Chris Mosier, the Santa Clara University Student Body President, cross country team captain, Ruff Rider enthusiast and frequent community service volunteer, recently was awarded the West Coast Conference Post-Graduate Scholarship.
With split squads competing at the Cal State Stanislaus Twilight on May 13 in Turlock, Calif. and the West Coast Invitational on May 14 in Salem, Ore., the Bronco track team and coaches had a busy weekend.
With split squads competing at the Cal State Stanislaus Twilight on May 13 in Turlock, Calif. and the West Coast Invitational on May 14 in Salem, Ore., the Bronco track team and coaches had a busy weekend.
Erin Hartwig, sophomore from Glendale, Calif. has already had success in her first complete season of track at Santa Clara University. She has raced in the 800m, 1500m and 5000m this season, earning seasonal and personal records with times of 2:27:12, 4:47:08 and 18:39:75, respectively. She also has been a key runner on the Bronco 4x400m relay. Recently, SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCU) was able to speak with Hartwig (EH) about her season, future and experiences.
Kazimir Brown (KB), also known as Amanda, grew up in a track family and was destined to be a runner. During her sophomore season here at Santa Clara, she broke two school records in the 100m and the 200m.
In the most competitive meet of the year so far, the Bronco track team had their best performance of the season so far at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational at Cal Friday night.
Santa Clara will head to Berkeley, Calif. to run in the Brutus Hamilton Meet on the Cal campus on Fri., April 22. First-year head cross country/track coach Felipe Montoro sat down with www.SantaClaraBroncos.com to talk about the team’s progress, what they are looking forward to in May and how much cross country season helps the track athletes.
SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCU) spoke with Melissa Conlin (MC) about her years at Santa Clara and her experiences as a runner on the cross country and distance track teams. Conlin, a senior graduating this spring in engineering is from Renton, Washington. Recently, she raced a season best time in the 5000m at the Chico State Invitational in early April.
The Bronco track team participated in the Woody Wilson Invitational hosted by UC Davis on Sat., April 16. Temperatures in the mid 80's provided excellent conditions for the middle distance events, but made things difficult for those athletes competing in the longer events. The highlight of the meet for SCU was senior Robbie Reid's victory in the 1500m.
Robbie Reid, a senior from Los Altos, Calif. has been very involved here at Santa Clara University and now enters his last year on the Bronco’s track team. He has had an excellent start to the season placing third in the 800m at the Cal State Stanislaus meet as well as fifth overall at the UC Davis Aggies Open with a time of 1:54:02. SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCU) spoke with Reid (RR) about his experiences and what he has enjoyed most or taken away from his time as a distance runner.
The Santa Clara track team traveled north to compete in the Chico Distance Carnival and the Chico Twilight on April 8 and 9 at Chico State. In ideal conditions a slew of Broncos set personal best for the third consecutive week. The Bronco track team returns to competition April 16 for the Woody Wilson Invite hosted by UC Davis.
With almost one-third of the student-athletes posting a 3.5 or better, Santa Clara University's student-athletes posted a 3.047 grade point average (GPA) for the Winter 2011 quarter. Santa Clara's student-athletes have achieved a 3.0 GPA or better 12 of the last 13 quarters. Santa Clara's cumulative GPA for its student-athletes is 3.081. For the second straight quarter, the women's cross country team (right) led all teams with a 3.406 GPA for the Winter 2011 term – the exact same GPA it recorded for the Fall 2010 term as well.
Stephanie Wilson, a senior English major and local graduate of San Jose’s Archbishop Mitty, has begun her last track season as a Bronco this spring. Although she did not compete in the 2010 track season due to an injury, she had a record-setting year in cross-country as she was the 2009 NCAA All-American as well as 2009 WCC champion. SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCB) sat and talked with Wilson (SW) about her experience here at Santa Clara, some tips about running, and potential plans for the future.
