Xavier Perras-Phaneuf – 23:34.3
44. Evan Bishop – 24:01.9
Next up for the team is the NCAA West Region Championships November 13th in Sacramento California
