Results

SACRAMENTO, California " Nick Heath and Kevin Maeda of the Pepperdine men's cross country team turned in top-20 finishes at the Capital Cross Challenge on Saturday morning.

Heath was ninth and Maeda was 19th out of 227 runners in the 8K race hosted by Sacramento State and held at the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex.

The Waves' #3 runner, Jalen Frantal, ran a time of 25:45.7 that moved him into #14 on the Waves' all-time list.

For the women, freshman Abbey Meck led the Waves for the third time in three races this season.

MEN'S 8K LEADERS

• Junior Nick Heath (Scotts Valley, Calif./Scotts Valley HS) 24:35.3, 9th place
• Senior Kevin Maeda (Highland, Calif./Citrus Valley HS) 24:50.2, 19th place
• Sophomore Jalen Frantal (Westerville, Ohio/Westerville Central HS) 25:45.7, 74th place
• Freshman Justin Touhey (Stony Point, N.Y./Don Bosco Preparatory HS) 26:03.2, 88th place
• Freshman Tim Wells (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs HS) 26:07.7, 94th place

WOMEN'S 6K LEADERS

• Freshman Abbey Meck (Santa Cruz, Calif./San Lorenzo Valley HS) 22:56.6, 90th place
• Freshman Lindsay Sanger (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson HS) 23:27.4, 126th place
• Freshman Emma Battin (Saint Charles, Ill./Saint Charles East HS) 23:57.1, 149th place
• Freshman Amanda Stahl (Clinton, Mass./Advanced Math & Science Academy) 24:00.8, 154th place
• Sophomore Tatum Rask (Highlands Ranch, Colo./ThunderRidge HS) 24:33.4, 171st place

QUOTABLES

Head coach Robert Radnoti said: "This course has become a regular spot for us because it's in the rotation for the NCAA West Regional. We'll be back here for that next year so this was a good opportunity for our young runners to see the course. It was a beautiful day, a little warm, but a nice course. Things are on track and I'm pleased with our progress.

"Nick is getting stronger with each race after missing some early-season training, and Kevin was under 25 minutes again. They'll both be healthy and at their strongest by the end of the season. One positive note was Jalen and Justin, our third and fourth runners, they ran together for a good portion of the race and helped each other.

"The women had some good performances but we're still trying to get to where we want to be. Tatum, our #5 runner, did really well considering she has to train by herself because of her 8 a.m. classes, so she's missed a lot of team practices."

UP NEXT

The Waves' fourth of four regular-season meets will take place in another two weeks at Santa Clara's Bronco Invitational on October 14.