Saturday, October 15
Sunnyvale, Calif.
8:45 a.m.
California State University at Northridge
at
Bronco Invitational
Photo by: Andrea Ohta
Personal Bests Highlight CSUN Cross Country Results at Bronco Invitational
10/15/2022 12:01:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Personal bests highlighted CSUN men's and women's cross country results as the Matadors completed the regular season Saturday at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational.
MEN
Camilo Torres recorded the top CSUN time. Torres ran 24:30.4, the second fastest 8k performance by a Matador runner since 2000, to receive 47th place points. An unattached runner, Xander Olivero was the individual winner (23:40.4).
CSUN finished 17th in the team competition (448). Chico State (54) was the team winner. 210 runners were entered.
CSUN PERFORMANCES
Nicole Contreras was the top CSUN performer. She ran 21:58.3, lowering her season-best by almost a second. She was awarded 97th-place points. Her time is the seventh fastest by a Matador in the 6k since 2000. Ruby Smee of San Francisco was the individual medalist (19:36.2).
CSUN finished 24th (682). San Francisco was the team winner (74) as 225 runners were entered.
CSUN PERFORMANCES
"We traveled North to this invitational to serve as a dress rehearsal for the Big West Championship in two weeks and we were rewarded for our effort. This race always features quality programs from all the Western states. It is always great to measure yourself with quality ranked teams inside and outside of our region on a fair course with the stellar competition."
"Our team competed well. We handled the early fast pace in each race and improved our closing positions when we stack past results from the season to current competitors. I am continually impressed with our first-year group making huge impacts in our scoring with Camilo, Cesar, and Nicole setting up for success up front in each respective race. The tandem effort of Elin and Sonia helped solidify marked improvement of the women's scoring five. We got contributions from every member who raced."
"Many personal bests throughout our lineup will carry us through our championship phase over the next four weeks. I know we still have some work to do, but I'm encouraged by the effort and results. We move into the next phase with great momentum from our trip."
UP NEXT
CSUN enters The Big West Championship on Saturday, Oct. 29. The women's race begins at 8:30 a.m. on the UC Riverside Ag Ops Course with the men's action beginning at 9:15 a.m. Both races will be streamed on ESPN+.
~#UniteTheValley~
MEN
Camilo Torres recorded the top CSUN time. Torres ran 24:30.4, the second fastest 8k performance by a Matador runner since 2000, to receive 47th place points. An unattached runner, Xander Olivero was the individual winner (23:40.4).
CSUN finished 17th in the team competition (448). Chico State (54) was the team winner. 210 runners were entered.
CSUN PERFORMANCES
- Daniel Rodriguez earned 76th place points, running 24:52.1, his second-quickest time of the year.
- Cesar Cuevas ran a season-best 24:54.0, which is the ninth fastest time by a CSUN competitor since 2000. He was awarded 81st-place points.
- Atticus Hall lowered his season-best by 11 seconds to 25:22.4 to record 121st-place points.
- James Moore, a redshirt junior, posted a career-best 8k performance of 25:23.6 as he earned 123rd place points.
- Balmore Montes registered a season-best 8k time of 25:56.0 for 146th place points.
- Kai Smith lowered his season best in the 8k by over a second to 26:15.4 for 157th place points.
- Luis Silva competed, running 27:39.5 (204th overall).
- Pablo Abrego dropped his season-best in the 8k by almost three seconds to 27:40.0 (205th overall).
Nicole Contreras was the top CSUN performer. She ran 21:58.3, lowering her season-best by almost a second. She was awarded 97th-place points. Her time is the seventh fastest by a Matador in the 6k since 2000. Ruby Smee of San Francisco was the individual medalist (19:36.2).
CSUN finished 24th (682). San Francisco was the team winner (74) as 225 runners were entered.
CSUN PERFORMANCES
- Elin Markarian, a sophomore, recorded a time of 22:30.6, lowering her 6k career-best by over a minute. She was awarded 126th place points.
- Junior Sonia Avila ran a career-best time of 22:31.1 to gain 127th-place points. Her time was over 20 seconds faster than her previous best.
- Rachael Simpson lowered her season-best in the 6k by nearly a minute to 23:45.4 as she earned 165th-place points.
- Mariah Changco charted a 23:46.8 as she was awarded 167th-place points.
- Leann Hamilton, a redshirt sophomore, dropped her career career-best in the 6k by nearly nine seconds to 23:50.0. She earned 169th-place points.
- Sophomore Ouanessa Nana lowered her career-best time in the 6k by nearly a minute to 23:53.0 on her way to 171st-place points.
- Torrie Freeman lowered her career-best in the 6k by almost a minute to 24:56.3 (214th overall).
- Faith Mora competed and posted a time of 25:23.9 (218th overall).
"We traveled North to this invitational to serve as a dress rehearsal for the Big West Championship in two weeks and we were rewarded for our effort. This race always features quality programs from all the Western states. It is always great to measure yourself with quality ranked teams inside and outside of our region on a fair course with the stellar competition."
"Our team competed well. We handled the early fast pace in each race and improved our closing positions when we stack past results from the season to current competitors. I am continually impressed with our first-year group making huge impacts in our scoring with Camilo, Cesar, and Nicole setting up for success up front in each respective race. The tandem effort of Elin and Sonia helped solidify marked improvement of the women's scoring five. We got contributions from every member who raced."
"Many personal bests throughout our lineup will carry us through our championship phase over the next four weeks. I know we still have some work to do, but I'm encouraged by the effort and results. We move into the next phase with great momentum from our trip."
UP NEXT
CSUN enters The Big West Championship on Saturday, Oct. 29. The women's race begins at 8:30 a.m. on the UC Riverside Ag Ops Course with the men's action beginning at 9:15 a.m. Both races will be streamed on ESPN+.
~#UniteTheValley~
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