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
- 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.
- Cougars Take 11th at UAH Chargers InvitationalThe Cal State San Marcos women's cross country team placed 11th out of 34 teams at the University of Alabama Huntsville Chargers Invitational on Saturday morning in Huntsville, Alabama.
- 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.
- CSUSM Places Second at Cougar ChallengeThe Cal State San Marcos women's cross country team collected its best Cougar Challenge finish since 2017 (matched in 2018 and 2019), taking second place with 90 points. The Cougars had two top-10 finishers with Angela McManus placing fourth and Hailie Lomeli taking ninth.