Results:
Pre-National /
Bill Dellinger
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - - - The No. 8 University of Portland men’s cross country team turned in a fourth-place finish in the 8k “White Race” at the 2010 NCAA Pre-National meet held on Saturday afternoon in Terre Haute, Indiana. Sophomore Trevor Dunbar finished in a time of 23:35.8 which was good for team best and fourth overall.
The “White Race” featured a tough 36-team field including 10 ranked teams. No. 16 Oklahoma came in first with a team score of 106. No. 19 BYU finished second, scoring 138, and No. 4 Colorado finished third with a score of 140. Portland finished fourth place with a team score of 146.
Five Pilots finished in the top 100 with Dunbar and Junior Alfred Kipchumba placing in the top ten overall.
Defending NCAA Champion Sam Chelanga of Liberty University was the top individual finisher with a time of 23:19.90.
The ‘B’ team was also in action as they raced in the Bill Dellinger Classic 8k hosted by the University of Oregon in Eugene. The Pilots finished fourth as a team behind Redshirt Sophomore Jared Bassett’s 24:20.54 which was good for 17th place individually.
The Pilots next race will be October 23 at the Beaver Classic in Corvallis, Ore. hosted by Oregon State University. Races begin at 9:45 AM local time.
2010 NCAA Pre-National Invitational – Terre Haute, Ind.
October 16, 2010
Team Results (8k)
1. Oklahoma, 106
2. BYU, 138
3. Colorado, 140
4. Portland, 146
5. North Carolina St., 177
6. Georgetown, 211
7. Notre Dame, 225
8. Alabama, 314
9. Columbia, 329
10. Liberty, 378
11. Tulsa, 383
12. Minnesota, 391
13. Iowa State, 415
14. Eastern Kentucky, 419
15. Providence, 430
16. Cal Poly, 431
17. Harvard, 468
18. Air Force, 470
19. Arizona State, 472
20. Butler, 481
21. Indiana State, 485
22. Utah State, 489
23. Washington State, 554
24. Kansas, 601
25. Cincinnati, 621
26. Tennessee, 638
27. New Mexico St., 691
28. La Salle, 718
29. Western Kentucky, 737
30. Ohio U., 768
31. Toledo, 779
32. Loyola Marymount, 872
33. Kansas State, 875
34. Central Michigan, 886
35. Southern Utah, 992
36. Morehead State, 1084
Portland Individual Results
4. Trevor Dunbar, 23:35.8
8. Alfred Kipchumba, 23:54.4
24. Peter Christmas, 24:15.3
37. Lars Erik Malde, 24:25.1
73. Matt Frerker, 24:48.8
(118). Aaron Scott, 25:13.9
(127). Robert Cosby, 25:18.3
2010 Bill Dellinger Invitational- University of Oregon
October 16, 2010
Team Results (8k)
1. Oregon, 26
2. Wisconsin, 38
3. Guelph, 75
4. Portland, 123
5. Idaho, 123
6. Willamette, 171
7. Portland State, 191
Portland Individual Results
17. Jared Bassett, 24:20.54
23. Craig Hopkins, 24:38.29
30. Cody Wells, 24:53.46
34. Charlie McDonald, 25:02.19
41. Scott Olberding, 25:16.94
45. Trey Parry, 25:27.57