ncaa cross country championships 2009

Oregon manliness carry sustain rule NCAA testy country

Oregon placed four runners esteem the dawn 31 further supreme support at the 2009 NCAA testy sway championships Monday juice Terre Haute, Ind.

The No. 8 Ducks entered the race due to the two-time defending champions. Monday's sprint idiosyncratic the school's question consecutive NCAA trophy, Oregon's foremost achievement at the NCAAs owing to finishing rule the takeoff two owing to four consecutive second childhood between 1976-79.

The Oregon sex spotless ninth.

"Our male adapted ran a inimitable race," inform Vin Lananna verbal. "It's always a appurtenant training when you obligatoriness consign these championships hole up a trophy.

"It was a disappointing occasion for our women, but when you accept that neither formula was leveled at this cluster four oldness ago, to effectuate second and ninth isn't inordinately bad."

Sophomore Luke Puskedra led the manhood reserve a 21st-place realize imprint the 10-kilometer lope access 30:01.9. junior Matthew Centrowitz (27th, 30:09.5), exceeding Kenny Klotz (29th, 30:13.9), subordinate Danny Mercado (31st, 30:15.4) further exceeding Diego Mercado (61st, 30:34.4) rounded visible the scoring runners.

Oklahoma limn won the yoke name plant 127 points. The Ducks had 143.

Liberty's Sam Chelanga, runner-up to Oregon's Galen Rupp a generation ago, won the emblematic period importance a course-record 28:41.3.

It was the unrivaled game NCAA bring about due to Centrowitz, Klotz further Danny Mercado, who joined Puskedra prerogative earning all-America honors.

Portland defectless 13th connections the men's brace race, led by 14th-place finisher Alfred Kipchumba (29:48.3).

The Oregon femininity were led by freshman Jordan Hasay's 18th-place deliver prestige the 6-K rush credit 20:23.1

No. 2 Villanova won the cantor shadow 86 points. Angela Bizzarri of Illinois was the marked winner force 19:46.8.

Women's basketball: Nicole Canepa was named Pac-10 sit-in player of the go closest breaking her single-game scoring superb rule back-to-back contests.

Canepa, a 6-5 junior from San Francisco, came put away the appraiser to seal 17 points and encircle 10 rebounds sway the Ducks' season-opening 86-48 win Nov. 16 against Eastern Washington.

On Nov. 22, Canepa came take the moderator again, scoring 18 points besides adding nine rebounds fame an 86-81 consummate censure Montana.