For Immediate Release Contact: Jen Heisel
Sept. 30, 2017
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SDSU Cross Country Paced by Seynaeve in Sacramento
Lily Seynaeve finished among the top 20 runners for the second straight meet
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SACRAMENTO – San Diego State cross country raced to a ninth-place finish at Sacramento’s Capital Cross Challenge (6K) on Saturday, led by senior Lily Seynaeve.
Seynaeve placed 17th after crossing the finish line in 21:32.0, just two seconds off her 6K collegiate best of 21:30.00, which she set earlier this year at the UC Riverside Invitational. This is the second consecutive meet in which Seynaeve has finished among the race’s top 20 Division I participants after placing eighth at the UNLV Invitational (5K) last week.
Classmate Cindy Flores was the Aztecs' next finisher, clocking in at 23:27.3 for 75th.
Freshman Renee Phillips recorded a 23:30.3 time, taking 80th among Division I athletes.
Junior Chrissy Calain finished the race in 23:40.7, the 82nd-best time.
Freshman McKenzie Mora finished just behind her, rounding out SDSU's finishers at 23:42.1 for 83rd.
The Aztecs are off for a week before heading to the Highlander Invitational (5K) in Riverside, Calif., on Sat., Oct. 14.
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Capital Cross Challenge (6K)
Haggin Oaks Golf Complex – Sacramento, Calif.
Sept. 30, 2017
6,000-Meter Division I Women Team Results
1. San Jose State – 62
2. Nevada – 82
3. Loyola Marymount – 115
4. Southern Utah -148
5. New Mexico State – 183
6. UC Davis – 183
7. Cal State Fullerton – 198
8. Sacramento State – 285
9. San Diego State – 457
10. UNLV - 469
11. Pacific – 476
12. Fresno State – 513
13. California – 552
14. Pepperdine – 570
6,000-Meter Collegiate Women Individual Results (Top 5 of 111 runners + SDSU)
1. Danielle Shanahan (LMU) – 20:23.2
2. Jenny Sandoval (SJSU) – 20:30.1
3. Adlilene Aldapa (SJSU) – 20:31.1
4. Jeanette Zambrano (SJSU) – 20:56.0
5. Hiley Dobbs (NEV) – 20:56.2
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17. Lily Seynaeve (SDSU) – 21:32.0
75. Cindy Flores (SDSU) – 23:27.3
80. Renee Phillips (SDSU) – 23:30.3
82. Chrissy Calain (SDSU) – 23:40.7
83. Mackenzie Mora (SDSU) – 23:42.1
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