The men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Sacramento for the West Regional Championships, and both left with identical title-winning plaques.
The men were favored in this one, and were able to cruise by second place Portland to their first West title since 2013. On the women’s side, the squad overcame the expected winner, Washington, to capture their first regional title since 2007.
The men’s team was led by All-America senior Sean McGorty to a 9-10-11 finish by the top three of McGorty (29:55.5s), Jack Keelan (29:55.5s), and Grant Fisher (29:55.6s) on the 10K course. Seeing by how close that pack finished, it was clear the approach taken by the team that day: run conservatively and just fast enough to take the team title.