RESULTS

MONMOUTH, Ore. — The Cal State East Bay men's and women's cross country teams concluded its season Saturday in rough weather conditions at the NCAA West Regional hosted by Western Oregon University.

The Pioneer women earned 218 points to place eighth out of 31 schools, as junior Chase Worthen earned All-Region accolades after finishing 19th overall and crossing the finish line in the 6K in 22-minutes, 2.7-seconds.

"She ran great and had a really good finish," said East Bay head coach Tony Nicolosi. "For her first regional meet, she ran tremendous."

Junior Amanda Navarro placed 36th overall with a time of 22:27.7, freshman Kimberly Lima was 45th overall after posting a mark of 22:41.1 and junior Leza Cassidy was 73rd after finishing with a time of 23:08.9.

"(Lima) was outstanding," said Nicolosi. "She's been dealing with an injury, so she hasn't run a lot over the last two weeks. She's going to be a star.

"Today wasn't our best day, but it's a really tough region. After everything we've been through the last year and a half, we'll take it."

The East Bay men's team earned 381 points in the 10K to finish 15th out of 29 teams, led by senior Julian Johnson's 29th-place finish behind a time of 31:43.9

"Julian ran amazing," said Nicolosi. "It was his best performance in an East Bay uniform."

Senior Luke Calubayan placed 87th overall with a time of 33:07.4, followed closely by freshman Justin Matties in 89th place in 33:12.4 and freshman Miles Worthen in 91st place with a mark of 33:16.9.

"We only have one person who has run at a regional championship, and we ran like group that had never been there before," said Nicolosi.

"It's hard to put into words. We're a lot better than that, but just so inexperienced.

"But we've got a lot of talent. It's going get better."