Allie Buchalski & Marta Pen Freitas head to Austin for Thursday's Cross Champs...
Allie Buchalski (photo courtesy Sound Running) and Marta Pen Freitas of the Seattle based Brooks Beasts head to Austin, Texas for the Fitness Bank Cross Champs contested Thursday afternoon on the campus of St. Stephens High School.
The runners will navigate an approximately 1-mile course five times for a distance of 8k, or just short of 5 miles (4.97 miles).
Buchalski goes into the race as the defending champion, winning last year's race in a time of 31:54 over a course that was advertised as 10k outside Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California.
This year's race in Austin is being held in conjunction with The Running Event, which is the nation's top specialty trade show event in the running and outdoor industry.
Also entered in the race are Spokane native John Dressel, along with recent Washington alum Allie Schadler, both representing the North Carolina based Puma Elite.
The Fitness Bank Cross Champs is part of World Athletics' Cross Country Tour, a series of meets around the world helping athletes prepare for next February's World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia.
Media partner RunnerSpace.com ($) will stream the meet starting at 2:30 pm Pacific with the men's 8k, with the women's 8k following at 3 pm Pacific.
The list of individual and team entries are available here. The link to live results are available here.
WASHINGTON & GONZAGA TO OPEN 2022-23 INDOOR SEASON IN BOSTON...
Both the Washington Huskies and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will send a handful of distance runners to Boston to compete in the opening weekend of the 2022-23 indoor track & field season at the Sharon Colyear-Danvile Season Opener Saturday at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center.
With many runners coming off the end of the cross country season two weeks ago, this meet gives runners, particularly in the distance events, an opportunity to take advantage of the fitness gains from cross country and aim for an NCAA top-16 mark before heading into the holiday break.
The headline event at the Sharon Colyear-Danvile Season Opener is the men's and women's 5000 taking place on one of the country's fastest indoor facilities.
The women's 3000 also features former Seattle Pacific All-American Kaylee Mitchell of Oregon State, and Woodinville native Olivia Markezich of Notre Dame. Both placed inside the top 20 at the NCAA cross country championships two weeks ago.
Yale grad transfer Kayley DeLay, an All-American in 2022 at the 3000 steeplechase, is entered as an unattached athlete in the women's 5000.
Husky volunteer assistant coaches Sam Prakel (5000m) and Alli Cash (mile/3000) are entered as well. Johnny Gregorek, who is being coached remotely by UW men's coach Andy Powell, is entered in the 5000.
Gonzaga's entries include Kristen Garcia, James Mwaura, Yacine Guermali and Dominic Arce. All are entered in the 5000.
Flotrack ($) will offer live streaming of the Sharon Colyear-Danvile Season Opener, starting at 7:00 am Pacific.
The link to the meet schedule is available here; the list of accepted entries is available here, and the link to the meet's live results is available here.
NOTE: Sound Running, Boston University and the Brooks Beasts contributed to this report.
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