On the weekend of September 19th Humboldt state University hosted their first ever home meet on the conference course in McKinnelyville, CA. The golf course held numerous small, rolling hills, and featured a "hell hill" going three fourths of a mile up. Southern Oregon University, a top ten nationally ranked NAIA school, took the win with the Humboldt Jacks coming in second. I ran 8th on my team with a time of 27:22. Maybe going out in 5:05 wasn't such a good idea with the hell hill remaining in the third mile.
On the same day, in Riverside, CA, UC Riverside hosted a premier invitational with two of our alumni competing amongst the best. On this hot, dusty, but flat-fast course, Axel Ambriz raced unattached yet again. Axel ran an impressive time of 26:20 for a deep 111th place. Coming in 311th place, Evan Hillman ran a time of 30:38 for his team, Occidental.
Asher Lober ran in his second collegiate race at the University of Massachusetts invitational in Amherst, MA. Coming in sixth for his team with a place of 27th overall, Asher ran impressively to finish two spots ahead (on his team), from where he finished last weekend. Asher ran a time of 26:55. Also racing in only his second collegiate race, Sean Guildea traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska to compete at the Woody Geeno Invitational. Sean ran a great time of 25:45 to come in 5th on his team and 16th overall. Keep an eye on these two, they seem to be moving up nicely in the college ranks!
Allie Lopez raced in her first college cross country race over this past weekend in Tuscan, Arizona for the UCLA Bruins. Competing against her friend from Simi Valley, Anna Sperry (who won), Allie didn't do too bad herself finishing in 32nd place overall and 7th on her team. Allie ran a time of 18:44 over the 5k course.
I heard that Thousand Oaks HS had an awesome showing at the Oak Park invitational on both the girls and guys teams. It seems that a full summer of fun and training is paying off well for both the high school and alumni. Great Job to everyone who competed, and I hope everybody had as much fun being warriors out on the course as I did!
