Stockton, Calif. – Pacific Cross Country continued its season at the Sonoma State Invite with a third place finish on Saturday, September 22. The Tigers were led by a ninth place individual finish from freshman Lindsay Wourms.

As a team the Tigers set a record by over two minutes, now the best ever team time sits at 1:57:17. The all-time mark was led by Linday Wourms' personal record of 25 seconds and Becky Grabow tying her personal record with a time of 23:22. 

Overall head coach Josh Joes was happy with his team's outing, "It was a great day today, and it wasn't just because of the personal records.  We've had four straight weeks of races and a hard training session this week.  You could tell during the race our team's legs felt tired. To run these times on heavy legs is a good sign for the month of October."

He added, "Lindsay Wourms is just an ultra competitive runner.  She was sick earlier in the week and she just pushed herself through this race, and to come out and tie the school record is an amazing effort."

Jones continued, "We had introduced our legs to a speed workout this week and it took a lot out of Becky Grabow.  Her endurance is unbelievable and the speed workout took more out of her legs then most of the team.  She will be ready for the next race."

As he continued Jones said, "Mia Knipper and Lauren Nakaso are really fun to watch during the race.  They are basically joined at the hip and they work so well together.  They both ran exactly 30 seconds faster than at the Humboldt Invite and made the top ten list for our program." He added, "Grace McManus showed a great improvement today setting a personal record by 41 seconds, early this year she was really trying to get the competiveness back and I think she found it today.  That is a really good sign because our 5, 6, 7 runners are going to be very important at the Big West Championships this year." 

Knipper broke her personal record by 30 seconds, while Nakaso broker her personal record by 30 seconds to finish with a time of 23:39. 

Jones said, "Dale Dong, Cassi Rush, Micaela Todd, Ashley Keeline and Taylor Pablo all had season bests and with the heavy legs it's just really awesome to see."

The Tigers are off next weekend, but head back to the course at the UCSD Triton Invite on October 6.