Cross Country Teams Prepare for CCAA Championships
This week
The post-season gets started this weekend with the CCAA Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships at Ontario’s Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park on Saturday, October 22, hosted by Cal Poly Pomona…the men’s 8K race will get underway at 10:00 a.m. and the women’s 6K race will follow at 11:00 a.m.…the full cross country post-season schedule for men’s and women’s teams:
Sat., Oct. 22
CCAA Championships at Cucamonga-Guasti Park, Ontario, CA
Sat., Nov. 5
NCAA West Regional Championships at Amend Park, Billings, MT
Sat., Nov. 19
NCAA Championships at The Abbey Course, Saint Leo, FL
Last week
Bronco Invitational (Sunnyvale, Calif.)
Women (6K, 16 teams) - Results
1. Embry-Riddle 71
6. Sonoma State 148
9. San Francisco State 210
11. Cal State Monterey Bay 263
In a final tune-up before the CCAA Championships, Sonoma State led all CCAA teams with a 6th-place finish…the Seavolves’ Analicia Garcia topped the 167-runner field with her time of 21:02.2… it was the third-best time in the CCAA this year and bettered her previous school record by nine seconds…Cal State Monterey Bay freshman Megan Perko was 34th with a time of 23:32.1; Myha Castro of San Francisco State was 49th with a time of 24:05.3.
Men (Open 8K, 16 teams) – Results
1. Cal Poly Distance Club 35
12. Cal State East Bay 277
The Pioneers were led by sophomore Jesus Leon, who finished 42nd with a time of 26:41.2.
Men (Invitational 8K, 3 teams) – Results
1. Strava TC 18
3. Cal State Monterey Bay 56
Senior Connor Henderson was the Otters’ top runner with a time of 24:31.6, good for an 8th-place showing.
Pomona-Pitzer Invitational (Claremont, Calif.)
Women (6K, 13 teams) – Results
1. Cal Poly Pomona 56
2. Westmont 80
The Broncos cruised to an easy win, finishing 5-11-12-13-15…senior Elizabeth Olvera finished 5th with a time of 22:32.3…Araceli Servin finished 11th (22:45.3) just one second off a top-ten finish.
Three Cal Poly Pomona men competed in the 8k men's race…top finisher was freshman Adrian Diaz (7th; 25:51.1)
Cougar Challenge (San Marcos, Calif.)
Men (8K, 5 teams) – Team Results | Individual Results
1. Cal State San Marcos 22
2. Biola 50
The Cougars won their own event, finishing 1-2-3-6-10 en route to a 28-point win…Vahagn Isayan (25:16; his second win of the year), Josh Litwiller (25:17), and Easton Tackett (25:23) topped the field.
Women (5K, 7 teams) – Team Results | Individual Results
1. Biola 28
2. Cal State San Marcos 36
Natalie Rodriguez topped the field wth her time of 17:30 posting her second 5K win of the year, but it wasn't enough to push the Cougars to the team title…Raelyn Werley’s time of 17:55 was good for fifth place and is one of the top 10 times the CCAA this season.
CCAA Championships preview
Chico State enters the Championships as the favorite in both the men’s and women’s races…Wildcat William Reyes will try to win the men’s race in consecutive seasons since James Nielsen of UC San Diego in 1998 and 1999…six of the top ten men’s times in the 8K this year have been by Chico State runners…Cal Poly Pomona runners hold down the other four spots…Bronco Mark Huizar is the only runner it the Conference to have two of the top 10 times this season…a Chico State runner has won the event for eight straight years and 10 of the past 11…other men’s runners who could contend for the top spot are Drew Feldman and Benji Preciado of San Francisco State…the Chico State women's team is deep and talented…defending champion McCall Habermehl and three other teammates have battled health issues; Habermehl has run just once this season, but may be ready for the meet…Wildcat Sadie Gastelum has two of the top 10 times in the CCAA this year…the individual championship should be extremely competitive…in addition to Habermehl and Gastelum, Sonoma State’s Analicia Garcia has three of the CCAA’s top ten times the year and has broken the school record on more than one occasion this season…Natalie Rodriguez of Cal State San Marcos has the best 6K time in the CCAA this year (20:49.54), while Laura Aceves of Cal State San Bernardino has won two 5K races this year.
