SUNNYVALE, California –
Jackson Felkins set a new Pepperdine school record in the men's 8K as he led the men's cross country team at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational on Saturday morning.
The Waves' men's and women's teams had 15 runners set new personal records as well as had five members move up or make the Pepperdine all-time lists.
Karl Winter,
Kyle McCabe and
Johnathan Flint all set new personal-best times and are also in the top 10 on the Waves' all-time men's 8K list. Felkins set the record with a time of 24:01.1 and Winter was not too far behind and finished in a time of 24:01.5, second all-time.
On the women's side, eight runners all set new personal best times in the women's Invitational and Open 6K, including
Megan LaCamera who led the women in the women's Invitational in a time of 22:28.1, she is now 17th on the Waves all-time women's 6K list. Freshman
Brooke Bakken led the women in the women's open in a time of 24:40.
The men finished fifth out of 15 teams, while the women finished ninth out of 12 teams in the Open and 17th out of 17 teams in the Invitational.
MEN'S 8K INVITATIONAL LEADERS
- Felkins (Southlake, Texas/Carroll Senior HS) 24:01.1, eighth overall, new school record and new personal best.
- Winter (Stockton, Calif./Saint Mary's HS) 24:01.5, ninth overall, second all-time and new personal record.
- McCabe (Westminster, Colo./Holy Family HS) 24:06.2, 13th overall, fourth all-time and new personal record.
- Flint (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS) 24:46.6, 44th overall, 10th all-time and new personal record.
- Sophomore Nathaniel Lannen (Southlake, Texas/Carroll HS) 25:30, 81st overall and new personal record.
WOMEN'S 6K INVITATIONAL LEADERS
- LaCamera (Burbank, Calif./Burbank HS) 22:28.1, 69th overall, new personal record and 17th all-time.
- Junior Olivia Miller (Tallahassee, Fla./ Lawton Chiles HS) 22:44.37, 81st overall
- Freshman Eden Mittelsdorf (Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood HS) 22:52.58, 95th overall, new personal record.
- Junior Skyler Danley (Easton Pa./Easton Area HS) 23:13.9, 106th overall.
- Senior Annelies Ondersma (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./University Liggett School) 23:36.1, 115th overall, new personal record.
WOMEN'S 6K OPEN LEADERS
- Bakken (Norwalk, Wis./Tomah HS) 24:40, 49th overall, new personal record.
- Freshman Alaina Pisello (Winter Park, Fla./Trinity Preparatory School) 25:01.84, 57th overall, new personal record.
- Freshman Caroline Fleenor (Alexandria, Va./Bishop O'Connell HS) 26:09.96, 77th overall, new personal record.
- Sophomore Paula Leigh (Livermore, Calif./Granada HS) 28:14.66, 105th overall, new personal record.
- Freshman Sydney Bremer (Yorba Linda, Calif./Yorba Linda HS) 29:29.56, 111th overall, new personal record.
NOTABLE
- Sophomore Austin Gromer (Casper, Wyo. Mountain View HS) beat his personal record by 20 seconds. He ran a time of 26:36.8.
- Sophomore Skylar Davis (Savannah, Ga./Savannah Arts Academy) beat her personal record by four seconds. She ran a time of 24:25.11.
QUOTABLE
Head Coach
Lauren Floris said: "Today was a great day! It was amazing to see all three senior guys work together out there and rewrite the top of our record book. Johnathan had an impressive performance out there and secured his spot in the top 10 all-time. I am so proud of how Megan ran in just her second 6K, dipping into the top 20 all-time on the ladies side! Both teams continue to click off personal bests in the midst of heavy training which has us really optimistic about what our postseason performances will look like. I can't wait to see how they do at the conference meet in two weeks."
UP NEXT
The Waves will have a two-week break before heading to Concord for the West Coast Conference Championships on Friday, October 29.
