RIVERSIDE, Calif. - In the last race prior to the CCAA Championship meet held in Monterey Bay on November 5^th, the Yotes came through in a big way. On the cool morning on the quick course, the Yotes raced out to their best team time on the year by nearly 3 minutes with a time of 1:53:57, bettering their previous seasons best by 1:52.
 

"The Yotes came to compete at the UCR Invite. This was the strongest team finish of the season thus far. I am so proud of how the season is progressing as we approach (the) CCAA Championships in two weeks. We have big goals and are well within reach of accomplishing them." – Coach McDonald

Alexis Wallace led the way for the Yotes with a personal best time of 21:58.6, an improvement of 12 seconds. This moved her up to 8^th all time at this distance in CSUSB's history. She placed 72^nd overall in a field that featured several top division I and II programs such as UCLA, Arizona, Colorado, and Adams State.

Joanna Lopez came through in a time of 22:25.8, a 28 second improvement on her previous personal best. This is her second personal best this season and a total improvement of 58 seconds from her best time at this distance coming into the season. Kai Marroquin crossed the line in a personal best time of 23:13.5, a 26 second improvement from her previous quickest time. Miranda Avila and Nicole Renteria both achieved seasonal bests with 23:02.5 and 23:16.6 respectively. Renteria's time was a 46 second improvement over her previous best on the course.
 

"I just wanted to go out there and give it my all and today I was really confident, I felt really good in my body and I knew what I had to do to get my job done which is what I think I did today. There's more work to do and I am excited to see what happens at Monterey Bay." – Nicole Renteria

Arlene Castro led the Yotes with the most improvement on their personal or season's best improving her time by 1 minute and 18 seconds. She has improved her time by over 2 minutes over the course of the year.
 

"It felt like a good race from me, I was just trying to earn my spot for the conference championships. I feel like everyone ran well and we all worked together and got closer as a pack." – Arlene Castro

Castro was one of 9 personal bests on the day for the team and 4 seasons best overall. This marked their best team performance on the year with a 5-man gap of 1:18, a nearly one minute improvement from last weeks race.

 

CSUSB Women's 6k Individual Results
1.	Alexis Wallace	SR	21:58.6
2.	Joanna Lopez	SO	22:25.8
3.	Miranda Avila	JR	23:02.5
4.	Kai Marroquin	FR	23:13.5
5.	Nicole Renteria	SO	23:16.6
6.	Helena Valdez	JR	24:12.6
7.	Arlene Castro	JR	24:17.5
8.	Maria Rojas	JR	24:36.2
9.	Samantha Avila	FR	24:52.1
10.	Justine Ziranda	SR	25:18.0
11.	Caty Gaynor	SO	25:22.7
12.	Tayonna Hargrove	SR	26:48.7
13.	Giselle Cabrera	FR	27:41.7

Up Next
The CSUSB Women compete at the CCAA Cross Country Championships at Monterey Bay on November 5th. Visit the women's cross country schedule for more information. Go Yotes!