Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Stanford Invitational
Cross Country Competes at Stanford Invitational
9/27/2014 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
By: Dayna Hill
daynah@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
Palo Alto, Calif. - The Fresno State men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday and came away with 10th and ninth-place finishes.
The Bulldog men's team scored a total of 258 points, led by sophomore Matt Kwiatkowski who place 37th in the 8K race (24:34) to give the `Dogs 25 points. Washington State won the men's meet with 73 points, narrowly beating UC Santa Barbara (74 points) and No. 5 ranked Stanford (75 points).
The Fresno State women scored a total of 254 points with their top finisher, junior Annemarie Schwanz, finishing 17th overall (6K 21:32) to earn the Bulldogs 15 points. The host school won the women's meet with a total of 71 points, as the No. 4 ranked Stanford Cardinal women had all five of its scorers finish in the top 25.
The women's team beat conference foes, San Diego State (10th, 256 points) by two points and San Jose State (16th, 430 points) by 176 points. The `Dogs were led for the third straight meet this fall by Schwanz (17th, 21:32), who ran the 10th-fastest time on the Bulldogs' all-time list and its fastest at the Stanford Invitational. Freshman Mackenzie Landa followed in 47th place (22:13), right behind her was redshirt senior Carina Mendoza (54th, 22:14). The final two scorers for the Bulldogs were junior Julianne Jacques (64th, 22:33) and senior Meagan Paracholski (229th, 24:20). Senior Lyndsie Etherton (235th, 24:35), sophomore Taylor Samson (244th, 24:43) and sophomore Brittany Laygo (293rd, 25:47) rounded out the finishers for women's team.
In the men's race, sophomore Matt Kwiatkowski (37th, 24:34) and senior Chriss Grimble (43rd, 24:39) were again close finishers and only five seconds apart.
They were followed by the final scoring three, freshman Efren Reyes (109th, 25:16) and sophomores Nathan Esparza (121st, 25:21) and Uriel Cabanas (164th, 25:43). Freshmen Joel Gonzalez (224th, 26:15) and Esteban Vega (293rd, 27:04) and sophomore Cooper Gill (328th, 27:42) completed the Bulldog entries.
In two weeks the `Dogs will be splitting up the men's and women's teams. The women's team will travel to the Indiana State Pre-National Invitational (Sat. Oct. 18) to get familiar with the course that will host the NCAA Championships. The Bulldog men will travel to the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (Sat. Oct. 18).
"Be Bold!" - The 'Dogs host the Mountain West Cross Country Championships on Friday, October 31st at Woodward Park.
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