Meet: Cougar Challenge 
Location: San Marcos, Calif.
Date: Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022
Team Finish: 5th out of 17 teams
Top Finisher: Ruben Pina (13th, 24:45.7)
Winner: Azusa Pacific's Nixon Korir (24:16.6)
 
COURSE REPORT:  Hosting the Cougar Challenge on Saturday, the Cal State San Marcos men's cross country team placed fifth out of 17 teams. No. 5 Chico State had a dominating win with all five runners in the top 10.
 
FINISH LINE

• Ruben Piña was CSUSM's top runner with a time of 24:45.7 for 13th place.
• Trevor Boaz was the next Cougar to cross the finish line, placing 50th with a time of 25:55.7.
• Sankalp Shastri and Jimmy Byland took 55th (26:00.1) and 61st place (26:05.9), respectively.
• Jason Morse closed out the top five for CSUSM with a 72nd-place finish in a time of 26:21.5.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH OLSON 
"We were really proud to host such a great event on our campus course today. The level and depth of competition for both races was awesome and a great experience for our teams. I think we had a really great learning experience today. Some of our athletes were able to put together breakthrough efforts, and some are gaining experience to be able to put it all together later this season. I'm proud of our teams and looking forward to taking our lessons learned on the road to the Lewis Crossover in two weeks."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Cougars are off next weekend before heading to Illinois for the Lewis Crossover on Oct. 8.
 

TEAM SCORES
1.	Chico State	32
2.	Azusa Pacific	70
3.	Pomona-Pitzer	77
4.	Cal Poly Pomona	88
5.	Cal State San Marcos	184
6.	Stanislaus State	188
7.	Westmont	210
8.	La Verne	229
9.	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	233
10.	Cal State East Bay	256
11.	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	303
12.	Hawaii Pacific	374
13.	Concordia Irvine	395
14.	Caltech	436
15.	Chapman	454
16.	Cal State LA	488
17.	Soka	511
DNF	Dominican	---

 

CSUSM INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
13.	Ruben Piña	24:45.7
50.	Trevor Boaz	25:55.7
55.	Sankalp Shastri	26:00.1
61.	Jimmy Byland	26:05.9
72.	Jason Morse	26:21.5
80.	Renton McGregor	26:36.9
85.	Byaombe Mloko	26:40.4
87.	Matt Frey	26:41.8
91.	Cris Carrillo	26:45.0
114.	Anthony Martinez	27:13.1
136.	Alex Anderson	27:45.5
185.	Mitch Machuca	29:30.3