As the 2009 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship race kicked off on Saturday, junior Ray Ostrander of the Cal Lutheran men's cross country team officially became the third Kingsmen to ever compete in the event. By the end, he finished in 144th place out of 276 of the top harriers in the country with a time of 27:03.4.
It has been thirteen years since Cal Lutheran cross country has sent a runner to the NCAA Championships and thanks to Ray Ostrander that streak is over. The junior harrier will compete at the national championship meet this Saturday in Highland Hills, Ohio.
Junior Ray Ostrander ran to a 10th place finish at the west regional meet on Saturday and has advanced to the 2009 NCAA Division III National Championships next weekend in Highland Hills, Ohio.
Cross country teams from around the west region will meet in Claremont on Saturday for the 2009 NCAA Division III West Region Cross Country Championships hosted by Pomona-Pitzer Colleges. The Cal Lutheran men's and women's cross country teams will compete amongst the top harriers in the region as they vie for an automatic bid to the National meet.
Ray Ostrander finished 32 seconds back of the leader for fifth place and led the Cal Lutheran men's cross country team to a fifth place team standing in the SCIAC Championships at Prado Park on Saturday
Sophomore Toccoa Kahovec ran to a 10th place finish in the women's 6k, leading the Cal Lutheran women's cross country team to sixth place at the SCIAC Multi-Duals at La Mirada Park on Saturday. In the men's 8k, it was junior Ray Ostrander who led the team with a seventh place personal finish as the Kingsmen landed in seventh place as a team.
Into the later evening and early morning hours of Wednesday and Thursday will the longstanding CLU tradition of Midnight Madness, where students will celebrate the beginning of the Kingsmen and Regals basketball season, also begins Homecoming Weekend October 15-18.
Junior Ray Ostrander and sophomore Toccoa Kahovec led the Kingsmen and Regals cross country teams, respectively, at the West Regional Preview Meet hosted by Pomona-Pitzer Colleges on Saturday.
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