Results

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (Sept. 10) – The California (PA) women's cross country team finished second in the standings at the Daemen Alumni Invitational while opening the 2022 campaign on Saturday morning.

The Vulcans totaled 43 points at the five-kilometer event held at Bassett Park. The host Wildcats captured the invitational title with 19 points on Saturday. The meet featured six teams and Cal was the only team to compete in the event that was outside of New York.

Junior Malia Anderson (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Salem) led the team and finished in fourth place in a field of 56 runners with a time of 19 minutes, 33.1 second. She was closely followed by senior Sydney Urbine (Centerville, Pa./Beth-Center), as she clocked in at 19:39.3 for fifth overall.

Rounding out the Cal scorers were junior Madeline Curtis (Harborcreek, Pa./Harbor Creek) with a time of 20:23.8 for 10th place followed by junior Macayle Wade (Clairton, Pa./McKeesport), who finished 11th overall at 20:47.4. Senior Nicole Naumann (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) finished in 13th place after clocking in at 20:56.3.

Daemen sophomore Marcy Colca won the individual title on Saturday by 18 seconds with a time of 18:40.

Cal is next scheduled to compete on Oct. 1 at the Live in Lou Classic held in Louisville, Kentucky.