Sept. 28, 2017
SAN DIEGO -
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San Diego State cross country heads to the site of the 2016 NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships, Sacramento's Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, for the Capital Cross Challenge (6K) on Sat., Sept. 30.
The college women's 6K will start at 10:30 a.m. PT and follows the college men's 8K, which is set for 9:50 a.m. PT. Also taking place at the Capital Cross Challenge are the unseeded and seeded varsity girls and boys 5K, freshmen/sophomore girls and boys, open boys and girls two-mile, and youth girls and boys 1.4-mile races. Awards at the college level will be handed out at 11 a.m.
The course uses nine holes of the complex's Arcade Creek course following an outer and inner horseshoe design. Almost all of the running on the flat course will occur on well-maintained fairways. The address of the course is 3649 Fulton Ave., Sacramento, Calif., 95821. Admission to the event is free but there is a fee for parking.
The Aztecs and host Hornets will be joined by Division I squads from California, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Fresno State, Loyola Marymount, Nevada, New Mexico State, Pacific, Pepperdine, Sacramento State, San Francisco, San José State, Santa Clara, Southern Utah, UC Davis and UNLV. Also competing in the meet are teams from Azusa Pacific, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State East Bay, Cal State Monterey Bay, Chico State, Hawaii Pacific, Holy Names, Sierra Nevada College, Southern Oregon, Stanislaus State, UC Davis Track Club, UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz.
Entered into the race for SDSU are Chrissy Calain, Cindy Flores, Mackenzie Mora, Renee Phillips and Lily Seynaeve.
Last year at the Capital Cross Challenge, senior Elaine Ribeiro shaved off 00.2 from her 6K collegiate career best and notched the fifth-best 6K time in program history at the Capital Cross Challenge (6K) on Oct. 1, 2016. With a time of 21:25.3, classmate Christine Kent also made her mark on the program's Top-10 6K list. Her mark was good enough for a spot in sixth behind Ribeiro's time in Sacramento. In her first 6K of the year, Lily Seynaeve raced to a 22:24.9 (86th) time. With 260 points, San Diego State finished 11th of 19 teams.
The Scarlet and Black's most recent appearance at the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, the NCAA West Regional on Nov. 11, 2016, saw SDSU race to the second fastest NCAA Regional 6K time in program history with its 22:12.06 average time and earned a 26th-place finish at the Regional. The Aztecs' finish at Sacramento's Haggin Oaks Golf Complex was also the sixth best 6,000-meter time in 16 years. The Aztecs were led by senior Christine Kent, whose 21:30.4 time was good for 90th out of 238 finishers. The San Diego native was her team's top finisher in five of seven races this year. For the second consecutive race, Lily Seynaeve was the Aztecs' No. 2 finisher, running the course in 21:39.6 and 104th place. She bested her PR by 5.3 seconds.
UNLV Invitational Recap
Four Aztecs raced to collegiate bests at the UNLV Invitational 5K, helping San Diego State cross country to a fifth-place finish at the meet in Las Vegas Saturday morning.
For the third consecutive meet, senior Lily Seynaeve was the Scarlet and Black's top finisher, placing eighth. Crossing the finish line in 18:03, she bested her collegiate personal best by 48.6 seconds.
Freshman Mackenzie Mora recorded an 18:28 time for 14th, her best time as a collegian by nearly one-and-a-half minute. Senior Cindy Flores clocked in at 19:12 to take 32nd. Also recording collegiate bests were junior Chrissy Calain (19:26, 35th), besting her former collegiate top time by 18 seconds, and freshman Renee Phillips (19:34, 37th), topping her previous collegiate best by 10 seconds.
Utah Valley won the meet by taking four of the top five spots for 18 points. Long Beach State was next with 73 points. UNLV (84) and USC (93) placed third and fourth, respectively.