AGGIES TO HOST KACHINA CLASSIC ? New Mexico State will host its annual Kachina Classic Saturday, Sept. 23rd at the New Mexico State University Golf Course beginning at 8:00 a.m. The Aggies are coming off two solid race to start he year and head coach Ed Crawford sees nothing but a bright future for his teams. This year the Aggies will host one of the biggest fields ever at this event with teams such as New Mexico, UTEP, Eastern New Mexico, El Paso Community College, Western New Mexico and University of Texas at Permian Basin.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK ? Utah State’s Vance Twitchell and Hawai?i’s Chantelle Laan have been named the Western Athletic Conference men and women’s cross country Athletes of the Week, respectively.
Twitchell, a senior from Helena, Mont. (Capitol), claimed first place at the Montana State Invitational. He posted a time of 25:08, 13 seconds better than second place.
Laan, a junior from London, Ontario, Canada (John Paull II Catholic Secondary), captured her second individual title of the season, winning the 4k Big Wave Invitational in 15:05. Laan won the Chaminade Invite earlier in the season. She now has three career individual titles.
Other men’s nominees included: Brandon Geis, Fresno State and Kinsey Dinnel, Louisiana Tech.
Other women’s nominees included: Zinzi Evans, Fresno State; Ashley Holt, Nevada and Jennifer Twitchell, Utah State.
WAC CHAMPIONSHIP ? The 2006 WAC Cross Country Championship travels to Fresno, Calif. This year’s championships will be held Saturday, Oct. 28 at Woodward Park. The Idaho women and Utah State men claimed the 2005 titles.
October 28, 2006
Woodward Park
Fresno, California
Host: Fresno State
Ticket Info: Admission is Free
NCAA REGIONALS ? The 2006 Cross Country Regionals will be held at nine sites throughout the country. They will all be held Saturday, Nov. 11. WAC teams will be represented in three locations. The West Region will be held in Portland, Ore. (Portland). The Mountain Region will be held in Albuquerque, N.M. (New Mexico), while Louisiana Tech will be the lone team in the South Central Regional (Baylor) in Waco, Texas.
November 11, 2006
Great Lakes Region - Bowling Green
Mid Atlantic Region - Bucknell
Midwest Region - Minnesota
Mountain Region - New Mexico
Northeast Region - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (Bronx, N.Y.)
South Region - Tennessee
South Central Region - Baylor
Southeast Region - Louisville
West Region - Portland
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS ? The 2006 Cross Country National Championships once again travels to Terre Haute, Ind. and Wabash Valley Family Sports Center. Indiana State is the host for this year’s Championships.
November 20, 2006
Wabash Valley Family Sports Center
Terre Haute, Ind.
Host: Indiana State University
Ticket Info: 812/237-4040