CHINO, CA - University of Alaska Fairbanks senior
Pavla Havlova (Jince, Czech Republic) finished in eighth place with a time of 22:31.00 at the 2005 NCAA Div. II West Region Cross Country Championships on Saturday and was named to the All-Region team. The women's team finished 18th overall on the 6K course at Prado Park.
Havlova, UAF's first ever individual champion at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships, also gave the Nanooks their best ever finish at the region championships.
Freshman
Julia Coulter (Traverse City, MI) was the second Nanook to cross the tape, finishing the course in 25:29.20, good enough for 82nd place. Freshman
Anna Coulter (Traverse City, MI) finished in 107th with a time of 25:57.40. Junior
Krynn Finstad (Fairbanks, AK) was 125th (26:46.60), and Sophomore
Virginia Parrish (Fairbanks, AK) was 140th (28.28.20).
Miriam Hodgins of UC San Diego was the race winner (21.58.80) to lead her team to a second place finish with 62 points. Chico State won the team title with 42 points, backed by second and third place finishes by Katie Lee (22:01.90) and Jennifer James (22:19.40), respectively. The top 15 finishers received All-Region honors.
The NCAA West Region Championships was the final meet of the season for the UAF cross country team.
NCAA Division II West Regional
At Prado Park
Hosted by Cal Poly Pomona
Women
6,000 Meters
Team Scores (Top three advance to NCAA Championships):
1. Chico State 42; 2. UC San Diego 62; 3. Alaska Anchorage 129; 4. Seattle Pacific 134; 5. Cal State L.A. 163; 6. Central Washington 197; 7. Cal Poly Pomona 246; 8. Seattle 270; 9. Western Washington 278; 10. BYU-Hawaii 282; 11. Hawaii Pacific 285; 12. Cal State San Bernardino 286; 13. Cal State Stanislaus 294; 14. San Francisco State 385; 15. Northwest Nazarene 403; 16. Humboldt State 417; 17. Cal State Bakersfield 422;
18. Alaska Fairbanks 440; 19. Sonoma State 453; 20. Saint Martin's 520; 21. Chaminade 566.
Individuals (Top 15 Earn All-Region Honors):
1. Miriam Hodgins (UC San Diego) 21:59.80
2. Katie Lee (Chico State) 22:01.90
3. Jennifer James (Chico State) 22:19.40
4. Mandy Kaempf (Alaska Anchorage) 22:22.70
5. Meredith Crane (Seattle Pacific) 22:23.30
6. Maria Delgado (Cal State L.A.) 22:24.00
7. Erin O'Donnell (UC San Diego) 22:30.0
8. Pavla Havlova (Alaska Fairbanks) 22:31.0
9. Laura Trevellyan (Western Washington) 22:34.50
10. Tanya Zeferjahn (Western Washington) 22:39.40
11. Missy Lendl (Chico State) 22:46.60
12. Ciara Harvey (Chico State) 22:52.00
13. Stacy Edwards (Alaska Anchorage) 22:55.90
14. Julie Shaw (Chico State) 22:59.70
15. Emily McGregor (UC San Diego) 23:04.50
- UAF CROSS COUNTRY -
