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)
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
- Sophomore
- 5' 6"
- Junior
- 5' 4"
- Junior
- Redshirt Senior
- Yucca Valley HS
- Redshirt Senior
- El Camino HS
- Senior
- Freshman
- Freshman
- Freshman
- Freshman
Players Mentioned
- Sophomore
- 5' 6"
- Junior
- 5' 4"
- Junior
- Redshirt Senior
- Yucca Valley HS
- Redshirt Senior
- El Camino HS
- Senior
- Freshman
- Freshman
- Freshman
- Freshman
Latest Women's Cross Country
- Cougars Take Fourth at CCAA ChampionshipsThe Cal State San Marcos women's cross country team placed fourth at the CCAA Championships on Friday morning at Hooker Oak Park in Chico, totaling 140 points in the 6K race.
- CSUSM Uses Highlander Invitational as Final Prep for CCAA ChampionshipsThe Cal State San Marcos women's cross country team placed 23rd out of 25 teams at the Highlander Invitational on Saturday in Riverside, scoring 511 points in the 6K race.
- McManus Cracks Top 10 at Lewis CrossoverThe Cal State San Marcos women's cross country team placed 20th out of 33 teams at the Lewis Crossover on Saturday in Romeoville, Illinois, scoring 485 points. Senior Angela McManus led the Cougars with a top-10 finish in a competitive 6K field.
- CSUSM Competes at UC Riverside InvitationalThe Cal State San Marcos women's cross country team placed 22nd out of 24 teams in the Invitational 6K race at the UC Riverside Invitational on Saturday morning, scoring 557 points. The Cougars also competed in the Open 5K division, finishing 12th out of 26 teams with 399 points.
- McManus' Runner-Up Finish Guides CSUSM to Fourth-Place Finish at Cougar ChallengeWith Angela MaManus leading the pack of Cougars, the Cal State San Marcos women's cross country team placed fourth at its home meet, the Cougar Challenge, held Saturday morning on campus. The Cougars tallied 115 points in the 6K race, finishing behind Cal Poly Pomona (33 points), Point Loma (38) and Pomona-Pitzer (100).
- 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.
