NCAA WEST REGION CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS NOV. 10
The Washington State men's and women's cross country teams will compete at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships in Seattle, Wash., Fri., Nov. 10, at the Jefferson Golf Course...women's 6,000m race will begin at 10:30 a.m...men's 10,000m race will begin at 11:30 a.m...Jefferson Park Golf Course consists of multiple 2,000m loops on flat fairways crossing some cart paths...the course was the site of the 2010 Pac-10 Championships and the NCAA West Regional Championships in 2012 and 2015...schools may enter seven runners per gender but only the top five count in team scoring (by place)...results will be posted at wsucougars.com when available.

2016 WEST REGION CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS:     
At the 2016 NCAA West Region Championships in Sacramento, Calif.,  at the Haggin Oaks Golf Course, the Washington State men's team finished fifth and the women's team placed 18th...leading the Cougars men, Michael Williams finished 17th and leading the women, Devon Bortfeld finished 38th.

COUGARS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Washington State University men's cross country team moved down in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Rankings, published Oct. 30, and the West Region Rankings, published Oct. 29, after a sixth place finish at the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships in Springfield, Ore., Fri., Oct. 27...WSU men's team is ranked No. 27 in the USTFCCCA National Week 6 Poll, moving down from No. 20 in the previous week's rankings...other nationally-ranked Pac-12 teams include No. 4 Stanford, No. 5 Colorado, No. 10 UCLA, No. 13 Oregon, and No. 20 Washington...in the West Region rankings, the Cougar men moved down from No. 5 in Week 5, published Oct. 16, to No. 7...the WSU women's team moved up in the West Region Rankings, after a 10th place finish at the Pac-12 Championships, from being unranked to No. 12...complete national and regional rankings are on pages 2 and 3 of this release.

WSU MEN COMPETING AT NCAA WEST REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cameron Dean    So.    Spokane, Wash. (Mead HS)
At Pac-12 Championships finished 63rd overall/9th on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational Men's 5 Mile Open finished 8th overall...at Inland Empire Championships finished 3rd on team/21st overall.

Jake Finney    Jr.    Post Falls, Idaho (Lake City HS)
At Pac-12 Championships finished 33rd in scoring/34th overall/3rd on team...at Nuttycombe Invitational finished 4th on team/ 104th overall.

Justin Janke    So.    Spokane, Wash. (North Central HS)
At Pac-12 Championships finished 48th overall/6th on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitaional finished 6th on team/100th overall...at Inland Empire Championships finished 1st on team/6th overall...2016:  Finished 8th at 2017 USATF XC National Junior Men's Championships...4th place at 13th Annual NACAC XC Championships and led USA Team to Gold medal.

Paul Ryan    Rs-So.    Moscow, Idaho (Logos HS)
At Pac-12 Championships finished 56th overall/7th on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 5th on team/91st overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational finished 5th on team/147th overall...2016: Pac-12 Champs 6th on team/40th overall; NCAA Championships, 6th Cougar, 220th overall.

Nathan Tadesse    Jr.    Surrey, B.C. Canada (N. Surrey Senior)
At Pac-12 Championships finished 62nd overall/8th on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 4th on team/77th overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational finished 7th on team/207th overall...2016: NCAA Championships, 3rd Cougar, 113th overall/90th team scoring.

Chandler Teigen    Jr.     Anatone, Wash. (Asotin HS)
Men's team co-captain...at Pac-12 Championships led the Cougars men/finished 9th overall...second team All-Pac-12 honors...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 1st on team/19th overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational finished 2nd on team/55th overall...2016: NCAA Championships, 5th Cougar, 145th overall/116th team scoring. 

Nathan Wadhwani    Jr.     Maple Ridge, B.C. Canada (Fox Secondary)
Men's team co-captain...at Pac-12 Championships finished 41st in scoring/45th overall/5th on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 2nd on team/38th overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational finished 3rd on team/96th overall...2016: NCAA West Region finished 5th on team/47th overall; NCAA Championships, was spiked early in race and did not finish.

Matthew Watkins    Fr.    Mill Creek, Wash. (Jackson HS)
Pac-12 Championships finished 36th in scoring/37th overall/4th on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 3rd on team/68th overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational finished 6th on team/158th overall.

Michael Williams    Sr.     Richland, Wash. (Richland HS)
At Pac-12 Championships finished 19th overall/2nd on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 8th on team/121st overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational finished 1st on team/39th overall...2016: NCAA Championships, led No. 18 team to 14th-place team finish with 30th place finish; ALL-AMERICA honors.

WSU WOMEN COMPETING AT NCAA WEST REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS
Kiyena Beatty    Fr.    Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak HS)
At Pac-12 Championships finished 73rd in scoring/88th overall/5th on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 4th on team/106th overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational finished 5th on team/73rd overall.

Devon Bortfeld    Sr.    Sammamish, Wash. (Eastlake HS)
Women's team captain...at Pac-12 Championships finished 38th in scoring/40th overall/2nd on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 2nd on team/31st overall... at Nuttycombe Invitational finished 2nd on team/12th overall...2016: NCAA West Region led Cougars team, 38th overall...in WSU all-time records; 3,000m 7th (9:30.98), 5,000m 3rd (16.16.42i), Steeplechase 4th (10:23.28).

Josie Brown    Jr.    Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (Coeur d'Alene HS)
At Pac-12 Championships finished 69th in scoring/81st overall/4th on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 3rd on team/100th overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational DNF...2016: NCAA West Region finished 4th on team, 143rd overall.

Marie Gaudin    So.    Arlingon, Wash. (Arlington HS)
At Pac-12 Championships finished 94th overall/7th on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 6th on team/135th overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational finished 6th on team/74th overall.

Melissa Hruska    So.    Snoqualmie, Wash. (Mount Si HS)
At Pac-12 Championships finished 66th in scoring/77th overall/3rd on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 5th on team/124th overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational finished 3rd on team/48th overall.

Samantha King-Shaw    Fr.    Sparks, Nev. (Reed HS)
At Pac-12 Championships finished  95th overall/8th on team...at Inland Empire Championships finished 1st on team/14th overall. 

Vallery Korir    Jr.    Iten, Kenya (Murray State)
At Pac-12 Championships led the Cougars women/finished 13th overall...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 1st on team/15th overall...second team All-Pac-12 honors...at Nuttycombe Invitational won the Women's Open...transferred from Murray State in January 2017...WSU record holder in 10k at 33:58.17...3000m time of 9:30.98 is seventh best in WSU all-time...5000m track time of 16:36.40 is 10th-best at WSU.

Morgan Lash    So.    Anchorage, Alaska(South Anchorage HS)
At Pac-12 Championships finished 93rd overall/6th on team...at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished 7th on team/139th overall...at Nuttycombe Invitaional finished 4th on team/71st overall...2016: NCAA West Region finished 3rd on team, 135th overall.