Friday, October 30
San Diego, Calif.
10:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. PT
Pepperdine University
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West Coast Conference Championships
Photo by: Conor McCorry
10/29/2026 10:00:00 AM | Cross Country
SAN DIEGO – Pepperdine cross country heads south for the 2026 West Coast Conference (WCC) Championships on Friday, Oct. 30, hosted by San Diego at Tecolote Shores North in Mission Bay Park. The women's 6K begins at 10 a.m., with the men's 8K to follow at 11 a.m.
The meet will be streamed on ESPN+, with live results available online.Â
Twenty Waves will make the trip, 10 men and 10 women. Ten of them are freshmen set to make their WCC Championships debut.Â
Women: Riley Burgess, Mackenzie Buxton, Lizzy Crawford, Jessica Guardino, Mia Hodgson, Clara Michael, Hannah Miller, Presley Pate, Lacey Reedy, Grace Simpson
Men: Luke Bremmer, Andrew DeYoung, Elijah Gentry, Noah Harris, Gordy Nilsen, Rowan Nilsen, Reed Robinson, Dominic Silhol, Max Tsolakis, Christian WeberÂ
In the WCC preseason coaches' poll, the men were picked fifth and the women seventh. Crawford was named to the All-WCC Women's Preseason Team.
At last year's WCC Championships in Spokane, Washington, Pepperdine's men placed seventh. Gordy Nilsen led the Waves in 34th, with Gentry (39th), Silhol (47th) and Rowan Nilsen (55th) also among Pepperdine's top five. All four return to the lineup this year.
Crawford paced the women, finishing 33rd.
Following the conference meet, the Waves turn to the NCAA West Regional Championships on Friday, Nov. 13, in Sacramento, California.
ABOUT PEPPERDINE CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK
The Pepperdine cross country/track program has a rich history dating back to the 1950s with six total individual national championships to come through the program. As one of the original three programs sponsored by then George Pepperdine College in 1937, the Waves immediately began to make a mark on the track world stage with eight total Olympians and multiple regional champions throughout the program's history.Â
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FOLLOW
To stay up-to-date on the latest Pepperdine cross country/track news, follow the Waves on social media @PepperdineXCTR.
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The meet will be streamed on ESPN+, with live results available online.Â
Twenty Waves will make the trip, 10 men and 10 women. Ten of them are freshmen set to make their WCC Championships debut.Â
Women: Riley Burgess, Mackenzie Buxton, Lizzy Crawford, Jessica Guardino, Mia Hodgson, Clara Michael, Hannah Miller, Presley Pate, Lacey Reedy, Grace Simpson
Men: Luke Bremmer, Andrew DeYoung, Elijah Gentry, Noah Harris, Gordy Nilsen, Rowan Nilsen, Reed Robinson, Dominic Silhol, Max Tsolakis, Christian WeberÂ
In the WCC preseason coaches' poll, the men were picked fifth and the women seventh. Crawford was named to the All-WCC Women's Preseason Team.
At last year's WCC Championships in Spokane, Washington, Pepperdine's men placed seventh. Gordy Nilsen led the Waves in 34th, with Gentry (39th), Silhol (47th) and Rowan Nilsen (55th) also among Pepperdine's top five. All four return to the lineup this year.
Crawford paced the women, finishing 33rd.
Following the conference meet, the Waves turn to the NCAA West Regional Championships on Friday, Nov. 13, in Sacramento, California.
ABOUT PEPPERDINE CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK
The Pepperdine cross country/track program has a rich history dating back to the 1950s with six total individual national championships to come through the program. As one of the original three programs sponsored by then George Pepperdine College in 1937, the Waves immediately began to make a mark on the track world stage with eight total Olympians and multiple regional champions throughout the program's history.Â
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FOLLOW
To stay up-to-date on the latest Pepperdine cross country/track news, follow the Waves on social media @PepperdineXCTR.
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