Berti Propels Chico State to Top of the Team Leaderboard for Weekly Acclaim
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Trad Berti’s runner-up finish paced Chico State to a team victory at the 46th annual Western Washington Classic, and earned the Wildcat a second CCAA Runner of the Week award in three weeks, now for Oct. 7-13.
The redshirt sophomore from Paso Robles ran a time of 31:40.1 over the 10K course at the Sudden Valley Golf Course Saturday in Bellingham, Wash., to cross the line in second out of 176 participants. The ‘Cats were first among 14 squads in all, easily outdistancing the host school in second, 24-97, for their third team success of 2019.
Berti narrowly missed out on the individual title, finishing just 2.5 seconds behind Felix Kemboi of Alaska Anchorage. Still, he posted a third-straight top-three effort this season, leading a group of six Chico State student-athletes among the top 10.
Berti was also the CCAA Runner of the Week for Sept. 23-29.
Chico State, ranked No. 3 nationally in Division II and No. 1 in the West Region, has now rounded out its regular season. The Wildcats begin the postseason on Saturday, Oct. 26, with the
2019 CCAA Championships at Arcata’s Baywood Golf & Country Club. They are record 17-time defending champions of the event.
Also nominated:
Sam Blake, UC San Diego
Diego Duran, Cal Poly Pomona
Carlos Gonzalez, San Francisco State
Joshua Litwiller, Cal State San Marcos
Moises Marquez, Cal State LA