Cal State East Bay University Athletics

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY HISTORY

Updated following 2022 season

CCAA Elite 13
Justin Matties - 2022
 
All-CCAA
Cole McKain – 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Xavier Smith – 2018 Freshman of the Year
Pedro Cruz - 2017
 
USTFCCCA All-Region
Xavier Smith – 2019
Chris Lessard – 2017
 
Academic All-District®
Matthew Morgon - 2023-24
Chas O'Bear - 2023-24
Justin Matties – 2022-23
Dylan Shubert – 2022-23
Aidan Singh – 2022-23



YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
 

Year	Conf.	Conf. Finish	Affiliation	Regionals	Nationals	Top 8k Time	Top 10k Time
1964	FWC		NCAA DII
1965	FWC	4th	NCAA DII
1966	FWC	6th	NCAA DII
1967	FWC	4th	NCAA DII
1968	FWC	5th	NCAA DII
1969	FWC	7th	NCAA DII
1970	FWC	5th	NCAA DII			Frank Bautista, 25:57.00 (19th at NCAAs)
1971	FWC	4th	NCAA DII			Jerry Metcalf, 25:55.00 (55th at NCAAs)
1972	FWC	4th	NCAA DII			Jerry Metcalf, 25:16.00 (18th at NCAAs)
1973	FWC	6th	NCAA DII
1974	FWC	6th	NCAA DII
1975	FWC	6th	NCAA DII
1976	FWC	7th	NCAA DII
1977	FWC	6th	NCAA DII
1978	FWC	5th	NCAA DII	8th
1979	FWC	3rd	NCAA DII
1980	FWC	5th	NCAA DII				Jay Peters, 33:17.00
1981	FWC	6th	NCAA DII				Pete Foster, 34:16.00
1982	FWC	5th	NCAA DII	12th			Oscar Mendez, 32:15.00
1983	NCAC	4th	NCAA DII
1984	NCAC	4th	NCAA DII
1985	NCAC	2nd	NCAA DII	5th		Mike Spencer, 26:28.00 (45th at NCAAs)	John Bass, 32:35.00 (19th at NCAAs)
1986	NCAC	1st	NCAA DII	2nd	15th	Mike Spencer, 24:57.00 *Conference Champion*	Greg Rivera, 32:22.00
1987	NCAC	4th	NCAA DII			Greg Rivera, 25:04.00	Greg Rivera, 31:59.00 (39th at NCAAs)
1988	NCAC	3rd	NCAA DII	4th	17th	Pedram Aram, 25:06.00
1989	NCAC	6th	NCAA DII			David Goodrich, 26:58.00
1990	NCAC	3rd	NCAA DII	6th	18th
1991	NCAC	3rd	NCAA DII			Sandeep Randhawa, 27:07.00
1992	NCAC		NCAA DII
1993	NCAC		NCAA DII
1994	NCAC	6th	NCAA DII			Matt Romersa, 27:02.00	Matt Romersa, 34:24.7
1995	NCAC	5th	NCAA DII
1996	NCAC	6th	NCAA DII			Eric Hansen, 25:09.00	Eric Hansen, 34:06.00
1997	NCAC	5th	NCAA DII	8th		Eric Hansen, 26:10.00	Eric Hansen, 33:49.00 (67th at NCAAs)
1998			NCAA DII	9th		Eric Hansen, 26:07.00 (57th at NCAAs)
1999			NAIA
2000	Cal Pac	4th	NAIA			Rubinder Virk, 29:14.00
2001	Cal Pac	2nd	NAIA			Justin Coffeen, 28:20.00 *Conference Champion*
2002	Cal Pac	1st	NAIA	10th		Justin Coffeen, 26:56.00 *Conference Champion*
2003	Cal Pac	2nd	NAIA	11th		Luna, 27:50.00
2004	Cal Pac	2nd	NAIA			Jeff Gehringer, 27:06.00
2005	Cal Pac	2nd	NAIA	10th		Leo Alva, 27:03.00
2006	Cal Pac	2nd	NAIA	11th		Marcos Gomez, 28:07.00
2007	Cal Pac	1st	NAIA	10th		Marcos Gomez, 28:26
2008	Cal Pac	2nd	NAIA			Elliot Nicholson, 28:28.00
2009	CCAA	No Score	NCAA DII	Not Eligible
2010	CCAA	No Score	NCAA DII	Not Eligible		Erik Rodriguez, 26:54.8 (Bronco Invite)
2011	CCAA	8th	NCAA DII			Chris Gallagher, 26:39.2 (Bronco Invite)
2012	CCAA	8th	NCAA DII			Will Weekes, 26:28.2 (USF Invite)	Chris Gallagher, 37:00.98 (Regionals)
2013	CCAA	8th	NCAA DII			Daniel Damian, 26:35.2 (Bronco Invite)
2014	CCAA	8th	NCAA DII	23rd		Will Weekes, 26:11.1 (Bronco Invite)	Adam Gardere, 33:44.26 (Regionals)
2015	CCAA	8th	NCAA DII	23rd		Israel Sotelo, 26:19.1 (Stanford Invite)	Israel Sotelo, 32:54.35 (Regionals)
2016	CCAA	5th	NCAA DII	17th		Pedro Cruz, 24:40.0 (Stanford Invite)	Chris Lessard, 31:23.33 (Regionals)
2017	CCAA	4th	NCAA DII	11th		Pedro Cruz, 25:03.8 (CCAA Championships)	Chris Lessard, 30:54.9 (Regionals)
2018	CCAA	6th	NCAA DII	17th		Xavier Smith, 25:03.8 (Bronco Invite)	Julian Johnson, 32:53.7 (Regionals)
2019	CCAA	7th	NCAA DII	14th		Xavier Smith, 24:50 (Capital Cross Challenge)	Xavier Smith, 30:42.2 (Regionals)
2021	CCAA	5th	NCAA DII	10th		Cole McKain, 24:58 (CCAA Championships)	Julian Johnson, 31:43.9 (Regionals)
2022	CCAA	6th	NCAA DII	17th		Cole McKain, 25:30.0 (CCAA Championships)	Cole McKain, 32:04.3 (Regionals)
2023	CCAA	6th	NCAA DII	12th		Cole McKain, 25:07.2 (CCAA Championships)	Cole McKain, 31:50.5 (Regionals)
2024	CCAA	6th	NCAA DII			Cole McKain, 24:35.7 (CCAA Championships)

