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Beach Finishes in 4th at Big West
10/27/2007 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
49ers Finish 4th at Big West Championships
Apgar and Jadkte record fastest times in LBSU history
October 27, 2007
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.-- The Long Beach State men's and women's cross
country teams finished in fourth place at the Big West Conference Championships
on Saturday morning. Both teams were projected to finish in sixth in the
pre-season Big West polls that was released in August.
Sarah Apgar led the 49er women as she finished in sixth place with a time
of 22:06, followed by Kristina Wilson (22:49) in 17th, Missy Barclay (22:51)
in 18th and Carly Harris (22:53) in 21st. Apgar, Wilson, Barclay and Harris
finished in the top-five all-time finishes in LBSU course history for
the Big West Championships.
On the men's side, Dylan Jaedtke led The Beach as he finished in 13th
place with a time of 25:49. Travis Kuhlman (26:40) placed 27th, Josh Arrieta
(27:01), Mark Thomas (27:31) and Steven DeCastro (27:42) finished 35th,
44th and 51st. The 4th place finish for the men, marked the fourth best
finish in LBSU history.
"I'm very proud of both teams," said distant coach Patrick
Cunniff. "The women in particular competed very well. I'm proud of
the performances for all of the girls. Sara ran a great race and I really
liked the competiveness of everyone as I'm excited of the future of that
team. I think our youth kind of caught up with us for the men on this
tough course and I look forward for the guys in getting better and stronger."
BIG WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS - WOMEN'S 6K
1. UC Santa Barbara (44 pts)
2. UC Riverside (57 pts)
3. UC Irvine (59 pts)
4. LONG BEACH STATE (93 pts)
5. UC Davis (136 pts)
6. Cal State Fullerton (139 pts)
7. Cal Poly (147 pts)
8. Pacific (258 pts)
9. Cal State Northridge (272 pts)
LBSU WOMEN'S 6K RESULTS:
6. Sarah Apgar (22:06); 17. Kristina Wilson (22:49); 18. Missy Barclay
(22:51); 31. Jennifer Rodriguez (23:22);
57. Melissa Velazquez (24:44); 61. Bethany Carter (24:55); 65. Veronica
Franco (25:17); 70. Denise Nunez (26:21)
BIG WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS - MEN'S 8K
1. Cal Poly (15 pts)
2. UC Santa Barbara (53 pts)
3. UC Riverside (79 pts)
4. LONG BEACH STATE (134 pts)
5. UC Irvine (137 pts)
6. UC Davis (140 pts)
7. Cal State Fullerton (187 pts)
8. Cal State Northridge (240 pts)
LBSU MEN'S 8K RESULTS:
13. Dylan Jaedtke (25:49); 23. Eli Rodriguez (26:26); 27. Travis Kuhlman
(26:40); 35. Josh Arrieta (27:01);
44. Mark Thomas (27:31); 51. Steven Decastro (27:42); 56. Josh Ruff (28:18);
64. Steve Cardinalli (29:26)
