Cougars Place Seventh at Mark Covert Classic

Meet: CSUF’S Mark Covert Classic Location: Brea, Calif. Date: Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023 Team Invite Finish: 7th out of 8 teams Top Invite Finisher: Sankalp Shastri (36th, 25:36.0) Invite Winner: CBU’s Rikus Van Niekerk (24:11.8) COURSE REPORT: Sankalp Shastri led the Cal State San Marcos men’s cross country team to a seventh-place finish in the Cal State Fullerton Mark Covert Classic Invite with 188 points. FINISH LINE Shastri, who finished the race last year in a time of 26:23.5, made much improvement with a time of 25:36.0 to place 36th. Renton McGregor also improved on his time from last season…