Waves Improve at WCC Championships

MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine men's and women's cross country teams competed in the West Coast Conference Championships on Friday morning. The men were led by Will Bullock in the men's 8K and Megan LaCamera was the top finisher for the Waves on the women's side in the 6K.

Bullock clocked in at 24:03.3, which is the fastest WCC Championship men's time in program history. LaCamera also led the women in last year's WCC Championships.

Both the men and women ran well and several personal records were reached on the course. The men finished seventh overall, while the women placed 9th (their best since 2014). On the men's side, five Waves either added or improved their spots on the Pepperdine all-time 8K list.

MEN'S 8K LEADERS

Graduate student Will Bullock (Marietta, Ga./Kennesaw Mountain HS/Eastern Illinois) 24:03.3, 46th overall, new personal record by 10 seconds and moves from tied eighth all-time to third all-time.
Freshman Joshua Bergers (Cohasset, Mass./IMG Academy) 24:08.7, 48th overall, new personal record by one minute and 29 seconds and moves from 13th all-time to seventh all-time.
Junior Johnathan Flint (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS) 24:34.1, 57th overall, new personal record by 12.5 seconds and moves from 10th all-time to ninth all-time.
Sophomore Elias Spence (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg Area HS) 24:35.6, 58th overall, new personal record by 36.1 seconds and moves from 14th all-time to 10th all-time.
Freshman Patrick Thomas (Paso Robles, Calif./Mission College Prep) 25:02.2, 64th overall, new personal record by 45 seconds and marks his name 16th all-time.

WOMEN'S 6K LEADERS

Sophomore Megan LaCamera (Burbank, Calif./Burbank HS) 22:44.7, 56th overall.
Sophomore Eden Mittelsdorf (Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood HS) 22:46.6, 57th overall, new personal record by 5.9 seconds.
Senior Olivia Miller (Tallahassee, Fla./Lawton Chiles HS) 22:51.8, 59th overall.
Junior Elle Shrader (Boerne, Texas/Boerne-Samuel V. Champion HS) 23:23.8, 75th overall.
Freshman Savannah Shaw (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown STEM Academy) 23:57.4, 79th overall.

NOTABLE

Juniors Ryan Hemphill (Visalia, Calif./Redwood HS) and Nathaniel Lerch (Clarion, Pa./Clarion Area HS) and freshman Spencer Mueller (Fresno, Calif./Clovis North HS) each marked new personal records by more than 20 seconds.

QUOTABLE

Head coach Lauren Floris said: "Today was a really solid day for the team. On the women's side, this was our highest place finish at the WCC Championships since 2014 which is great progress for the program. The men's team completely rewrote the all-time list with all of our top-five runners notching or improving their place in the top-20. With such a young team on both sides, I am really excited about what this means for the future of the program!"

UP NEXT

The Waves will have a two-week break before heading to the NCAA West Regional on Friday, Nov. 11 in Seattle, Wash. The women's 6K will begin at 10 a.m. followed by the men's 10K at 11 a.m.

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