Saturday, October 5
Santa Clarita, Calif.
8:00 a.m.
California State University at Northridge
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Master's Invitational
Photo by: Jeff Golden
CSUN Wraps Up Master's Invite with Standout Performances
10/5/2024 1:38:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
SANTA CLARITA, Calif.---CSUN Cross Country completed its third race of the season with standout performances on the men's and women's teams at The Master's XC Invitational on Saturday at Central Park. Junior Camilo Torres led the CSUN men's team for a third-straight meet, finishing in the top-10 while junior Ami Jacobson was the top women's runner for CSUN. The Matador men's team finished fifth in the 8k and the women's team was ninth in the 6k race.
MEN'S TEAM
Torres paced CSUN with a time of 24:32.50 to finish with sixth-place points and sixth overall out of 234 total runners. Following Torres was junior Cesar Cuevas who had a time of 25:37.60 for 41st-place points and a 45th overall finish. Freshman Thomas Achten was not far behind with a time of 25:44.70 for 52nd-place points and a 58th overall finish.
Junior Ja'Patrick Smith was next as he set a personal record time of 25:51.80 for 57th-place points (65th overall). Up next was senior Ramiro Mateos with a time of 25:57.70 for 63rd-place points (72nd overall) followed by junior Kai Smith at 26:26.10 for 82nd-place points (94th overall). Other CSUN runners included freshman Darrick Jacob, Jr. who had a time of 26:34.80 for 90th-place points (104th overall) while freshmen Diego Rodriguez and Alec Flores set new PR times of 26:57.00 (126th overall) and 27:04.60 (134th overall), respectively. Freshman Caden Bazo rounded out the Matador men's runners with a time of 27:29.20 (158th overall).
As a team, CSUN was fifth out of a 26-team field with 219 points. The Master's University finished first as a team with 50 points. Embry-Riddle Arizona's Demeris Love, Jr. was the top individual runner with a time of 24:11.70.
WOMEN'S TEAM
Jacobson paced the CSUN women's team for a second-consecutive race by posting a time of 23:10.60 in her 6k race debut this season, finishing with 27th-place points and 35th overall. Senior Sakura Divecchio posted a time of 23:39.80 for 54th-place points, finishing 65th overall while senior Elin Markarian ran a time of 23:55.60 with 61st-place points to finish 75th overall.
Junior Savannah Ganter made her season debut, running a time of 24:09.30 for 67th-place points (83rd overall) followed by senior Leann Hamilton with a time of 24:14.20 for 70th-place points (86th overall). Rounding out the Matador runners was junior Emily Ramirez who had a time of 33:39.60 for 147th-place points (230th overall).
CSUN as a team took ninth place with 279 points. Salt Lake Community College took first place in the team race with 35 points while The Master's Hannah Fredericks took the individual title with a time of 21:07.10.
ACCORDING TO COACH JASON ZARB-COUSIN
"As a whole, both teams took a big step forward. On the men's side, Camilo finishing sixth overall helped us a ton, but the pack from our second runner to our fifth runner was only 19 seconds and they were the key to getting fifth as a team. On the women's side, Ami had a great race with it being her first-ever 6k and exceeded my expectations. Again, our second through fifth runners finished close together. We just need to work on moving that group up in the race which will come as we get more training under our belts."
UP NEXT
CSUN returns to UC Riverside for a second time this season to compete at the Highlander Invitational in two weeks on Saturday, Oct. 19.
#GoMatadors
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MEN'S TEAM
Torres paced CSUN with a time of 24:32.50 to finish with sixth-place points and sixth overall out of 234 total runners. Following Torres was junior Cesar Cuevas who had a time of 25:37.60 for 41st-place points and a 45th overall finish. Freshman Thomas Achten was not far behind with a time of 25:44.70 for 52nd-place points and a 58th overall finish.
Junior Ja'Patrick Smith was next as he set a personal record time of 25:51.80 for 57th-place points (65th overall). Up next was senior Ramiro Mateos with a time of 25:57.70 for 63rd-place points (72nd overall) followed by junior Kai Smith at 26:26.10 for 82nd-place points (94th overall). Other CSUN runners included freshman Darrick Jacob, Jr. who had a time of 26:34.80 for 90th-place points (104th overall) while freshmen Diego Rodriguez and Alec Flores set new PR times of 26:57.00 (126th overall) and 27:04.60 (134th overall), respectively. Freshman Caden Bazo rounded out the Matador men's runners with a time of 27:29.20 (158th overall).
As a team, CSUN was fifth out of a 26-team field with 219 points. The Master's University finished first as a team with 50 points. Embry-Riddle Arizona's Demeris Love, Jr. was the top individual runner with a time of 24:11.70.
WOMEN'S TEAM
Jacobson paced the CSUN women's team for a second-consecutive race by posting a time of 23:10.60 in her 6k race debut this season, finishing with 27th-place points and 35th overall. Senior Sakura Divecchio posted a time of 23:39.80 for 54th-place points, finishing 65th overall while senior Elin Markarian ran a time of 23:55.60 with 61st-place points to finish 75th overall.
Junior Savannah Ganter made her season debut, running a time of 24:09.30 for 67th-place points (83rd overall) followed by senior Leann Hamilton with a time of 24:14.20 for 70th-place points (86th overall). Rounding out the Matador runners was junior Emily Ramirez who had a time of 33:39.60 for 147th-place points (230th overall).
CSUN as a team took ninth place with 279 points. Salt Lake Community College took first place in the team race with 35 points while The Master's Hannah Fredericks took the individual title with a time of 21:07.10.
ACCORDING TO COACH JASON ZARB-COUSIN
"As a whole, both teams took a big step forward. On the men's side, Camilo finishing sixth overall helped us a ton, but the pack from our second runner to our fifth runner was only 19 seconds and they were the key to getting fifth as a team. On the women's side, Ami had a great race with it being her first-ever 6k and exceeded my expectations. Again, our second through fifth runners finished close together. We just need to work on moving that group up in the race which will come as we get more training under our belts."
UP NEXT
CSUN returns to UC Riverside for a second time this season to compete at the Highlander Invitational in two weeks on Saturday, Oct. 19.
#GoMatadors
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