After posting top-10 finishes at the NCAA West Regional this past weekend, Cal Poly cross-country runners sophomore Laura Hollander and senior Chris Frias were selected to compete at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. on Nov. 23.
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Hollander, Frias lead Cal Poly cross-country to top-10 finishes
With strong performances from both senior Chris Frias and sophomore Laura Hollander, the Cal Poly men’s and women’s cross-country teams both earned a top-10 finish at the NCAA West Regional in Sacramento, Calif. on Friday.
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Cross-country sweeps Big West titles
The Cal Poly men’s cross country team claimed its 13th Big West Conference title Saturday, while the women’s squad captured its fifth.
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‘I just run’: Davidson leads Cal Poly cross-country
There’s a Ford pickup truck parked 10 feet in front of him. Sean Davidson sits on an aluminum bench, his back against the yellow plastered walls of Mott Athletics Center.
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Frias leads track in NCAA prelims
As junior runner Chris Frias toed the line for last weekend’s 10,000-meter run at the Big West Conference Championships in Northridge, there was one thing on his mind.
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Cross country brings home the hardware
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net Not one, but two Big West championship titles. A true freshman with All-American honors. Director of track and field/cross country, Mark Conover, and his two teams have done it again. “Any time you establish any form of consistency in sports at a high level, all the people involved need to […]
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Laura Hollander named All-American
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net True freshman Laura Hollander was awarded a position on the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-American team following her ninth-place finish at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship on Saturday. During the Big West Conference Championship, Hollander raced in record time and was honored with […]
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Hollander set for national championship try
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net Laura Hollander’s undefeated season was a dream in the making for the freshman. But Oregon senior and former Mission Prep high star Jordan Hasay spoiled that dream to some degree at the NCAA West Regional cross country championships on Friday. Hollander finished runner-up to Hasay at Seattle’s Jefferson Park Golf […]
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Men’s, women’s cross country teams sweep conference championships
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams continued their dominant seasons with each finishing first place in the Big West Cross Country Championships at the UC Riverside Ag/Ops course on Saturday morning. True freshman Laura Hollander paced the field once again on the women’s side, covering the 6-kilometer course in a record-breaking 19 minutes, […]
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Laura Hollander: from high school phenom to collegiate elite
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net Laura Hollander stared straight at motivation during the brief instance she lay face down on the track. On the first lap of the 3,200-meter final at the 2011 CIF State High School Track and Field Championships, she took a hard tumble to the ground. After pacing the field early on in the […]
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Cross-country races to national finish line
The Cal Poly men’s cross-country team finished in 28th place with 680 points last Monday at the NCAA Cross-Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. On the women’s side, individual qualifiers Leanne Fogg and Meghan Breadmore finished 105th and 146th, respectively, at the championships. After finishing in a surprising third place at the NCAA West Regionals, […]