Seattle, WA - The inaugural NAIA Association of Independent Institutions Championship men's and women's cross country championships were claimed on Saturday by the rising Cal State San Marcos Cougars cross country program. On the women's side, the #3 ranked Cougars knocked off the defending NAIA National Champions from Simon Fraser University, while on the men's side the Cougars narrowly edged SFU by five points to win the title. In the women's championship, Dallon Wiliams led the way for CSUSM, cruising to her second victory of the season in a time of 17:10. Cougar runners in fact rounded out the top three at the competition, with Morgan Sjogren and Jessica Sandoval finishing two-three behind teammate Williams, while SFU's Angela Shaw was the next top non CSUSM finisher, completing the 5km course in a time of 18:23.
The Cougars won the tournament with 19 overall points, while SFU finished second with 44 points. The University of British Columbia (63 points) and Soka (120 points) rounded out the competition.
In the men's championship, SFU's Keir Forster claimed the overall title in a time of 25:22, with CSUSM's Alex Guaderrama paced the Cougars, running in a time of 25:38 to finish second overall. Cal State San Marcos had five of the top ten finishers at the meet, to edge SFU with 30 overall points. The Clan finished second with 35 points, while UBC was third with 60 points and Soka rounded out the competition with 120 points.
By virtue of winning the men's and women's A.I.I. Championships, Cal State San Marcos automatically qualifies for the NAIA National Championships, scheduled for November 23, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. At-large berth's for the NAIA National Championships will be announced on Monday.
INDEPEDENT XC MEET - 10/8/2008
10/8/2008
Last Completed Event
Event 1 Women 5k Run CC
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 #450 Williams, Dallon Cal St. San Marcos 17:10 1
2 #446 Sjogren, Morgan Cal St. San Marcos 17:42 2
3 #444 Sandoval, Jessica Cal St. San Marcos 17:57 3
4 #468 Shaw, Angela Simon Fraser 18:23 4
5 #410 Akeroyd, Nicole British Columbia 18:24 5
6 #449 Villarreal, Caitlin Cal St. San Marcos 18:30 6
7 #442 Patton, Whitney Cal St. San Marcos 18:34 7
8 #467 Palibroda, Emily Simon Fraser 18:44 8
9 #463 Croft, Helen Simon Fraser 18:51 9
10 #464 Gonzales, Bianca Simon Fraser 18:59 10
11 #422 Venner, Alexandra British Columbia 19:04 11
12 #441 McKown, Lindsey Cal St. San Marcos 19:11 12
13 #469 Stockall, Holly Simon Fraser 19:11 13
14 #413 Clift, Justine British Columbia 19:12 14
15 #445 Scrimenti, Suzanne Cal St. San Marcos 19:13 15
16 #418 Reeve, Sabrina British Columbia 19:18 16
17 #416 Imlach, Brittany British Columbia 19:19 17
18 #417 Nano, Anne-Mari British Columbia 19:33 18
19 #412 Britton, Katie British Columbia 19:33 19
20 #439 Cook, Stephanie Cal St. San Marcos 19:44
21 #414 Farish, Catharine British Columbia 19:57
22 #472 Weslowski, Jennifer Simon Fraser 20:06 20
23 #471 Vogt, Emma Simon Fraser 20:23 21
24 #466 Kane, Brianna Simon Fraser 20:29
25 #462 Brennan, Olivia Simon Fraser 20:43
26 #415 Gray, Kaitlyn British Columbia 21:16
27 #492 Yoshioka, Keiko Soka 22:16 22
28 #486 Gandhi, Tana Soka 22:32 23
29 #470 Tongue, Katie Simon Fraser 22:35
30 #491 Tanabe, Anri Soka 22:45 24
31 #484 Andrist, Alexandra Soka 23:01 25
32 #489 Lee, Janice Soka 24:41 26
33 #485 Dixon, Emily Soka 24:44 27
34 #488 Kondo, Sachiko Soka 24:55 28
35 #487 Jolly, Jihii Soka 27:20
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Cal St. San Marcos 19 1 2 3 6 7 12 15
Total Time: 1:29:53.00
Average: 17:58.60
2 Simon Fraser 44 4 8 9 10 13 20 21
Total Time: 1:34:08.00
Average: 18:49.60
3 British Columbia 63 5 11 14 16 17 18 19
Total Time: 1:35:17.00
Average: 19:03.40
4 Soka 120 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Total Time: 1:55:15.00
Average: 23:03.00