Lopes send 8 to NCAA West Regional

Friday, November 10

Sacramento, Calif.

Grand Canyon

NCAA West Regional

11/9/2023 12:43:00 PM | Cross Country

GCU set with 6 women, 2 men at Arcade Creek Course

By: Nathan Peters

The Grand Canyon cross country team is sending eight Lopes to NCAA West Regional in Sacramento, California.

The postseason meet will take place at Arcade Creek Cross Country Course at Haggin Oaks Golf Course Friday. The women's 6,000-meter race will begin at 11 a.m. (Phoenix time) with the men's 10,000-meter slated to begin at noon.

The Lopes men include redshirt sophomore Cannon Angotti and graduate student Jacob Pringle. Angotti is coming off his all-conference WAC championship performance hoping to build on the 24 minutes 41.4 second time.

"We are looking forward to competing at the NCAA West Regional meet Friday," head coach Paul Limpf said. "Cannon and Jacob have both put in a lot of work and looking at competing against some of the top guys in the country."

The women will have six athletes in attendance. Led by junior Abby Scherer, the squad will also include redshirt sophomore Hana Hall, junior Gretchen Kuffel, sophomore Kaitlyn Kaye, senior Niki Hemmerlin, and graduate student Becca Taylor.

"On the women's side we look to continue a strong season," Limpf said. Our tight pack will help in a race of this size and we hope to end the year on a high note."

Along 39 other competing schools, the automatic bids to the NCAA championship meet are granted to the top two teams in each region. Additionally, the first four regional finishers not affiliated with automatic qualifying or at-large teams also earn automatic bids to the championships. Teams without automatic bids must seek selection by the NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee, which can choose them as one of the 13 at-large teams. The selection process includes only two individual at-large slots.

Live results for the meet can be found here.