Long Beach State University Athletics
Cross Country Opens 2016 Campaign At Pepperdine Invitational
8/31/2016 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
2016 LONG BEACH STATE CROSS COUNTRY
Meet No. 1
at Pepperdine Invitational
Hosted by Pepperdine
Thursday, Sept. 1
Alumni Park
Malibu, Calif.
SCHEDULE
Women's 4K - 4:00 p.m.
Men's 5K - 4:30 p.m.
FIRST RUN
The Long Beach State men's and women's cross country teams open the 2016 campaign at the Pepperdine Invitational on Thursday (Sept. 1). The women's 4,000-meter race will start at 4 p.m., followed 30 minutes later with the men's 5K beginning at 4:30 p.m. Both races will take place at Alumni Park on the campus of Pepperdine University.
PEPPERDINE FIELD
The women's race will feature five schools (Pepperdine, Cal State Bakersfield, Long Beach State, UC Irvine and USC), while the men's race will include three teams (Pepperdine, LBSU and UCI).
49ERS TAKE YOUR MARK
Lauren Bartsch, Jodi Lambert, Alexandra Lathos, Katy Lynch, Pauline Mandel, Christie Nesbit, Charlotte Utash and Julie Vargas will be running for the Beach at the Pepperdine Invitational. On the men's side, Sam Bautista, Patrick Burciago, Robert Daseler, Cameron Ford, George Martinez, Emilio Nunez, Jake Orozco and Kevin Ramirez will represent the 49ers.
WINGET HIRED AS NEW CROSS COUNTRY COACH
Long Beach State head coach Andy Sythe has announced the hiring of Shawn Winget as the program's cross country and assistant track & field coach for the distance events. Winget previously spent five years at TCU where he worked with the middle and long distance runners as an assistant track & field coach. During his tenure, he mentored six Mountain West Conference champions and 34 All-MWC performers. Winget also led his athletes to the national stage as he had 17 NCAA Preliminary qualifiers, including seven who advanced to the NCAA Championships. Two of his runners went on to earn All-America honors. With Winget on the track & field staff, the Horned Frogs won three Mountain West team championships. Winget was also the cross country coach while at TCU. In his five seasons, Winget saw his athletes produce five All-South Central Region honors. During the 2010 campaign, Winget guided Festus Kingen to the first NCAA men's cross country regional title in school history. Kingen was named the South Central Region Men's Athlete of the Year for his effort. Overall, Winget's athletes established 36 indoor and 29 outdoor performances that rank among TCU's all-time top-10, with three being school records.
ALOHA BIG WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2016 Big West Conference Championships will take place on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Kahuku Golf Course on Kahuku, O'ahu hosted by the University of Hawai'i.
WEST REGIONAL RETURNS TO SACRAMENTO
The NCAA West Regional returns to the California capital on Friday, Nov. 11 as both meets will take place at the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
LBSU returns to action on Saturday, Sept. 17, as the 49ers travel to the Inland Empire for the UC Riverside Invitational.
Players Mentioned
