RESULTS

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Portland State cross country program wrapped up its 2023 season at the NCAA West Regional Friday at Haggin Oaks Golf Course. The Viking men placed 27th overall, while the women were 32nd.
 
Both teams fought through a highly competitive field while being short-handed. The Vikings men raced with the minimum five runners required to complete a team score, while the women only had one more runner than that with six active on their side. What's more, out of those 11 runners, only two – Abi Swain and Jamie Zamrin on the women's side – had raced at the NCAA West Regional before.
 
Despite that, the Vikings still managed to beat a few teams on either side of the race.
 
Not only was the men's team completely new to the regional setting, none of the five had ever run a cross country 10k before, which was the distance of Friday's race. Zach Grams and Abdi Ibrahim have a few 10k's under their belts on the track, at least, and they led the Vikings at 110th and 126h overall, respectively. Grams finished in 31:26.6, which was only 11 seconds slower than his best 10k on the track. Ibrahim was only 24 seconds slower than his best track 10k on while finishing in 31:45.4.
 
Abdinajib Abade finished as the Vikings' third runner at 166th overall in 32:55.1. He moved up the most within the field during the race, as he was 188th overall after the first mile before passing 22 runners over the rest of the race.
 
Freshman Lyness Ota passed runners himself, going from 199th after the first mile to 192nd by the end while finishing his first-ever 10k in 35:13.1.
 
Fellow freshman Amir Ahmed closed out the team score at 201st overall in 38:21.8.
 
The women raced a more familiar distance in a 6k, but also battled an even deeper field with 253 finishers (52 more than the men) and 37 teams (eight more than the men).
 
Zamrin led the Viking women at 102nd overall, 29 spots better than her finish at last year's NCAA West Regional. Zamrin finished in 21:13.0, her second-best 6k time ever after her time of 21:05.6 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational last month.
 
Laura Beghin had the biggest movement throughout the race of any Viking, male or female. Beghin moved up 43 spots between the 1.5-mile split and the end of the race. She passed 23 runners between the 1.5- and 2.5-mile splits alone. The big movement saw Beghin finish second in the Vikings' lineup – her highest finish of the season – and place 143rd overall in 21:50.7, seven seconds faster than her previous best in the 6k.
 
Abi Swain finished third in the Vikings' lineup at 193rd overall in 22:29.4. Taylor Nichols and Peyten Woodruff rounded out the team score at 226th and 235th overall in 23:23.2 and 23:43.2, respectively. Campbell Faust followed at 249th overall in 24:26.4.
 
Friday's race represents the end of the cross country season for the Vikings. Some of the Vikings will transition quickly to the indoor track season, as the team heads to Boston University for the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Dec. 2.
 
The rest of the Vikings will make their indoor debuts in 2024 at the UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 13.
 
 
NCAA West Regional
Haggin Oaks Golf Course
Sacramento, Calif.
Nov. 10, 2023
 
Women's Top Ten Finishers (6k):
1. Kaylee Mitchell, Oregon State, 19:08.4; 2. Greta Karinauskaite, CBU, 19:12.4; 3. Grace Fetherstonhaugh, Oregon State, 19:15.6; 4. Rosina Machu, Gonzaga, 19:15.7; 5. Maddy Elmore, Oregon, 19:22.8; 6. Brianna Weidler, UC Davis, 19:23.8; 7. Laura Pellicoro, Portland, 19:24.7; 8. Yasna Petrova, CBU, 19:34.1; 9. Sierra Atkins, UC Davis, 19:36.2; 10. Izzy Thornton-Bott, Oregon, 19:41.3.
 
Women's Team Scores (6k):
1. Stanford, 77 points; 2. Oregon, 109 points; 3. Washington, 115 points; 4. CBU, 126 points; 5. Gonzaga, 173 points; 6. Portland, 179 points; 7. UC Davis, 180 points; 8. Cal Poly, 215 points; 9. Oregon State, 228 points; 10. Boise State, 284 points; 11. UC Riverside, 299 points; 12. UCLA, 357 points; 13. Washington State, 408 points; 14. California, 459 points; 15. San Francisco, 474 points; 16. Cal State Fullerton, 486 points; 17. St. Mary's (Calif.), 495 points; 18. Long Beach State, 541 points; 19. UC Irvine, 546 points; 20. Santa Clara, 596 points; 21. San Diego State, 616 points; 22. Idaho, 626 points; 23. Grand Canyon, 652 points; 24. Sacramento State, 703 points; 25. Seattle U, 720 points; 26. Eastern Washington, 726 points; 27. Hawai'i, 742 points; 28. Arizona, 776 points; 29. USC, 793 points; 30. UC Santa Barbara, 800 points; 31. Loyola Marymount, 851 points; 32. Portland State, 886 points; 33. CSUN, 888 points; 34. Fresno State, 935 points; 35. Pepperdine, 949 points; 36. San Diego, 995 points; 37. Pacific (Calif.), 1185 points.
 
Portland State Runners (out of 253):
102. Jamie Zamrin, 21:13.0; 143. Laura Beghin, 21:50.7; 193. Abi Swain, 22:29.4; 226. Taylor Nichols, 23:23.2; 235. Peyten Woodruff, 23:43.2; 249. Campbell Faust, 24:26.4.
 
Men's Top Ten Finishers (10k):
1. Ky Robinson, Stanford, 28:55.6; 2. Matt Strangio, Portland, 28:59.5; 3. Valentin Soca, CBU, 29:02.0; 4. Cole Sprout, Stanford, 29:07.0; 5. Nicholas Russell, Santa Clara, 29:14.0; 6. Wil Smith, Gonzaga, 29:14.1; 7. Robert DiDonato, Stanford, 29:16.2; 8. Davis Bove, Cal Poly, 29:18.5; 9. Arturs Medveds, CBU, 29:21.2; 10. Elliott Cook, Oregon, 29:22.7.
 
Men's Team Scores (10k):
1. Stanford, 73 points; 2. Gonzaga, 98 points; 3. Portland, 125 points; 4. CBU, 125 points; 5. Washington, 129 points; 6. Boise State, 142 points; 7. Oregon, 197 points; 8. Cal Poly, 215 points; 9. Santa Clara, 244 points; 10. Cal State Fullerton, 352 points; 11. Loyola Marymount, 362 points; 12. California, 366 points; 13. Washington State, 382 points; 14. San Francisco, 419 points; 15. Arizona, 434 points; 16. UC Riverside, 438 points; 17. UC Santa Barbara, 454 points; 18. Idaho, 474 points; 19. UC Davis, 500 points; 20. UCLA, 508 points; 21. Long Beach State, 517 points; 22. UC Irvine, 539 points; 23. St. Mary's (Calif.), 575 points; 24. Pepperdine, 629 points; 25. Eastern Washington, 630 points; 26. CSUN, 723 points; 27. Portland State, 781 points; 28. Seattle U, 789 points; 29. San Diego, 920 points.
 
Portland State Runners (out of 201):
110. Zach Grams, 31:26.6; 126. Abdi Ibrahim, 31:45.4; 166. Abdinajib Abade, 32:55.1; 192. Lyness Ota, 35:13.1; 201. Amir Ahmed, 38:21.8.