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11.24.2009 | Women's Cross Country
Tori Tyler became the first Chico State runner to lead the Wildcats across the line in consecutive NCAA Championship races by finishing 27th in the nation over the weekend in Evansville, Ind. Tyler, who finished 16th in the nation last year, has been named Wildcat of the Week.
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11.21.2009 | Women's Cross Country
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – WOW! That small three-letter word may be the best way to describe the three-runner performance of Chico State cross country athletes Tori Tyler, Kara Lubieniecki, and Alia Gray at the National Championships Saturday.
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11.19.2009 | Cross Country, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Gary Towne recently moved into a bigger office. It’s a good thing, because it was getting hard to find him among all of the trophies. Towne, Chico State’s cross country coach, embarks on his quest to have the same problem in his new, larger office this Saturday when the Wildcats toe the line at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Evansville, Ind.
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11.10.2009 | Women's Cross Country
Spectacular. Special. Super. Those are the kinds of words that have described Tori Tyler's efforts on the cross country trails throughout her career. Saturday, simply solid did the trick. Tyler, who has been limiting her training due to nagging injuries all fall, ran in uniform for just the third time this season at the NCAA West Regional Championships Saturday in San Francisco and led the Wildcats with a sixth-place finish.
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Wildcats of the Week
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Men's Basketball
The junior forward from Seaside broke out of a mini-scoring slump in a big way over the weekend – after averaging just four points over a three-game span, Pellum poured in a combined 28 points to lead Chico State to a split of home games against Cal State Monterey Bay and San Francisco State.
Friday against Cal State Monterey Bay, Pellum was one of four Wildcat players to score in double figures – his 11 points, three rebounds, two assists, one steal and two blocked shots made for an impressive night’s work, but it was not enough to keep Chico State from falling to the visiting Otters, 61-58. Saturday versus San Francisco State, Pellum was nearly unstoppable offensively, hitting 8-of-13 shots to post a team-high 17 points; he also hauled in six rebounds as the Wildcats downed the Gators 72-60.
Pellum enters the week as the Wildcats’ second-leading scorer, averaging 11.4 points a game. He is also second on the team in rebounding, averaging 5.4 boards a night. Pellum is currently tied for third in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in blocked shots (averaging 1.0 a game), and ranks in the conference Top 15 in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage (50.3 percent).
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Women's Basketball
The junior guard from Sacramento continued her most productive season to date, providing the bulk of the Chico State offense as well as being one of the team’s top rebounders in the Wildcats’ weekend sweep of Cal State Monterey Bay and San Francisco State.
Friday against Cal State Monterey Bay, Smith tallied 21 points – the fourth time this season she’s scored 20 or more – while nailing three 3-pointers, hauling in seven rebounds, dishing out four assists and grabbing four steals in Chico State’s 71-44 victory over the Otters. Saturday versus San Francisco State, Smith paced the Wildcats with 17 points, hitting 9-of-10 from the free throw line, contributed seven rebounds and four assists, and scored four points in the final 10 seconds to cement a 49-43 win over the Gators.
Smith leads the Wildcats in scoring (11.6 points a game), assists (3.6 a night) and steals (1.7 per contest) entering this week’s road games versus Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State San Bernardino. She ranks 12th in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in scoring, third in assists and eighth in steals, and is sixth among conference players in free throw percentage (75.6).
Smith’s weekend performance also moved her higher in several Chico State career statistical categories. She now ranks eighth in Wildcat history in assists (229), ninth in career free throws (206), and 10th all-time in steals (129). Smith also became just the 11th Chico State player ever to score over 900 points in a career.
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10.24.09 | Women's Cross Country
McKINLEYVILLE, Calif. – The Chico State women’s cross country team lived up to its No. 1 national ranking in impressive fashion Saturday, placing four runners in the top 10 and easily outdistancing the field to capture the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) championship at Beau Pre Golf Course in McKinleyville.
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10.21.09 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Cross Country Championships will be taking place Saturday at Beau Pre Golf Course in McKinleyville, and the nationally-ranked Chico State men’s and women’s cross country teams are looking to add another lofty achievement to an already successful 2009 season, while continuing the school’s long stretch of conference dominance.
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10.13.09 | Women's Cross Country
Paige Henker is quickly becoming a great "Local Woman Makes Good" story. A native of Chico and Chico High School graduate, Henker walked on to the women's cross country team last year, and in the words of Head Coach Gary Towne, she's "come a long way in a year and is really doing some amazing stuff right now." Friday, the redshirt freshman finished 11th overall in the highly competetive San Francisco State Invitational. For her efforts, Henker has been dubbed this week's Wildcat of the Week.
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10.9.09 | Women's Cross Country
CHICO – Depth has keyed the Chico State women’s cross country program’s rise to the top of the national rankings this year. Friday, the Wildcats showed just how deep their talent pool is. Resting 10 of their top runners, the Wildcats still managed to finish second out of 16 teams at the San Francisco State Invitational at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park Friday afternoon.
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10.7.09 | Women's Cross Country
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Chico State women’s cross country team is evidently getting used to “top of the heap” status – already owning the No. 1 ranking in the West region and fresh off a first place finish in last weekend’s Willamette Invitational, the Wildcats are now – for the first time in the program’s history – the top-ranked school in the country, according to the latest poll by the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
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10.5.09 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – The Chico State men’s and women’s cross country teams turned in several outstanding individual performances Saturday en route to both squads winning the Willamette Invitational in Salem, Ore., and two Wildcats in particular were singled out by the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Senior Michael Wickman and sophomore Alia Gray have been honored as the CCAA Cross Country Men’s and Women’s Runners of the Week for the period of Sept. 27-Oct. 4.
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10.3.09 | Women's Cross Country
SALEM, Ore. – The trio of Kara Lubieniecki. Alia Gray, and Tori Tyler finished 2-3-4 as the third-ranked Chico State women’s cross country team dominated a showdown with 10th-ranked Augustana (S.D.) to win the Willamette Invitational Saturday. Nine Chico State runners crossed the line among the first 31 finishers and the Wildcats tallied just 43 points to second-place Augustana’s 114. The University of Idaho, the 15th-ranked Division I team in the West Region, finished third with 116 points.
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