Light Week as Cross Country Prepares For CCAA Championships
This week
A very light schedule is on tap as teams begin to taper for the CCAA Championships in San Francisco on October 26. The slate:
Sat., Oct. 17
Bronco Invitational, Santa Clara, CA (Cal State Monterey Bay MW, Sonoma State W)
Sun., Oct. 18
Cougar Challenge at Cal State San Marcos (Cal State San Marcos MW)
Last Week
San Francisco State Invitational
Men (8K, 20 teams)
1. Chico State 23
2. Cal Baptist 82
3. San Francisco State 111
Southern Oregon 111
5. Cal State San Marcos 115
8. Humboldt State 239
10. Cal State Monterey Bay 282
13. Stanislaus State 414
Chico State, ranked second nationally, dominated the field with a 1-3-5-6-8 scoring line…Chico State junior William Reyes won the event with a 24:35.2 mark, holding a solid nine-second cushion over second-place Valentin Pepiot of Academy of Art, with Wildcat teammate Falco DiGiallonardo finishing third…beyond the five scorers, Chico State runners also finished 10th, 11th, 13th, and 14th…host San Francisco State finished fifth, led by junior Benji Preciado (25:17.4, 17th) and sophomore Drew Feldman (25:17.6, 18th)…freshman Steven Terris finished 9th (personal best 25:07.6) to pace the Cougars to a fifth-place finish.
Women (6K, 22 teams)
1. Chico State 41
2. Cal Baptist 63
3. Cal State San Marcos 93
4. Cal State Stanislaus 140
6. Humboldt State 213
7. Cal State Monterey Bay 214
10. San Francisco State 266
17. Sonoma State 450
Not unexpectedly, Chico State, ranked atop the most recent west region poll, captured the win with a 1-6-7-10-17 finish…CCAA squads held down five the top seven places for the race that served as a preview of the CCAA Championships on October 25…individually, Sadie Gastelum of Chico State led the field (21:39.3; fourth-best time in the CCAA this year and her first collegiate win), edging out Cal State Monterey Bay’s Hannah Bell (21:40.4, fifth best time in the CCAA this year)…other top 10 finishes all came from Chico State runners: McCall Habermehl (22:01.2, 6th), Alex Burkhart (22:06.3, 7th), and Quetta Peinado (22:13.5, 10th)…three other runners just missed the top 10: freshman Rachel Brady of Cal State San Marcos (22:15.1, 12th), senior Gina Wood of Stanislaus State (22:18.9, 13th) and sophomore Natalie Rodriguez of Cal State San Marcos (22:20.1, 14th).
Triton Classic
Men (8K, 10 teams)
1. UC San Diego 54
2. Azusa Pacific 73
3. Loyola Marymount 83
4. Cal Poly Pomona 84
Host UC San Diego’s depth led to placing all of its scorers in the top 14 (5-10-12-13-14) to edge Azusa Pacific (1-4-8-27-33)…Cal Poly Pomona finished fourth, a single point behind third-place Loyola Marymount…junior Brendan Gee led the Tritons with a time of 26:54.30, good for 8th place…senior Justin Ogan of Cal Poly Pomona was 10th (27:05.32).
Women (6K, 13 teams)
1. Cal State San Bernardino 64
2. Biola 67
3. UC San Diego 73
6. Cal Poly Pomona 178
8. Cal State LA 239
Cal State San Bernardino turned in a 4-6-14-16-24 finish to edge Biola for the team title…seniors Patricia Cortez (22:17.73, 4th) and Soleil Hall (22:20.21, 6th) led the Coyotes with season-best times…UC San Diego also had two runners in the top ten: senior Paige Hughes (season-best 22:26.07) and freshman Karina Carstens (22:29.93, 9th).
Stellar Season
Chico State's Will Reyes and Sadie Gastelum each earned their second CCAA Runner of the Week nod after leading the Wildcats to first-place finishes in last weekend's men's and women's meets at the San Francisco State Gator Invite-CCAA Championship Preview meet.
Reyes won the eight kilometer race by 9.1 seconds, finishing ahead of Academy of Art's Valentin Pepiot, to remain unbeaten by any Division II runner this season.
Gastelum crossed the finish line first for Chico State for the third time this season, covering the six-kilometer course in 21 minutes, 39.3 seconds, to finish just 1.3 seconds ahead of Cal State Monterey Bay standout Hannah Bell.
Current rankings
The US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association releases weekly polls on Tuesdays (regional) and Wednesdays (national).
