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CUBuffs:Buffs Set To Defend Pac-12 Titles (Cross country, Friday- Women's-12:10 MT start,Men's-1:10)

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BOULDER —Colorado's top-five nationally ranked cross country programs are ready to compete at the 2017 Pac-12 Conference Championships this Friday, October 27, in Springfield, Ore., at Springfield Golf Course.

The women will run a 6-kilometer course first at 11:10 a.m. PT/12:10 p.m. MT, while the men (8k course) will follow at 12:10 p.m. PT/1:10 p.m. MT. A short awards ceremony will follow the championships.

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For the first time in championship history, the meet will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network. Jim Watson will serve as the play-by-play and Dwight Stone will provide the color. Lewis Johnson joins the duo as the on-course reporter. Results will be posted on Pac-12.com upon the conclusion of the event. Fans can follow @CUBuffsTrack on twitter for in race updates. The official hashtag of the meet is #Pac12XC. Both of CU's teams have the credentials to do well, which will make the championship another very exciting one.

Following the conference championships, both rosters will be cut to seven over the next couple of weeks before the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, November 10, in Logan, Utah, and the NCAA Championships, November 18, in Louisville, Ky.

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Pac 12 Network homepage for the championships - http://pac-12.com/cross-country/championships

CU Match notes - http://www.cubuffs.com/documents/2017/10/24//2017_CU_XC_Notes_10_24.pdf

Entries lists-
Women's - http://static.pac-12.com.s3.amazona...7-championships/pac12xc-womens-entries-17.pdf
Men's - http://static.pac-12.com.s3.amazona...017-championships/pac12xc-mens-entries-17.pdf

Full championships schedule -
RACE SCHEDULE (All times PT)
9:00 a.m. - Championship course open
10:50 a.m. - National Anthem
10:55 a.m. - Women called to Start
11:05 a.m. - Women’s final instructions
11:10 a.m. - Women’s 6k Championship Race
11:55 a.m. - Men called to Start
12:05 p.m. - Men’s final instructions
12:10 p.m. - Men’s 8k Championship Race
Approx. 12:50 p.m. - Awards Ceremony

Live results - Per CU Match notes, sounds like the Pac 12 championships homepage linked to above (http://pac-12.com/cross-country/championships) is the most likely place for results after the race.
(Not sure if it will work, but host Oregon's website also has a link to http://www.goducks.com/documents/2017/10/23/2017_Pac_12_XC_Live_Results.pdf. Note, that page has an "ad" to finishedresults.com, which indicates live on-course results MIGHT (???) be available on their ap (Android or Apple- search for “Finished Results Live” in Google Play and whatever the equivalent is in Apple. However, I went to their website, and they don't even list the Pac championships on their schedule, so don't know if the ad is a more generic thing for Oregon events, or live results WILL be available via finishedresults.)

Live Video - I'm psyched because, as noted above, and as I also noted in an earlier thread, the Pac 12 Network is televising the races LIVE for the 1st time, where it looks like they're on all 7 Pac channels. For those whose TV or cordless subscriptions include any of the Pac 12 network channels, assume championships will also be available via links at http://pac-12.com/live?sport=XC .

A couple broadcast notes-
1) The women's and men's championships are set up as separate broadcasts.
2) The Pac 12 Mountain channel is showing 3 hours of prior year championships right before this year's.
 
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Interview by Mark Johnson with Coach Wetmore reviewing the Pre-national races from ~1-1/2 week ago and previewing Friday's Pac Championships.

 
Around 50 minutes until the women toe the line to start their conference championships, and ~40 minutes until coverage starts on all the Pac 12 Network channels.

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And, congrats to Kaitlyn Benner for winning conference women's cross country scholar athlete of the year honors.

Note- especially with me being a relatively mediocre student way back when I was in school, can't even conceive of Ms. Benner holding a 3.93 cumulative GPA in what sounds like a VERY challenging major- chemical and biological engineering. (Direct link to article - http://www.cubuffs.com/news/2017/10...named-pac-12-scholar-athlete-of-the-year.aspx .) And, she's still been one of if not the Buff top performers in most XC races over the last few years, including 2nd and 4th place finishes in the last 2 Pac 12 Championships.
 
Watching on-line, Buffs (as well as I'm sure Oregon) looking very good, with 4 Buffs in a lead pack of ~15 runners, while 2 other Buffs are in a 2nd pack maybe 5 seconds back.
 
Buffs also showing as the unofficial team winner with 53 points, ahead of Oregon and Stanford showing tied for 2nd at 71 points!
 
Here are the full woman's results:
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Colroado's 7th place runner finishes in front of the 4th point scorer for Washington on down and all of Colorado's runners finished in front of Oregon St's top runner to cross the line. Wow. Dominant effort. Congrats to CU's Women's CC Team for the 3peat!
 
Men's race now less than 10 minutes away from starting.

A few more women's related tweets-

 
Men at the starting line. (A little blue sky even peaking through, so looks like it may be great conditions for XC.)
 
Buffs in 3rd early after the 1st checkpoint.

Note- in what could be a big factor both today, and if it's major enough, later on at NCAA's- one of the 2 runners expected to lead the Buffs this season, junior John Dressel, once again isn't racing today. (Believe he's only raced in Buff uniform once this year.)
 
With it looking like the top 65 are still pretty close together, doesn't mean much, but Buffs in 4th at the 3rd checkpoint.
 
At the 4th checkpoint, Buffs still in 4th, but still a pretty big (~50 runners) front pack behind one Cougar leading by a few seconds. (7 Buffs scored in the top 37 right now.)
 
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