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CSUSM Concludes Regular Season at Highlander Invitational

SAN MARCOS, Calif. –  The 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. 


LAST TIME OUT

  • The women's team took 11th out of 34 teams while the men's squad placed 12th out of 35 teams at the University of Alabama Huntsville Chargers Invitational last weekend. 
  • Sankalp Shastri claimed 10th place out of 335 runners with a third consecutive PR 8K time of 24:03.7. 
  • Angela McManus took 27th place out of 272 runners with a 6K time of 21:20.1. 
RACE 5 | HIGHLANDER INVITATIONAL
Date Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024
Race Start Times Men's 8K - 8 a.m. 
Women's 6K - 8:40 a.m. 
Location (Course) Riverside, Calif. 
Course Map Ag/Ops Course
Live Results Finished Results
Tickets UniversityTickets


UCR HIGHLANDER INVITATIONAL 

  • This marks the fifth consecutive season CSUSM will compete in the Highlander Invitational. 
  • The final two sports on both the men's and women's CCAA Championship team are open for one of the Cougars running in Saturday's race to snag. 
  • Last year, Jason Oliver and Tamara Cornejo were CSUSM's top runners in the Highlander Invite, taking 124th and 200th place, respectively. 


MEET THE COUGARS

  • The women's team returns 13 runners while the men's team has 11 returners from the 2023 squad. 
  • Twenty new student-athletes will be wearing Cougar Blue this season (15 women, five men). 
  • In their final races of 2023, the men's squad finished 11th while the women's team took 13th place at the NCAA West Regional hosted by Western Oregon. 
  • In the CCAA Cross Country Preseason Coaches Polls that were released last week, both the men and women were picked to finish fourth.
  • In the preseason edition of the 2024 NCAA Division II West Regional Rankings, as released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the men were ranked 10th. 


THE OLSON FILE

  • Head coach Torrey Olson begins his seventh season at the helm of the men's and women's cross country programs after taking over in the summer of 2018.
  • Olson came to CSUSM after spending three seasons as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at the Academy of Art University where his teams earned 50-plus All-American honors.
  • Olson served as the head cross country coach the previous three years at Academy of Art.
  • In addition to the Academy of Art, Olson has also worked with the University of San Francisco and Pomona-Pitzer College.
  • A graduate of Pomona College in 2009, Olson also holds an MFA from St. Mary's College (2012).

Players Mentioned

Sankalp Shastri

5' 9"
Junior

Tamara Cornejo

5' 3"
Sophomore

Angela McManus

5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Sankalp Shastri

5' 9"
Junior

Tamara Cornejo

5' 3"
Sophomore

Angela McManus

5' 6"
Junior