by John Dye

Before the start, state champions and top returnees from last year's West region are introduced.

alphabetical

Kyle Alcorn CA	Alex Dunn CA	Geoffrey Greer WA	Charles Hampton AZ
Lauren Jespersen OR	Anthony Jones WY	Tony Jones UT	Matthew Knoff ID
Yong-Sung Leal CA	Erick Maldonado CA	Carl Moe WA	David Napper CA
Tim Nelson CA	Mike Poe CA	Ben Reed AZ	Phillip Reid CA
Alex Romero NM	Galen Rupp OR	Blake Schlotzhauer NV	Steve Shepherd UT
Mike Steele UT	Patrick Swick NV	Alan Weeth NM	Aaron Wolfe ID