Four Broncos Earn All-Region Honors

Friday, November 15

Colfax, Wash.

Boise State

NCAA West Regional

11/15/2024 6:10:00 PM | Cross Country

COLFAX, Wash. – Four Boise State cross country student-athletes earned all-region honors at the 2024 NCAA West Regional, Friday, including three women and one man. Kaiya Robertson (9th, 19:43.9) led the women to a sixth-place team finish, and Joe Hudson (17th, 29:28.8) helped the men secure seventh.

In a field of 262 racers, Robertson stayed with the lead pack for the entire race, covering the six-kilometer course in 19:43.9. This was her sixth-straight top-10 finish and helped her earn all-region honors. Yasmin Marghini (15th, 19:52.7) and Emily Jobes (20th, 20:02.3) trailed close behind, each earning all-region recognition.

Hudson (29:28.8) paced the Boise State men for a third-straight race and earned all-region honors for the second-straight season. Brian Kiprotich and Josh Dickinson followed in 32nd and 35th, respectively.

The NCAA Championship participants will be announced, Saturday, Nov. 16, at 4 p.m. MT. The top-four regional finishers not on an automatic qualifying or at-large team also earn an individual bid to the championships. Robertson was the fourth-best finisher from a nonqualifying team, while Hudson ranked eighth on the men's side. Both await official confirmation of their spots.

Quotables:

"As I've been all year, I couldn't be happier with the fight we showed today," said head coach Pat McCurry. "We faced some adversity on the health front late in the season, but we had a bunch of athletes give their best when not at their best today and I'll always take that."
"On the women's side, placing three on the all region team in this stacked region was remarkable," said McCurry.

Notables:

Robertson's ninth-place finish is the highest for any female Bronco runner in the last four seasons.
The women improved four spots from their finish in 2023, and Robertson improved 26 spots individually.
Three women finished in the top 25.
This is the second-consecutive year Hudson has earned all-region honors.
Hudson has led the men in three-straight races.

Women's 6k Results:
6th/39 - 168 points
9. Kaiya Robertson - 19:43.9
15. Yasmin Marghini - 19:52.7
20. Emily Jobes - 20:02.3
61. Bianca Boehnke - 20:56.5
68. Autumn Ost - 21:01.2
76. Amit Koma - 21:09.0
82. Abby Kendrick - 21:14.5

Men's 10k Results:
7th/31 - 181 points
17. Joe Hudson - 29:28.8
32. Brian Kiprotich - 29:51.7
35. Josh Dickinson - 29:53.3
50. Alex Thompson - 30:07.7
51. Tom Graham-Marr - 30:08.9
77. Trent Wigod - 30:55.0
106. Tom Patrick - 31:33.0
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