SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento State cross country teams will face the top runners in the Western United States as they compete at the NCAA Div. I Cross Country West Regional on Friday at Colfax Golf Course. The women's 6K race will be begin at 11 a.m. with the men's 10K race starting an hour later.
 
The Hornets last competed at the Big Sky Conference Championships in Pocatello, Idaho on Nov. 1. Ashley Busienei led the women over the 5K course in 19:10.7 to place 30^th overall. The women have run 6K in the other four meets this season and have been paced by Tia Oliver and Anna Harmon at that distance. Oliver owns the fastest time on the team in three meets, including a time of 20:27.8 at the UCR Invitational and winning the SF State Invitational.
 
Ryan Martin has been the fastest Hornet in the last four races for the men. Martin placed 39^th at the Big Sky Championships with an 8K time of 25:41.7. His fastest time during the year was 24:39.2 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational on Oct. 19. The NCAA West Regional will be the first 10K race for the team this season.
 
A trio of former conference rivals headline the West Region rankings for the men. The group is led by Stanford which finished second at the ACC Championships. Washington and Oregon are ranked second and third in the region after placing second and third at the Big Ten Championships. The remainder of the top five is comprised of WAC champion California Baptist and WCC champion Portland.
 
The women's regional rankings have a similar look with Oregon holding the top spot after a win at the Big Ten Championship. Washington is second while Stanford is third. The pair both placed second at their respective conference meets. Gonzaga is fourth after winning the WCC team title and is trailed by Portland.

There are 39 women's teams and 31 men's teams entered into the West Regional. The top two teams in each of the nine regionals secure automatic bids to the championship. The first four regional finishers not from an automatic qualifying or at-large team also secure an auto-bid to the championships. If a team doesn't secure an automatic bid, it will have to rely on the NCAA DI Cross Country Subcommittee to select it as one of the 13 at-large teams. Only two individual at-larges are selected.

Each team can have a maximum of seven entries in each race with the top five finishers counting towards the team total.

2025 NCAA DIV. I CROSS COUNTRY WEST REGIONAL
Teams:
Arizona, Boise State, Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, California, CBU, CSU Bakersfield (w), CSUN, Eastern Washington, Fresno State (w), Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, Hawaii (w), Idaho, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount, Oregon, Oregon State (w), Pacific (w), Pepperdine, Portland, Portland State, Sacramento State, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Diego State (w), San Francisco, Santa Clara, SeattleU, Stanford, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, UNLV (w), USC (w), Washington, Washington State

Sacramento State Entries
Women:
Ashley Busienei, Sophia Dudley, Dani Gee, Dakota Gibson, Anna Harmon, Tia Oliver, Kate Sanders, Viviana Valenton

Men:
Paden Collard, Cooper Love, Aiden Maddison, Ryan Martin, Brandon Moreno, Saul Orozco, Jake Slade
 

Meet History

Year (Site)	Women's Finish	Men's Finish	Top Female	Top Male
1996 (Fresno, Calif.)	17th of N/A	11th of N/A	N/A	N/A
1997 (Tucson, Ariz.)	18th of N/A	t15th of N/A	Marisa Avendao (9th, 17:38.9)	Hector Delgado (21st, 31:55.10)
1998 (Fresno, Calif.)	---	18th of 23	Katie Fontana (70th, 18:39)	Enrique Torres (48th, 32:30)
1999 (Troutdale, Ore.)	21st of N/A	17th of 21	Ann Koscki (118th, 19:31)	Erik Mencarini (90th, 33:49)
2000 (Fresno, Calif.)	15th of 26	16th of 21	Melissa Madeson (35th, 21:34)	Craig Farley (81st, 33:26)
2001 (Tucson, Ariz.)	20th of 23	19th of 20	Molly Peterson (84th, 24:10.5)	Michael Santarosa (110th, 35:34.0)
2002 (Stanford, Calif.)	---	---	---	---
2003 (Portland, Ore.)	29th of 31	23rd of 26	Emily Matson (142nd, 23:30)	Juan Vazquez (110th, 32:37)
2004 (Fresno, Calif.)	27th of 28	18th of 21	Gabriello Hernandez (172nd, 24:18)	Juan Vazquez (92nd, 33:03)
2005 (Stanford, Calif.)	24th of 30	16th of 23	Michelle Garcia (94th, 22:38.4)	Dominic Vogl (75th, 32:08.0)
2006 (Fairview, Ore.)	24th of 30	15th of 25	Kristina Holtz (63rd, 22:58.74)	Daniel Carlson (83rd, 32:44.02)
2007 (Eugene, Ore.)	30th of 31	15th of 24	Erin Wachter (145th, 23:02.85)	Scott Grose (73rd, 32:02.65)
2008 (Stanford, Calif.)	15th of 30	18th of 25	Kristina Holtz (48th, 21:17.27)	Colin Szehner (50th, 30:37.51)
2009 (Eugene, Ore.)	18th of 25	20th of 26	Renisha Robinson (66th, 22:28.52)	Scott Grose (37th, 31:43.86)
2010 (Eugene, Ore.)	23rd of 31	22nd of 25	Renisha Robinson (95th, 21:52.68)	Zach Kaylor (84th, 31:35.06)
2011 (Stanford, Calif.)	21st of 31	20th of 25	Rachel Mitchell (47th, 21:28)	Reesey Byers (50th, 30:31)
2012 (Seattle, Wash.)	---	18th of 26	Justine Rea (80th, 21:20.36)	Reesey Byers (42nd, 30:28.34)
2013 (Sacramento, Calif.)	16th of 32	18th of 27	Rachel Mitchell (28th, 20:18.4)	Reesey Byers (24th, 30:22.0)
2014 (Stanford, Calif.)	14th of 34	---	Amanda Garcia (35th, 21:13)	Jacob Huston (102nd, 31:22.5)
2015 (Seattle, Wash.)	23rd of 25	28th of 30	Chloe Berlioux (40th, 21:26.4)	Jacob Huston (135th, 33:58.7)
2016 (Sacramento, Calif.)	27th of 35	24th of 29	Amy Quinones (70th, 21:08.4)	Elijah Changco (103rd, 31:59.5)
2017 (Seattle, Wash.)	22nd of 36	23rd of 30	Amy Quinones (78thm 23:10.3)	Elijah Changco (85th, 31:15.5)
2018 (Sacramento, Calif.)	20th of 36	25th of 29	Amy Quinones (68th, 21:14.8)	Ross Walker (121st, 32:02.6)
2019 (Pullman, Wash.)	25th of 35	24th of 28	Cagnei Duncan (78th, 21:21.7)	Elijah Changco (67th, 31:13.6)
2020	---	---	---	---
2021 (Sacramento, Calif.)	20th of 35	---	Cagnei Duncan (34th, 20:42.4)	Aiden Maddison (147th, 33:03.9)
2022 (Seattle, Wash.)	29th of 35	28th of 31	Dani Gee (158th, 21:34.5)	Aiden Maddison (104th, 30:39.2)
2023 (Sacramento, Calif.)	24th of 37	---	Molly Latincsics (57th, 20:40.9)	Aiden Maddison (157th, 32:39.5)