Note: This Story was updated after the weekly PacWest Awards were announced. It was originally published on race day - Saturday, Sept. 19.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Concordia University Irvine cross country competed at the UC Riverside Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 19, with the Golden Eagles taking on a competitive field at the UCR Agg Course.
The CUI men's team raced off with such an impressive showing that the Golden Eagles were named PacWest Men's Cross Country Team of the Week for the second time already this season. The Golden Eagles landed four of their top five runners inside the Top 12 - an amazing achievement considering there were over 250 total runners in this particular race.
Men's Results
The CUI men earned a second-place team finish in the Men's Open 8K, scoring 57 points with a team time of 2:05:45 and an average time of 25:09.
Sophomore Owen Stults paced the Golden Eagles with a third-place finish in 24:33.0. Logan Jones followed in ninth at 25:05.9, while Spencer Handorf and Dante Maldonado finished 11th and 12th, respectively.
Quinten Brooks rounded out CUI's scoring five with a 25:38.0 finish. Isaiah Garma, Caleb Hernandez and Nathan Nguyen also finished inside the top 50.
Out of competing PacWest schools, Concordia was way out in front with Biola coming in 12th and Vanguard in 13th place.
CLICK HERE for the full CUI men's cross country schedule
CLICK HERE for the PacWest men's cross country roundup
Women's Results
The CUI women finished 12th as a team in the Women's Invite 6K, recording a team time of 1:46:59 and an average time of 21:24.
Junior Ryann Smith led the Golden Eagles, finishing 36th overall with a time of 21:01.7. Brianna Hayes followed in 46th at 21:08.7, while senior Ania Kapustka placed 50th with a time of 21:10.7. The three CUI runners finished within nine seconds of one another.
Mariza Chavez added a 21:44.5 finish, followed by Emily Littlefield at 21:52.9. Adamara Esparza, Olivia Reed, Lizbeth Garcia and Kimberly Cerny also competed for the Golden Eagles.
The Golden Eagles will return to competition on Friday, Oct. 3, at the Cougar Challenge, hosted by Cal State San Marcos.
CLICK HERE for the full CUI women's cross country schedule
CLICK HERE for the PacWest women's cross country roundup
