Friday, November 15
Colfax, Wash.
11:00 a.m.
California State University at Northridge
vs
NCAA West Regional
Photo by: Big West Conference
CSUN Wraps Up Season with Achten and Markarian Leading Way at NCAA West Regional
11/15/2024 1:43:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
COLFAX, Wash.---CSUN Cross Country completed the fall season at the 2024 NCAA West Regional on Friday at Colfax Gulf Course. Freshman Thomas Achten led the CSUN's men's team with one of the top 10k times in school history while senior Elin Markarian topped the women's team on the 6k course. CSUN men finished 28th as a team with the women's team placing 37th at the regional.
CSUN MEN'S PERFORMANCES
Achten paced the CSUN men's team for the first time this season, finishing with a time of 32:03.6 for 138th-place points and 136th overall. His time ranked eighth in school history and was the best 10k time by a Matador since 2022.
Junior Cesar Cuevas was the next fastest Matador, registering a time of 32:17.3 for 146th-place points, finishing 148th overall in the field. Fellow junior Camilo Torres was not far behind at 32:55.1 for 161st-place points (163rd overall). Kai Smith, another junior, finished the race at 33:00.6 to chart 165th-place points (167th overall) followed by freshman Darrick Jacob, Jr. at 33:18.8 for 176th-place points (178th overall).
Senior Ramiro Mateos closed his cross country career at CSUN by setting a PR in the 10k with a time of 33:21.0 for 177th-place points (179th overall). Junior Ja'Patrick Smith rounded out the Matador participants with a time of 33:35.7 for 182nd-place points (184th overall).
As a team, CSUN took 28th place with 784 points. The University of Washington won the team race with 66 points while Washington State's Evans Kurui finished first individually with a time of 28:53.7.
CSUN WOMEN'S PERFORMANCES
Markarian wrapped up her fourth NCAA West Regional with CSUN, pacing the women's team with a time of 22:29.4 on the 6k course and finishing with 191st-points and in 193rd place overall.
Junior Savannah Ganter had one of her top showings of the fall season, posting a time of 22:51.2 for 216th-place points (218th overall). Ami Jacobson, another junior, closed her strong fall season with a time of 23:22.2 for 232nd-place points (234th overall) followed closely by senior Sakura Divecchio at 23:22.6 for 233rd-place points (235th overall). Senior Leann Hamilton closed her CSUN cross country career with a time of 24:53.8 to chart 258th-place points (260th overall).
As a team, CSUN claimed 37th place to finish with 1,130 points. Oregon won the team race with 43 points while Stanford's Amy Bunnage won the individual race with a time of 19:17.1.
ACCORDING TO COACH JASON ZARB-COUSIN
"I thought we executed our plan really well and ran with resilience today. Both teams moved up throughout the race. The women moved up two spots and the men three spots. Elin ran a great race in her last cross country race of her career. She moved up 57 places throughout the race and was just short of a season's best on the slowest course we have run all season. Savannah also ran one of her better races of the season moving up 34 spots. On the men's side, Thomas ran incredibly well especially for a freshman. His time on a really slow course was 14th fastest for 10k in our school history (overall) and the fourth fastest for a freshman. He moved up 39 places throughout the race. This bodes well for a bright future in front of him. Cesar and Kai had really great performances and were clutch in helping us a team."
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CSUN MEN'S PERFORMANCES
Achten paced the CSUN men's team for the first time this season, finishing with a time of 32:03.6 for 138th-place points and 136th overall. His time ranked eighth in school history and was the best 10k time by a Matador since 2022.
Junior Cesar Cuevas was the next fastest Matador, registering a time of 32:17.3 for 146th-place points, finishing 148th overall in the field. Fellow junior Camilo Torres was not far behind at 32:55.1 for 161st-place points (163rd overall). Kai Smith, another junior, finished the race at 33:00.6 to chart 165th-place points (167th overall) followed by freshman Darrick Jacob, Jr. at 33:18.8 for 176th-place points (178th overall).
Senior Ramiro Mateos closed his cross country career at CSUN by setting a PR in the 10k with a time of 33:21.0 for 177th-place points (179th overall). Junior Ja'Patrick Smith rounded out the Matador participants with a time of 33:35.7 for 182nd-place points (184th overall).
As a team, CSUN took 28th place with 784 points. The University of Washington won the team race with 66 points while Washington State's Evans Kurui finished first individually with a time of 28:53.7.
CSUN WOMEN'S PERFORMANCES
Markarian wrapped up her fourth NCAA West Regional with CSUN, pacing the women's team with a time of 22:29.4 on the 6k course and finishing with 191st-points and in 193rd place overall.
Junior Savannah Ganter had one of her top showings of the fall season, posting a time of 22:51.2 for 216th-place points (218th overall). Ami Jacobson, another junior, closed her strong fall season with a time of 23:22.2 for 232nd-place points (234th overall) followed closely by senior Sakura Divecchio at 23:22.6 for 233rd-place points (235th overall). Senior Leann Hamilton closed her CSUN cross country career with a time of 24:53.8 to chart 258th-place points (260th overall).
As a team, CSUN claimed 37th place to finish with 1,130 points. Oregon won the team race with 43 points while Stanford's Amy Bunnage won the individual race with a time of 19:17.1.
ACCORDING TO COACH JASON ZARB-COUSIN
"I thought we executed our plan really well and ran with resilience today. Both teams moved up throughout the race. The women moved up two spots and the men three spots. Elin ran a great race in her last cross country race of her career. She moved up 57 places throughout the race and was just short of a season's best on the slowest course we have run all season. Savannah also ran one of her better races of the season moving up 34 spots. On the men's side, Thomas ran incredibly well especially for a freshman. His time on a really slow course was 14th fastest for 10k in our school history (overall) and the fourth fastest for a freshman. He moved up 39 places throughout the race. This bodes well for a bright future in front of him. Cesar and Kai had really great performances and were clutch in helping us a team."
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