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CSUSM Takes Fifth at CCAA Championships

Meet: CCAA Championships
Location: Fresno, Calif.
Date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2024
Team Finish: 5th out of 9 teams
Team Winner: Chico State
Top CSUSM Finisher: Angela McManus (8th, 22:01.2)Hailie Lomeli, Angela McManus
Individual Winner: Chico State's Della Molina (21:11.9)
  
ALL-CCAA HONORS:
Angela McManus
Hailie Lomeli

COURSE REPORT: The Cal State San Marcos women's cross country team took fifth place with a score of 127 at the CCAA Championships on the course of Woodward Park in Fresno on Friday morning.
 
FINISH LINE

  • Angela McManus was CSUSM's top finisher for the fifth consecutive race this season, taking eighth place out of 97 runners with a time of 22:01.2. She improved on her finish from 2023 where she took 27th place.  
  • Running in her first conference championships, Hailie Lomeli captured 12th place with a time of 22:15.9. Lomeil is CSUSM's first freshman to earn All-CCAA honors in women's cross country. 
  • Lauren Peacher (23:15.8) and Maria Texis (23:16.9) were the next Cougars to cross the line for 38th and 39th places, respectively.
  • Also competing in their first postseason race, Alayna McGarry (23:28.3) and Kelsi Hart (23:44.8) claimed 43rd and 48th places, respectively.

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 regionals will take place at Amend Park where they were hosted in 2022 and 2018.

TEAM RESULTS

1 Chico State 43
2 Stanislaus State 60
3 Cal Poly Pomona 66
4 Sonoma State 122
5 Cal State San Marcos 127
6 Cal State Monterey Bay 185
7 Cal State East Bay 202
8 Cal State San Bernardino 214
9 Cal Poly Humboldt 215
10 San Francisco State 272
11 Cal State LA 336

CSUSM INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Players Mentioned

Melissa Estrada

Sophomore

Angela McManus

5' 6"
Junior

Emily Mendoza

5' 4"
Junior

Emma Mills

Redshirt Senior
Yucca Valley HS

Elise Ortiz

Redshirt Senior
El Camino HS

Maria Texis

Senior

Hailie Lomeli

Freshman

Alayna McGarry

Freshman

Lauren Peacher

Freshman

Kelsi Hart

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Melissa Estrada

Sophomore

Angela McManus

5' 6"
Junior

Emily Mendoza

5' 4"
Junior

Emma Mills

Redshirt Senior
Yucca Valley HS

Elise Ortiz

Redshirt Senior
El Camino HS

Maria Texis

Senior

Hailie Lomeli

Freshman

Alayna McGarry

Freshman

Lauren Peacher

Freshman

Kelsi Hart

Freshman