Fresno State Invitational
Cal Poly Sweeps Fresno State Invitational Behind Boyal, Windsor
9/11/2015 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
FRESNO, Calif. — The Cal Poly cross country teams swept the Fresno State Invitational on Friday morning at Woodward Park, as the men's squad put together a victorious score of 33 (led by the individual champion, junior Swarnjit Boyal), before the women won with 37 points (paced by the third-place finisher, fellow junior Ashley Windsor).
Beginning with the men's 6K race, Boyal outran a pair of San Jose State competitors by a nearly 20-second gap, taking first among all 55 student-athletes in 18:08.9 (equating to an average mile of 4:52.1).
It was the second consecutive meet in which Boyal led the team, following his season-opening runner-up performance at the Lagoon Open in Santa Barbara on Sept. 5.
Also for the Mustangs, senior Al Gamez Jr. was fourth, with a time of 18:31.3, joined in the top five by redshirt freshman Garrett Migliozzi, who was only two-tenths of a second back.
Fellow redshirt freshman Devon Grove also added a top-10 showing, recording an eighth-place 18:34.0. David Galvez, a junior, rounded out the scoring with a 15th-place 18:38.9.
In all, they helped Cal Poly top six contingents: Stanford (46), San Jose State (64), Sacramento State (114), Fresno State (117), Cal State Stanislaus (181) and Cal State East Bay (194).
Full results can be found HERE.
In the ensuing women's 4.2K starting 45 minutes later, Windsor crossed the finish line in 14:16.6, trailing only Annemarie Schwanz (at 14:12.1 competing unattached) and Hornet senior Chloe Berlioux (14:13.9).
Meanwhile, Peyton Bilo, a freshman, was the second Cal Poly runner for the second meet in a row, earning fifth place out of 79 people in 14:21.2.
Mustang sophomore Sydney Szabo, last week's winner, was seventh in 14:29.4, while sophomore teammate Molly Haar came in 10th place, at 14:38.1, ahead of senior Meghan Breadmore in 17th at 14:50.4.
Thanks to them, Cal Poly beat Stanford (49), Sacramento State (87), San Jose State (106), Fresno State (130), Cal State Stanislaus (136), Cal State East Bay (226), CSU Bakersfield (231) and Pacific Union (288).
Following a two-week training period, Cal Poly will return to course competition at the Stanford Invitational on Sept. 26.
