Friday, October 28
Riverside, CA
8:30 AM
Oregon State
at
Pac-12 Championships
Beavers Place Sixth Behind Top-15 Finishes
October 28, 2022 | Women's Cross Country
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Oregon State posted the second-best conference championship point total in school history en route to a sixth place finish at Friday's Pac-12 Championships.
The Beavs' 152 points bested last season's 156 and earned the same team finish of sixth. Oregon State has achieved the three best Pac-12 Championships point totals in school history in the last three years.
Colorado won the conference championship on a tiebreaker with 66 points behind a 1-3-7 finish from their top three runners.
"Again, we held serve and finished where we projected. We learned some positive things from our team. We went out a bit quicker and I believe that will serve us better in a couple weeks," head coach Louie Quintana said. "I think we all were hoping for a lower finish for our top two, but they are amazing and they do so much for our program. I'm always proud of them because they compete with such toughness all the time."
As was the case throughout the season, Grace Fetherstonhaugh and Kaylee Mitchell led OSU with ninth and 12th place finishes, respectively. Veteran runner Christina Geisler placed 43rd as the third Beav across the finish line, followed by freshmen Emily Van Valkenburg and Kate Laurent in 46th and 55th.
Fellow Oregon State freshmen Teaghan Knox (77th) and Jamie Hamlin (82nd) gained valuable experience, finishing just outside the scoring Beavs. Emily Foote (79th), Zoe Simmons (81st) and Aleen Golla (88th) rounded out the Beaver runners.
"We want to put a team together that can contend at this meet - so that's the message to our team right now - how can we close the gap one more time to win this thing," Quintana continued. "We have come a long way as a program - expectations are high now - but we need to celebrate the little consistent victories we are having as a program."
Pac-12 Championships (6K)
Oregon State Individual Results
9. Grace Fetherstonhaugh (19:38.2)
12. Kaylee Mitchell (19:41.2)
43. Christina Geisler (20:21.2)
46. Emily van Valkenburg (20:26.2)
55. Kate Laurent (20:47.2)
77. Teaghan Knox (21.25.8)
79. Emily Foote (21:49.1)
81. Zoe Simmons (21:51.0)
82. Jamie Hamlin (21:51.8)
88. Aleen Golla (22:09.2)
Up Next
Oregon State heads to Chambers Bay, Washington for the NCAA West Regionals on November 11.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
The Beavs' 152 points bested last season's 156 and earned the same team finish of sixth. Oregon State has achieved the three best Pac-12 Championships point totals in school history in the last three years.
Colorado won the conference championship on a tiebreaker with 66 points behind a 1-3-7 finish from their top three runners.
"Again, we held serve and finished where we projected. We learned some positive things from our team. We went out a bit quicker and I believe that will serve us better in a couple weeks," head coach Louie Quintana said. "I think we all were hoping for a lower finish for our top two, but they are amazing and they do so much for our program. I'm always proud of them because they compete with such toughness all the time."
As was the case throughout the season, Grace Fetherstonhaugh and Kaylee Mitchell led OSU with ninth and 12th place finishes, respectively. Veteran runner Christina Geisler placed 43rd as the third Beav across the finish line, followed by freshmen Emily Van Valkenburg and Kate Laurent in 46th and 55th.
Fellow Oregon State freshmen Teaghan Knox (77th) and Jamie Hamlin (82nd) gained valuable experience, finishing just outside the scoring Beavs. Emily Foote (79th), Zoe Simmons (81st) and Aleen Golla (88th) rounded out the Beaver runners.
"We want to put a team together that can contend at this meet - so that's the message to our team right now - how can we close the gap one more time to win this thing," Quintana continued. "We have come a long way as a program - expectations are high now - but we need to celebrate the little consistent victories we are having as a program."
Pac-12 Championships (6K)
Oregon State Individual Results
9. Grace Fetherstonhaugh (19:38.2)
12. Kaylee Mitchell (19:41.2)
43. Christina Geisler (20:21.2)
46. Emily van Valkenburg (20:26.2)
55. Kate Laurent (20:47.2)
77. Teaghan Knox (21.25.8)
79. Emily Foote (21:49.1)
81. Zoe Simmons (21:51.0)
82. Jamie Hamlin (21:51.8)
88. Aleen Golla (22:09.2)
Up Next
Oregon State heads to Chambers Bay, Washington for the NCAA West Regionals on November 11.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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