Meet: CCAA Championships
Location: Fresno, Calif.
Date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2024
Team Finish: 4th out of 9 teams
Top CSUSM Finisher: Sankalp Shastri (5th, 24:26.3)
Winner: Chico State's (24:06.1)
ALL-CCAA HONORS:
Sankalp Shastri
COURSE REPORT: The Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team placed fourth with a score of 99 at the CCAA Championships on the course of Woodward Park in Fresno on Friday morning.
FINISH LINE
- Sankalp Shastri placed fifth out of 77 runners with a time of 24:26.3, improving on a 43rd-place finish in 2023.
- Alan Jimenez just missed out on earning all-conference honors with a 17th-place finish in a time of 24:47.9.
- Ataklty Gebru (23rd) and Braden Oberg (25th) both record 8K PR times at 25:02.9 and 25:05.4, respectively.
- Jacob Brown (25:32.9, 34th), Ziggy Nacco (25:38.3, 35th) and Renton McGregor (25:51.2, 39th) rounded out CSUSM's scoring.
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 regional will take place at Amend Park where they were hosted in 2022 and 2018.
TEAM RESULTS
| 1 | Chico State | 18 |
| 2 | Cal Poly Pomona | 55 |
| 3 | Stanislaus State | 76 |
| 4 | Cal State San Marcos | 99 |
| 5 | Cal Poly Humboldt | 133 |
| 6 | Cal State East Bay | 158 |
| 7 | Cal State Monterey Bay | 216 |
| 8 | Cal State LA | 238 |
| 9 | San Francisco State | 242 |
CSUSM INDIVIDUAL INVITE RESULTS
Players Mentioned
- 5' 10"
- Sophomore
- 5' 3"
- Senior
- 5' 9"
- Junior
- 6' 0"
- Junior
- Sophomore
- Sophomore
- 5' 9"
- Junior
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Redshirt Junior
- Junior
Players Mentioned
- 5' 10"
- Sophomore
- 5' 3"
- Senior
- 5' 9"
- Junior
- 6' 0"
- Junior
- Sophomore
- Sophomore
- 5' 9"
- Junior
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Redshirt Junior
- Junior
Latest Men's Cross Country
- CSUSM Leads Conference with 126 CCAA All-Academic HonoreesThe Cal State San Marcos Department of Athletics saw a conference-leading 126 student-athletes earn CCAA All-Academic honors from the league office on Wednesday.
- Melanese Named CCAA Male Scholar-Athlete of the YearCal State San Marcos' Nick Melanese capped off his outstanding career by being voted the 2024-25 CCAA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
- CSUSM Places 44 on 2024 CCAA Fall Academic Honor RollCal State San Marcos Athletics placed 44 student-athletes on the 2024 CCAA Fall Academic Honor Roll.
- Bakken, Shastri Named CSUSM Student-Athletes of the MonthIsabelle Bakken of volleyball and Sankalp Shastri of men's cross country have been named the Cal State San Marcos Student-Athletes of the Month for November 2024.
- CSUSM Takes 13th at NCAA West RegionalsThe 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.
- CSUSM Locked In for 2024 NCAA DII West RegionalsThe Cal State San Marcos men's and women's cross country teams will head up to Billings, Montana, to run under the sun with temperatures in the 50s and winds between 10-15 mph for the 2024 NCAA Division II West Regional on Saturday, Nov. 9.