Conferences:
FWC - Far Western Conference
NCAC - Northern California Athletic Conference
Cal Pac - California Pacific Conference
CCAA - California Collegiate Athletic Association



TOP 8K TIMES
 

Rank	Name	Time	Year	Meet/Location
1	Cole McKain	24:35.7	2024	CCAA Cross Country Championships (Fresno, CA)
2	Pedro Cruz	24:40.0	2016	Stanford Invitational (Stanford, CA)
3	Xavier Smith	24:50	2019	Capital Cross Challenge (Sacramento, CA)
4	Mike Spencer	24:57.0	1986
5	Greg Rivera	25:04.0	1987
6	Pedram Aram	25:06.0	1988
7	Matthew Morgon	25:08.4	2023	Kim Duyst Twilight Invitational (Ceres, CA)
8	Esteban Leon	25:08.5	2019	Capital Cross Challenge (Sacramento, CA)
9	Eric Hansen	25:09.0	1996
10	Chris Lessard	25:14.8	2017	CCAA Championships (Ceres, Calif.)
11	Jerry Metcalf	25:16.0	1972
12	Julian Johnson	25:19.5	2018	Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (Sunnyvale, CA)
13	Deion Molina	25:27.0	2016	Stanford Invitational (Stanford, CA)
14	Bryan Llopis	25:27.2	2019	Kim Duyst XC Invitational (Ceres, CA)
t-15	Israel Sotelo	25:33.3	2018	Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (Sunnyvale, CA)
t-15	Chas O'Bear	25:33.3	2023	Kim Duyst Twilight Invitational (Ceres, CA)

TOP 10K TIMES

 

Rank	Name	Time	Year	Meet/Location
1	Xavier Smith	30:42.2	2019	NCAA West Regionals (Monmouth, OR)
2	Chris Lessard	30:54.9	2017	NCAA West Regionals (Monmouth, OR)
3	Esteban Leon	31:19.6	2019	NCAA West Regionals (Monmouth, OR)
4	Pedro Cruz	31:33.9	2017	NCAA West Regionals (Monmouth, OR)
5	Julian Johnson	31:43.9	2021	NCAA West Regionals (Monmouth, OR)
6	Cole McKain	31:50.5	2023	NCAA West Regionals (Monmouth, OR)
7	Bryan Llopis	31:51.9	2019	NCAA West Regionals (Monmouth, OR)
8	Greg Rivera	31:59.0	1987	NCAA Championships (Evansville, IN)
9	Aidan Singh	32:14.9	2022	NCAA West Regional (Billings, Mont.)
10	Oscar Mendez	32:15.0	1982
11	Leo Skellenger	32:15.7	2017	NCAA West Regionals (Monmouth, OR)
12	Alberto Venegas	32:30.5	2017	NCAA West Regionals (Monmouth, OR)
13	Chas O'Bear	32:30.8	2022	NCAA West Regional (Billings, Mont.)
14	Israel Sotelo	32:37.7	2017	NCAA West Regionals (Monmouth, OR)
15	Matthew Morgon	32:37.8	2023	NCAA West Regionals (Monmouth, OR)