Meet: CCAA Championships
Location: Fresno, Calif.
Date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2024
Team Finish: 4th out of 9 teams
Top CSUSM Finisher: Sankalp Shastri (5th, 24:26.3)
Winner: Chico State's (24:06.1)
ALL-CCAA HONORS:
Sankalp Shastri
COURSE REPORT: The 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.
FINISH LINE
- Sankalp Shastri placed fifth out of 77 runners with a time of 24:26.3, improving on a 43rd-place finish in 2023.
- Alan Jimenez just missed out on earning all-conference honors with a 17th-place finish in a time of 24:47.9.
- Ataklty Gebru (23rd) and Braden Oberg (25th) both record 8K PR times at 25:02.9 and 25:05.4, respectively.
- Jacob Brown (25:32.9, 34th), Ziggy Nacco (25:38.3, 35th) and Renton McGregor (25:51.2, 39th) rounded out CSUSM's scoring.
THOUGHTS FROM HAD COACH TORREY OLSON
"We were led well today at the front of both races. Sankalp, Angela, and Hailie both showed a lot of grit. They knew what they wanted to do and they executed."
WHAT'S NEXT
The Cougars will be off for two weeks preparing for the NCAA Division II West Regional Championships in Billings, Montana, on Nov. 9. The regional will take place at Amend Park where they were hosted in 2022 and 2018.
TEAM RESULTS
| 1 | Chico State | 18 |
| 2 | Cal Poly Pomona | 55 |
| 3 | Stanislaus State | 76 |
| 4 | Cal State San Marcos | 99 |
| 5 | Cal Poly Humboldt | 133 |
| 6 | Cal State East Bay | 158 |
| 7 | Cal State Monterey Bay | 216 |
| 8 | Cal State LA | 238 |
| 9 | San Francisco State | 242 |
CSUSM INDIVIDUAL INVITE RESULTS
Players Mentioned
- 5' 10"
- Sophomore
- 5' 3"
- Senior
- 5' 9"
- Junior
- 6' 0"
- Junior
- Sophomore
- Sophomore
- 5' 9"
- Junior
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Redshirt Junior
- Junior
Players Mentioned
- 5' 10"
- Sophomore
- 5' 3"
- Senior
- 5' 9"
- Junior
- 6' 0"
- Junior
- Sophomore
- Sophomore
- 5' 9"
- Junior
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Redshirt Junior
- Junior
Latest Men's Cross Country
- Murr, Shastri Named CSUSM Student-Athlete of the MonthMadison 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.
- 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.