Last Year
Chico State was a double winner for the eighth straight time, taking both the men’s and women’s team titles…McCall Habermehl won the women’s race (http://www.goccaa.org/news/2015/12/30/2015_CCAA_WXC_Champs.aspx?path=wcross) with a time of 21:33.1, just :00.4 ahead of teammate Sadie Gastelum, the closest finish in CCAA history…Chico State’s Will Reyes won the men’s race (http://www.goccaa.org/news/2015/12/30/2015_CCAA_MXC_Champs.aspx?path=mcross) with a time of 24:13.6 seconds…his margin of victory of 15.6 seconds was the largest since Vicente Moreno of Stanislaus State won the race in 2007 by 19.5 seconds.…team results from a year ago:
Men
1. Chico State 24
2. Cal Poly Pomona 46
3. San Francisco State 62
4. Humboldt State 129
5. UC San Diego 148
6. Cal State Monterey Bay 167
7. Stanislaus State 206
8. Cal State East Bay 241
Cal State San Marcos NS
Women
1. Chico State 38
2. UC San Diego 61
3. Cal State San Bernardino 100
4. Stanislaus State 116
5. Cal Poly Pomona 129
6. Humboldt State 150
7. Cal State Monterey Bay 176
8. San Francisco State 215
9. Cal State East Bay 258
10. Cal State Los Angeles 295
11. Sonoma State 330
Cal State San Marcos NS
Streaks and trends
Chico State has won 14 straight men’s titles, and the Wildcats have also captured the last eight women’s crowns…a Chico State runner has won the men’s race for the last nine years and either a Humboldt State or Chico State runner has won the last four women’s races.
Men’s Team Champions (margin)
1977 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1978 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1979 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1980 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1981 UC Riverside
1982 UC Riverside
1983 Cal Poly Pomona
1984 UC Riverside
1985 Cal Poly Pomona
1986 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1987 Cal State L.A.
1988 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1989 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1990 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1991 UC Riverside
1992 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1993 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1994 Cal Poly Pomona
1995 UC Riverside
1996 Cal Poly Pomona
1997 Cal Poly Pomona
1998 UC Davis
1999 UC Davis
2000 UC Davis
2001 UC Davis
2002 Chico State
2003 Chico State
2004 Chico State
2005 Chico State
2006 Chico State 23 (29)
2007 Chico State 20 (47)
2008 Chico State 17 (55)
2009 Chico State 20 (33)
2010 Chico State 16 (39)
2011 Chico State 16 (51)
2012 Chico State 23 (58)
2013 Chico State 15 (44)
2014 Chico State 29 (17)
2015 Chico State 24 (22)
Recent Individual Men’s Champions (margin)
2006 Charlie Serrano, CHI 25:44.90 (:06.2)
2007 Vicente Moreno, STAN 24:48.3 (:19.5)
2008 Scott Bauhs, CHI 25:23.4 (:00.4)
2009 Jimmy Elam, CHI 24:50.3 (:06.9)
2010 Brent Handa, CHI 24:41.3 (:00.3)
2011 Adrian Sherrod, CHI 25:39.0 (:00.1)
2012 Isaac Chavez, CHI 25:41.0 (:02.8)
2013 Aaron Thomas, CHI 24:50.6 (:00.2)
2014 Alex McGuirk, CHI 25:13.8 (:02.6)
2015 William Reyes, CHI 24:13.6 (:15.6)
Women’s Team Champions (margin)
1981 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1982 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1983 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1984 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1985 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1986 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1987 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1988 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1989 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1990 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1991 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1992 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1993 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1994 Cal State LA
1995 Grand Canyon
1996 Grand Canyon
1997 UC San Diego
1998 UC Davis
1999 UC Davis
2000 UC Davis
