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New Mexico Travels To Provo, Utah For Mountain West Championships Men picked third, women fifth in conference pre-season poll.
Oct. 31, 2002
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The University of New Mexico men¹s and women¹s cross country teams head north to Provo, Utah in search of conference bragging rights when they take on the powerful field at the Mountain West Conference Championships on Friday, Nov. 1. The competition will be held at the East Bay Golf Course, home of the three-time defending conference champion Brigham Young University men and women. The women¹s 6,000-meter race will begin at 3:30 p.m. (MST), followed by the men¹s 8K at 4:15. Despite losing its top runner, sophomore Jacquelyne Gallegos, for the season, the young Lobo women have performed admirably. Junior Sarah Gonzales has paced the squad in each of team¹s three races since Gallegos was sidelined and will be counted on again to lead the way in Provo. Gonzales was 16th at the 2001 MWC Championship in Albuquerque to lead the Lobos to a fifth place finish (139 points), two spots and 34 points better than its 2000 finish. She finished just two places shy of 14th, which would have been good for second team all-MWC honors, while clocking the team¹s fastest 6K of the year (22:16).
The defending national champion and top-ranked Cougars of BYU will be the
overwhelming favorite on Friday with No. 29 Colorado State and Utah
expected to challenge for second place.
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