Harriers Capture CS Stanislaus Invitational Title

Sept. 10, 2005

MODESTO, Calif. - The Fresno State cross country team came out of the gate with authority as the Bulldogs captured their first meet of the season at the CS Stanislaus Invitational, which was a 6K meet held at the Tuolumne River Regional Park in Modesto, Calif.

The `Dogs, who had six runners crack the school's all-time 6K list, captured their first invitational title since Sept. 6, 2003 and that came at the CS Stanislaus Invitational as well when Fresno State won the five-team field.

Scoring 23 points for the overall team victory today, Fresno State had its first five runners finish among the top eight as the Bulldogs have now captured the Stanislaus title for the sixth time in the last eight years.

Leading the way was junior Andrea Buckner (Yorba Linda, Calif.), who captured her first career invitational title and gave Fresno State the meet's top individual finisher for the fifth time in the last eight years.

Buckner, who ran her sixth career 6K race, ran a meet-best 22:30. She is the first Bulldog to win an individual title since Kara June won the 2003 CS Stanislaus individual crown. Buckner came close to capturing her first overall title last year when she finished second at the 2004 Bronco Invitational.

As the `Dogs top runner in the last nine meets, Buckner was just 27 seconds off her career-best 6K mark, which she posted at the 2004 NCAA Regional (22:03).

Junior Zinzi Evans (Oakland, Calif.) and freshman Roxanne Sellick (Fresno, Calif.) finished third and fourth, respectively for Fresno State. Evans ran a personal-best 23:07 while Sellick clocked 23:30.

Sophomores Patty Torres (Porterville, Calif.) and Marina Santana (Woodland Hills, Calif.) ran their first career 6K races. Torres finished seventh overall with a time of 24:45 while Santa placed eighth (24:47) to account for Fresno State's scoring.

Junior Dina McPhail (Crotton, Md.) and senior Sunny Arada (Clovis, Calif.) finished 15th and 17th overall. McPhail posted a time of 25:37 while Arada ran 26:42.

Running unattached for Fresno State was junior Valeria Delgado (Clovis, Calif.), freshman Paloma Dominguez (Corcoran, Calif.) and freshman Sarah Thronson (Fresno, Calif.). Delgado and Dominguez finished among the top 10 runners in their first career 6K appearances as Delgado was ninth (24:48) and Dominguez was tenth (25:04). Thronson, who was just added to the Bulldogs' roster, finished 12th overall (25:27).

Jumping into Fresno State's all-time 6K list was Evans (8th, 23:07), Sellick (12th, 23:30), Torres (22nd, 24:45), Santana (23rd, 24:47), Delgado (24th, 24:48) and Dominguez (25th, 25:04).

"We did very well for our first 6K meet," Fresno State cross country coach Joe Gonzales said. "In comparing our times from three years ago when we took our best runners, our team compared very well if not better. Andrea ran great and she was happy with her time. I know her goal was to run as close to 22:00 as she could for her first 6K meet of the year. A healthy Zinzi and Roxanne, who is a freshman, are sound performers while Patty and Marina continue to give us a strong team. We have some other individuals who are pushing our top five, like Paloma and Valeria, so we should continue to see steady improvement week after week."

Fresno State is idle next week. The Bulldogs' next meet will be the 32nd Annual Stanford Invitational, which will be held on Sept. 24th. That meet will expect more than 3,000 runners.

Fresno State Top 25 All-Time Women's 6KNo. Athlete           Year  Time 1. Kara June             2003 21:30 2. Andrea Buckner      2004  22:03 3.      Olga Gutierrez     2001  22:07 4. Michelle June    2000  22:52 5. Orelia Gonzalez    2003  22:54 6. Stacy Esquivel      2001  22:55 7. Jennifer Smith      2000  23:01 8. Zinzi Evans    2005  23:0710. Stacy Aurit    2003  23:1711. Rachel Bauer      2001  23:2012. Roxanne Sellick    2005  23:3013. Corina Mendoza      2000  23:3714. Brianna Denley    2000  23:4115. Nicolin Neal      2003  23:5015. Courtney Stewart    2003    23:5017. Griselda Barraza    2002    23:5818. Andria Osteen    2003  24:1019. Leah Horowitz    2001  24:3120. Danielle Ramirez    2003    24:3421. Jennifer Tyler      2003  24:4222. Patty Torres      2005  24:4523. Marina Santana      2005  24:4724. Valeria Delgado    2005  24:4825. Paloma Dominguez    2005    25:04

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