Wednesday, September 23, 2009

UC Riverside: Women's Cross Country Tops 25th Ranked BYU At UCR Invitational

The UC Riverside Women's Cross Country Team Won the 29th Annual UC Riverside Cross Country Invitational Saturday morning topping 25th ranked BYU in the process. Freshman Katy Daly (pictured) paced the Highlanders finishing in seventh place overall, while Chad Hall's eighth-place finish helped the Men's Team to second place.

Ashleigh Pratt (ninth) and freshman Damajeria Dubose (15th) finished just behind Daly while Christy Adamyk (24th) and Margaret Sitker (35th) rounded out the scoring for UCR as the Highlanders finished the meet with 89 points.

BYU finished the meet nine points back of the Highlanders with 98 points followed by Azusa Pacific (106), UC Santa Barbara (116) and Loyola Marymount (122). Azusa Pacific's Jacky Kipwambok won individual honors with a course record time of 16:29.4.

In the men's race, BYU showed why they came into the meet ranked 12th in the nation as they placed five runners in the top seven spots and eight in the top 14. BYU's Miles Batty took individual honors finishing the 8k course in 23:41.1. The Highlanders Hall crossed the finish line in 24:17.1 followed by freshman Emmanuel Ngula (14th), redshirt freshman Talal Khan (15th), Jose Melena (16th) and Daniel Lindstrom (20th). Southern Utah took third in the men's race followed by Loyola Marymount and Cal Poly Pomona.

Next up for the Highlanders is an October 2 trip to the adidas Notre Dame Invitational.

Courtesy UC Riverside

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