Murr, Shastri Named CSUSM Student-Athlete of the Month
SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Madison Murr of women's golf and Sankalp Shastri of men's cross country have been named the Cal State San Marcos Student-Athletes of the Month for October 2024.
The CSUSM Student-Athletes of the Month awards are determined through a vote of all Department of Athletics coaches, administrators and staff. Each in-season program nominates a student-athlete to be considered for the award each month.
Murr won two of the four tournaments in October while collecting runner-up in the other two that CSUSM competed in. For this, she earned CCAA Golfer of the Week honors on three occasions, moving her career total to 10. Murr shot par or under in nine of 10 rounds played this fall, moving her up to No. 4 in the Division II rankings. She also helped lead the Cougars to two wins this fall.
Shastri earned All-CCAA honors with a fifth-place finish at the CCAA Championships with a time of 24:26.3, leading the Cougars to a fourth-place finish on Oct. 25. Earlier in the month, Shastri placed 10th out of 336 runners at the University of Alabama Huntsville Chargers Invitational on Oct. 12 with an 8K PR time of 24:03.7.
Murr and the women's golf team will return to the links next year at the La Spring Kickoff on Feb. 3-4. Shastri and the men's cross country team will head to Billings, Montana, for the NCAA West Regionals on Nov. 9 at 9 a.m.
This is Shastri's first CSUSM Student-Athlete of the Month honor and is the third for Murr.
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Latest Men's Cross Country
- CSUSM Places Fourth at CCAA ChampionshipsThe Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team placed fourth with a score of 99 at the CCAA Championships on the course of Woodward Park in Fresno on Friday morning.
- CSUSM Focused For 2024 CCAA Cross Country ChampionshipsThe Cal State San Marcos men's and women's cross country teams will travel to Central California for the CCAA Championships on Friday, Oct. 25. The Cougars will race at Woodward Park, located in Fresno, California.
- CSUSM Competes at UCR Highlander InviteThe Cal State San Marcos cross country teams had their final tune-up before the CCAA Championships at the UCR Highlander Invitational on Saturday.
- CSUSM Concludes Regular Season at Highlander InvitationalThe Cal State San Marcos men's and women's cross country teams will wrap up its regular season on Saturday at the Highlander Invitational in Riverside.
- Shastri Takes 10th, CSUSM Places 12th at UAH Chargers InviteThe Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team took 12th out of 35 teams on Saturday at the University of Alabama Huntsville Charger Invitational in Huntsville, Alabama. The Cougars were led by Sankalp Shastri who took 10th out of 335 runners.
- CSUSM Heads East for UAH Chargers InvitationalThe Cal State San Marcos men's and women's cross country teams will compete in the University of Alabama Huntsville Chargers Invitational on Saturday morning in Huntsville, Alabama.