Oct. 25, 2005
Malibu, Calif. -
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The Pepperdine men's and women's cross country teams travel to the Bay Area to compete in the West Coast Conference (WCC) Championships that will be run at the Crystal Springs Course in the Belmont, California, on Saturday.
The men's eight-kilometer race begins at 9 a.m. and the women's five-kilometer run is scheduled to start at 9:45 a.m.
The Waves ran at the Titan Invitational in Fullerton last Friday and the men and women placed third and fourth, respectively.
The men finished as the top collegiate team field, totaling 98 points. The Cal Coast Track Club won the event with 22 points while San Marcos finished second with 51 points.
Senior Chad Trammell was the top individual performer for the Waves as he placed eighth with a time of 25:15.0. Sophomore Sam Hudson turned in a time of 26:05.0 to finish 31st in the eight-kilometer race.
On the women's side, Pepperdine was also to top collegiate team as it totaled 28 points to finish ahead of Cal State Fullerton (126). Cal Coast Track Club led the field with 27 points while Run With Us (54) was second and San Marcos (67) was third.
Junior Tarrah Crowley paced the Waves as she turned in a time of 18:50 to place 19th in the five-kilometer race. Freshman Brie Carroll finished 24th with a time of 18:57 while junior Kyla Maher churned in a time of 19:02 to place 25th.
Both the men's and women's teams will be looking to improve upon disappointing eighth and seventh place finishes, respectively, at last year's WCC Championships. Both teams were hit by injuries that affected their performances.
"Our whole season's preparation is geared toward the WCC Championships and it is always our goal to be competing at our highest level heading into the conference championships," head coach Dick Kampmann said.
Following this weekend's WCC Championships, Pepperdine will be off two weeks before traveling to the Bay Area for the NCAA West Regional Championships that will be hosted by Stanford.
THE PROGRAM: Cross country is a non-scholarship sport at Pepperdine. The women's team finished seventh at the 2004 West Coast Conference (WCC) Championships while the men finished eighth. Portland won the men's conference crown for the 25th consecutive year. On the women's side, Portland claimed the league championship for the 15th time in school history.
Dick Kampmann: Dick Kampmann is in the midst of his 17th season as the head coach of the Pepperdine men's and women's cross country teams. Kampmann was tabbed the West Coast Conference (WCC) women's "Coach of the Year" in 1999 after leading the team to a second place finish at the league meet. Kampmann coached cross country and track for 26 years (1959-85) at nearby University High in West Los Angeles, directing his Warrior teams to 11 Los Angeles City team championships. While coaching junior varsity and varsity boys and girls in cross country and track and field at University High, Kampmann led his teams to an astonishing total of 86 conference championships. Additionally, Kampmann coached 49 All-Los Angeles City individual champions and 292 individual conference winners. After retiring from the Los Angeles Unified School District in 1985, Kampmann began teaching physical education courses at Pepperdine in 1988. Kampmann started serving as the head men's and women's cross country coach at Pepperdine during the 1989 season. A certified instructor by The Athletic Congress, Kampmann earned his Level I certificate in 1985 and his Level II certificate in 1987 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
SPORTS INFORMATION HOTLINE: For updated information concerning Pepperdine athletics, including results and a schedule of upcoming events, please contact the Pepperdine Sports Information Hotline at 310-506-7373. The hotline will be updated on a regular basis thouhout the course of the 2005-06 school year.
ON THE WEB: For updated information concerning Pepperdine athletics on the Internet, including results and a schedule of upcoming events, please bookmark the following address: http://www.PepperdineSports.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For additional information on the men's and women's cross country program, or to arrange interviews with players and the coaching staff, please contact Al Barba at the Pepperdine Sports Information Office by calling 310-506-4455.
