ROCKLIN, CA - The Menlo women's cross country team finished second, while the men nabbed fourth in the Cal Pac Preview meet held last Friday at William Jessup University. The women's team finished with 48 points, just seven points shy of the meet champion CSU-East Bay, with three runners finishing in the top 10.

Freshman Katherine Fulp-Allen led the women's squad, crossing the line in 21:48, good for a fifth place finish with freshman Lauren Daniels crossing eight seconds later (21:56) to claim sixth place. Rounding out the top ten was sophomore Sara Fulp-Allen with a time of 23:11.

Top finishers for the men were freshman Sean Weeks (33:10), senior Ryan Cramer (33:22) and freshman Kyle Sattler (33:53) who placed 12th, 13th, and 14th respectfully.

The Menlo cross country teams travel to Oakland for the Mills College Invitational this Friday.

Cross Country Results
Cal Pac Preview
Oct. 6, 2006

Men 8K (5 miles)

Top five plus Menlo scorers
1. Joe Kaufman (WJU) 27:50
2. Kyle Stair (WJU) 29:21
3. Marcos Gomez (CSUEB) 29:33
4. Francisco Gomez (CSUEB) 30:10
5. Andrew Milne (PU) 30:20
12. Sean Weeks (Menlo) 33:10
13. Ryan Cramer (Menlo) 33:22
14. Kyle Sattler (Menlo) 33:53
16. Robert Davis (Menlo) 34:53
17. Luis Moreno (Menlo) 36:03
18. Avishek Dey (Menlo) 43:38

Women 5K (3.2 miles)

1. Marie Vanzandt (CSUEB) 20:00
2. Amanda Gillming (WJU) 20:58
3. Carly Verboom (WJU) 21:15
4. Emma Madison (HNU) 21:25
5. Katherine Fulp-Allen (Menlo) 21: 48
6. Laurin Daniels (Menlo) 21:56
10. Sara Fulp-Allen (Menlo) 23:11
13. Stephanie Kier (Menlo) 24:21
14 Frances Sorenson (Menlo) 24:22
17. Kristen Lin (Menlo) 25:25 21. Ashlee Evans-Smith (Menlo) 26:13

Teams

Men

1. William Jessup 27
2. CSU - East Bay 48
3. Pacific Union 65
4. Menlo College 72

Women

1. CSU-East Bay 41
2. Menlo College 48
3. Willaim Jessup 61
4. Pacific Union 101
5. Mills 102