Friday, October 27
Nipomo, Calif.
8:30 a.m.
California State University at Northridge
at
The Big West Conference Championship
Hall and Ford Pace CSUN Cross Country at Big West Championships
10/27/2023 11:14:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
NIPOMO, Calif.---CSUN Cross Country wrapped up competition at the 2023 Big West Championships on Friday at Blacklake Golf Resort. The men's cross country finished eighth at the event while the women's team came in ninth in their respective events.
TOP MEN'S HONORS
Sophomore Atticus Hall led the Matadors with a time of 24:57.1, a new personal record in the 8K. Hall would score 26th-place points and finish 26th overall. As a team, CSUN finished with 208 points. Cal Poly claimed championship honors and had 27 points while the Mustangs' Davis Bove won the individual title.
CSUN MEN PERFORMANCES
ATTICUS HALL ON TODAY'S PERFORMANCE
TOP WOMEN'S HONORS
Sophomore Unique Ford paced the Matadors for the second-straight race, finishing with a time 21:55.3 and scoring 28th-place points (29th overall). Her time is the 10th fastest in the 6K on record in team history. CSUN finished with 234 points while Cal Poly won the team event with 39 points. UC Davis' Sierra Atkins won the individual title.
CSUN WOMEN PERFORMANCES
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ACCORDING TO COACH DEVIN ELIZONDO
"Both teams improved in our conference points from last year, but other teams in conference are improving too!
For the CSUN men, we have consistently put an athlete in the top-30 [with Atticus Hall finishing 26th] and overall we lowered our total from 213 points [in 2022] to 208, leaving the goal of breaking 200 points still on the table. Camilo Torres had a great bounce back race, which helped true freshman Yaseen Sardar have an impact in our scoring lineup. Our top four runners are all underclassmen. It would have taken an amazing effort to challenge for the two team spots ahead of us, but we are starting to close the gap with the in-house talent and new recruiting class.
The CSUN women followed the trend of improving at The Big West Championships. In her second race of the season, Unique led a charge that would ultimately have her finish 29th, a solid performance in her conference championship debut. The women ran a strong team race and significantly closed the gaps on our competition. Although we finished ninth again, a year ago we were 90 points out of seventh and 32 points away from eighth. Today, we put ourselves squarely in the fight. I'm proud of this effort that resulted in finishing 25 points from UCSB [in seventh] with Hawai'i just three points ahead. If we pass 12 more runners, we fight with all the team in the mid-pack."
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TOP MEN'S HONORS
Sophomore Atticus Hall led the Matadors with a time of 24:57.1, a new personal record in the 8K. Hall would score 26th-place points and finish 26th overall. As a team, CSUN finished with 208 points. Cal Poly claimed championship honors and had 27 points while the Mustangs' Davis Bove won the individual title.
CSUN MEN PERFORMANCES
- Daniel Rodriguez finished second for the Matadors, running a time of 25:26.5 and scoring 41st-place points (42nd overall).
- Camilo Torres would run a time of 25:28, charting 42nd-place points (43rd overall).
- Next for CSUN was Yaseen Sardar, recording 47th-place points (48th overall) with a time of 25:40.5.
- Noah Contreras would register 52nd-place points (55th overall) by running 25:56.7.
- Cesar Cuevas posted 53rd place points (57th overall) and ran a time of 26:01.3.
- Ramiro Mateos charted 54th place points (59th overall) with a time of 26:16.6 while Balmore Montes and Kai Smith both ran times of 26:31.8 (63rd overall).
ATTICUS HALL ON TODAY'S PERFORMANCE
#CSUN's Atticus Hall on his performance and team's showing at the Big West Championships.#GoMatadors pic.twitter.com/0YkMKJtpJv
— CSUN Track & Field & Cross Country (@CSUNTFXC) October 27, 2023
TOP WOMEN'S HONORS
Sophomore Unique Ford paced the Matadors for the second-straight race, finishing with a time 21:55.3 and scoring 28th-place points (29th overall). Her time is the 10th fastest in the 6K on record in team history. CSUN finished with 234 points while Cal Poly won the team event with 39 points. UC Davis' Sierra Atkins won the individual title.
CSUN WOMEN PERFORMANCES
- Nicole Contreras earned 46th-place points (47th overall) with a time of 22:41.2.
- Sonia Avila scored 49th-place points (50th overall) and ran a time of 22:46.2.
- Elin Markarian registered 50th-place points (52nd overall), finishing with a time of 22:48.1.
- Next for CSUN was Vanessa Avila who had 61st-place points (68th overall) and a time of 23:27.4.
- Rachael Simpson charted 63rd-place points (73rd overall) with a time of 24:15.3.
- Leann Hamilton recorded 64th-place points (74th overall) and finished with a time of 24:18.0.
- Rounding out the Matador runners were Faith Mora with a time of 24:47.2 (76th overall) and Mariah Changco with a time of 25:08.8 (77th overall).
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#CSUN's Elin Markarian on her performance and team's effort at the Big West Championships.#GoMatadors pic.twitter.com/uHaPIygGGL
— CSUN Track & Field & Cross Country (@CSUNTFXC) October 27, 2023
ACCORDING TO COACH DEVIN ELIZONDO
"Both teams improved in our conference points from last year, but other teams in conference are improving too!
For the CSUN men, we have consistently put an athlete in the top-30 [with Atticus Hall finishing 26th] and overall we lowered our total from 213 points [in 2022] to 208, leaving the goal of breaking 200 points still on the table. Camilo Torres had a great bounce back race, which helped true freshman Yaseen Sardar have an impact in our scoring lineup. Our top four runners are all underclassmen. It would have taken an amazing effort to challenge for the two team spots ahead of us, but we are starting to close the gap with the in-house talent and new recruiting class.
The CSUN women followed the trend of improving at The Big West Championships. In her second race of the season, Unique led a charge that would ultimately have her finish 29th, a solid performance in her conference championship debut. The women ran a strong team race and significantly closed the gaps on our competition. Although we finished ninth again, a year ago we were 90 points out of seventh and 32 points away from eighth. Today, we put ourselves squarely in the fight. I'm proud of this effort that resulted in finishing 25 points from UCSB [in seventh] with Hawai'i just three points ahead. If we pass 12 more runners, we fight with all the team in the mid-pack."
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Coach Devin Elizondo on today's CSUN men's and women's performances at the Big West Championships.#GoMatadors pic.twitter.com/Vbrz1RuQHU
— CSUN Track & Field & Cross Country (@CSUNTFXC) October 27, 2023
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