2017 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2016-17
Enjoyed a very impressive true freshman campaign on the cross country trails...Opened the season with a 16th place finish at the Humboldt Invitational, finishing as the 'Cats' 7th runner...Scored for the team in each race to follow until the season’s end…Finished 38th at the Capital Cross Challenge in the DI heavy field…The 'Cats' second finisher at the Triton Invitational, taking 11th overall...Placed 7th in her first ever CCAA Championships earning All-Conference honors and the CCAA Freshman of the Year Award… Finished 25th at the NCAA Championship West Regional, capturing All-West Region honors and helping the team win the title...The 'Cats' fifth and final scorer at the NCAA meet, placing 59th overall…The finish helped the women to their second straight 4th place team finish at NCAA’s…On the track, Pizzella overcame nagging maladies to enjoy a very productive spring season...Opened the campaign with a 17:43 5k track debut at the SF Distance Carnival...The following week featured a PR of 4:46 for 1500 meters at the Chico Twilight meet...At the Bryan Clay Invitational, Pizzella trimmed her 5k PR to 17:39…Made her 10k debut successfully at the CCAA Championships, finishing 3rd overall in 36:58 to earn All-CCAA honors…The season concluded with a 17:41 5k clocking at the West Coast Last Chance Invitational.
Pre-Chico Days
Pizzella re-wrote the record books at Grass Valley’s Nevada Union High School in the distance events…Recorded an impressive 17:55 mark on the tough Crystal Springs course and was the conference champion in cross country…Placed sixth overall at the Sac Joaquin cross country finals with an impressive 18:48 time on the 5k Willow Hills course…Concluded her senior cross country season with an 18:20 school record run at the State XC Championships where she would place 25th overall…On the track, Pizzella would win another league title (this time in the 3200m event) and recorded 5:04 and 11:02 PR’s for the 1600 and 3200m events.
Personal Best Marks
1500m: 4:46
5,000m: 17:39
10,000m: 36:58
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