RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Battling sickness and extreme heat, the No. 9 Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team placed 14th place at the UC Riverside Invitational Saturday morning.
Junior
Enrique Ramirez was CSUSM's top finisher, placing 40th with a time of 25:11.2. Junior
Michael Waltrip placed 77th (25:51.1) and sophomore
Chris Ceja finished in 96th place (26:05.4).
In the Open Race, freshman
Andrew Tellames finished fifth among 194 runners with a time of 26:03.3.
The Cougars are back in action next Saturday, Sept. 20 in The Master's Invite in Santa Clarita.
TEAM SCORES: 1. Minnesota 43; 2. Southern Utah 48; 3. UC Santa Barbara 97; 4. UC Riverside 149; 5. UC San Diego 155; 6. Utah Valley 173; 7. Central Arizona 209; 8. Cal Poly Pomona 242; 9. Long Beach State 252; 10. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 280; 11. Pomona-Pitzer 319; 12. Cal Baptist 321; 13. College of the Canyons 358
; 14. Cal State San Marcos 358; 15. Cal State Monterey Bay 419; 16. San Diego 449; 17. Azusa Pacific 466; 18. San Bernardino VC 554; Southwestern 603; 20. Cal State Northridge 617; 21. Cal Coast 637; 22. Pima CC (Ariz.) 668; 23. Whittier 673; 24. Riverside CC 744; 25. LA Trade Tech 785; 26. Glendale (Ariz.) 819; 27. Cuyamaca 823; 28. Concordia (Calif.) 826; 29. Chapman 863
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 1. Harry Mulenga (Central Arizona);
CSUSM: 40.
Enrique Ramirez 25:11.2; 76. 25:49.2, 77.
Michael Waltrip 25:51.1; 96.
Chris Ceja 26:05.4; 112.
Justin Washington 26:20.8; 116.
Ryan Maize 26:24.2; 136. (120.)
Anthony Girolamo 26:40.8, 140.
Issac Vallejo 26:44.0; 144.
Easton Tackett 26:48.4
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (OPEN): 5.
Andrew Tellames (26:03.3); 56.
Alex Gronotte 27:42.4; 92.
Luis Vasquez 28:32.3; 106.
Saul Oros 28:51.6;
