The new weekly NCAA Regional rankings were released today and we moved up three spots to #6 in the very difficult Mountain Region. Our region always has four or five NCAA qualifying teams, so to be ranked 6th is a testament to the hard work and dedication or our young women. This ranking also signifies our highest regional ranking since 1996. The schools in front of us have been consistent NCAA qualifying teams. Colorado and BYU have won 6 of the last 18 (1/3) women's team titles. So that is some pretty good company to be in right now.
Our performance at this past weekends Pre National meet was solid, but not our best. We were 26th out of the 39 teams in our race, but only 60 points from 19th. In a race with 287 finishers that is not a lot of points. We finished third among the conference schools (including defeating defending conference and regional champion Colorado State). CSU is an exceptionally talented team and we know they will run much better at conference and regionals. Hopefully, our women will be up for that great challenge. We know we have some room to improve. We also have a few health concerns, but I know our women will do what our athletic trainers ask of them and be prepared to run in our upcoming championship meets. We are off this coming weekend, but then head to sunny San Diego for the Mountain West Conference championships on November 1st. We were picked to finish fourth in the pre season coaches poll and will certainly look to improve upon that forecast.
Keep following this outstanding group of young women. I want to personally thank everyone who has called, sent emails, etc. for your support of our program. We know it is headed in the right direction and growing for the long term.
No comments:
Post a Comment