Oct. 4, 2008

Davis, Calif.- The Pacific women's cross country team finished in a strong third place at the Doc Adams Invitational on Saturday October 4th, hosted by UC Davis. Six Tigers finished the race, and four of them posted a personal best in the 6K.

In what was their strongest performance by far this season, the Tigers finished third in a field that consisted of Stanford, UC Davis, as well as several other programs in the region. Pacific was paced by sophomore Kristina Hammarstrom (Manteca, Calif.) who finished 14th overall in the race with a time of 23:17.30, setting a new personal best for herself in a 6K event.

Senior Meghan Mullen (South San Francisco, Calif.) posted the second best time of the day for the Tigers with a 24:36.10, which was her best time of the season thus far. Running in their first team meet as a Tiger, sophomore Katie Bella (Beavercreek, Ohio), and freshmen Jazmin Quiroz (San Jose, Calif.) and Cierra Reed (Ripon, Calif.) all posted personal best times in the event.

Pacific finished in third place overall, behind Stanford and Sacramento State.

The results were as follows:

Rank Team Total
1 Stanford 27
Total Time: 1:52:02.50
Average: 22:24.50

2 Sacramento State 30
Total Time: 1:52:11.50
Average: 22:26.30

3 Pacific 83
Total Time: 2:10:35.50
Average: 26:07.10

The individual finishes for the Tigers were:

Kristina Hammarstrom - 14th Place- 23:17.30
Meghan Mullen - 25th Place- 24:36.10
Jazmin Quiroz - 30th Place- 25:55.40
Katie Bella - 35th Place- 27:50.50
Cierra Reed - 36th Place- 28:56.20
Devon Blount - 37th Place- 29:14.30

For complete meet results go to: http://ucdavisaggies.cstv.com/sports/c-xc/stats/2008-2009/docadamsopen.html

Pacific is next in action on Friday October 10th, at the San Francisco State Invitational.