Fresno State
Stanislaus Invitational
Cross Country Wins Stanislaus Open
9/6/2003 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Sept. 6, 2003
FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State women's cross country team won the Stanislaus Open at Modesto's Legion Park today.
The Bulldogs blew away the competition with seven Fresno State runners finishing in the top-10.
The team totaled 22 points for first and the meet host, Cal State Stanislaus, finished second with 43 points. University of Pacific, San Francisco State and Cal State Hayward took third through fifth, respectively.
The Bulldogs were led by senior Kara June (Santa Maria, Calif.) who took first place overall in the 6K race with a time of 21:41. She finished 1 minute 25 seconds ahead of Cal State Stanislaus' Desiree Dvorak who came in second.
This is the second time in as many years June has won the meet while leading the 'Dogs to a first place team finish.
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.
Fresno State's next competition is the Stanford Invitational on Sept. 27.
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