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Women's cross country team cruises to win in Willamette
All-American Tori Tyler finished fourth.
10/3/2009 8:42:45 PM
   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.
Lubieniecki covered the five-kilometer course in 17:47.90, leading the trio of Wildcats who basically finished as a group. The finish was especially gratifying for Tyler, who has been battling an injury but showed marked improvement over her performance from last week. Idaho’s Teegan Schoch won the race in 17:26.92.
The team's lone senior, Julie Shaw, finished 13th.
Julie Shaw, in 13th place, was the fourth Wildcat to cross the line in 18:09, and Colleen Joyce finished 21st in 18:18 to complete Chico State’s scorers. Amy Schnittger and Alyssa Flores (18:21 each) weren’t far behind in 25th and 26th, nor were Shannon Rich (18:24) and Michelle Johnson (18:2 in 30th and 31st.
Other Paige Henker (40th – 18:32) and Samantha Racine (49th – 18:36) also finished among the top 50 in the 203-athlete field.
The Wildcats will now set their sights on Friday’s San Francisco State Invitational, which is the final tune-up before the postseason begins with the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championships On Oct. 24.
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Wildcats of the Week
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Men's Track
As a decathlete, Brian Beeman is used to running all over the place. But he took it to a new level last week. After competing in the decathlon, high jump and javelin to help lead the Chico State men’s track & field team to the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship March 6-8, he got on a bus and arrived back in Chico in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Then, he turned around to head back to Southern California for the Claremont Classic Decathlon and turned in an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark and personal best score of 6,512 on Thursday and Friday.
That iron-man feet has earned him Wildcat of the Week honors.
Beeman finished sixth at the Burns Track and Field Complex while logging the 15th best score in the nation this year. He won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:31.75, placed third in the 400-meter dash (51.19 seconds) and tied for third in the high jump (6-feet-02.75).
Beeman and a number of his Wildcats teammates now await Wednesday morning’s NCAA Track and Field Championships selection show to found out if he’s earned a berth to the National Championships May 27-29 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Softball
Kacie McCarthy’s freshman season as a Wildcat has been filled with highlights, but the Shingletown native turned in her most memorable performances of the year last weekend in the NCAA West Sub-Regional at Sonoma State, posting three straight victories and helping Chico State advance to the West Super Regional in Hawaii. The Wildcats are just two wins away from reaching the Division II College World Series, thanks in large part to the pitching prowess of McCarthy, who is the latest recipient of Wildcat of the Week honors.
In Friday’s Sub-Regional opener, McCarthy took over for Chico State starter Jessica McDermott and tossed seven-and-a-third innings of relief, striking out a career-high 11 batters and earning the win as the Wildcats beat 15th ranked Grand Canyon University 5-4 in eight innings. In Saturday’s winner’s bracket game versus No. 14 Sonoma State, McCarthy twirled a one-hit shutout in Chico State’s 7-0 victory over the host Seawolves. Sunday McCarthy completed the postseason trifecta, going the distance for the 18th time this year and getting credit for the “W” as the ’Cats rallied back from three runs down to score four times in the bottom of the sixth inning and pull out a 4-3 victory over Dixie State to sweep through the Sub-Regional and advance to this weekend’s West Super Regional.
McCarthy, now 16-10 on the season, lowered her season ERA to 1.92 with the three weekend wins and is ranked third among California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) pitchers. She also is sixth in the conference in victories and innings pitched (164.1). She leads the Wildcats in wins, complete games, innings pitched and appearances (29).
Chico State takes on the No. 3 ranked Sea Warriors of Hawaii Pacific Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific time in the opener of the West Super Regional in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The winner of the best-of-three set will advance to the Division II College World Series May 27-31 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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3.9.10 | General
The accolades for the Chico State women’s cross country program keep coming in. This time, instead of their exploits on the trails, four Wildcats have been honored for their achievements in the classroom. Freshman Paige Henker, sophomore Alia Gray and juniors Kara Lubieniecki and Shannon Rich have been named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
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11.24.09 | 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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11.21.09 | 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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11.19.09 | General
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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11.10.09 | 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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11.7.09 | Women's Cross Country
SAN FRANCISCO – Julie Shaw’s wide smile was a bright as the All-West Region medal that hung from her neck. To her, the heavy metal was as light as a feather. She was pain free and enjoying the fruits of years of hard work despite numerous injuries and frustration. She was standing where she was meant to be Saturday – on the podium at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships awards podium.
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11.3.09 | General
SAN FRANCISCO – The Chico State cross country team is always looking for a good place to run fast. Speedway Meadow, the site of Saturday’s NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships, surely fits that bill. The Chico State men will head to the heart of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in search of their eighth straight regional title and 11th straight NCAA Championship berth, while the women are gunning for their fifth regional title in the last seven years and their 10th straight NCAA Championship berth. The women’s six-kilometer race starts at 9 am, and the men’s race gets under way at 10 am.
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