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NCAA REVIEW ARIZONA'S LALANG WINS NCAA MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TITLE Oregon's Hasay and Washington place second in women's race TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — ARIZONA's Lawi Lalang won the NCAA Men's Cross Country individual title in Terre Haute, Ind., crossing the finish line with a time of 28:44.1. He is the first Pac-12 runner to win the individual champions since 2008 and the first Wildcat to win the title since 1994. Freshman Lawi Lalang (Eldoret, Kenya) was not beaten during the 2011 cross country season. Among his victories were the Pac-12 title, NCAA West Regional, the Roy Griak Invitational and the Wisconsin adidas Invita- tional. He is the 21st national champion from a Pac-12 team, the first since OREGON's Galen Rupp won the title in 2008. Lalang is the third Wildcat to win the race, joining Aaron Ramirez (1986) and Martin Keino (1994). Lalang finished ahead of STANFORD's Chris Derrick (Naperville, Ill.), who finished with a time of 28:57.5. Other top-10 finishers from the Pac-12 were Oregon's Luke Puskedra (Salt Lake City, Utah), who was sixth overall (20:09.3), and COLORADO's Richard Medina (Grand Junction, Colo.), who was eighth (29:27.8). Derrick led the Cardinal to a fifth-place finish in the team competition with 207 points. Pac-12 Champion COLORADO was third overall with 144 points, placing behind 2011 team champion Wisconsin (97) and Oklahoma State (139). Making its first appearance at the NCAA Championships since 2006, WASHINGTON STATE was 21st with 512 points. WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS (Top-10 teams and other Pac-12 teams - 31 teams scored) 1. Georgetown .......................162 2. WASHINGTON ...................170 3. Villanova ............................181 4. Florida State ......................189 5. OREGON ...........................281 6. Vanderbilt ..........................282 7. Iowa State ..........................290 8. West Virginia ......................297 9. New Mexico .......................322 10. STANFORD ........................332 11. COLORADO .......................335 18. CALIFORNIA ......................433 19. ARIZONA ...........................447 31. ARIZONA STATE ................752 PAC-12 FINISHERS (and individual champion – 10,000 meters) 1. Sheila Reid, Villanova ...19:41.2 2. Jordan Hasay, ORE ......19:41.8 7. Katie Flood, WASH .......19:47.9 11. Deborah Maier, CAL .....19:53.3 18. Megan Goethals, WASH ...20:06.8 19. Shalya Kipp, COLO .......20:08.1 20. Emma Coburn, COLO ...20:08.6 21. Kathy Kroeger, STAN ....20:09.8 24. Chelsea Riley, CAL .......20:11.2 26. Jennifer Bergman, ARIZ ..20:12.7 32. Stephanie Marcy, STAN ...20:22.6 52. Elvin Kibet, ARIZ ..........20:38.6 62. Christine Babcock, WASH ...................................20:43.9 65. Justine Johnson, WASH ...20:45.5 72. Claire Michel, ORE .......20:48.8 74. Aisling Cuffe, STAN ......20:49.6 76. Bronwyn Crossman, ORE ......... ...................................20:50.6 80. Melanie Thompson, ORE ......... ...................................20:52.9 26 The women's race was close, as predicted. The individual race was decided by .6 seconds, with OREGON's Jordan Hasay (Arroyo Grande, Calif.) being edged out by two-time champion Sheila Reid from Villanova. Reid crossed the finish line with a time of 19:41.2 and Hassay was just behind with a time of 19:41.8. WASHINGTON's Katie Flood (Des Moines, Iowa) also placed in the top 10 in the field. The 2011 Pac-12 individual champion, she finished seventh with a time of 19:47.9. The team competition was just as close. The Huskies were just eight points behind first-time champion Georgetown. The Hoyas collected 162 and the Huskies were second with 170 points. It was the closest margin of victory since 1998. The Ducks had 281 points for fifth place and STANFORD was 10th. Pac-12 Champion COLORADO was 11th with 335 points, CALIFOR- NIA had 433 points for 18th place, ARIZONA was 19th with 447 points and ARIZONA STATE was 31st with 752 points. 