Women's Cross Country
    Trojans Place 5th At Titan Invitational
    Sophomore Erin Matranga leads the team at Fullerton
    Erin Matranga led the Trojans today in Fullerton.
    Erin Matranga led the Trojans today in Fullerton.

    Oct. 19, 2012

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    Sophomore Erin Matranga placed 26th to help lead the USC women's cross country team to a fifth-place finish at the 5K Titan Invitational in Fullerton, Calif. today (Oct. 19).

    Matranga led the Trojans and was 16th in the scoring with a time of 18:39.8. Her time was nearly a minute faster than she ran on the same course as a freshman (19:27).

    Redshirt sophomore Katie DeYoung was next for the Trojans in 33rd place (20 points) with a time of 18:56.2, followed by sophomore Shannon Byrne (42nd, 19:04.8, 27 points), senior Kelly Owen (44th, 19:05.8, 28 points), junior Francesca Adamski (89th, 20:48.0, 51 points) and junior Anna Burger (101st, 21:40.9, 61 points).

    USC tallied 142 points to finish fifth, while San Diego State won the meet with a total of 52 points.

    This was the final regular season meet of the season for the USC women's cross country team which will be competing next week at the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships hosted by UCLA at Robinson's Ranch Golf Course in Santa Clarita, Calif.

    The eight runners USC has entered for the Pac-12 Championships did not compete in today's race.