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Bauhs still running strong
2/17/2010 4:11:57 PM
SPOKANE, Wash. - Much like Forrest Gump, once Scott Bauhs started running at a freshman at Chico State, he just kept going. Most recently, Bauhs ran his way to a third place finish at the USA Cross Country Championships last Sunday.
Bauhs finished third in the open men’s 12k on Valentine’s Day in Spokane, Wash., to further cement his solid transition from amateur to professional and earned a spot with Team USA at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on March 28 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The top six finishers - Bauhs, Dathan Ritzenhein, Patrick Smyth, Ben Bruce, Bobby Curtis, and Ryan Vall will comprise the six-runner team that Bauhs was also part of two seasons ago when he finished 52nd in the world in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Breaking the tape in 34:34 in the open men's 12- kilometer race, Ritzenhein won his third U.S. Cross Country title. He was content to let Smyth and Bauhs take the pace for the first four laps of the six lap course before making his move at nine-kilometers. While Ritzenhein's lead grew to 18-seconds over the final lap, Smyth continued to battle with Bauhs for second before pulling away to claim the runner-up position, running 34:52. Bauhs was timed in 35:01 while Bruce, Curtis, and Vall completed the qualifiers for the U.S. team, running 35:16, 35:22 and 35:25 respectively.
Bauhs' run provides a further sign that he is beginning to make some serious strides as a professional. He finished just behind Olympian Galen Rupp at the University of Washington Invitational 3K - a very talented field - in 7:51 just two weeks prior to his run in Spokane.
Joining Bauhs in Spokane last weekend was his former Chico State coach, Gary Towne, who finished 15th in the men's master's 8K in 28:18.
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Wildcats of the Week
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Softball
Kacie McCarthy’s freshman season as a Wildcat has been filled with highlights, but the Shingletown native turned in her most memorable performances of the year last weekend in the NCAA West Sub-Regional at Sonoma State, posting three straight victories and helping Chico State advance to the West Super Regional in Hawaii. The Wildcats are just two wins away from reaching the Division II College World Series, thanks in large part to the pitching prowess of McCarthy, who is the latest recipient of Wildcat of the Week honors.
In Friday’s Sub-Regional opener, McCarthy took over for Chico State starter Jessica McDermott and tossed seven-and-a-third innings of relief, striking out a career-high 11 batters and earning the win as the Wildcats beat 15th ranked Grand Canyon University 5-4 in eight innings. In Saturday’s winner’s bracket game versus No. 14 Sonoma State, McCarthy twirled a one-hit shutout in Chico State’s 7-0 victory over the host Seawolves. Sunday McCarthy completed the postseason trifecta, going the distance for the 18th time this year and getting credit for the “W” as the ’Cats rallied back from three runs down to score four times in the bottom of the sixth inning and pull out a 4-3 victory over Dixie State to sweep through the Sub-Regional and advance to this weekend’s West Super Regional.
McCarthy, now 16-10 on the season, lowered her season ERA to 1.92 with the three weekend wins and is ranked third among California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) pitchers. She also is sixth in the conference in victories and innings pitched (164.1). She leads the Wildcats in wins, complete games, innings pitched and appearances (29).
Chico State takes on the No. 3 ranked Sea Warriors of Hawaii Pacific Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific time in the opener of the West Super Regional in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The winner of the best-of-three set will advance to the Division II College World Series May 27-31 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Men's Track
As a decathlete, Brian Beeman is used to running all over the place. But he took it to a new level last week. After competing in the decathlon, high jump and javelin to help lead the Chico State men’s track & field team to the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship March 6-8, he got on a bus and arrived back in Chico in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Then, he turned around to head back to Southern California for the Claremont Classic Decathlon and turned in an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark and personal best score of 6,512 on Thursday and Friday.
That iron-man feet has earned him Wildcat of the Week honors.
Beeman finished sixth at the Burns Track and Field Complex while logging the 15th best score in the nation this year. He won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:31.75, placed third in the 400-meter dash (51.19 seconds) and tied for third in the high jump (6-feet-02.75).
Beeman and a number of his Wildcats teammates now await Wednesday morning’s NCAA Track and Field Championships selection show to found out if he’s earned a berth to the National Championships May 27-29 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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7.20.10 | Cross Country
The Chico State men’s cross country team has won eight California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and West Region titles in a row. The women’s squad has claimed six of the last eight conference crowns and four of the last seven regional titles. The men have finished among the top 10 at the NCAA Championships 11 years running, and the women eight. It’s understandable that Head Coach Gary Towne likes to test his teams against even tougher competition.
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3.9.10 | Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
The accolades for the Chico State women’s cross country program keep coming in. This time, instead of their exploits on the trails, four Wildcats have been honored for their achievements in the classroom. Freshman Paige Henker, sophomore Alia Gray and juniors Kara Lubieniecki and Shannon Rich have been named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
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2.17.10 | Cross Country
SPOKANE, Wash. - Much like Forrest Gump, once Scott Bauhs started running at a freshman at Chico State, he just kept going. Most recently, Bauhs ran his way to a third place finish at the USA Cross Country Championships last Sunday.
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11.19.09 | Cross Country, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Gary Towne recently moved into a bigger office. It’s a good thing, because it was getting hard to find him among all of the trophies. Towne, Chico State’s cross country coach, embarks on his quest to have the same problem in his new, larger office this Saturday when the Wildcats toe the line at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Evansville, Ind.
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11.3.09 | Cross Country, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
SAN FRANCISCO – The Chico State cross country team is always looking for a good place to run fast. Speedway Meadow, the site of Saturday’s NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships, surely fits that bill. The Chico State men will head to the heart of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in search of their eighth straight regional title and 11th straight NCAA Championship berth, while the women are gunning for their fifth regional title in the last seven years and their 10th straight NCAA Championship berth. The women’s six-kilometer race starts at 9 am, and the men’s race gets under way at 10 am.
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8.28.09 | Cross Country, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
The Chico State men’s cross country team, winners of seven straight California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and West Region titles and a top-10 national finisher in each of the last 10 years, is ranked No. 3 in the nation in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association preseason rankings. The Chico State women’s team, winner of five CCAA and four West Region titles in the past eight years, is ranked No. 7.
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8.4.09 | Cross Country
CHICO – The name has floated around in Chico State head cross country coach Gary Towne’s head for a long time. Now, all the logistics leading up to the race are taking up that space. Towne and the Chico State cross country program will coordinate The Chico 10, a community footrace open to all skill levels, on Sept. 5 in Lower Bidwell Park.
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