Conference Titles on the Line on Friday

Friday, October 26

San Diego, Calif.

TBA

Boise State

Mountain West Championships

10/25/2018 9:42:00 AM | Cross Country

Mountain West Meet Central FloTrack Live Stream ($)

With the regular season fully in the rear view mirror, the Boise State cross country teams will enter the championships portion of this season with Friday's 2018 Mountain West Cross Country Championships.

By: Nate Lowery

BOISE, Idaho – With the regular season fully in the rear view mirror, the Boise State cross country teams will enter the championships portion of this season with Friday's 2018 Mountain West Cross Country Championships.

LOGISTICS: The meet will be contested at Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif. – the first time the conference championship has been held below 2,000-foot sea level since 2014.

Women's 6-kilometer: 10 a.m. MT
Men's 8-kilometer: 10:45 a.m. MT

LIVE: The Mountain West will provide live results for both races at the Championship Central page on their website. FloTrack will also provided a live stream of the race for their FloPro subscribers.

Follow @broncosportsxc on Twitter for more live updates during both races.

THE FIELD:
Men- Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, New Mexico, San José State, Utah State, Wyoming
Women- Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San José State, UNLV, Utah State, Wyoming

LINEUP:
Men- Elijah Armstrong, Riley Campbell, Addison Dehaven, Leif Everson, Miler Haller, Jeff Lautenslager, Ahmed Muhumed, Andrew Rafla, Yusuke Uchikoshi
Women- Alexis Fuller, Claire Graves, Jordan Jacob, Kyra Lopez, Clare O'Brien, Allie Ostrander, Maxine Paholek, Kristie Schoffield, Emily Venters

POLLERCOASTER: The Broncos are predicted to do some damage in a poll of the Mountain West's coaches. The men enter as the favorite, garnering five of the eight first-place votes for 47 points, outpacing defending champion Colorado State by three points.

On the women's side, the Broncos are poised for their closest finish with 10-time reigning champion, New Mexico. Boise State received four of the 11 first-place votes to rank second with 94 points, three back of the Lobos.

IN THE RANKINGS: The USTFCCCA continues to show plenty of love for the Broncos entering conference championship week. Both the men's (8th) and women's (2nd) teams continue to rank in the top 10 in the latest coaches' poll. Boise State also recently recorded a historic placing in the inaugural Cross Country Rankings Index (CCRI) – USTFCCCA's version of RPI.

CCRI, which utilizes several analytics, primarily focused on individual rankings, to rank all cross country programs in the nation. The women still rank second in CCRI, but the men moved three spots from their coaches' ranking into fifth. Boise State is the only program in the nation to have both teams rank in the top five of the first CCRI.

RETURN TO BALBOA PARK: Tomorrow's race will provide a return to Balboa Park for several members of the Boise State lineup and staff. The park is one of the primary hosts to the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships for high school athletes.

Boise State head coach Corey Ihmels won the 1991 championship, then known as Kinney National Championships, by 25 seconds prior to an All-American career at Iowa State. Elijah Armstrong, Addison Dehaven and Claire Graves all competed at the event during their prep careers as well.