EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon cross country team will host the Bill Dellinger Invitational on Friday, Sept. 22 as part of its 2023 six-date schedule.
The season begins Friday, Sept. 1, with the Linfield Harrier Classic in McMinnville, Ore. The opener is scheduled for a 10 a.m. start at Joe Dancer Park with a women’s 4K and men’s 6K to follow.
This year’s Dellinger Invitational will once again be held at the Pine Ridge Golf Club in Springfield. The men’s 8,000-meter race will start at 11 a.m. with the women’s 6K to follow at 11:45 a.m.
Getting an early look at the NCAA course, Oregon’s next date is Friday, Oct. 14, with the XC-23 Pre Nationals in Charlottesville, Va.
The postseason begins Friday, Oct. 27, with the Pac-12 Championships hosted by Washington State at Chambers Creek Regional Park in University Place, Wash. The UO women are set to return its trio of all-conference performers from a season ago in Izzy Thornton-Bott, Harper McClain and Emilie Girard.
The NCAA West Regional Championships will be held Friday, Nov. 10, in Sacramento, Calif. The top-two teams in each race earn an automatic spot in the national field with 13 teams from around the country earning an at-large bid.
Five Ducks—McClain, Thornton-Bott, Maddy Elmore, Abdinasir Hussein and Quincy Norman—ran to all-region accolades a season ago.
For the first time since 1987, the national meet returns to Virginia when the Cavaliers host the NCAA Championships on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Panorama Farms. Thornton-Bott collected All-America honors with a 36th-place finish last year in Stillwater, Okla.
2023 Oregon Cross Country Schedule
Sept. 1 – Linfield Harrier Classic (McMinnville, Ore.), 10 a.m.
Sept. 22 – Bill Dellinger Invitational (Eugene, Ore.), 11 a.m.
Oct. 14 – XC-23 Pre Nationals (Charlottesville, Va.), TBA
Oct. 27 – Pac-12 Championships (University Place, Wash.), TBA
Nov. 10 – NCAA West Regional Championships (Sacramento, Calif.), TBA
Nov. 18 – NCAA Championships (Charlottesville, VA.), TBA
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