Team has ups, downs at meet
By Andres Cardenas
Daily Forty-Niner
While the Long Beach State men's cross-country
team season is beginning to soar, the womenís season is grounded -- for
now.
LBSU cross country Head Coach Andy Sythe
lost one of his best female runners, senior Bree Frigo, last week due to
a stress fracture in her foot. Frigo will be gone another five weeks.
Sythe said the time off could be beneficial
for Frigo.
"It is going to give her an opportunity
to become stronger mentally and physically because of the type of person
she is," Sythe said.
The women's team ran without Frigo at the
Aztec Invitational, hosted by San Diego State on Saturday.
They finished ninth out of 11 teams with
a team score of 215 points.
Arizona won the invitational with a score
of 37 points.
The overall winner was Tara Chapin of
Arizona with a time of 17 minutes, 21 seconds.
Monica MacManus turned in the lone positive
performance Sythe said.
She ran a personal best of 18 minutes,
35 seconds on a rugged Balboa Park course.
"She ran a solid first mile," Sythe said
about MacManus. "She has constantly moved up 30 seconds to a minute."
Arizona won the menís division with a
team score of 19 points.
The overall winner of the race was Micheil
Jones of Arizona with a time of 25 minutes, 4 seconds.
The LBSU men's team finished fourth with
a team score of 109.
According to Sythe, Johann Appell and
Larry Henderson both ěran a smart executed race."
Sythe is hoping the men's team can tighten
its spacing between the first and fifth runners that cross the finish line.
The gap was 1 minute, 28 seconds. Sythe
said he would like to see that drop to one minute.
The team must improve on focus and self
confidence, Sythe said.
The 49ers' next race will be at the Stanford
Invitational on Oct. 2. |
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