LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego cross country will make their debut at the NCAA Division I West Region Championships on Friday, Nov. 15. The Triton women will start the day at 11 a.m. running a 6K and will be followed by the men at 12 p.m. for the 10K.
 
The Tritons are familiar with the course after running it earlier this season at the WSU Cougar Classic in September. The Triton women will run the same course for the 6K while the Triton men will add an extra lap to their course for a 10K. In September, Sylvana Northrop led the women to a fourth-place team finish with a time of 20:41.7. The senior took sixth place in the field of 100 runners. On the men's side, Charlie Frank, Zeno Castiglioni, and Jordan Haney led the Tritons to an 8th place team finish.
 
DETAILS
2024 NCAA WEST REGION CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Friday, Nov. 15 | Colfax Golf Club | Colfax, Wash.
Women's 6K – 11 a.m. PST | Men's 10K – 12 p.m. PST
Course Type: Golf Course
Forecast: Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers. High 46F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%.
Sunrise: 6:47 a.m. PST
Meet Info
Live Results
 
TRAVEL LIST
Christel Elkins
Emma Dunmire
Kelsie Yamano
Michelle Huerta
Norah Dulaney
Stefania Sesock
Sylvana Northrop

Cameron Keeney
Charlie Frank
Evan Hild
Jordan Haney
Kai Dettman
Nathan Garderes
Zeno Castiglioni
 
HANEY JOINS TRITONCAST
On this week's show, we'll get the scoop on the first UC San Diego team to appear in the NCAA Division I postseason as we talk cross country with Jordan Haney. With the NCAA West Regional set to take place Friday, Jordan fills us in on training, his mindset going into a big race, what it's like for a San Diego guy running in inclement weather – and more.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Sylvana Northrop led the UC San Diego cross country squads at their Big West Championship debuts as she finished sixth overall in the women's 6K. The Triton women finished fourth as a team and the men finished fifth.
 
NORTHROP NAMED TO BIG WEST FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Sylvana Northrop led the UC San Diego cross country squads at their Big West Championship debuts as she finished sixth overall in the women's 6K. The Triton women finished fourth as a team and the men finished fifth.
 
Making their Big West championship debut, the Triton women finished fourth overall with two top 15 finishes. Sylvana Northrop led the way again for the sixth time this season. The Cupertino runner earned a sixth-place finish running a time of 20:04.1. She is the first cross country Triton to earn All-Conference honors for her top 10 performance.
 
NORTHROP EARNS BIG WEST RECOGNITION
After an outstanding performance at Washington State's Cougar Classic, Sylvana Northrop was named Big West Cross Country Athlete of the Week.
 
Running a time of 20:41.7 on the 6K course at the Colfax Country Club on Friday, Sep. 13 against some of the West Regions top teams, the senior captain took eighth place in the field of 100 runners. She led the team to a fourth-place finish with 122 points and the program's first victory over Arizona.
 
This is Northrop's first time earning the conference honor and she is the sixth Triton to earn the weekly honor since joining the Big West.
 
VETERAN PRESENCE
Returning to represent the gold and blue:
Allyson Abandonato
Meilani Castillo
Norah Dulaney
Emma Dunmire
Roxanne Ehrig
Stella Gladden
Michelle Huerta
Lauren Lapporte
Camille Lindsay
Sylvana Northrop
Jenna Satovsky
Kimberly Willard
Hinako Yamamoto
Kelsie Yamano
 
Shane Badcock
Zeno Castiglioni
Rory Castimanes
Kai Dettman
Charlie Frank
Thomas Fry
Nathan Garderes
Ian Gerth
Jordan Haney
Evan Hild
Corbin Hobert
Tate Meaux
 Luke Stefanou
 
Evan Hild and Sylvana Northrop are the captains leading the squads this season.
 
NEW TRITONS JOIN THE SQUAD
UC San Diego's cross country roster features 12 new faces for this season.
 
Annie Burton
Kaitlyn Carmichael
Christel Elkins
Dasha LeFaivre
Winter Moritz
Stefania Sesock
 
Taiyo Ariga
Jeffrey Keeney
Sully Nordheim
Ryan Stanely
Miles Takiguchi
Joseph Vargas
 
ABOUT THE COACHES
Head Coach Nate Garcia '00 is entering his 18th year as head coach of UC San Diego's cross country program and his 27th season as a Triton, having been a four-year scholar-athlete and serving five years as an assistant coach. Since his promotion to head coach ahead of the 2007 season, the Tritons made seven appearances at the NCAA Division II Championships. He is joined by Meriah Earle, who is back for her third season with the team. To learn more about coach Earle, click here.
 
WHY THE TRITONS?
The Triton is described as the offspring of Poseidon and Amphitrite, a demigod of the sea with a lower part of the body like that of a fish. It is known as a mighty and fierce sea warrior. Given UC San Diego's proximity to the Pacific Ocean and its connections with the world-famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Triton became our mascot in 1964.

GET SOCIAL WITH UC SAN DIEGO CROSS COUNTRY
Keep up with the Tritons all season long on social media through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. The team's handle is @ucsdxc.

FOR THE YOUNGER CROWD
Got some young Triton fans in your family? If they are eighth grade or under, check out the Junior Triton Club. Membership includes a free t-shirt, admission to over 100 UC San Diego home athletic events, and much more!

GEAR
For the latest Triton apparel and accessories, click here.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.