SAN DIEGO – Hannah Rasmussen led the Toreros once again on Friday evening, finishing second overall at the USD Invite. San Diego finished third in the team standings ahead of CSUN.
 
Rasmussen chased down the field in the final meters to secure a runner-up finish in the 6K with a time of 22:02.71.
 
Molly Klein and Cassidy Kuhn also earned top 20 finishes, running 22:50.12 and 23:03.86 respectively. Both runners shaved time off their finished from the 2018 USD Invite, with Klein running almost a full second faster and Kuhn running over 50 seconds faster in 2019.
 
San Diego was able to round out the top 30 in the field with seven runners claiming places 24 through 30. Freshman Gianna Sbarbaro and Nina Reamer saw improvement from the first meet in 2019 with Sbarbaro contributing points to San Diego's final team score.
 
The women will look to continue to improve in 2019 as they travel to Minnesota for the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 28. Racing is set to begin at 9:30 a.m.
 
 
USD Invite Individual Results
 
2          Hannah Rasmussen    22:02.71
11        Molly Klein                  22:50.12
15        Cassidy Kuhn               23:03.86
24        Beth Wade                  23:41.74
25        Gianna Sbarbaro         23:48.45
26        Ally Roessling             23:48.93
27        Cammy Manes            23:49.82
28        Jessica Ong                 23:52.63
29        Maggie Scholle           24:05.09
30        Nina Reamer               24:07.63
32        Hope McLaughlin        24:30.45
34        Sera Parvin                  24.47.71
35        Hailey Purtzer             24.52.81
38        Grace Beal                  25:17.98
40        Kate Kohler                 25:23.18
45        Brianna Pertak             25:47.14
46        Sofia Green                 26:02.16
47        Brianna Rosemark      26:12.71
48        Viviana Castro             26:14.37
49        Macey Holt                 26:22.65
53        Meghan Rotter           27:17.12
56        Olivya Pastis              27:24.58