Clear skies and warm weather greeted the SCU track team at SF State April 2. The Broncos continue to progress throughout the season improving each weekend and there were a number of personal and seasonal bests set on the day. The Broncos return to action April 8 and 9 when they make the trip north for the Chico State Distance Carnival and Twilight Invitational.
The Santa Clara University track team traveled north to San Francisco State to participate in the annual distance carnival and Robbie Reid competed at the Stanford Invitational.
The Santa Clara track team returned to action at UC Davis on Saturday, participating in the Aggie Open. Host UC Davis, WCC rivals USF and Saint Mary's, Sacramento State, Nevada, Chico State, Cal State Stanislaus, several junior colleges and open competitors were on hand as well.
The Santa Clara track season is beginning to feel like its in full swing. This weekend the Broncos will run at the UC Davis Open on Sat., March 12. Next weekend runners not still finishing finals, which are next week, will run at the Hornet Invite Sat., March 19. Finally, the full compliment of Bronco runners will take to the track to run either at the San Francisco Distance Carnival March 25 and 26 with a select number of runners who qualify running at the Stanford Invitational the same dates.
Warm weather and good competition welcomed the Broncos to the Kim Duyst Invitational as Santa Clara's track team opened up the season with a successful trip to Cal State Stanislaus on Sat., March 5th. Next up for the track team is the Aggie Open, hosted by UC Davis on Sat., March 12.
The Zappos.com Soles4Souls shoe drive has come to an end on the WCC campuses. This year Santa Clara University collected a total of 1,412 pairs of shoes, tripling the total collected last year.
The Santa Clara University men’s and women's cross country teams were honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on February 17th with the All-Academic team award.
The WCC Fall All-Academic teams were released today by the West Coast Conference and Santa Clara boasts 19 student-athletes on the list; eight divided amongst the teams and another 11 receiving honorable mention. Only one other school, Portland, placed more student-athletes on the conference’s all-academic lists than Santa Clara.
By: Kaitlin Fuelling ‘13
Santa Clara, Calif. - After her first season in fall of 2010 as an assistant coach for the Bronco’s cross country team, Priscilla Bayley (PB) has settled into Santa Clara’s running routine.
Santa Clara University's student-athletes posted a 3.0498 grade point average (GPA) for the Fall 2010 quarter. Santa Clara's student-athletes have achieved a 3.0 GPA or better 11 of the last 12 quarters. Santa Clara's cumulative GPA for its student-athletes is 3.0498. The women's cross country team (right) led all teams with a 3.406 GPA for the Fall 2010 term.
Senior Chris Mosier is a dedicated Bronco through and through. Running for the SCU track and cross country teams for four seasons and serving as student body president, Mosier tries to give back to Santa Clara University any way he can.
After an extensive search, Santa Clara University announced on Wednesday Bronco associate head coach Felipe Montoro, in his seventh year with the program, has been promoted to head coach of the cross country and track programs at Santa Clara University as nine-year head coach Tom Service is retiring as of Dec. 15, 2010.
The Bronco men’s cross country team finished 21st and the women 22nd at the NCAA West Regional Championship. After running to All-American honors last year, senior Stephanie Wilson finished 73rd and did not qualify for the NCAA Championship. Washington won the women’s title and Oregon bested Stanford’s men to win the men’s title.
With five natives in tow and a 2009 All-American as well, Santa Clara’s Cross Country teams head to Oregon this weekend to compete in the NCAA West Regional Championship on Sat., Nov. 13 at the Springfield Country Club near Eugene, Ore. The women’s race, a 6K, will begin at 9:45 am. The men’s race, a 10K, will start at 10:45 am. Each of the more than 30 teams on each side will be vying for a spot at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. on Mon., Nov. 22.
Santa Clara’s women were third at the Doc Adams Invitational on Saturday with 68 points at UC Davis. Meghan McNamara finished in fourth place for the Broncos. The Bronco cross country teams now turn their sites to the NCAA West Region Championship on Sat., Nov. 13 in Eugene, Ore.