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Men's Cross Country Team at San Francisco State Invitational

Men And Women Place At San Francisco State Invitational

Brooke Roy leads the women, Nathan Garcia leads the men in first race since 2019

September 11, 2021

By: By Kevin Gilmore (@OtterKevin)
SAN FRANCISCO — The Cal State Monterey Bay cross country teams gave solid performances in their first meets since 2019 by both placing eighth at the San Francisco State Invitational Friday afternoon at Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park.

"Finally, after almost 700 days, MB cross country raced, and raced well" said Head Coach Greg Rhines. "I am so impressed with both teams hanging in there for over a year and a half, then coming back and racing in a high–end meet first thing."

Junior Brooke Roy (Camas [Wash.] HS) picked up where she left off in 2019 by pacing the women with a 23:20.5 over the 6K course, good for a 39th place finish. Freshman Lisa Irvine (Roseville/Woodcreek HS) was impressive in her debutante collegiate race, placing 47th in 23:44.3.

Junior Hannah Marin (Lancaster/Paraclete HS) but her course PR by more than a minute, finishing just 2/10ths of a second behind Irvine in 48th place. Freshman Natalie Harper (Cosumnes Oaks HS) just missed a Top 50 finish by placing 51st in 23:49.7.

Three other Otter freshmen made their collegiate debuts for the women, with Angelee Berganio (65th), Sierra Shaver (72nd) and Kim Tovar (84th). following in successions.

CSUMB placed eighth amongst the 12–team field Friday afternoon. Amongst the teams CSUMB placed ahead of were NCAA Division I member Saint Mary's College (9th) and CCAA foes San Francisco State (10th) and Sonoma State (12th).

In the men's race, junior Nathan Garcia (El Centro/Southwest HS) built on the strong finish of his 2019 season to lead the Otter men to an eighth place finish of their own. Garcia navigated the 8K course in 25:52.5 to finish 30th in the 116–runner field.

CSUMB's next three scorers grouped well, finishing within 10 seconds of each other. Freshman Jaime Gonzalez (Camarillo HS), who redshirted as a true freshman at Cal State Northridge last season, led that triumvirate with a 26:28.3 for a 48th place finish. Following close behind were sophomore Connor Farrow (Modesto/Beyer HS) and Ryan Bradley ( Sacramento/Sheldon HS) in 52nd and 55th place respectively.

Freshman Diego Denson (Claremont HS) just missed finishing in the top half of the field when his 26:56.1 gave him 62nd place. Sophomores Spencer Cochran (Fair Oaks/Bella Vista HS) and Luis Contreras (Indio HS) closed the Otter scoring with 64 and 65 points apiece.

"It was not close to being easy," said Rhines. "Today was a 'blow the rust out' day. Now we look forward to the rest of the season."

The Otters will take next week as a training week before heading to San Marcos to preview the CCAA Championship Course at the Cougar Challenge on Sept. 25.



 
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