Oct. 1, 2009

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COMING UP NEXT
The UC Davis men's and women's cross country teams will host the 2009 Doc Adams Open Saturday at the Putah Creek Reserve Course... The women's 6000m collegiate race begins at 9:00 a.m. while the men's 8000m event begins at 9:45 a.m... Fans can also participate in the first ever Putah Creek Reserve Cross Country Footrace, a 5K community race at the Putah Creek Reserve Course.

LAST YEAR AT THE DOC ADAMS OPEN
UC Davis raced a young Aggie squad at the 2008 Doc Adams Open... The men's team finished second overall in the 8K race... The women ran only four runners, however, and did not record a team finish... Stanford swept the team competition... Former Aggie Arran Rogerson finished fifth overall with a time of 25:34.20 while Chelsea Mumby led the women's squad with a time of 23:26.40.

SCOUTING THE FIELD
UC Davis will host teams from Santa Clara, the University of San Francisco and Cal State Bakersfield, among others... USF most recently competed at the Aztec Invitational Sept. 19 with both teams finishing second... Eva Krchova placed fourth to lead the Dons and Ganbileg Bor was fifth in the men's event... The Dons will compete at the Bill Delinger Invitational Friday hosted by Oregon... Santa Clara is coming off a record-breaking performance at the Stanford Invitational Sept. 26... Robbie Reid and Stephanie Wilson broke school records in their respective races and each placed tenth overall... Cal State Bakersfield hosted the Roadrunner Invitational Sept. 26 and were third overall.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH WARTENBURG
On the goals for Saturday's meet: "It's a chance for a lot of new freshmen to run their first 8K on the men's side and a few women to run the 6K. We'll also be taking a look at some folks who have been injured. It's a chance for them to get in the mix. We'll get a read on how folks are doing without throwing them to the wolves." On the 5K community race: "It's nice being aable to open our gates to the community who might not even realize that space is there. We can get the word out and allow people to do something a little different and help the program at the same time."

PUTAH CREEK RESERVE FOOTRACE
The UC Davis men's and women's cross country teams are hosting the first ever Putah Creek Reserve Community Footrace Oct. 3 at 8:00 a.m... All ages and abilities are invited to participate in the 5K race at Putah Creek Reserve and stay to cheer on the Aggie runners... Fans can register the day of the race for $25... For more infomation visit www.ucdavisaggies.com or contact Kim Conley at kfconley@ucdavis.edu.