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NCAA West Regionals
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CSUN Wraps Up 2025 Season With Arakelyan and Divinity Leading the Way at NCAA West Regional
11/14/2025 1:45:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
SACRAMENTO, Calif ---- CSUN completed the 2025 cross country season at the 2025 NCAA West Regional on Friday at Haggin Oaks Golf Course. Freshman Adam Divinity led the CSUN's men's team with one of the top 10k times in school history while junior Lilit Arakelyan led the CSUN women on the 6k course. The CSUN men finished 26th overall while the women finished 34th overall.
CSUN MEN PERFORMANCES
Divinity, paced the men for the first time this season. His time of 31:34.9 is the fifth fastest time in school history for a 10k race. That time warranted a placement of 108th in the race. Thomas Achten cracked the top-10 in school history as well, as the sophomore ran a time of 32:09.5. His time is officially the 10th fastest time in school history as Achten received 137th place on the day.
Elijah Stenberg was third out of the Matador men. Stenberg's time of 32:23.0 earned him 149th place. Senior Camilo Torres finished his Matador career with a 32:46.8 time in the 10k, good for 164th place. Sophomore Darrick Jacob, Jr. slotted in at 170th place, as his time of 33:03.6 is good enough for fifth out of the CSUN runners. Senior Cesar Cuevas finishes his CSUN career rounding out the Matador performances, posting a 33:53.9 time, earning 188th place.
As a team, CSUN finished in 26th place. Oregon claimed the team title as the Ducks finished with a total of 55 points.
CSUN WOMEN PERFORMANCES
Arakelyan paced the Matador women for the fourth time this season. The junior from Glendale posted a time of 21:58.9, which was good for 117th place. Senior Ami Jacobsen finished her Matador career by placing second amongst the CSUN squad. Her time of 22:15.8 earned her 146th place.
Junior Brianna Torres earned 205th place with a time of 23:07.7. Senior Savannah Ganter ended her Matador career with a time of 23:10.7. She earned 211th place. Junior Nadia Munoz finished five spots behind Ganter at 216th place. Munoz ran a time of 23:15.5 in the process.
Last but not least, rounding out the CSUN runners is junior Yadira Arnold. Arnold's time of 23:56.6 got her 241st place.
As a team, CSUN earned 34th place. The winner of the 6k race was Stanford with a score of 66 points.
ACCORDING TO COACH JASON ZARB-COUSIN
"We came into the meet focused on improving from past years and we exceeded expectations. Both teams did a tremendous job of executing our plan to move up through the race.
On the women's side, we went through the first mile in 38th and moved up 3 spots in the next mile and a half, then another spot to the finish. Lilit Arakelyan ran an incredible race passing 63 spots from the mile to the finish leading the team while Ami Jacobson passed 73 women over that same distance and finishing second for us. Brianna Torres, Nadia Munoz and Savannah Ganter were just eight seconds apart.
On the men's side, we ran even throughout. Adam Divinity picked up 63 spots from the first mile through the 10km distance and finished as our first runner. Thomas Achten, Elijah Stenberg, Camilo Torres and Darrick Jacob, Jr. rounded out our scoring five and battled throughout to help the team maintain our position.
We have made significant progress in the last year and look to build on it for next year. Although we lose a few seniors this year, we have the pieces to continue our upward trend."
#GoMatadors
CSUN MEN PERFORMANCES
Divinity
Elijah Stenberg was third out of the Matador men. Stenberg's time of 32:23.0 earned him 149th place. Senior Camilo Torres finished his Matador career with a 32:46.8 time in the 10k, good for 164th place. Sophomore Darrick Jacob, Jr. slotted in at 170th place, as his time of 33:03.6 is good enough for fifth out of the CSUN runners. Senior Cesar Cuevas finishes his CSUN career rounding out the Matador performances, posting a 33:53.9 time, earning 188th place.
As a team, CSUN finished in 26th place. Oregon claimed the team title as the Ducks finished with a total of 55 points.
CSUN WOMEN PERFORMANCES
Arakelyan paced the Matador women for the fourth time this season. The junior from Glendale posted a time of 21:58.9, which was good for 117th place. Senior Ami Jacobsen finished her Matador career by placing second amongst the CSUN squad. Her time of 22:15.8 earned her 146th place.
Junior Brianna Torres earned 205th place with a time of 23:07.7. Senior Savannah Ganter ended her Matador career with a time of 23:10.7. She earned 211th place. Junior Nadia Munoz finished five spots behind Ganter at 216th place. Munoz ran a time of 23:15.5 in the process.
Last but not least, rounding out the CSUN runners is junior Yadira Arnold. Arnold's time of 23:56.6 got her 241st place.
As a team, CSUN earned 34th place. The winner of the 6k race was Stanford with a score of 66 points.
ACCORDING TO COACH JASON ZARB-COUSIN
"We came into the meet focused on improving from past years and we exceeded expectations. Both teams did a tremendous job of executing our plan to move up through the race.
On the women's side, we went through the first mile in 38th and moved up 3 spots in the next mile and a half, then another spot to the finish. Lilit Arakelyan ran an incredible race passing 63 spots from the mile to the finish leading the team while Ami Jacobson passed 73 women over that same distance and finishing second for us. Brianna Torres, Nadia Munoz and Savannah Ganter were just eight seconds apart.
On the men's side, we ran even throughout. Adam Divinity picked up 63 spots from the first mile through the 10km distance and finished as our first runner. Thomas Achten, Elijah Stenberg, Camilo Torres and Darrick Jacob, Jr. rounded out our scoring five and battled throughout to help the team maintain our position.
We have made significant progress in the last year and look to build on it for next year. Although we lose a few seniors this year, we have the pieces to continue our upward trend."
#GoMatadors
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