Carroll and Wozniak Shine at Malibu Oceanside Open

MALIBU, Calif. Â Junior Brie Carroll (Pulsan, South Korea / Pusan American HS) finished first for the Pepperdine women’s cross country team and second overall with a time of 18:58, in a closely contested dual meet against Loyola Marymount on Saturday morning. LMU narrowly defeated Pepperdine 26-30 in the first meet of the season.

Senior Laura Mickelson of LMU won the women’s race in an impressive early season time of 17:56.

Freshman Paige Knudsen (Los Altos, Calif. / Los Altos HS) finished second for the Waves in 19:41 and fourth overall, followed by junior Courtney Young (Encinitas, Calif. / La Costa Canyon HS) in 20:00. Freshman Chelsea Wishard (Lawai, Hawaii / Kauai HS) crossed the line in 20:05. Finishing fifth for Pepperdine was freshman Lilly Spratt (Old Lyme Conn. / Old Lyme HS) with a time of 20:58. Junior Amanda Gordon (Oak Harbor, Wash. / Oak Harbor HS) and freshman Kelli Binder (Englewood, Col. / Regis Jesuit HS), rounded out the top seven runners for the Waves finishing in 21:12 and 21:20 respectively.

 “I’m extremely pleased with the way our women competed today. Our returning runners all ran strong and the freshman exceeded my expectations,” Pepperdine Head Coach Robert Radnoti said. “We should make a strong showing in our conference this season.”

With the men, freshman Conrad Wozniak (Irvine, Calif. / Woodbridge HS) set a fast pace and led the first half of the race. Wozniak finished third overall in a time of 16:11.

LMU’s Trevor Wiseman was the overall men’s winner with a time of 16:05 followed closely by teammate Brian McDonald in 16:06

“Conrad impressed me with his desire to take the lead early in the race,” Radnoti said “We have a great group of recruits this season and we’re looking forward to watching this team develop.”

Competing with just seven runners, six of them freshmen, Pepperdine men’s team suffered its first defeat against a strong LMU team 43-18. freshman Seth Allison (Canyon Texas/ Canyon  HS) finished second for the Waves in a time of 16:33, followed by freshman Eric Magana (Whittier, Calif./ La Serna HS) in 16:50, freshman Isaiah White (Thousand Oaks, Calif./ Thousand Oaks HS) 17:06, freshman David Williams (Manhattan Beach, Calif./ Mira Costa HS), freshman Tom Verdone (Anaheim, Calif./ Canyon HS) 17:45 and senior Josh Stutzman (Newberg, Org./ Newberg, HS) 20:17.

Gustaveo Arceo was the overall winner in the open division of the Oceanside Open with a time of 16:36. Veronica Mendoza led the women in a time of 20:58.  Age division winners were: Craig Mead (50-54) in 19:46, Rachel Sears (30-34) in 21:17, Russell Stockard (60-64) in 22:00 and Keena Carstensen (45-49) in a time of 22:03.

Pepperdine travels to Huntington Beach next Saturday to compete in the UCI Invitational.

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