FINAL RESULTS

SACRAMENTO — The Cal State East Bay women's cross country team's dream season came to a thrilling end on Saturday, as sophomore Angie Ronquillo earned All-America honors to help lift the Pioneers to a ninth place team finish at the 2019 NCAA Championships at Haggin Oaks Golf Course.

CSUEB, which entered Saturday's national championships ranked No. 14 in the country, earned 380 points to finish ahead of Walsh (393) and just behind eighth-place Alaska Anchorage (374).

Ronquillo placed 30th overall in the 6K race by crossing the finish line in 20-minutes, 53.9 seconds, shattering her own previous program-record mark of 21:03.6. 



Junior Claire Fisher earned 58th-place overall behind a time of 21:14.4, which is now second best in program history. 

Sophomore Amanda Navarro climbed into third all-time in program history by placing 80th overall in 21:29.3. Senior Andrea Romero took 138th with a time of 22:01.5, which is now sixth in school history.

Senior Alondra Castro Ortiz earned 146th place overall after crossing the finish line in 22:08.0, moving into eighth all-time in program history.

Freshman Ariel Van Riper placed 211th overall with a time of 22:58.1, which is good for 15th-best all-time in school history. In addition, senior Brittney Duquette (245th) crossed the finish line in 23:46.4.

The Pioneers wrap up a season in which they were ranked for the first time ever in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Coaches' Poll, secured the program's top finishes in program history at both the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Championships (2nd) and the NCAA West Regional (3rd), as well as making its first-ever appearance at the NCAA Championships.