2012 NCAA MOUNTAIN REGIONAL Friday, Nov. 9 in Fort Collins, Colo. Hosted by Colorado State University 2012 NCAA WEST REGIONAL Friday, Nov. 9 in Seattle, Wash. Hosted by University of Washington 2011 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS 84. Amanda Mergaert, UTAH ......... ...................................20:53.6 92. Lindsay Flanagan, WASH ......... ...................................20:57.7 93. Shelby Houlihan, ASU ..20:57.8 97. Lara Darco, COLO ........21:00.3 111. Jessica Tonn, STAN .....21:07.8 124. Hannah Henson, ARIZ ...21:12.7 130. Eleanor Fulton, WASH....21:15.6 137. Katie Cumming, COLO ...21:17.8 145. Becca Friday, ORE .......21:22.1 154. Elizabeth Apgar, ARIZ ....21:24.8 159. Taylor Bryson, CAL .......21:25.6 163. Liberty Miller, WASH.....21:27.8 165. Camille Logan, COLO ...21:28.9 169. Rachel Viger, COLO ......21:33.5 170. Rachel Baptista, COLO ...21:34.3 176. Taylor Dutch, CAL ........21:38.0 179. Kelsey Santisteban, CAL ..21:39.8 191. Kelsey Prescott, ASU ...21:47.6 192. Claire Durkin, STAN .....21:47.8 197. Elisa Karhu, CAL ..........21:49.9 204. Macy Bricks, ASU ........21:54.8 207. Molly Grabill, ORE ........21:56.3 210. Kate Lydy, ASU ............21:57.7 216. Haley Stenquist, ARIZ ....22:04.5 223. Amanda Russell, ARIZ ...22:09.8 224. Natasa Viluc, ASU ........22:10.3 228. Keena Kohl, CAL ..........22:11.4 229. Anne Kesselring, ORE ...22:12.1 233. Hailey Hanna, ASU ......22:16.7 236. Alli Billmeyer, STAN .....22:23.1 244. Erin Menefee, ARIZ ......22:40.5 249. Mary Kate Anselmini, STAN ..... ...................................22:57.7 254. Taylor Conway, ASU .....24:11.9 MEN'S TEAM RESULTS (Top-10 teams and other Pac-12 teams - 31 teams scored) 1. Wisconsin ............................97 2. Oklahoma State .................139 3. COLORADO .......................144 4. BYU ..................................203 5. STANFORD ........................207 6. Oklahoma ..........................213 7. Indiana ..............................257 8. Portland .............................259 9. Iona ...................................265 10. NC State ............................282 21. WASHINGTON STATE ........678 PAC-12 FINISHERS (and individual champion – 10,000 meters) 1. Lawi Lalang, ARIZ ........28:44.1 2. Chris Derrick, STAN .....28:57.5 6. Luke Puskedra, ORE ....29:09.3 8. Richard Medina, COLO ....29:27.8 18. Jake Riley, STAN ..........29:44.1 20. Andrew Wacker, COLO .29:44.8 24. Joe Bosshard, COLO ....29:53.7 49. Christian Thompson, COLO ...... ...................................30:22.3 55. Andrew Berberick, STAN ......... ...................................30:25.1 59. Andrew Kimpel, WSU ...30:27.9 65. Brendan Gregg, STAN ...30:30.7 79. Jono Lafler, WSU .........30:38.6 88. Ammar Moussa, COLO ....30:42.4 127. Erik Olson, STAN .........31:00.6 144. J.T. Sullivan, STAN .......31:09.5 154. Joe Rosa, STAN ...........31:13.6 162. Justin Englund, WSU ...31:20.2 164. Andrew Gonzales, WSU ...31:22.1 173. Martin Medina, COLO ..31:26.9 183. Blake Theroux, COLO ...31:31.4 186. Todd Wakefield, WSU ...31:34.8 220. Andrew Jordan, WSU ...32:05.2 232. Lee George, WSU .........32:17.0 Arizona's Lawi Lalang won the 2011 NCAA Cross Country individual title. 2012 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS // CROSS COUNTRY