April 19, 2002
Cal
State San Marcos Competes among International Athletes
The
Cal State San Marcos track and field team competed today, April 19, at the
Pomona-Pitzer Invitational along with athletes from across the U.S. and
the globe, including Asia, Africa and Canada.
Several Cougar athletes performed well, and several finished with
NAIA National qualifying times. The event took place at Pomona College.
Highlights
from Cal State San Marcos women's team:
Autumn
Wright, who was already qualified for nationals, took 21st in the 100
m dash among a field of 88 runners. Her time was 12.33 seconds.
Amy
Cutshaw, who's also qualified for nationals, finished in 14th among 48
runners in the 400 m with a time of 56.56 seconds.
Katherine
Niblett finished with in 6th and with a national qualifying time of
18.02.79 in the 5,000 m run. Lanele Cox finished in 17th out of the field
of 38 runners, with a time of 19:12.42.
The
4 x 400 relay team finished in fourth and qualified for NAIA nationals
with a time of 3:54.02.
Renee
MacDonald finished in 23rd out of 41 in the men’s and women’s
10,000 m run with a time of 37:29.90. With this time, she qualifies for
the NAIA Nationals.
Highlights
from Cal State San Marcos men's team:
Kris
Houghton finished 6th out of 37 runners in the 5,000 m run with a time
of 15:05.51.
Brian
Sullivan came in second in the 3,000 m steeplechase with a national
qualifying time of 9:20.07.
Omar
Zavala finished in 7th out of 41 runners in the men's and women's
10,000 m run with a time of 33:25.08.
Ed
Wurz finished 8th out of 31 competitors in the javelin throw with a
distance of 169'11".
Full
results are available at www.physical-education.pomona.edu/xc&track/meetres.html
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