Fresno State Athletics
Cross Country Heads to Stanford Invitational
9/22/2003 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Sept. 22, 2003
FRESNO, Calif. - BULLDOGS HEAD TO STANFORD INVITATIONAL
After two bye weekends the Fresno State women's cross country team travels to Stanford, Calif., for the Stanford Invitational on Saturday. The invitational will likely be the most competitive event of the season for Fresno State in terms of sheer numbers. Last year there were 33 teams in the women's 6K race. The Bulldogs finished 18th. The team's top placer was Kara June (Santa Maria, Calif.) who came in 31st with a time of 22:12.
FRESNO STATE WINS STANISLAUS INVITATIONAL
The Fresno State women's cross country team won the Stanislaus Open at Modesto's Legion Park on Saturday. Seven Bulldog runners finished in the top-nine. The team totaled 22 points for first and Cal State Stanislaus finished second with 43 points. The Bulldogs were led by June who took first place overall in the 6K race with a time of 21:41. She finished 1:25 ahead of Cal State Stanislaus' Desiree Dvorak, who came in second. June also took five seconds off her 2002 season-best 6K time. Orelia Gonzalez (La Puenta, Calif.) was the second Fresno State runner to the finish line. She took third in the meet with a time of 23:19. Bulldog runners took fifth through ninth place. Andrea Buckner (Anaheim, Calif.) finished fifth with a time of 23:49. Stacy Aurit (Union City, Calif.) and Nicolin Neal (Fresno, Calif.) took sixth and seventh with times of 23:50.2 and 23:50.4, respectively. Eighth went to Courtney Stewart (Castro Valley, Calif.) and Corina Mendoza-Martinez (Sanger, Calif.) was ninth.
BRONCO INVITATIONAL RESULTS
Fresno State completed its official season opener at the Bronco Invitational in Belmont, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 30. The Bulldogs took fifth place out of 10 teams. Senior June repeated last year's fifth place showing, but ran the 5K race 12 seconds slower. Buckner came in second on the team and 35th overall with a time of 20:05. Mendoza finished just a second behind Buckner, coming in 36th. Stanford took the team title with a combined score of 17 points. Santa Clara came in second with 54 points and Cal Poly was third with 84 points. Gonzaga finished just three points ahead of Fresno State with 134.
