Prior to this season, Ashley Caldwell thought of herself as a track athlete, not a cross country runner. Even now, Caldwell makes the same assertion. “I am not a cross country runner,” she says. But though track may be her specialty, Caldwell certainly seems to be proving she is more than just a one-sport athlete. […]
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[Online extension] X-country: Women’s cross country gets automatic bid to NCAA finals
Senior cross country runner Valerie Flores summed up the general feeling of the UCLA women’s cross country team after Saturday’s NCAA Western Regional meet in Portland, Oregon. “It’s a good day to be a Bruin,” she said. That was definitely true for the women’s cross country team this weekend. With the top five Bruins earning […]
X-country: Cross country will aim high at West Regionals
If at first you don’t succeed, try again. This Saturday, the women’s cross-country team will do exactly that at the NCAA West Regionals in Portland, Ore. The top two teams at this meet will get an automatic bid to the NCAA Finals on Nov. 14 in Iowa. Just two weeks after finishing third behind Stanford […]
X-country: Cross country teams compete in Pac-10 Championships
Talk about a change of conditions. Thursday afternoon the UCLA women’s and men’s cross country teams left balmy Southern California for frigid Pullman, Wash. to race in the Pacific 10 Conference Championships held Saturday. Despite the temperature, 32 degrees fahrenheit at the beginning of the afternoon race, the women earned themselves a third-place finish with […]
W. x-country: Cross country runner goes the extra mile
Summer is supposed to be a time of relaxation and recuperation. But not for cross country runner Valerie Flores. The UCLA senior spent the summer months training for her final collegiate cross country season, and so far, the hard work has paid off. Flores’ times have improved dramatically this year, and her performance has helped […]