Meet: NCAA Division II West Regional
Location: Billings, Mont.
Date: Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022
Team Finish: 9th out of 26 teams
Top Finisher: Nick Melanese (23rd, 30:52.2)
Team Winner: Chico State (48)
Individual Winner: Simon Fraser's Charlie Dannatt (30:07.49)
COURSE REPORT: The Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team placed ninth with 295 points at the NCAA Division II West Regionals on Saturday morning in Billings,
Montana. Sophomore
Nick Melanese was CSUSM's top runner at 23rd place in a time of 30:52.2.
ALL-WEST REGIONALS HONORS
Nick Melanese
FINISH LINE
- Running among 150 runners, Melanese improved on his 2021 finish where he took 30th place.
- Trevor Boaz collected 47th place with a time of 31:39.3.
- Ruben Piña ran a time of 32:03.4 for 59th place.
- Running in their first regional, Matt Frey took 80th (32:31.7) and he was followed by Renton McGregor (98th, 33:02.7), Jimmy Byland (102nd, 33:13.2) and Sankalp Shastri (137th, 35:01.2).
THOUGHTS FROM COACH OLSON
"Fighting hard in very tough conditions, both teams return many runners who gained some valuable racing experience. Carly and Nick had the best cross country races of their careers! I am very proud of the way they approached the race and ran tough."
TEAM RESULTS
| 1. |
Chico State |
48 |
| 2. |
Western Washington |
82 |
| 3. |
Azusa Pacific |
111 |
| 4. |
Simon Fraser |
126 |
| 5. |
Cal Poly Pomona |
127 |
| 6. |
Biola |
147 |
| 7. |
Alaska Anchorage |
235 |
| 8. |
Fresno Pacific |
236 |
| 9. |
CSUSM |
295 |
| 10. |
Concordia Univ. Irvine |
298 |
| 11. |
San Francisco State |
345 |
| 12. |
Cal Poly Humboldt |
347 |
| 13. |
Western Oregon |
371 |
| 14. |
Stanislaus State |
374 |
| 15. |
Saint Martin's |
396 |
| 15. |
Montana State Billings |
396 |
| 17. |
Cal Sate East Bay |
397 |
| 18. |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
529 |
| 19. |
Central Washington |
529 |
| 20. |
Academy of Art |
561 |
| 21. |
Seattle Pacific |
576 |
| DNP |
Alaska Fairbanks |
|
| DNP |
Dominican |
|
| DNP |
Hawaii Pacific |
|
| DNP |
Holy Names |
|
| DNP |
Northwest Nazarene |
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CSUSM RESULTS
