XC Season Kicks Off Friday With Dellinger Invitational

Friday, September 29

Springfield, OR

10:00 AM

University of Oregon

Bill Dellinger Invitational

XC Season Kicks Off Friday With Dellinger Invitational

09/27/17 | Cross Country

Meet/Parking Info Live Results Link

The highly anticipated and belated start to Oregon’s 2017 cross country season is finally near as the annual Bill Dellinger Invitational is set for this Friday (10 a.m.) at Springfield Golf Club

By: Nate Krueger

EUGENE, Ore. – The highly anticipated and belated start to Oregon's 2017 cross country season is finally near as the annual Bill Dellinger Invitational is set for this Friday at Springfield Golf Club, the site of next month's Pac-12 Cross Country Championships.

The Men of Oregon will look to get the meet and the season off to a fast start with the men's 8,000-meter race at 10 a.m. PT. The Women of Oregon will follow at 11 a.m. PT with the women's 6,000-meter race as they begin their defense of last year's NCAA cross country championship and historic Triple Crown.

How to Follow: There will not be a live stream available for Friday's meet, but live results can be found here and on the cross country schedule on GoDucks.com and updates will be provided during the meet on Twitter via @OregonTF and @Run4Ducks.

Entries – Men of Oregon: The course will be packed full of Ducks in Friday's opening race, as the Men of Oregon will trot out 13 student-athletes in the season opener, including four newcomers. Click here for a breakdown of the men's roster heading into the season opener.

Tanner Anderson, Jr.
Reed Brown, Fr.
Connor Clark, RSr.
Bryan Fernandez, RSr.
Blake Haney, RJr.
Jackson Mestler, So.
Travis Neuman, RSr.
Sam Prakel, RSr.
Mick Stanovsek, RSo.
Austin Tamagno, So.
Cooper Teare, Fr.
James West, RJr.
Jack Yearian, RFr.

Entries – Women of Oregon: Beginning their NCAA title defense, the Women of Oregon will send nine Ducks to the starting line in Friday's 6,000-meter race. Five returners will be in action, with four newcomers joining them to make their UO debuts. Click here to see who's back and who's new for the defending national champs as they get set to open the 2017 season.

Emma Abrahamson, Sr.
Lilli Burdon, RFr.
Carmela Cardama Baez, Jr.
Susan Ejore, Jr.
Brooke Feldmeier, RJr.
Jessica Hull, Jr.
Judy Pendergast, So.
Katie Rainsberger, So.
Sabrina Southerland, RSr.

Pre-Meet Interviews: Associate Head Coach Andy Powell

Sam Prakel, Redshirt Senior

Jessica Hull, Junior

The Field: 10 total teams will be in action on Friday, with Oregon one of four Pac-12 teams set to compete. Washington, Oregon State and Stanford join the Ducks from the conference, and BYU, Gonzaga, Portland, Cal Poly, Idaho and UC Santa Barbara round out the 10-team field.

Spectator Parking: Spectator parking will be at the Mohawk Elementary School on Sunderman Road. Shuttle buses will then transport spectators to the main clubhouse at the Springfield Golf Club. The shuttles will run continuously starting at 8:00am. Please allow sufficient time to use the park-and-ride shuttle.

Mohawk Elementary School: 91166 Sunderman Rd., Springfield, OR 97478

Directions to the Mohawk Elementary School:
• Take 105E/126E and stay on 126E for 7 miles.
• Take the 42nd Street/Marcola exit, make a left on 42nd St., stay on for 0.4 miles
• Make a right on Marcola, continue for 5.5 miles, go 1 mile past the turnoff for the Springfield Country Club
• Turn right on Sunderman Road
• The Mohawk Elementary School will be on your right after ¼ mile

Signs will be posted on the roads directing traffic to the park-and-ride lot at Mohawk Elementary School. ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING OR STOPPING ON MARCOLA RD.

Course Description: The Springfield Golf Club, one of Oregon's premier golf courses, will be the site of the Bill Dellinger Invitational and the 2017 Pac-12 Cross Country Championships. Athletes will race entirely on grass and mostly on fairways. The course consists of two relatively flat loops—an outer loop, and a finish loop. The outer loop is approximately 2320 meters in length, and the finishing loop is approximately 1350 meters in length. Spikes are recommended for competition. Men will run 8,000m, women 6,000m.

Course Records:
Women's 6,000m: Kendra Schaaf, Washington 19:24.05, 2008
Men's 8,000m: Galen Rupp, Oregon 22:55.14, 2008

Bill Dellinger: The Bill Dellinger XC Invitational is named for legendary University of Oregon men's track and field coach Bill Dellinger. The Springfield, Oregon, native and two-time NCAA champion for the Ducks was a three-time Olympian, the 1964 Olympic bronze medalist at 5,000 meters, and holder of two world indoor and six American records. In cross country, he took pride in the fact that he never lost a race as a high school, college or post-collegiate athlete. As the Oregon men's cross country head coach from 1968-1998, Dellinger guided the Ducks to four NCAA team titles and 12 top-three NCAA finishes. Athletes under his mentorship received 45 cross country All-America honors. His squads also stockpiled 13 conference and four district team victories, and Duck individuals scored eight Pac-8/10 championships and six regional crowns.

Pac-12 Championships Set for Springfield Golf Club: The Pac-12 Conference's elite distance runners will all gather at Springfield Golf Club on October 27 for the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships. Set for an 11 a.m. PT start, the Pac-12 Championships will determine the conference team and individual champions, with Oregon aiming to improve on fourth-place team finishes last year for both the men and the women.

Up Next: After hosting the Bill Dellinger Invitational, the Ducks will head to Louisville, Ky., for the Pre-Nationals Invitational (Oct. 14) at the site of the 2017 NCAA Championships.