The University of Colorado men’s cross country team finished second Saturday in the NCAA Mountain Region Championship in Salt Lake City to earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Championship.
Led by Laura Tremblay’s third-place finish, the CU women placed third, just missing an automatic bid but retaining a good chance to gain one of 13 at-large bids.
Joe Bosshard finished eighth and Andy Wacker ninth for the CU men in the 10-kilometer race, and Aric Van Halen and Matt Tebo were 14th and 16th, respectively. Air Force’s Justin Tyner finished 10th.
Tremblay finished the 6K in 20:23.9, and CU’s Laura Thweatt, Shalaya Kipp and Emma Coburn earned team points by finishing 8-10-11. Ellie Keyser was Colorado State’s top finisher, at 22nd.
Power forward Cain commits to Buffs.
Damiene Cain, a 6-foot-7, 230-pound senior forward at North Hollywood (Calif.) Harvard Westlake, has given an oral commitment to play at Colorado. Cain averaged 13.3 points and 9.4 rebounds as a junior and took other official visits to Boston College and San Diego State. He became the third high school player from California to commit to the Buffaloes, joining guards Spencer Dinwiddie and Askia Booker.
Also, the CU women’s program announced it has signed three players to national letters of intent: 5-11 Alexis “Lexy” Kresl of Shadow Mountain H.S. in the Phoenix area; 6-2 forward Jen Reese of Clackamas (Ore.) H.S.; and 6-1 guard Jasmine Sborov of Round Rock (Texas) H.S.
As a junior, Kresl led the state of Arizona in scoring with 27.6 points per game. Reese is the reigning Oregon Gatorade player of the year, having averaged 21 points and 14 rebounds last season as a junior.
CSU netters sweep TCU.
Danielle Minch had 16 kills and three service aces, and Jacque Davisson added 11 kills and 10 digs for the Colorado State volleyball team in a 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-16) win over TCU in Fort Worth, Texas.
Metro State volleyballers hope for at-large bid.
The Metro State volleyball team is hoping for an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament after losing in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship to No. 10-ranked and tournament host Nebraska-Kearney 3-1 (25-21, 24-26, 25-12, 25-20).
