Saturday, October 29
Riverside, Calif.
8:30 a.m.
California State University at Northridge
at
The Big West Championship
Photo by: Raymond Tran
CSUN Cross Country Runs in Big West Championships
10/29/2022 3:21:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
Complete Results
RIVERSIDE, Calif.—The CSUN men's cross country team finished eighth while the Matadors' women's squad placed ninth at the Big West Championships Saturday morning on the UC Riverside Ag Ops Course.
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MEN
"It was an exciting day on the racecourse. The Big West is as good as any mid-major conference in the country. Both championships teams, plus a few others, will have their sights set on earning a berth to nationals in two weeks."
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"We came to Riverside to improve upon the last we were here in September. We were able to accomplish this goal. Our teams rank among the fastest in team history. At the UCR championship course over the past 20 years, our women have on run under 1:53 (as a team) three times, today, they raced to the third-best time at 1:52.37!"
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"This is the fastest group of CSUN men we've seen on championship day in Riverside. We outran our team time from last month and ran 30 seconds faster than a very 2017 Matador team (2:07.23 today, 2:07.54 in 2017)."
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"We have talked all year about honoring the work we put into our sport and celebrating all our improvements as success. I am proud of our ability to take care of each other on the racecourse by pushing together. This was a total team effort."
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UP NEXT
CSUN is scheduled to enter the NCAA West Regional on Friday, Nov. 11 at Chambers Creek Regional Park in University Place, Wash.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif.—The CSUN men's cross country team finished eighth while the Matadors' women's squad placed ninth at the Big West Championships Saturday morning on the UC Riverside Ag Ops Course.
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MEN
- Camilo Torres was the first Matador to cross the finish line. He ran 24:54.4 to earn 28th-place points and a 29th-place overall finish. Jake Ritter of Cal Poly was the medalist (23:27.4).Â
- The Matadors finished with 217 points. Cal Poly (22) was the team winner.
- Daniel Rodriguez earned 35th-place points, running 25:06.6. He came in 37th overall.
- Cesar Cuevas was awarded 43rd-place points after going 25:25.3 and finished 46th overall.
- Atticus Hall charted 53rd-place points by charting a time of 25:57.7. He placed 58th overall.
- James Moore, recorded 54th-place points, running 25:58.6. Moore was 60th overall. Â
- Kai Smith scored in 55th place with a 26:45, finishing 63rd overall.
- Balmore Montes was the final Matador to be awarded points (56th). He ran 26:50.7 to place 64th overall.
- Luis Silva competed, running 27:54.6 (69th overall).
- Nicole Contreras was the top CSUN performer, running 22:10.5 to earn 45th-place points (51st overall). Brianna Weidler of UC Davis was the individual champion as she posted a time of 19:28.6
- As a team, CSUN scored 253 points. Cal Poly (63) edged UC Irvine by one point to take home team honors.
- Junior Sonia Avila lowered her career-best 6k time by almost 14 seconds to 22:17.4 to gain 47th-place points. She placed 53rd overall.Â
- Elin Markarian, dropped her career-best in the 6k by nearly eight seconds to 22:22.3 to earn 50th-place points (57th overall).
- Leann Hamilton, lowered her career-best 6k performance by over a minute to 22:48.5 as she recorded 55th-place points which was 64th overall. Â
- Mariah Changco dropped her career-best in the 6k by over 30 seconds to 22:57.6. She was awarded 56th-place points (66th overall).
- Torrie Freeman lowered her career-best in the 6k over 10 seconds to 24:42.6 for 62nd-place points (76th overall).
- Faith Mora dropped her career best in the 6k by almost 15 seconds to 24:47.9 for 63rd place points. She was 77th overall.Â
- Sophomore Ouanessa Nana competed, running 25:14.1 for a 79th-place showing.Â
"It was an exciting day on the racecourse. The Big West is as good as any mid-major conference in the country. Both championships teams, plus a few others, will have their sights set on earning a berth to nationals in two weeks."
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"We came to Riverside to improve upon the last we were here in September. We were able to accomplish this goal. Our teams rank among the fastest in team history. At the UCR championship course over the past 20 years, our women have on run under 1:53 (as a team) three times, today, they raced to the third-best time at 1:52.37!"
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"This is the fastest group of CSUN men we've seen on championship day in Riverside. We outran our team time from last month and ran 30 seconds faster than a very 2017 Matador team (2:07.23 today, 2:07.54 in 2017)."
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"We have talked all year about honoring the work we put into our sport and celebrating all our improvements as success. I am proud of our ability to take care of each other on the racecourse by pushing together. This was a total team effort."
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UP NEXT
CSUN is scheduled to enter the NCAA West Regional on Friday, Nov. 11 at Chambers Creek Regional Park in University Place, Wash.
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