CSUSM Takes 13th at NCAA West Regionals

Sat, Nov 9, 2024

Meet: NCAA Division II West Regionals
Location: Billings, Mont.
Date: Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024
Team Finish: 13th out of 22 teams
Winner: Chico State
Top CSUSM Finisher: Sankalp Shastri (24th, 31:21.4)
Individual Winner: Chico State's Mario Giannini (30:25.53)

ALL-WEST REGION HONORS:
Sankalp Shastri

COURSE REPORT: The Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team took 13th place with 313 points at the NCAA Division II West Regionals on Saturday morning in Billings, Montana.

FINISH LINE

Taking 24th place out of 156 runners, Sankalp Shastri was CSUSM's top runner with a 10K time of 31:21.45.
Alan Jimenez placed 36th with a time of 31:43.7 while Chas O'Bear notched 66th at 32:25.5.
Running in their final regional, Ataklty Gebru placed 86th (32:48.2) while Nick Melanese took 105th (33:19.8). Renton McGregor snuck in between them with a time of 33:11.3 for 102nd place.
Competing in his first regional, Aidan O'Toole took 143rd with a time of 35:33.5.

TEAM RESULTS

1	Chico State	40
2	Western Washington	54
3	Biola	137
4	Cal Poly Pomona	147
5	Azusa Pacific	149
6	Stanislaus State	198
7	Northwest Nazarene	223
8	Central Washington	227
9	Simon Fraser	259
10	Alaska Anchorage	271
11	Concordia Univ. Irvine	277
12	Western Oregon	292
13	Cal State San Marcos	313
14	Westmont	323
15	Cal Poly Humboldt	356
16	Fresno Pacific	479
17	Cal State East Bay	493
18	Cal State Monterey Bay	497
19	Alaska Fairbanks	553
20	Saint Martin's	631
21	San Francisco State	650
22	Cal State LA	685
INC	Seattle Pacific	---
INC	Chaminade	---
INC	Hawaii Pacific	---