2001 UC Davis
2002 Chico State
2003 Chico State
2004 Chico State
2005 UC San Diego
2006 Chico State 34 (12)
2007 Cal State LA 24 (26)
2008 Chico State 30 (22)
2009 Chico State 33 (51)
2010 Chico State 19 (53)
2011 Chico State 37 (61)
2012 Chico State 35 (47)
2013 Chico State 29 (48)
2014 Chico State 50 (22)
2015 Chico State 38 (23)
Recent Individual Women’s Champions (margin)
2006 Mary Torres, CHI 22:41.30 (:00.8)
2007 Karla Alburez, LA 20:55.4 (:06.5)
2008 Vivien Wadeck, LA 21:27.7 (:17.4)
2009 Vivien Wadeck, LA 21:52.6 (:20.9)
2010 Kara Lubieniecki, CHI 21:30.2 (:07.2)
2011 Alia Gray, CHI 21:07.1 (:05.3)
2012 Bridget Berg, HUM 21:48.5 (:05.2)
2013 Ayla Granados, CHI 22:10.9 (:03.5)
2014 Kori Gilley, HUM 22:29.3 (:06.4)
2015 McCall Habermehl, CHI 21:33.1 (:00.4)
Annual Men's Finishes
Annual Women's Finishes
Top times (through October 16, 2016)
Men 8K
23:29.9 William Reyes, CHI at CXC West Region Preview, Oct. 1, 2016 (1st)
23:45.6 Kyle Medina, CHI at CXC West Region Preview, Oct. 1, 2016 (2nd)
23:47.0 Mark Huizar, POM at Stanford Invitational, Oct. 1, 2016 (1st)
23:47.3 Christian Rodriguez, POM at Stanford Invitational, Oct. 1, 2016 (2nd)
24:03.9 Ruben Dominguez, POM at Stanford Invitational, Oct. 1, 2016 (3rd)
24:05.8 Falco DiGiallonardo, CHI at CXC West Region Preview, Oct. 1, 2016 (7th)
24:07.1 Steven Martinez, CHI at CXC West Region Preview, Oct. 1, 2016 (9th)
24:09.2 Connor Fisher, CHI at CXC West Region Preview, Oct. 1, 2016 (10th)
24:09.79 Mark Huizar, POM at UC Riverside Invitational, Sep. 17, 2016 (5th)
24:10.2 Aaron Mora, CHI at CXC West Region Preview, Oct. 1, 2016 (11th)
Women 6K
20:49.54 Natalie Rodriguez, SM at UC Riverside Invitational, Sep. 17, 2016 (5th)
20:55.2 Sadie Gastelum, CHI at CXC West Region Preview, Oct. 1, 2016 (1st)
21:02.2 Analicia Garcia, SON at Bronco Invitational, Oct. 15, 2016 (1st)
21:11.46 Analicia Garcia, SON at Humboldt State Invitational, Sep. 10, 2016 (2nd)
21:13.74 Karina Carstens, UC San Diego at UC Riverside Invitational, Sep. 17, 2016 (34th)
21:17.82 Ella Verhees, UC San Diego at UC Riverside Invitational, Sep. 17, 2016 (36th)
21:21:02 Karlie Garcia, CHI at Humboldt State Invitational, Sep. 10, 2016 (4th)
21:22:00 Alex Burkhart, CHI at Humboldt State Invitational, Sep. 10, 2016 (5th)
21:24:66 Sadie Gastelum, CHI at Humboldt State Invitational, Sep. 10, 2016 (6th)
21:26.0 Analicia Garcia, SON at Sonoma State Invitational, Oct. 1, 2016 (1st)
Women 5K
16:35.08 Laura Aceves, SB at Biola Invitational, Sep. 10, 2016 (1st)
17:30 Natalie Rodriguez, SM at Cougar Challenge, Oct. 15, 2016 (1st)
17:47.94 Laura Aceves, SB at Coyote Challenge, Sep. 24, 2016 (1st)
17:51.33 Thalia Silva, STAN at UC Riverside Invitational, Sep. 17, 2016 (8th)
17:53.4 Natalie Rodriguez, SM at Mustang Challenge, Oct. 1, 2016 (1st)
17:55 Raelyn Werley, SM at Cougar Challenge, Oct. 15, 2016 (5th)
17:58.65 Michelle Pineda, SB at Biola Invitational, Sep. 10, 2016 (25th)
18:00.56 Jessica Steinhoff, SB at Biola Invitational, Sep. 10, 2016 (26th)
18:04.4 Raelyn Werley, SM at Mustang Challenge, Oct. 1, 2016 (5th)
18:04.93 Rachel Gee, SB at Biola Invitational, Sep. 10, 2016 (27th)
At the Polls
USTFCCCA Division II West Region Poll
There was not regional poll for the week of October 16…the placement of every CCAA men’s team in the most recent United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCAA) west region poll (10/12/2016) has not changed in the last three weeks; on the women’s side, Chico State slipped to No. 2 and UC San Diego to No. 6 in the latest regional poll:
Men
1. Chico State
2. Cal Poly Pomona
4. UC San Diego
9. San Francisco State
Women
2. Chico State
6. UC San Diego
9. Humboldt State
10. Cal Poly Pomona
The current men’s national poll (10/12/2016) has three CCAA teams ranked in the top 25: Chico State (4th), Cal Poly Pomona (5th) and UC San Diego (12th); all three held their positions of a week ago…in the women’s poll, Chico State is 9th, while UC San Diego stands 24th.
USTFCCCA Division II National Poll