Meet Results
McKINLEYVILLE -- Cal State L.A.'s women's cross country team saw one of its runners claim an individual California Collegiate Athletic Association title for a third straight year, while the team placed fourth.
Vivien Wadeck was a repeat CCAA champion and she did it in dominating fashion, finishing 21 seconds ahead of the closest pursuer. The Golden Eagles, though, saw their four-year run of placing in the top two of the conference come to an end. Cal State L.A., which won the conference title in 2007, finished behind Chico State, which won its second straight team title, UC San Diego and Cal Poly Pomona.
Wadeck, who claimed her fourth individual CCAA crown (she won two conference titles in track and field as well), covered the 6,000-meter course at the Beau Pre Golf Course in McKinleyville in 21:52.6. Bre Schofield of UC San Diego was second in 22:13.5, Julie Shaw of Chico State was third in 22:21.6, Alia Gray of Chico State was fourth in 22:22.9 and Kara Lubienicki of Chico State was fifth in 22:27.6.
Wadeck, by winning the conference title, is the CCAA's Runner of the Year. That marks three straight individual titles for the Golden Eagles. Karla Alburez won it in 2007 while leading Cal State L.A. to a team championship and Wadeck has won it the past two seasons. She became only the second female in the history of the CCAA Championships to repeat as conference champion. Amy Harper of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo won back-to-back titles in 1982-83.
Cal State L.A.'s
Lorena Banda also earned All-CCAA honors by finishing 11th in 23:11.5. The top-15 runners earn All-Conference honors. Banda earned All-CCAA recognition for the second straight year.
Vivien Rico was next for the Golden Eagles, finishing 20th in 23:47.2.
Keri Molt was 35th in 24:27.7 and
Justina Sadauskaite was 43rd in 24:48.7.
Erica Thomas, also a member of Cal State L.A.'s CCAA South Division-leading women's soccer team, finished 47th in 24:56.8,
Melissa Lopez was 67th in 25:48.1 and
Sierra Olivas was 90th in 27:51.4.
Chico State won the title with 33 points, while UC San Diego was second with 84. Cal Poly Pomona had 91, Cal State L.A. was next with 101, Cal State Stanislaus was fifth with 142, Humboldt State was sixth with 146, San Francisco State was seventh with 162, Cal State San Bernardino was eighth with 191, Sonoma State was ninth with 270, Cal State Dominguez Hills was 10th with 290 and Cal State Monterey Bay was 11th with 334.
Cal State L.A. will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 7 at the NCAA Division II West Region championships at San Francisco State.