Utah's Elise Greenwood-Bahr Heads To NCAA Cross Country Championships

Utah junior will look for another impressive finish.

Elise Greenwood-Bahr will compete in the NCAA Championship meet on Monday.
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Nov. 18, 2004

This Week:
Junior Elise Greenwood-Bahr of the University of Utah cross country team will head to Terre Haute, Ind. for the 2004 NCAA Cross Country Championships meet Monday, Nov. 22. Indiana State will host the meet at the Lavern Gibson Championship Course at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center.

Preview:
Greenwood-Bahr will compete in the 6K race starting at 11:00 a.m. The race will feature all cross country squads and individuals that qualified in the regional championship races last week. She will be the ninth athlete from the University of Utah to qualify for the NCAA Championship meet in four seasons under head coach Brian Appell.

Quoting Head Coach Brian Appell:
"I am excited that Elise qualified for the championship race," states Appell. "She was in great shape last year and would have qualified if not for having gotten mononucleosis the week prior to the Mountain Region Championships. This has been a great show of courage and commitment on Elise's part to rededicate herself to accomplish her goal."

Previous Meet:
The University of Utah cross country teams finished competition at the NCAA Mountain Region Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 14. Hosted by Colorado State at Collindale Golf Course, the meet featured all Mountain Region cross country squads. Utah's women's team earned a ninth-place finish, improving upon their preseason 10th-place ranking. The men had a solid meet, finishing 10th in the region.

The Colorado Buffaloes captured the men and women's team titles. The fourth-ranked Buffalo men's team finished with 101 points, while the No. 3 Colorado women's squad finished with 32 points.

New Mexico senior Matt Gonzales paced the field with a time of 29:45.10 to claim the men's individual title. Colorado's Renee Metivier finished first for the women with a time of 20:05.4.

The Ute women participated in the 6,000-meter race and scored 247 points. Junior Elise Greenwood-Bahr led the team with an impressive ninth-place finish (21:05.2), and earned an individual trip to the NCAA Championship race. Senior Nellie Hammons finished 36th, followed by senior Charity Vernon at 62nd and sophomore Jennie Haertel at 72nd.

The men's team competed in the 10,000-meter race and scored 254 points. Senior Delfino Arevalo led the way with 30th place finish (30:54.3). Freshman Vance Twitchell finished 42nd, followed by senior Colby Frazier at 52nd and junior Kurt Michels at 69th.

"It was a good effort from both teams," states Head Coach Brian Appell. "The men had their best race of the year as far a team. We were very impressed with Elise whose performance pushed us ahead of previously-ranked teams."