Sept. 23, 2000
Santa Barbara, Calif. -
Courtesy of a final burst by Darren Salmi, the UCSB Men edged out the UCSB Alumni at the UCSB Lagoon in a three-way meet that also included UC Irvine. Salmi ran a 26:59 punctuated by a kick that allowed him to beat UCSB Alum Liam Jones by one second, putting Salmi in fifth and Jones in sixth, a single point shift that pushed the meet to UCSB, 32-33. Irvine finished a distant third in the 8k race with 60 points.
Jeff Jacobs, now an assistant coach for the UCSB men, won the race in 26:01, pursued by Noah Lidman of UCSB who clocked a 26:08. Rounding out the top six were Jason Colb and Liam Jones, UCSB Alumni, who placed third and sixth with times of 26:23 and 27:00 respectively. Chris White and Darren Salmi ran for UCSB and finished at 26:49 and 26:59. UC Irvine's top time went to Brian Harrison who came in seventh at 27:10. Several of UC Irvine and UCSB's top runners did not compete.
Final Results
Saturday, September 23, 2000
Men's Cross Country Meet
UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, and UCSB Alumni
@ UCSB Campus Lagoon
Final Score: UCSB 32
Alumni 33
UCI 60
Individual Results
1. Jeff Jacobs Alumni 26:01
2. Noah Lidman UCSB 26:08
3. Jason Kolb Alumni 26:23
4. Chris White UCSB 26:49
5. Darren Salmi UCSB 26:59
6. Liam Jones Alumni 27:00
7. Brian Harrison UCI 27:10
8. Eddie Guerrero UCI 27:14
9. Pat Longhini Alumni 27:35
10. Jacob Green UCSB 27:39
11. Jeff Gardina UCSB 27:46
12. Kent Roberts UCSB 27:52
13. Rob Evans UCI 28:14
14. Andy Leaf Alumni 28:39
15. Chris Jensen UCI 28:41
16. Ron DiMaggio UCSB 29:09
17. Andy Hassan UCI 29:23
18. Humberto Hernandez UCI 29:42
19. Brian Moncrief UCI 30:08