MALIBU, Calif.—The Christian Brothers University Bucs won the D-II portion of the Pepperdine Invitational Saturday, taking fifth place overall in the meet as they ran against mostly Division I competition.
Senior
Stephen Hill (Collierville, Tenn./Houston HS) led for most of the race before finishing in second place, running the men's 8k course in 24:50, five seconds behind Fresno State's Erick Garcia.
John Waldorf (South Elgin, Ill./St. Edward HS) finished in 26th place, with a time of 26:27, while
Nate Spears (Dayton, Ohio/Beavercreek HS) was 30th in 26:43.
Max Group (Dayton, Ohio/Beavercreek HS) and
Jordan Michael (Arlington, Tenn./Bolton HS) rounded out the CBU scoring by finishing 33rd and 45th, respectively.
The Bucs finished with 21 points in the D-II scoring, with Waldorf finishing second, Spears fourth, Group sixth, and Michael eighth. In the overall scoring, the Bucs' 122 points were good for fifth, ahead of D-I teams from Pepperdine and Cal State Northridge as well as D-II teams Notre Dame de Namur and Georgia College & State. UC Irvine won the meet with 57 points, as their sixth-place runner broke the tie with both Fresno State and Drake.
The Lady Bucs finished 10th overall and second in D-II, led by a 74th-place finish from
Kelly Summons (Memphis, Tenn./St. Agnes Academy).
Rachael Haag (Memphis, Tenn./St. Agnes Academy) and
Brittly Butler (Dyersburg, Tenn./Dyersburg HS) finished 82nd and 83rd, and
Porsha Chillis (Memphis, Tenn./East HS) and
Heather Gosnell (Brighton, Tenn./Brighton HS) rounded out the Lady Bucs' scoring, while
Emily Wong (Memphis, Tenn./White Station HS) provided the sixth-place finisher tiebreaker in the D-II scoring.
The CBU cross country teams have one more regular season meet left, Saturday morning at the Ted Lloyd Bison Stampede in Searcy, Ark.
Pepperdine Invitational Results:
Men:
Team Overall
1. UC Irvine 57
2. Fresno State 57
3. Drake 57
4. Westmont 118
5. Christian Brothers 122
6. Pepperdine 150
7. Cal State Northridge 171
8. Notre Dame de Namur 190
9. Georgia College & State 220
Team Division II
1. Christian Brothers 21
2. Notre Dame de Namur 46
3. Georgia College & State 61
Individual (Overall/D-II)
2/1. Stephen Hill 24:50.89
26/2. John Waldorf 26:27.61
30/4. Nate Spears 26:43.00
33/6. Max Group 26:58.71
45/8. Jordan Michael 27:19.24
47/10. Rex Hammonds 27:28.84
62/15. Kyle Smith 28:10.75
71/19. Spencer Ridenour 28:47.43
81/21. Jimmy Whitaker 29:55.82
85/22. Spencer Cook 30:22.24
88/23. Daniel Syzdek 31:04.10
Women:
Team Overall
1. Southern Cal 23
2. Pepperdine 63
3. Drake 65
4. Westmont 83
5. Cal State Northridge 156
6. Cal State Bakersfield 174
7. Georgia College & State 196
8. Cal Baptist 205
9. Notre Dame de Namur 275
10. Christian Brothers 283
Team D-II
1. Georgia College & State 20
2. Christian Brothers 61
3. Notre Dame de Namur 61
Individual (Overall/D-II)
74/9. Kelly Summons 26:26.38
82/12. Rachael Haag 27:09.05
83/13. Brittly Butler 27:10.63
89/16. Porsha Chillis 28:14.68
92/17. Heather Gosnell 28:49.11
94/19. Emily Wong 29:42.64
95/20. Kristi Prevost 32:02.94