Stenberg and Arakelyan Pace Matadors at Kim Duyst Twilight

CERES, Calif --- Elijah Stenberg and Lilit Arakelyan led the way for the Matadors at the 2025 Kim Duyst XC Invitational at River Oaks Golf Course hosted by Stanislaus State. The CSUN men finished in sixth place in the 8k with a score of 173 while the women finished in eighth place in the 6k with a score of 211.

The men finished with an average time of 24:59.06 while the women finished with an average time of 22:14.76

MEN
Stenberg paced the men with a time of 24:42.8, good enough for seventh fastest 8k time in school history and 29th overall. Adam Divinity clocked in at 24:45.3, the eighth-fastest 8k time in school history, finishing 30th overall. Thomas Achten followed with a 24:51.5, the ninth-fastest mark in CSUN history, placing 33rd. Camilo Torres finished 50th in 25:15.3.

Senior Cesar Cuevas was 60th in 25:22.4, while sophomore Darrick Jacob Jr. placed 86th at 25:26.8. Sophomore Diego Rodriguez came in 76th at 25:34.4, and Ja'Patrick Smith rounded out the lineup in 135th with a time of 26:41.4.

Stanislaus State won the men's race with 55 points. Sacramento State (85) was second, and Nevada (108) finished third.
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WOMEN
Arakelyan, the junior, finished with the seventh fastest time in school history as well, this time on the women's side. Her time of 21:43.1 paced the Matadors and was good for 24th place.

Finishing second out of the CSUN women was junior Nadia Munoz. Her time of 22:12.3 was good enough for 42nd place and 39 points. Following Munoz was senior Ami Jacobson. Her time of 22:13.7 earned her 46th place. The junior, Brianna Torres finished in the top 60 at 57th place. She ran a time of 22:26.7.

Sakura Divecchio, the senior from Alhambra, recorded a time of 22:38.0, good enough for 68th place and a spot in the top-70. Savannah Ganter, also a senior, got a time of 22:40.0, that mark would earn her 72nd place. Junior Yadira Arnold cracked the top 100. She scored 95th place with a time of 23:12.8. Lastly, Ailani Valiente finished with a 23:26.0 at 118th place.

Stanislaus State also took home first place in the women's 6k with a score of 75. Sacramento State finished second as well, a tick under with a score of 76. Chico State was third with a score of 80 points.

ACCORDING TO COACH JASON ZARB-COUSIN
"On both sides, we ran exceptionally well against some very competitive teams in our region, the conference and some top-10 teams nationally in Division II. Going into the races, we had a plan to be aggressive in the latter half of the race, and I felt like we executed the plan in both races, and moved up to sixth in the men and eighth in the women. We are improving each week and the team's confidence is growing as a result. We have a pretty tough block of training starting next week, so we need to carry this momentum into the next few weeks.

"There were so many great performances tonight individually. We had several career bests in the 8k for the men and in the 6k for the women, which includes Thomas Achten, Darrick Jacob, Jr., Diego Rodriguez, Yadira Arnold and Sakura Divecchio. We also had several run tonight's race distance for the first time ever so to be able to run well given the lack of familiarity is encouraging especially for the future as they get more experience. Specifically, Elijah Stenberg, Adam Divinity, Lilit Arakelyan, Nadia Munoz, Brianna Torres and Ailani Valiente."

UP NEXT
Two weeks from now, on September 27th, CSUN will compete in the UC Riverside Invitational at the UCR AG Ops Course.

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Stenberg and Arakelyan Pace Matadors at Kim Duyst Twilight

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Achten

Lilit Arakelyan

Yadira Arnold

Cesar Cuevas

Sakura Divecchio

Adam Divinity

Savannah Ganter

Darrick Jacob, Jr.

Ami Jacobson

Nadia Munoz

Diego Rodriguez

Ja'Patrick Smith

Elijah Stenberg

Brianna Torres

Camilo Torres

Ailani Valiente