Westmont Men’s and Women’s Cross Country competed against multiple rivals at the Biola Invitational.
For the men, Westmont finished in third place with a score of 74.
Winning the men’s race was former-GSAC foe The Master’s, with 22 points, as once-again rival Biola came in second with a score of 54.
For the women, Westmont came in fourth with a score of 115, while Biola won the race with a score of 28. The Master’s came in third with a score of 38, while CSU Monterey Bay finished the race in fourth with a score of 91.
Individually, the highlight of Westmont’s day was Zola Sokhela’s performance in the men’s 8K, as the Warrior finished in second-place with a time of 25:05.4. TMU’s Brint Laubach was the only man to come in ahead of Sokhela, as the Mustang won the race with a time of 24:44.5.
Westmont’s next finishers came in 13th and 14th place, with Bryce Gardhouse posting a time of 25:45.2, and Luke Hein posting a time of 25:51.7. Tyler Allan and Rey Laureano rounded out Westmont’s top-five, with Allan coming in 43rd with a time of 27:11.5, and Laureano finishing in 45th with a time of 27:19.4.
On the women’s side Anneline Breytenbach turned in another stellar race with a 12th-place finish and a time of 19:06.3. Soon after, Gretchen Scherrei came in 23rd place with a time of 19:36.1, followed later by a trio of Warriors that capped off Westmont’s top-five.
Kari Anema came in 39th with a time of 20:12.1, Dulce Esquival finished in 40th with a time of 20:12.7, and Molly Sandrige finished in 41st with a time of 20:17.1.
The Warriors return to action on September 23 at the Mustang Challenge in Santa Clarita.