No. 9 Rams men take sixth place at Pre-Nationals

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MADISON, Wis./VICTORIA, Kan. – A sixth-place finish for the No. 9 Colorado State men's cross country team at Pre-Nationals highlighted action for the Rams in competition at that meet and at the FHSU Tiger Open on Saturday. Pre-Nationals are held from the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course in Madison, Wis., while the FHSU Tiger Open is contested from the Sand Plum Nature Trail in Victoria, Kan.

Ninth-ranked Colorado State was led in the Men's 8k Cardinal Race by senior Cole Rockhold, who placed 19th with an 8k time of 24:18.4. Fellow seniors Carson Hume (24:20.8) and Eric Hamer (24:25.1) finished 20th and 22nd, respectively, to headline performances by Ram scorers. No Ram that scored on Saturday finished any lower than 68th, the position of sophomore and No. 5 scorer Jacob Brueckman (24:47.5). Placing one spot ahead of him was junior Forrest Barton, who crossed the line in 24:46.4. Colorado State defeated five ranked teams, including host and third-ranked Wisconsin.

A trio of top-62 finishes paced Colorado State to a 16th-place finish of 36 teams in the Women's 6k White Race. Senior Bailey Ness paced the Rams for the third-consecutive meet, clocking a time of 21:14 for a 52nd-place finish. Freshman Lily Tomasula-Martin had her best race as a Ram to this point, stepping up for a 57th-place finish (21:21). Senior Ali Kallner clocked a time of 21:25 to place 62nd and finish as the Rams' No. 3 scorer. Each of senior Roxy Trotter (130th, 22:06) and junior Jenna Anderson (136th, 22:09) also scored for CSU on Saturday.

Rounding out the top seven at Pre-Nationals for the Rams' women were junior Macy Kreutz (22:29.5) and freshman Ivy Gonzales (22:45.7), who finished 170th and 189th, respectively. Senior Trent Powell (73rd, 24:49.4) was the Rams' No. 6 runner, while junior Satchel Caldwell (25:11.3) placed 115th to finish off the CSU men's top seven.

At the FHSU Tiger Open, Colorado State's men were paced by freshman Maximilliano Martinez, who finished sixth of 154 runners. Sophomore Andrew Forsyth placed 22nd with a time of 25:43.7, while junior Vinny Del Conte clocked a time of 25:46.5 to place 26th. Sophomore Graeme Schroeder finished 79th to round out performances from the Rams' men. On the women's side, freshman Stephanie Carrasco led the Rams with a ninth-place finish and 5k time of 18:35.3. Junior Emma Atwell finished in 19th of the 130-runner field with a time of 19:10.2.

IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State cross country head coach Art Siemers
"On the women's side, our team is improving, and we ran better here today than we did at the Nuttycombe. Lily (Tomasula-Martin) was the definitely the highlight for us today. On the men's side, I thought we ran a little better at the last meet, but we trained pretty hard this week, so that could be a reason for that. We have to close the gap between our Nos. 4 and 5 and our top three – that gets magnified in the big races. Max (Martinez) is getting more fit each week, and ran well in Kansas this morning. He could surprise some people at the conference meet and be a piece of the puzzle there for us. Hopefully this motivates our team to not get too ahead of ourselves and keep training hard the next couple of weeks."

NOTES

Among the ranked teams that Colorado State defeated in men's competition at Pre-Nationals were No. 3 Wisconsin, No. 15 Southern Utah, No. 20 Michigan, No. 22 Mississippi and No. 26 NC State.
On the women's side, eight power conference schools were among the opponents defeated by Colorado State on Saturday.

UP NEXT
The Colorado State cross country team is off from competition for a week before returning to action at the Mountain West Cross Country Championships. The meet is set to be held on Friday, Oct. 26 from Morley Field at Balboa Park in San Diego.

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