Anjuli Nieto (center) and Niki Chesnut (right) look for running room in a tight pack.
10/10/2009 1:47:40 PM
LA JOLLA -- Freshman Samantha Borman continued to impress Saturday, finishing 17th in a field of 122 runners at the UC San Diego Tritons Classic and helping her team finish sixth in a field of 13 teams.
Borman ran the 6,000 meter course in a personal best 23:22.5 in the team's final tuneup before the California Collegiate Athletic Association championships in two weeks at Humboldt State.
Two other CSUSB runners finished in the top 40 -- freshman Rebekah Frazier (32nd in 24:00) and sophomore Niki Chesnut (37th in 24:32.1. Senior Anjuli Nieto was 42nd in 24:50.1 followed by senior Angelica Lopez in 43rd spot at 24:52.9.
The Coyotes finished with 171 points, ahead of San Diego State (173), Cal State Bakersfield (195), University of San Diego, Albion, Western New Mexico, Grand Canyon and Imperial Valley JC.
"Samantha ran really well," said Coach Tom Burleson. "In fact, the team ran well. There were a lot of PRs (personal records) set by our girls on this course today. We beat some Division 1 teams. I think we will be ready for the CCAA championships."
Host UCSD was fourth and Cal Poly Pomona was fifth. Central Arizona won the team title with 58 points, finishing ahead of UC Irvine and University of Victoria.l
Freshman Courtney Ciraulo also broke 25 minutes for the Coyotes, finishing in 24:57.8, good for 46th place while freshman Deserae Perez was 48th in 25:20.8. Sierra Morris, Kindra Funch, Shawna Alvarez, Vanessa Graff, Liz McConaughey, Gaby Neblina and Jennifer Garcia also competed.
UC SAN DIEGO TRITONS CLASSIC 6K
@ La Jolla
TEAM SCORES: 1. Central Arizona (58); 2. UC irvine (68); 3. Univ. of Victoria (78); 4. UC San Diego (80), Cal Poly Pomona (95); 6. COYOTES (171); 7. San Diego State (173); 8. Cal State Bakersfield (195); 9. Albion (255); 10. Univ. of San Diego (278); 11. Western New Mexico (323); 12. Grand Canyon (358); 13. Imperial Valley (402).
TOP FINISHERS: 1. Rose Tanui (Central Ariz.) 21.38.0; 2. Dierdre Moran (Victoria) 22:11.8; 3. Violah Lagat (Central Ariz.) 22:15.6; 4. Bre Schofield (UCSD) 22:20.8.
CSUSB RUNNERS: 17. Samantha Borman, 23:22.5; 32. Rebekah Frazier, 24:00.0; 37. Niki Chesnut, 24:32.1; 42. Anjuli Nieto, 24:50.1; 43. Angelica Lopez, 24:52.9; 46. Courtney Ciraulo, 24:57.8; 48. Deserae Perez, 25:20.8; 67. Sierra Morris, 25:48.4; 94.; 94. Kindra Funch, 27:48.2; 95. Shawna Alvarez, 27:50.9; 101. Vanessa Graff, 28:16.2; 102. Liz McConaughey, 28:19.0; 108. Gaby Neblina, 29:57.5; 115. Jennifer Garcia, 31:14.7.