ARC Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Sweep Big 8 Titles
Continuing to improve, the Lady Beavers Swept their Big 8 Conference Titles for both the individual champion, Freshman Jenica Dodge, and the Women's Team Title. To top it off, the ARC men swept the two titles as well dominating their prospective fields for their wins at Granite Regional Park in Sacramento.
Every lady beaver improved by an average of more than a minute from having raced the same course just 7 weeks earlier. Dodge led by 28 seconds over 2nd place finishing the 5K course in 18:12. Laura Cox finished fifth in 19:15 followed by Jocelyn Stillwell's 6th in 19:21. All three ladies made All Conference Honors.
ARC's team captain, Jocelyn Schmidt finished one spot behind all conference with her 15th in 20:13. Fifth for the lady beavers was Myra Villa (20:39) followed by Ashlyn Hardin (20:51) and Cheyenne Drury (21:01). Maria Rojo (21:57), Autumn Edgar (22:15) and Sydney Simmen (22:38).
Women's Top 5
| School | Total | Average | |
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1 |
American River |
1:37:41.30 |
19:32.3 |
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2 |
San Joaquin Delta |
1:39:33.70 |
19:54.7 |
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3 |
Modesto |
1:40:34.20 |
20:06.8 |
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4 |
Santa Rosa |
1:43:34.40 |
20:42.9 |
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5 |
Sacramento |
1:50:22.70 |
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Next up for the lady beavers will be the Northern California Championships to be held at Crystal Springs in San Mateo on Sat. Nov. 8th.