Saturday

The cross country teams competed at the Highlander Invitational hosted by the University of California Riverside on Saturday in Riverside, CA.  The meet, which consisted of NCAA D1, NCAA D2, NAIA, and JUCO Programs, was the fifth meet for both the men and women teams.  

The University of Arizona (NCAA D1) won the meet on the men's side while Arizona Christian University (NAIA) took top honors for the women's open. 

"As a team I wanted to come back to California one last time before championship season starts"  Stated Head Coach Jon Harmon. "We gave our athletes one last opportunity to achieve personal bests and compete against some of the universities in the southwest."

For the second meed in a row, Lillian Kamm led the CAC women. Lillian toured the 6km race in 23:18.1 which was good enough to claim 12th overall and run a new personal best. "The women's team ran their first 6k of the season." Stated Harmon "Their 1-5 average places them in the top 10 in the nation but none of that matters once the gun goes off at nationals."  

Rounding out placing for the Vaquera's were:

Tyara Hernandez 23:18 (13th Overall) and a new personal best.

Hannah Hammer 23:49 (19th Overall) and a new personal best.

Emerson Young 23:55 (22nd Overall).

Joyce Hernandez 24:14 (27th Overall) and a new personal best.

Larisa Hernandez 24:26 (33rd Overall) and a new personal best.

Reshila Curley 24:32 (39th Overall).

The Women Placed 2nd overall out of 14 Teams, a total of 118 athletes competed. The Vaqueras had a 23:44 team average from 1-5 and a :57 second spread.