Riverside, CA- The cross country team travelled west to compete in the Highlander Invitational hosted by UC-Riverside. The race was the team's final regular season race before setting their sites for the GSAC Championships on November 6.
The team was led by junior
Braxton Pingleton who finished 20
th overall with a time of 26:03.3. Not far behind was junior
Nicholas Hiser in a lifetime best time of 26:45.4. Also running a lifetime best was sophomore
John-Gabriel Lofredo who finished 69
th in a time of 27:21. Rounding out the top five were sophomores
Wayne Shuman (28:11) and
Josue Gudina (29:09).
Thoughts from Coach Fahsholz
"Not our best team race, but we had some good individual performances. Nick and John have gotten better each race this season and today was no different. But as a whole, the team raced with tired legs, and that ultimately falls on me for not having them better prepared for our last regular season race of the season. We have an extra week to get our legs fresh again and be ready to have our best race of the season at GSAC's on November 6
th."
Event Details
Invitational: Men's 8K
Team Finish: 9
th of 14 Teams
Number of runners: 159
Location: UC-Riverside Ag Ops Course (Riverside, CA)
Individual Finishes
Braxton Pingleton
Time – 26:03
Place – 20
th
Nicholas Hiser
Time – 26:45
Place – 47
th
John-Gabriel Lofredo
Time – 27:21
Place – 69
th
Wayne Shuman
Time – 28:11
Place – 88
th
Josue Gudina
Time – 29:09
Place – 111
th
Stephan Tinsley
Time – 29:45
Place – 120
th
Lonato Tsinnijinnie
Time – 30:12
Place – 126
th
Gabriel Mendez
Time – 30:27
Place – 132
nd
Ezra Zufelt
Time – 30:45
Place – 137
th
Mario Contreras
Time – 31:17
Place – 141
st
Next On the Schedule
The team get three weeks to prepare for the GSAC Cross Country Championships which will be hosted at Central Park in Santa Clarita, CA. Men's 8K will begin at 8:00am and the Women's 6K will begin at 9:00am.
Roll Storm!
