Ruby Smee Qualifies for Nationals as USF Competes at West Regionals

Friday, November 11

Seattle, Wash.

University of San Francisco

NCAA West Regionals

Photo by: Christina Leung

Ruby Smee Qualifies for Nationals as USF Competes at West Regionals

11/11/2022 4:22:00 PM | Cross Country

SEATTLE, Wash. -- As the long cross country regular season has come and gone, the USF Dons men's and women's cross country programs were in action Friday morning at the 2022 NCAA Cross Country West Regionals at Chambers Creek Regional Park.

The beginning of postseason action began with USF competing against the other teams in the West region at Friday morning's event hosted by the University of Washington. USF's women's team competed in the 6,000 meter run while the Dons' men were in action racing in the 10,000 meter run.

It was a strong afternoon performance for the USF women as they came in eighth place overall on Friday, with Ruby Smee finishing sixth overall and automatically qualifying for next Saturday's NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

On the men's side, USF finished in 24th overall place as Ed Buck posted the best time for the Dons as he came in 41st overall with a time 29:28.2 in the 10,000 meter run in Seattle.

RESULTS:
Women's 6,000 Meter Run:
6. Ruby Smee 19:28.1
41. Baneet Bains 20:03.6
47. Grace Copeland 20:12.1
62. Abby Pradere 20:27.1
102. Sophie Soefeldt 20:57.5
129. Julia Morales 21:20.0
169. Emily Jackson 21:47.1
8th Place Finish
258 Team Points

Men's 10,000 Meter Run:
42. Ed Buck 29:28.2
150. Caleb Haugland 31:26.6
157. Hiruy Alemseged 31:31.6
163. Marshall Bush 31:38.0
183. Daniel Abramowicz 32:03.9
203. Ben Preddy 32:50.7
205. Danny Skovron 32:55.9
24th Place Finish
683 Team Points

POST MEET WITH THE DONS:

USF head cross country coach Tim Riley: "I'm really happy with our women's team today as we had a number of unexpected challenges to overcome this past week. At full strength, I was very confident we could have qualified it as a team but I am so thankful for how this team performed and battled for each other and for those that weren't here today. I can't thank the leaders of this team enough for this amazing season, especially our graduates: Zoe Wassell, Abby Pradere, Baneet Bains, Emily Jackson, Kalii Caldwell. Ebony Webb and Ruby Smee. Ruby isn't quite done yet as she qualified individually for the NCAA Cross Country Championships for the second year in a row! On the men's side, Ed really put himself in a good position to qualify but fell short. Our seniors Hiruy Alemseged and Caleb Haugland have been the pulse of the team all year and Steve and I can't thank them enough for what they have done for this program.

UP NEXT:
With Smee slated to compete at next weekend's NCAA Championships, the rest of the Dons' women's cross country team is waiting to hear if they've earned an at-large selection to Stillwater. The NCAA Cross Country Selection Show will begin tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. PST and can be viewed on the NCAA.com website.

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The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our primary sponsor - Provident Credit Union - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.