Fresno State Athletics
Cross Country Heads to the Big Island
10/22/2001 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Oct. 22, 2001
FRESNO, Calif. - WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HAWAII
Cross country travels to Honolulu, Hawaii, for the 2001 WAC Championships. Race day is Saturday, Oct. 27. Schools competing for the men's WAC title include Boise State, Louisiana Tech, Rice, San Jose State, SMU, UTEP and Tulsa. Schools that will compete for the women's title include Boise State, Hawai'i, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, Rice, San Jose State, SMU, UTEP and Tulsa.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TAKES FOURTH AT CAL POLY INVITATIONAL
Men's cross country took fourth place with 141 points at the Cal Poly Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 13. Cal Poly won the men's 8K race with 48 points. California took second with 93 points and Southern Utah took third with 103 points. Junior Roberto Vaca (Sanger, Calif.) finished first for the Bulldogs, placing 11th with a time of 27:35. Junior Roosevelt Cook (Oakhills, Calif.) took second on the team, 20th overall, with a time of 27:55. Junior Josh Roddy (Manteca, Calif.) finished third on the team, 27th overall, with a time of 28:10.
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY PLACES FIFTH AT CAL POLY INVITATIONAL
The Fresno State women's cross country team took fifth place with 131 points at the Cal Poly Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 13. Cal Poly won the women's 5K race with 43 points. Track West was second with 54, Southern Utah was third with 91 and Cal State Northridge was fourth with 109. Junior Olga Gutierrez (Visalia, Calif.) took first on the team, finishing fifth overall at 18:45. Sophomores Kara and Michelle June (Santa Maria, Calif.) took 17th and 18th, respectively. Kara June beat her older sister by one second with a time of 19:36.
