Oct. 17, 2009

Men's Results: Individual | Team

Women's Results: Individual | Team

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The UC Davis women's squad finished 15th in the 6K "blue" race while the men's team was 30th in the 8K "white" race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course Saturday morning. Sophomore Sarah Sumpter led all Aggie scorers with a 34th place finish in a time of 21:21.9. On the men's side, Jon Peterson was the top runner for UC Davis with a 68th place finish in a time of 24:44.5.

The UC Davis women placed higher than any other Big West team at the meet. Colorado took the overall team title with a total score of 94 points.

Abbey Gallaher was the second-highest finisher for the Aggie women as she placed 70th with a time of 21:52.0. Caitlin Fitzgerald was 89th overall, clocking in at 21:59.2. Senior Alison Stoakley placed 115th and recorded a time of 22:12.6 while Sarah Tusting finished 160th with a time of 22:46.4.

Rounding out the Aggie women was Krista Drechsler who had a time of 22:55.2 and sophomore Kristina Taylor who recorded a time of 24:05.9.

On the men's side, Stanford won the overall team title as three Cardinal runners placed in the top-10.

Kindu Ejigu finished 135th with a time of 25:32.7. Scott Himmelberger clocked in at 25:46.7 to place 157th. Matt Sartori finished with a time of 26:02.1 while junior Jonathan Sees had a final time of 26:05.7. Ben DeLand recorded a time of 26:48.2.

UC Davis' Kyle Suarez competed in the 8K men's open race where he finished 57th out of 111 total runners with a time of 26:49.8.

The Aggies will next compete at the Big West Championships Oct. 31 in Riverside, Calif.

2009 NCAA Pre-Nationals
LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course - Terre Haute, Ind.
October 17, 2009

Women's Team Scores: 1. Colorado, 94; 2. Florida State, 135; 3. Oregon, 169; 4. Georgetown, 200; 5. Stanford, 206; 6. Arizona, 225; 7. Iowa State, 231; 8. Iowa, 283; 9. UTEP, 284; 10. Michigan State, 302; 11. Nebraska, 346; 12. Harvard, 368; 13. NC State, 411; 14. Kansas State, 413; 15. UC Davis, 468; 16. Toledo, 481; 17. Southern Utah, 483; 18. James Madison, 490; 19. Butler, 493; 20. Miami (Ohio), 545; 21. Western Kentucky, 563; 22. Rice, 564; 23. Auburn, 574; 24. Louisville, 608; 25. Vanderbilt, 615; 26. Iona, 632; 27. Oregon State, 666; 28. Dayton, 719; 29. Marquette, 720; 30. Tulsa, 732; 31. Central Michigan, 775; 32. Air Force, 777; 33. Liberty, 867; 34. Eastern Kentucky, 891; 35. Ohio, 944; 36. Loyola (Ill.), 954; 37. Mississippi 1215.

Women's Individual 5K Results (Top finisher and UC Davis only): 1. Jenny Barringer, Colorado, 19:50.9; 34. Sarah Sumpter, 21:21.9; 70. Abbey Gallaher, 21:52.0; 89. Caitlin Fitzgerald, 21:59.2; 115. Alison Stoakley, 22:12.6; 160. Sarah Tusting, 22:46.4; 174. Krista Drechsler, 22:55.2; 232. Kristina Taylor, 24:05.9

Men's Team Scores: 1. Stanford, 47; 2. Colorado, 130; 3. BYU, 163; 4. Portland, 211; 5. Iona, 218; 6. Arizona State, 232; 7. New Mexico, 278; 8. Florida State, 288; 9. Louisville, 289; 10. Iowa State, 301; 11. Minnesota, 341; 12. Columbia, 382; 13. UC Santa Barbara, 408; 14. Southern Illinois, 416; 15. Notre Dame, 442; 16. Dartmouth, 506; 17. Illinois, 507; 18. Lamar, 508; 19. Dayton, 510; 20. South Alabama, 514; 21. North Carolina, 546; 22. Ohio State, 548; 23. UCLA, 553; 24. Nebraska, 570; 25. UMass Amherst, 587; 26. Eastern Kentucky, 609; 27. Central Michigan, 691; 28. Southern Utah, 694; 29. Liberty, 718; 30. UC Davis, 721; 31. Colorado State, 753; 32. Cincinnati, 827; 33. Mississippi, 848; 34. Loyola (Ill.), 851; 35. Ohio, 1001.

Men's Individual 8K Results (Top finisher and UC Davis only): 1. Chris Derrick, Stanford, 23:27.1; 68. Jonathan Peterson, 24:44.5; 135. Kindu Ejigu, 25:32.7; 157. Scott Himmelberger, 25:46.7; 178. Matthew Sartori, 26:02.1; 183. Jonathan Sees, 26:05.7; 218. Ben DeLand, 26:48.2.