Crush women close out 2019 with 15th place finish at State Championships

November 23, 2019

Led by freshman Alyssa Freeman's 45^th place finish, the Clovis Crush women's cross country team totaled 344 points to finish in 15^th place overall at the 2019 California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno.

Freeman cleared the 3.1-mile course with a time of 20.08.5 to earn the Crush's lone top-50 finish. She was followed by freshman Toni Payton in 64^th place with a time of 20:25.8 and sophomore Natalie Curtis in 69^th place at 20:31.3.

Other times for the Crush women:
Clarissa Luna, 114^th, 21:31.2
Kalana Sawyer, 131^st, 22:00.4
Alyssa Canales, 139^th, 22:08.7
Lily Kahn, 148^th, 22:34.7

Glendale Community College won the women's team title with a score of 66 points, followed by Saddleback College in second (113 points) and Mt. San Antonio College in third (142 points). Sophia Cortina was the women's individual champion, clocking in at 18.27.6.

Under head coach CJ Alberton, the Crush women have reached the state championships in the program's first two years of existence. Clovis also improved on its 17^th-place team showing in 2018.