MONMOUTH, OREG. - On Friday, September 8th, the Sonoma State cross country team headed north to Monmouth, Oregon to compete in the Ash Creek Festival hosted by Western Oregon. In her first event of the season, sophomore
Gianna Bomarito would make headlines once again with a record breaking performance in the 5k and win her second race of her SSU career. Bomarito would record a time of 17:12.2 to take the top spot in a field of 60 runners and break Sonoma State's program record in the 5k by 18 seconds. The record was previously held by Kathy Lenno and stood for over 20 years. Click HERE to view the full cross country program records.
Bomarito's first place finish would help the Seawolves to a fourth place team finish, recording 88 points in the event. The Seawolves next best finisher was freshman
Loralye Clements who recorded a time of 19:14.8 good for a top-20 finish. Returners
Sophie Rodriguez and
Abby Ribet would round out the top-30 for SSU, recording times of 20:11.3 for Rodriguez and 20:22.0 for Ribet.
Liliana Salado,
Abby Carroll and
Maddy Petersen would also race for the Seawolves as head coach
David Lawrence Jr. took a squad of seven runners to this week's event. The team's full results can be found below:
The Seawolves will take a weekend off before making their longest road trip of the season, heading to Minnesota to compete in the Roy Griak Invite on Friday, September 22nd. Live stat/result links can be found at sonomaseawolves.com. Be sure to follow your Seawolves on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to get all the latest SSU athletics updates and information. Sonoma State athletics also has launched a new fan app in partnership with From Now On. Download the free app today in both the Apple and Google Play stores by searching Sonoma State Seawolves in the app store. @SonomaSeawolves | #NomaNation
