CSUN Student-Athletes of the Week - Oct. 16
10/16/2023 1:11:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, General, Women's Cross Country
Each week during the 2023-24 season, GoMatadors.com selects two Matadors as Student-Athletes of the Week. This week, we highlight women's cross country's Unique Ford and men's cross country's Daniel Rodriguez for their individual performances on the course.
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In her first race with the Matadors, sophomore Unique Ford led the women's team at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational in Sunnyvale last Saturday. In her CSUN debut, Ford collected 27th-place points (30th overall) by running a personal-best time of 21:03.2. Ford's run time is the third-fastest in the CSUN record book for 6k races. The CSUN women improved its time from its showing at last year's event, posting a team time of 1:49.19.10 (recorded 1:54:34.20 last year).
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In the men's 8k race, CSUN junior Daniel Rodriguez topped the Matadors, earning 39th-place points (44th overall) with a personal record 8k time of 24:33.7. Rodriguez's time is the fifth-fastest 8k time in the school's record book. As a team, CSUN improved its team time to 2:04:34.50 from last year's mark at the same event (2:05.02.50).
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In her first race with the Matadors, sophomore Unique Ford led the women's team at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational in Sunnyvale last Saturday. In her CSUN debut, Ford collected 27th-place points (30th overall) by running a personal-best time of 21:03.2. Ford's run time is the third-fastest in the CSUN record book for 6k races. The CSUN women improved its time from its showing at last year's event, posting a team time of 1:49.19.10 (recorded 1:54:34.20 last year).
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In the men's 8k race, CSUN junior Daniel Rodriguez topped the Matadors, earning 39th-place points (44th overall) with a personal record 8k time of 24:33.7. Rodriguez's time is the fifth-fastest 8k time in the school's record book. As a team, CSUN improved its team time to 2:04:34.50 from last year's mark at the same event (2:05.02.50).
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