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M: 3rd out of 13 | W: 6th out of 10
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, October 27
Seattle, Wash.
10 a.m.
Grand Canyon
vs
WAC Championships
Lopes ready to beat expectations
10/25/2018 10:20:00 AM | Cross Country
Men, women picked for top-5 finishes at WAC Championships
The Grand Canyon cross country teams compete at the WAC Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Seattle.
In a pre-meet poll of coaches, the GCU men tied for fourth while the GCU women were tabbed to finish fourth.
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"For us, it's a full team effort and on both sides we have the strongest and deepest team at GCU ever," Lopes head coach Sara Slattery said. "We have some tough competition with Utah Valley, California Baptist, Kansas City, UTRGV and New Mexico State always has a good squad. We are aware of our competitors and our conference is getting better as a whole."
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GCU runners have put up solid numbers with senior Daniel Flores running 24 minutes, 21.1 seconds in the 8-kilometer this season.
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On the women's side, juniors Elizabeth Balsan and Paige Hildebrandt have run 20:57.4 and 21:02.7 6-kilometer times this season.
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"Everybody is healthy and will be rested," Slattery said. "We have been improving each race. We are ready to race and show that we are capable of surpassing predictions and expectations of what we are capable of."
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The conference coaches picked newcomer California Baptist to win the men's title and Utah Valley to win the women's title.
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The WAC Cross Country Championships will be run at Jefferson Park in Seattle. The women will race at 10 a.m. (Phoenix time) and the men will run at 11 a.m.
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Click here for live results.
Follow the WAC Facebook page for the Facebook Live feed of the finish line and the photo gallery at the end of the races.
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In a pre-meet poll of coaches, the GCU men tied for fourth while the GCU women were tabbed to finish fourth.
Â
"For us, it's a full team effort and on both sides we have the strongest and deepest team at GCU ever," Lopes head coach Sara Slattery said. "We have some tough competition with Utah Valley, California Baptist, Kansas City, UTRGV and New Mexico State always has a good squad. We are aware of our competitors and our conference is getting better as a whole."
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GCU runners have put up solid numbers with senior Daniel Flores running 24 minutes, 21.1 seconds in the 8-kilometer this season.
Â
On the women's side, juniors Elizabeth Balsan and Paige Hildebrandt have run 20:57.4 and 21:02.7 6-kilometer times this season.
Â
"Everybody is healthy and will be rested," Slattery said. "We have been improving each race. We are ready to race and show that we are capable of surpassing predictions and expectations of what we are capable of."
Â
The conference coaches picked newcomer California Baptist to win the men's title and Utah Valley to win the women's title.
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The WAC Cross Country Championships will be run at Jefferson Park in Seattle. The women will race at 10 a.m. (Phoenix time) and the men will run at 11 a.m.
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Click here for live results.
Follow the WAC Facebook page for the Facebook Live feed of the finish line and the photo gallery at the end of the races.
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