Riverside, Calif.  – There was a morning full of new personal records for the Pepperdine men's and women's cross country team, as senior Karl Winter, senior Riley Wright and freshman Brooke Bakken led the men and women in the three races at the UC Riverside Invitational on Saturday morning. 

Winter finished 13th out of 188 runners in the men's invitational in a time of 24:14.8. He still sits in sole possession of third on the all-time list, and beat his personal record by three seconds. The men's team finished 8th out of 24 teams (6th among Division I teams).

On the women's side, Wright led the Waves in the women's invitational 6K, placing 89th out of 170 runners. Her time of 22:33.6 put her on the Waves all-time 6K list at 18th and it beats her personal record by a minute and four seconds. Bakken led the Waves in the women's open 5K with a time of 20:16.6, beating her personal record by a minute and nine seconds. The women's team finished 16th out of 22 teams (12th among Division I teams).

Both the men's and women's teams had a combined 11 runners beat their personal records and three runners set new personal records for themselves. 

MEN'S 8K INVITATIONAL LEADERS

• Senior Karl Winter (Stockton, Calif./Saint Mary's HS) 24:14.8, 13th overall.
• Senior Kyle McCabe (Westminster, Colo./Holy Family HS) 24:17.9, 15th overall, beat his personal record by 22 seconds and now sits 4th on the Waves all-time 8K list.
• Sophomore Johnathan Flint (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS) 25:25.6, 72nd overall, beat his personal record by 36 seconds and now sits 19th on the Waves all-time 8K list. 
• Sophomore Nathaniel Lannen (Southlake, Texas/Carroll HS) 25:36.0, 81st overall, beat his personal record by 54 seconds.
• Junior Marcus Flint (Durango, Colo./Durango HS) 26:31.1, 131rd overall, beat his personal record by 16 seconds.

WOMEN'S 6K INVITATIONAL LEADERS

• Senior Riley Wright (Chandler, Ariz./Corona del Sol HS) 22:33.6, 89th overall, beat her personal record by a minute and four seconds and now sits 18th on the Waves all-time 6K list.
• Freshman Megan LaCamera (Burbank, Calif./Burbank HS) 22:36.3, 92nd overall, new personal record and now sits 19th on the Waves all-time 6K list.
• Junior Olivia Miller (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles HS) 22;47.6, 102nd overall, beat her personal record by 43 seconds.
• Junior Skyler Danley (Easton, Pa./Easton Area HS) 23:05.9, 115th overall.
• Freshman Eden Mittelsdorf (Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood HS) 23:27.7, 127th overall, new personal record.

NOTABLE

• Sophomores Nathaniel Lerch (Clarion, Pa./ Clarion Area HS) and Austin Gromer (Casper, Wyo./Mountain View HS) beat their personal records in the men's invitational 8K. Lerch ran a time of 26:41.3 beating his personal record by a minute and 28 seconds. Gromer ran a time of 26:56.0 beating his personal record by 25 seconds.
• Sophomores Skylar Davis (Savannah, Ga./Savannah Arts Academy) and Elle Shrader (Boerne, Texas/ Boerne-Samuel V. Champion HS) beat their personal records in the women's open 5K. Davis finished with a time of 24:29.3 beating her personal record by a minute and 15 seconds. Shrader finished with a time of 24:45.0 beating her personal record by 36 seconds.
• Freshman Colin Proctor (Coppell, Texas/Coppell HS) set a new personal record with a time of 26:37.0 in the men's invitational 8K.

QUOTABLE

Head Coach Lauren Floris said: "Today was a strong showing for the Waves. More than half of our runners ran personal bests out there today. It was exciting to see Riley take charge and lead the women's team to strong finishes. We were missing some key runners on the men's side but that gave us the chance to demonstrate the depth we have there, with eight of our nine guys running faster than they ever have over 8K."

UP NEXT

The Waves will run at the Roy Griak Invitational hosted by Minnesota on Friday, September 24 and at the Master's Invitational on Saturday, September 25.