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CSUSM Places Second at Cougar Challenge

Meet: Cougar Challenge
Location: San Marcos, Calif.
Date: Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024
Team Invite Finish: 2nd out of 16 teams
Top CSUSM Finisher: Angela McManus (4th, 21:20.1)
Winner: Art U's Grace Southern (21:07.2)
 
COURSE REPORT: The 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.

FINISH LINE

  • Angela McManus was CSUSM's top finisher with a PR time of 21:20.1, topping her time by more than a minute (22:27.0).
  • For the third consecutive race, Hailie Lomeli was the second Cougar to cross the line in a 6K time of 21:49.5.
  • Maria Texis placed 22nd with a time of 22:20.8.
  • Alayna McGarry and Emily Mendoza took 25th (22:26.5) and 30th (22:35.0) place, respectively.
  • Kelsi Hart and Lauren Peacher rounded out the CSUSM scorers with 38th (22:50.6) and 45th (23:00.7), respectively.

 
THOUGHTS FROM COACH OLSON
"The women took another important step forward. Angela (McManus) paced us again and our spreads behind her were the best they've been for 5 and 7, with Emily (Mendoza) and Alayna (McGarry) taking big steps forward, among others."

WHAT'S NEXT
CSUSM will take next weekend off before heading to Alabama for the UAH Chargers Invitational on Oct. 12.   

INVITE TEAM RESULTS

1 Point Loma 65
2 Cal State San Marcos 90
3 Salt Lake 97
4 Cal State Monterey Bay 161
5 Cal State East Bay 177
6 UT San Antonio 205
7 San Francisco State 205
8 San Diego Mesa 211
9 UC San Diego 212
10 Cal State San Bernardino 233
11 Chapman 238
12 Academy of Art 300
13 Mt. SAC 337
14 Concordia University Irvine 348
15 Hawaii Pacific 456
16 Soka 501
DNP Whitter ---
DNP San Bernardino Valley ---

CSUSM INVITE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Players Mentioned

Melissa Estrada

Sophomore

Angela McManus

5' 6"
Junior

Emily Mendoza

5' 4"
Junior

Emma Mills

Redshirt Senior
Yucca Valley HS

Ana Moreno

5' 3"
Junior

Elise Ortiz

Redshirt Senior
El Camino HS

Maria Texis

Senior

Kayla Wrathall

5' 7"
Junior

Kennadi Cauley

Freshman

Hailie Lomeli

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Melissa Estrada

Sophomore

Angela McManus

5' 6"
Junior

Emily Mendoza

5' 4"
Junior

Emma Mills

Redshirt Senior
Yucca Valley HS

Ana Moreno

5' 3"
Junior

Elise Ortiz

Redshirt Senior
El Camino HS

Maria Texis

Senior

Kayla Wrathall

5' 7"
Junior

Kennadi Cauley

Freshman

Hailie Lomeli

Freshman