Meet: Highlander Invitational
Location: Riverside, Calif.
CSUSM Team Finish: 16th out of 25 teams
Team Winner: Arizona
Top CSUSM Finisher: Ziggy Nacco (69th, 24:54.9)
Winner: Arizona's Evans Tanui (23:26.7)
COURSE REPORT
The Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team placed 16th out of 25 teams at the Highlander Invitational in Riverside, scoring 445 points in the 6K race.
FINISH LINE
- Ziggy Nacco led the Cougars with a 69th-place finish with an 8K PR time of 24:54.9.
- Owen Hinz followed in 82nd place with a time of 25:05.5.
- Mark De Haro crossed in 84th with an 8K PR time of 25:06.9.
- Aidan O'Toole finished 126th in 25:39.8.
- Anthony Martinez rounded out CSUSM's scoring five in 209th place with a time of 26:56.9.
- Aidan Dube (212th, 27:01.3) and Frank Rodriguez (215th, 27:02.6) also competed for the Cougars.
WHAT'S NEXT
CSUSM will return to competition on Friday, Oct. 24, at the CCAA Championships hosted by Chico State at Hooker Oak Park in Chico, California.
TEAM RESULTS
| Place | School Name | Team Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | 36 |
| 2 | Grand Canyon | 140 |
| 3 | CBU | 142 |
| 4 | The Master's (Calif.) | 165 |
| 5 | UC San Diego | 192 |
| 6 | CSUN | 230 |
| 7 | Cal St. Fullerton | 231 |
| 8 | Utah Tech | 247 |
| 9 | Pepperdine | 257 |
| 10 | Central Arizona | 271 |
| 11 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 275 |
| 12 | Southern Oregon | 304 |
| 13 | Arizona State | 348 |
| 14 | UC Riverside | 388 |
| 15 | Redlands (Calif.) | 436 |
| 16 | Cal State San Marcos | 445 |
| 17 | La Verne | 467 |
| 18 | Paradise Valley (Ariz.) CC | 482 |
| 19 | Southern Nevada | 513 |
| 20 | Pomona-Pitzer | 532 |
| 21 | Pima (AZ) CC | 535 |
| 22 | Chapman | 593 |
| 23 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 634 |
| 24 | San Diego | 714 |
| 25 | Tohono O'odham (Ariz.) CC | 845 |
CSUSM INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Latest Men's Cross Country
- CSUSM Places Third at CCAA ChampionshipsThe Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team earned a third-place finish at the CCAA Championships on Friday morning at Hooker Oak Park in Chico, scoring 73 points in the 8K race.
- CSUSM Finishes 23rd at Lewis CrossoverThe Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team placed 23rd out of 37 teams at the Lewis Crossover on Saturday in Romeoville, Illinois, scoring 526 points. Alan Jimenez led the Cougars with a top-20 finish in the 8K race.
- Cougars Place Second in UC Riverside Invitational Open RaceThe Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team placed second out of 22 teams in the Open 8K race at the UC Riverside Invitational on Saturday, scoring 112 points. In the Invitational 8K division, CSUSM competed individually but did not register a team score.
- Jimenez Leads Cougars to Third-Place Finish at Cougar ChallengeLed by Alan Jimenez's fifth-place finish, the Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team placed third out of eight teams at its home meet, the Cougar Challenge, on Saturday morning at Mangrum Track & Field. The Cougars tallied 61 points, finishing just two points behind second-place Pomona-Pitzer and 41 points behind team champion Cal Poly Pomona.
- CSUSM Sees 103 Student-Athletes Earn D2 ADA Academic Achievement AwardCal State San Marcos Athletics had 103 student-athletes earn the Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award for the 2024-25 academic year.
- CSUSM Leads Conference with 126 CCAA All-Academic HonoreesThe Cal State San Marcos Department of Athletics saw a conference-leading 126 student-athletes earn CCAA All-Academic honors from the league office on Wednesday.
