42nd Annual Watermelon Run Kicks Off 2006 Season
6/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
June 28, 2006
FRESNO, Calif. -
42nd Annual Watermelon Run
The 42nd Annual Watermelon Run kicks off the 2006 season for the Fresno State cross country team on Sat., Aug. 27. Ran on campus, starting at the corner of Cedar and Barstow, the open meet will have two events with the four-mile all-run at 8:00 a.m. and the two-mile all-run at 8:45 a.m. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. and the entry fee is $5.00. There is a team discount of seven to 10 runners per gender for $25.00. To register, call (559) 278-4097. This meet is the only home appearance for the Bulldog harriers prior to hosting the 2006 Western Athletic Conference Championship at Woodwark Park on Sat., Oct. 28.
2005 Watermelon Run in Review
Two Fresno State Bulldogs led the way and made their mark as well at the 41st Annual Watermelon Run. The two-mile women's run saw sophomore Roxanne Sellick (Fresno, Calif.) capture the overall women's title with a time of 11:25 - five seconds off the school's freshman record set by Mary Kuphaldt in 1986. Senior Zinzi Evans (Oakland, Calif.) finished second overall with a time of 11:34. In addition, both Bulldogs also broke into the school's Top 25 All-Time 2-Mile list. Sellick posted the 15th-best time while Evans' mark ranks 20th.
Fresno State also had four other `Dogs finish among the top 20 runners. Junior Marina Santana (Woodland Hills, Calif.) finished 13th overall with a time of 12:07. In 2004, she set the school's 24th-best mark in the two mile and ran it at the Watermelon Run. Senior Valeria Delgado (Clovis, Calif.) placed 15th overall (12:13) while junior Patty Torres (Porterville, Calif.) and sophomore Paloma Dominguez (Corcoran, Calif.) finished 16th (12:14) and 18th (12:29) overall, respectively.
The 41st Annual Watermelon Run opened with the men's 2-mile run. Mikel Thomas (9:36), Eloy Quintana (9:40) and Ernesto Rojas (9:41) finished as the top three male runners. All three jumped into the Watermelon Run Top 10 Men's 2-Mile list as Thomas now ranks sixth, Quintana is eighth and Rojas is ninth. View 2005 Watermelon Run results HERE
Fresno State to Host 2006 WAC Cross Country Championship
Fresno State will host its third WAC Cross Country Championship since joining the league. As the WAC venue in 1999 and '97, Fresno State also will host a cross country conference championship overall for the ninth time in school history as the Bulldogs also hosted the Pacific Coast Athletic Association Conference championships six times (1986, '83, '82, '81, '74 and '68).
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