ABILENE – McMurry's cross country teams head to the NCAA West Regionals in Estacada, Oregon, on Saturday.
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The women's race is at 8 a.m., Central, followed by the men at 9 at Milo McIver State Park. Estacada is about 30 miles southeast of Portland. Temperatures are expected to be in the 40s at race time.
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The McMurry women are coming off of a third-place finish at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships.
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Chloe McLellan was 15
th at 23:33.03 withÂ
Savanna Danner just off that pace in 16
th at 13:41.35.
Katelyn Hernandez placed 34
th at 24:54.97 andÂ
Ashley Shea was 35
th at 24:59.48.Â
Anna Dinaso rounded out the scoring in 54
th at 26:02.91 on the six-kilometer course.
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Jocelyn Moreno was 57
th at 26:14.70 andÂ
Abigail Huffhines placed 63
rd at 26:43.12. Also for McMurry,Â
Madison Soultanova finished in 28:15.94.
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The field for the women includes second-ranked Colorado College, which was perfect at the SCAC Championships, as well as No. 9 Claremont Mudd Scripps and No. 23 Pomona Pitzer.
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The McMurry men were fifth at the SCAC Championships.
Isaac Gonzales led the War Hawks in 28
th at 27:09.1 withÂ
Gabriel Sanchez in 30
th at 27:11.8.
Roman Perez was 38
th at 27:28.5 andÂ
Patrick Esparza was close behind at 27:32.6 in 40
th. Rounding out the scoring five wasÂ
Rogelio Ramirez in 50
th at 28:00.2
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Antonio Martinez was 57
th at 28:38 andÂ
Jeremiah Rodriguez was 71
st at 29:19.8. Also for McMurry,Â
Kevin Gomez finished in 30:05.8,Â
Eddie Garcia in 30:43.3 andÂ
Victor Leos in 30:47.6.
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The men's field includes No. 3 Pomona Pitzer, No. 10 George Fox and No. 24 Claremont Mudd Scripps.
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