Men—West Region Poll (10/13/2015)
No changes from a week ago in the most recent men’s poll…the CCAA still holds down half of the ten spots the latest poll…where CCAA teams rank:
1. Chico State
3. Cal Poly Pomona
7. San Francisco State
8. UC San Diego
9. Humboldt State
Complete Release
Women—West Region Poll (10/13/2015)
Unlike the men’s poll, the women’s top ten has shifted this week…the CCAA holds down five of the ten positions...Cal State San Marcos has made its debut this week…where CCAA teams rank:
1. Chico State
6. Cal Poly Pomona
7. Cal State San Bernardino
8. UC San Diego
10. Cal State San Marcos
Complete Poll
Men—National Poll (10/14/2015)
Chico State remained #2 in the final regular-season poll, maintaining its two first-place votes and continues to trail first-place Grand Valley State by just five six points…Cal Poly Pomona remains 8th with 140 points…San Francisco State and UC San Diego each dropped from this week's poll.
Women—National Poll (10/14/2015)
Chico State hold on to its fifth-ranked spot…Cal Poly Pomona broke the top 25, ranking 24th in the Oct. 14 poll...UC San Diego dropped out after ranking 24th last week, but continues to receive votes...Cal State San Benrardino is also receiving votes.
The Top Ten (through October 10, 2015)
Men (8K)
23:36.7 William Reyes, CHI at Stanford Invitational, Sep. 26, 2015 (3rd)
23:56.7 Mark Huizar, POM at Stanford Invitational, Sep. 26, 2015 (5th)
23:57.3 Francisco Gomez, POM at Stanford Invitational, Sep. 26, 2015 (6th)
24:06.5 Steven Martinez, CHI at Stanford Invitational, Sep. 26, 2015 (11th)
24:12.1 Mark Huizar, POM at UC Riverside Invitational, Sep. 12, 2015 (4th)
24:12.15 Falco Di Giallonardo, CHI at Stanford Invitational, Sep. 26, 2015 (14th)
24:12.6 Francisco Gomez, POM at UC Riverside Invitational, Sep. 12, 2015 (5th)
24:21.9 Kyle Medina, CHI at Stanford Invitational, Sep. 26, 2015 (21st)
24:27.5 Connor Fisher, CHI at Stanford Invitational, Sep. 26, 2015 (27th)
24:32.6 Arturo Arevalo, CHI at Stanford Invitational, Sep. 26, 2015 (32nd)
Women (6K)
21:10.0 Hannah Bell, MB at Sonoma State Invite, Oct. 3, 2015 (1st)
21:16.0 Hannah Bell, MB at UC Riverside Invitational, Sept. 12, 2015 (13th)
21:26.2 Sadie Gastelum, CHI at Stanford Invitational, Sept. 26, 2015 (21st)
21:39.2 Sadie Gastelum, CHI at San Francisco State Invitational, Oct. 9, 2015 (1st)
21:39.7 Hannah Bell, MB at Stanford Invitational, Sept. 26, 2015 (28th)
21:40.4 Hannah Bell, MB at San Francisco State Invitational, Oct. 9, 2015 (2nd)
21:43.6 Kori Gilley, HUM at Sundodger Open, Sept. 19, 2015 (8th)
21:49.9 McCall Habermehl, CHI at Stanford Invitational, Sept. 26, 2015 (37th)
21:50.0 Quetta Peinado, CHI at Stanford Invitational, Sept. 26, 2015 (38th)
21:50.2 Marissa Nickles, POM at Pomona-Pitzer Invite, Oct. 3, 2015 (3rd)
Women (5K)
17:37.47 Karina Carstens, SD at Southern Stampede, Sep. 19, 2015 (14th)
17:37.6 Marissa Nickles, POM at UC Riverside Collegiate Open, Sep. 12, 2015 (6th)
17:46.09 Corinne Hinkle, SD at Southern Stampede, Sep. 19, 2015 (18th)
17:53.88 Paige Hughes, SD at Southern Stampede, Sep. 19, 2015 (21st)
18:17.4 Ashli Baddorf, POM at UC Riverside Collegiate Open, Sep. 12, 2015 (12th)
18:17.91 Soleil Hall, SB at UC Irvine Invitational, Sep. 5, 2015 (6th)
18:20.29 Gina Wood, STAN at UC Irvine Invitational, Sep. 5, 2015 (7th)
18:21.5 Bailey Smith, SM at UC Riverside Collegiate Open, Sep. 12, 2015 (15th)
18:22.9 Nichelle Jackson, POM at UC Riverside Collegiate Open, Sep. 12, 2015 (16th)
18:23.3 Rachel Brady, SM at UC Riverside Collegiate Open, Sep. 12, 2015 (17th)