SACRAMENTO --- The California cross country teams completed their weekend of competition Saturday morning after running in the Sacramento State Capital Cross Challenge.

The Golden Bear men recorded their second-best team finish of the young season, placing third overall among a field of 16 programs in their 8K race. Cal posted a team total time of 2:02.5, with four of the fifth top runners finishing in the top 25 individually.

Redshirt sophomore Steve Correa ran the fastest time for the Bears in the event, logging a mark of 24:25.7 to finish in 16^th place. Sophomore Takeshi Okada and Max Leach were not far behind Correa: Okada ended up in 17^th place (24:27.2) and Leach finished in 19^th (24:29.6). Junior John Hogan was the final Cal runner in the top 25, placing 21^st with a time of 24:32.1.

In the women's 6K run, Cal finished in 12^th place out of 19 teams, with freshman Marissa Dobry pacing the group with her first-ever top 20 outing, running a 15^th place time of 21:13.5. The Bears' next best finisher was redshirt freshman Natalie Herberg, who recorded a time of 21.32.0 to finish 35^th.
 
MEN'S RESULTS (PLACE / ATHLETE / TIME / POINTS)
16 / Steve Correa / 24:25.7 / 15
17 / Takeshi Okada / 24:27.2 / 16
19 / Max Leach / 24:29.1 / 18
22 / John Hogan / 24:32.1 / 21
52 / Eugene Hamilton III / 24:58.0 / 45
57 / Leland Jones / 25:03.1 / 49
97 / Josh Lewis / 25:37.6 / 74
112 / Evan Malone-White / 25:56.0 / None
149 / Copeland Laris / 27:00.8 / None
 
WOMEN'S RESULTS (PLACE / ATHLETE / TIME / POINTS)
15 / Marissa Dobry / 21:13.5 / 15
35 / Natalie Herberg / 21:32.0 / 32
57 / Rebecca Croft / 21:56.7 / 53
106 / Annika Avery / 22:43.8 / 88
112 / Katherine Haysbert / 22:58.3 / 92
165 / Jackie Chandler / 24:48.2 / 122