Cougar Cross-Country Continues Season at Aztec Invitational
9/15/2007

Full Results (Men)
Full Results (Women)

The CSUSM men’s and women’s cross-country teams competed in their second event of the season on Saturday, and both squads continued to look good.  The men finished in 6^th place, while the women took 8^th.

Competing at the Aztec Invitational down at San Diego State, the squads found themselves in a field that featured Division I-A schools like Arkansas and UNLV.  But the Cougars were not intimidated, staying very competitive in both races.

On the men’s side, Juan Mejia was CSUSM’s top performer, as usual.  The senior posted yet another top-10 finish, taking 9^th place while running 25:56.

Right behind him was fellow senior Sergio Gonzalez.  After a somewhat disappointing junior year, Gonzalez looks like he’s ready to have a great 2007 season.  He finished in 12^th place with a time of 26:05.

Rounding out the Cougars’ top-5 were Alex Guadarrama (40^th – 27:00), Patrick Fitzgerald (48^th – 27:33), and Tony Guadagnini (55^th – 27:50).  Also competing for CSUSM were Antonio Sanchez and Casey Evans.

On the women’s side, for the second-straight week Morgan Sjogren led the team.  She placed 23^rd with a time of 18:51.  Close behind were Jessica Sandoval (32^nd – 19:05), who is already establishing herself as a top runner as just a freshman, and sophomore Whitney Patton (35^th – 19:08).

Also competing for the Cougar women were Joy Leon (45 – 19:30), Kristen Simek (58 – 19:42), Lindsey McKown (63 – 19:58), and Stephanie Cook (75 – 20:20).