League Champions
Men's - 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Women's - 1976, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009
2009 Cross Country
On October 9th, the Shasta College Cross Country team competed in the Simpson Invitational. Shasta's Jerri Spence won the women’s race in 23:10 seconds as the Knights women took first overall. Jerri, who was coming off a 19:35 5k performance at Willamette last week lead the race from start to finish. The Shasta women had 23 points in beating out Holy Names, while Simpson tied for third with William Jessup. In addition to Spence, Shasta's Breanna Winstead was third in 23:36 and Becca Lightfoot was fourth in 23:47. The course was one of the toughest courses that the Knights had seen this season. Shasta was third in the men's race with 63 points. Holy Names won with 39 points, William Jessup had 42 and Simpson trailed with 71. Kyle Oilar lead the Knights by placing sixth in on an 8K course with a time of 31:21. Sebastian O'Bergin was 9th in a time of 31:21 and Chao Chen was 12th in a time of 32:54. The Knights head to Santa Clara next Saturday to compete in the Clara Invitational.
Area Roundup: Shasta cross country wins its own invite
September 13, 2009
The Shasta College women's cross country team won the Shasta Invitational at West Valley High School on Saturday, and a familiar face won the men's 4-mile race.
Enterprise product Eric Malain, now at Humboldt State, won the men's race in 21 minutes, 54 seconds.
Humboldt State had 18 points to run away with the men's team title. Butte was second with 52 points, while Shasta was third with 76. Redwoods took fourth (81) and Simpson was fifth (110).
Donavon Lackey was the top Knights male finisher, placing 11th in 24:56. The Red Hawks' Henry Kosky was 12th.
Shasta scored 23 points in the women's standings to Butte's 32.
Another Enterprise product, Jerri Spence, led the way for the Knights women. The freshman finished second 21:12, well behind Butte's Mary Finn (20:16). Shasta's Brianna Winstead was third in 21:37 and teammate Brooke Laughlin was fifth in 22:36.
Rebecca Groen of Simpson was sixth in 22:51, while teammate Wendy Hecker was seventh in 22:54.
MILNE & KSENZULAK LEAD
(9/20/09-Cottonwood-Jeffrey Jen) If Saturday can be considered a preview for the Northern California championships, then the Knights may be in good shape. Stephanie Ksenzulak won the women's three-mile race as the Shasta College women's cross country team finished third overall at the Shasta Invitational meet at West Valley High School. The Shasta men finished eighth, highlighted by a fifth-place result from sophomore Andrew Milne. The meet drew 10 teams in the women's race and 11 for the men. That's because the NorCal Championships will also be held at West Valley on Nov. 8 and many of the teams came up to get their runners a chance to get a feel for the course beforehand. In the women's race, run on the same course as the Northern Section prep cross country championships, Ksenzulak grabbed the early lead and never gave it up. The 27-year-old sophomore crossed the finish line in 18 minutes, 59 seconds, far in front of Modesto sophomore Ana Mendez (19:38). "I liked it," Ksenzulak said of the course. "I never ran out here before and I was coming off a high-mileage week of running, so I was surprised how fresh my legs were." Ksenzulak said she normally likes to go out fast and get some distance on her nearest competitors. Sometimes, it works. Other times, it backfires. On Saturday, she had the legs to make it work. Mendez and freshman Sable Browning (19:55) gave Modesto a 2-3 finish, helping to lead the Pirates to an easy win in the team competition. Modesto compiled 51 points, while San Mateo had 97 and Shasta 104. Sacramento was fourth (122) and American River took fifth (125). Knights cross country coach Aaron Junta was pleased with his team's results considering that he had a couple of runners on the way back from illnesses and injuries. Shasta freshman Brittany Williams was 11th in 21:12 and Stephanie Frescas, another freshman, was 18th in 22:04. "There was really only one strong women's team that wasn't here today and that's Sequoias," Junta said. "So likely we would probably move to fourth in the rankings (up from seventh). We still have some girls who can run better, so there's a good chance we can catch San Mateo." Junta said the team goal was to finish third at NorCals this year. Hartnell freshman Daniel Tapia won the four-mile men's race in 21:26. Modesto's Nuno Espadinha was second in 22:07, followed by Hartnell's Hector Aleman (22:30), DeAnza's Abiy Gebrekristos (22:40.32) and Milne (22:40.91). Milne was as far back as 15th at the midway point, but the Redding Adventist product has run on the course before in the prep ranks. He used his knowledge to make a late charge into the top five. "I was pretty conservative today," Milne said. "I didn't want to burn myself out since it is still early in the track season." American River edged out Hartnell 61 to 62 for the team title despite choosing to do the equivalent of a workout and run as a group instead of going hard. Modesto was third with 72 points. Shasta had 185 to finish eighth as Milne was the lone Knights runner in the top 30. The next best result belonged to freshman Shaieff Mulkey in 34th in 24:08. Again, Junta noted most of the top 10 teams came to the meet and it takes a top 10 result in Northern California to qualify for the state meet as a team. That is the ultimate goal for the Shasta men. If Saturday is a preview, then both teams' goals are very much still within reach.