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2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

Gary Towne

Connor Fisher

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lake Isabella
  • Highschool Stockdale HS

Biography

2016-17
Began season with a 2nd place finish at the Humboldt Invitationa...The team’s final scorer while placing 10th overall in the Capital Cross Challenge helping the team to a win over a Division I heavy field…Placed third overall at the Triton Invitational in San Diego helping the team to victory…Enjoyed his best XC race to date while placing 2nd overall in the CCAA Championships, finishing only behind teammate Will Reyes…Did not finish the West Region race due to illness… Concluded fall season with a 56th place run at the NCAA championships, scoring toward the team’s 4th place podium effort… On the track, began the season with a 3:55/1:58 double at the Wildcat Invitational…A steeplechase debut at Sacramento State’s Hornet Invitational produced a huge 9:02 run…The mark made him the 7th fastest barrier runner in school history and was an NCAA provisional mark…Recorded a huge 14:14 5k PR at the SF Distance carnival putting him among the NCAA’s best for the 12.5 lapper as well…Did not finish his second steeplechase attempt at the Mt SAC Invitational due to injury....Bounced back to win his first CCAA title in the steeplechase on his home track…Chipped a second off his steeplechase PR with a 9:01 winning effort at the West Coast Last Chance invitational...Falls in each of the first two water jump pits in the NCAA preliminary race ended any chances of qualifying on to the final, and Fisher finished 17th overall.

2015-16
Began the 2015 harrier season with a 12th place effort at the Ash Creek Invitational…Followed with a 24:27 PR for the 8k distance at the Stanford Invitational, helping the Wildcats to a second place team finish…Placed 10th at the San Francisco State Invitational, helping the ’Cats to their second title in three races…The CCAA Championships brought a difficult 33rd place effort…Two weeks later turned in an impressive PR time of 24:16 to place second behind teammate Kyle Medina at the Doc Adams Invitational…Concluded the season with a 194th place effort at the NCAA Championships…On the track opened the spring at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival with a 14:54/4:14 double for the 5k/mile events…Placed 4th at the Chico Twilight meet with a time of 3:53 in the 1500m…Raced to a season-best 14:38 5k at the Bryan Clay Invitational…Placed sixth in the 1500m and seventh in the 5k at the CCAA Championships…Concluded the season with a 1500m PR time of 3:52, winning his heat at the West Coast Last Chance Invitational…Doubled back with an impressive 14:51 5k several hours later…Earned CCAA All-Academic honors for the 2015-16 academic year.
 
Pre-Chico Days
Ran under former Wildcat Brian Locher at Cuesta Community College…Placed third overall at the State Cross Country Championships…Recorded 5k PR of 14:29 on the track at the Occidental Invitational, breaking the Cuesta CC school record…Ended track season with a runner-up finish in the 5k at the State Championships…Named Cuesta’s Outstanding Male Athlete for 2015…One of the top runners in the Central section during his years at Bakersfield’s Stockdale High School…Recorded 4:14 and 9:16 PR’s in the 1600 and 3200-meter  events…His 1,600-meter mark carried him to a second place finish at the Central Section Championships.
 
Personal Best Marks
8k XC: 24:27
1500m: 3:52
3000m: 8:28
5000m: 14:29

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017Senior

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