Cougars Capture 25th at Lewis Crossover

Sat, Oct 7, 2023

Meet: Lewis Crossover
Location: Romeoville, Illinois
Date: Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023
Team Finish: 26th out of 33 teams
Team Winner: Colorado School of Mines (49)
Top Finisher: Carly Schuerger (89th, 22:56.5)
Winner: Winona State's Lindsay Cunningham (20:06.8)

COURSE REPORT: Running against 10 top-30 ranked teams in the latest USTFCCCA national poll, the Cal State San Marcos women's cross country team secured a 26th-place finish with 662 points at the Lewis Crossover on Saturday morning in Romeoville, Illinois. No. 2 Colorado School of Mines was crowned the winner with 49 points while No. 1 Grand Valley State took second place with 98 points.

FINISH LINE

For the fourth time this season, Carly Schuerger set the pace for the Cougars with a 89th-place finish out of 314 in a time of 22:56.5.
Angela McManus took 130th place after crossing the line at 23:20.6.
Maria Texis (23:41.9) and Emma Mills (23:44.7) placed 169 and 172, respectively.
Melissa Estrada was the next Cougar to cross the line for 195th place in a time of 24:05.3.
Maslin Sigler (24:31.0) and Emily Mendoza (25:01.9) rounded out the CSUSM scorers with 222nd and 249th place finishes, respectively.

THOUGHTS FROM HEAD COACH TORREY OLSON
"It's always great to be able to expose our team to the great fields and course of the Lewis Crossover. Sankalp and Carly led the way with strong individual performances. We welcomed Nick back to the course, and are happy to have him healthy and progressing back."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Cougars head back to UC Riverside for the Highlander Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 14.

TEAM SCORES
1.	No. 3 Colorado School of Mines	49
2.	No. 1 Grand Valley State	98
3.	No. 16 Lewis	131
4.	No. 4 Winona State	137
5.	No. 9 Colorado Christian	196
6.	No. 27 Western Washington	198
7.	No.13 Biola	200
8.	Fort Lewis	243
9.	No. 23 Wayne State (Mich.)	311
10.	No. 26 Saginaw Valley State	331
11.	Saint Martin's	345
12.	No. 29 Walsh	401
13.	Michigan Tech	432
14.	Minnesota-Duluth	448
15.	Northern Michigan	460
16.	Wisconsin-Parkside	496
17.	Colorado Mesa	498
18.	Findlay	512
19.	Edinboro	535
20.	Hillsdale	567
21	Davenport	615
22.	Ferris State	625
23.	So. Conn. State	644
24.	Alaska Anchorage	644
25.	Malone	646
26.	Cal State San Marcos	662
27.	Academy of Art	707
28.	Northwood	723
29.	Tiffin	845
30.	Trevecca Nazarene	850
31.	Purdue Northwest	921
32.	Ohio Dominican	1,008
33.	Concordia-St. Paul	1,042