Sept. 24, 2005

STANFORD, Calif. - The California men's cross country team placed fifth with 141 points Saturday at the 32nd-annual Stanford Invitational at the Stanford Golf Course. The Golden Bear women finished eighth with 246 points out of 32 teams.

Stanford won the men's 8K team crown with 50 points, and Chico State was second with 66 points, followed by UC Santa Barbara (102) and Liberty (131). Eight teams finished behind Cal.

Freshman Mark Matusak paced Cal in 17th by touring the 8K course in 24:24. Senior Giliat Ghebray wasn't far behind in 19th (24:27), and his younger brother, Yosef, took 23rd (24:34). Also scoring for the Bears were freshman Jake Schmitt (46th, 25:03) and sophomore Chris Chavez (57th, 25:15).

Liberty's Josh and Jordan McDougal finished first and second, respectively, in 23:24 and 23:46.

Stanford won the women's 6K title with 31 points, while Chico State was third with 136 points and Portland was third with 155.

Junior Bridget Duffy led the Bears by placing 37th in a time of 22:45 on the 6K course. Duffy's performance comes on the heels of her second-place showing at the Aggie Open Sept. 10. Cal sophomore Rebecca Yau took 46th place (22:55), and senior Abby Parker finished 53rd (23:05). Also scoring for Cal were junior Elizabeth Mayeda (61st, 23:19) and redshirt freshman Alysia Johnson (67th, 23:25).

Stanford's Aranna Lambie claimed the individual 6K title in a time of 21:15, with her teammate Kathleen Trotter following in 21:19.

Cal senior Kevin Davis posted a fifth-place showing (12:22) in the men's 4K event. Junior Brooke Wells covered the 4K course in 15:25 to finish 34th.

Cal travels to the San Francisco State Invitational Saturday, Oct. 1

Women's Team 6000m Scoring (32 teams): 1. Stanford 31, 2. Chico State 136, 3. Portland 155, 4. San Diego State 189, 5. UC Santa Barbara 193, 6. UC Irvine 198, 7. Long Beach State 199, 8. California 246, 9. Bowling Green State 265, 10. New Mexico 267, 11. Texas Tech 269, 12. Loyola Marymount 274, 13. Liberty 287, 14. Nevada 296, 15. Cal Poly 411, 16. Eastern Washington 438, 17. San Francisco 445, 18. Alaska-Anchorage 485, 19. UC Davis 526, 20. Azuza Pacific 544.

Women's Top Five 6000m Finishers: 1. Arianna Lambie (Stanford) 21:15, 2. Kathleen Trotter (Stanford) 21:19, 3. Jacuelyne Gallegos (New Mexico) 21:21, 4. Violet Chemakwila (Texas Tech) 21:22, 5. Stephanie Rothstein (Unattached) 21:26.

Cal's 6000m Women's Results: 37. Bridget Duffy 22:45, 46. Rebecca Yau 22:55, 53. Abby Parker 23:05, 61. Elizabeth Mayeda 23:19, 67. Alysia Johnson 23:25, 72. Marie Raffray 23:30, 163. Amanda Thornberry 24:55.

Women's Top Five 4000m Finishers: 1. Amanda Trotter (Stanford) 14:03, 2. Ceci St. Geme (Cal Coast Track Club) 14:07, 3. Lauren Centrowitz (Stanford) 14:17, 4. Alicia Follmar (Stanford) 14:32, 5. Meaghan McCollum (British Columbia) 14:34.

Cal's 4000m Women's Results: 34. Brooke Wells 15:25.

Men's Team 8000m Scoring (13 teams): 1. Stanford 50, 2. Chico State 66, 3. UC Santa Barbara 102, 4. Liberty 131, 5. California 141, 6. Long Beach State 153, 7. UC Davis 210, 8. Pomona Pitzer 234, 9. New Mexico 235, 10. Texas Tech 253, 11. Eastern Washington 254, 12.UC Irvine 283, 13. Westmont 350.

Men's Top Five 8000m Finishers: 1. Josh McDougal (Liberty) 23:24, 2. Jordan McDougal (Liberty) 23:46, 3. Garrett Heath (Stanford) 23:48, 4. Kevin Chelimo (Texas Tech) 23:50, 5. Brett Gotcher (Stanford) 23:52.

Cal's 8000m Men's Results: 17. Mark Matusak 24:24, 19. Giliat Ghebray 24:27, 23. Yosef Ghebray 24:34, 46. Jake Schmitt 25:03, 57. Chris Chavez 25:15, 63. Matt Miller 25:20, 65. Eric Roberts 25:24.

Men's Top Five 4000m Finishers: 1. Russell Brown (Stanford) 11:59, 2. Hakon DeVries (Stanford) 12:01, 3. Matt McKeehan (Cal Coast Track Club) 12:06, 4. David Torrence (Unattached) 12:18, 5. Kevin Davis (California) 12:22.

Other Cal 4000m Men's Results: 15. Eric Lee 12:48, 35. Sean Carey 13:08.