UVU Women, CBU Men Defend Team Titles At 2024 WAC Cross Country Championships

11/1/2024 1:34:09 PM

2024 WAC Women's 6K Championship Full Results
2024 WAC Men's 8K Championship Full Results

OREM, Utah – Host team Utah Valley defended its women’s 6K championship and California Baptist captured a fifth straight men’s 8K title during the 2024 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Cross Country Championships on Friday morning at Lakeside Park.

Utah Valley became the second women’s team in WAC history to score the minimum 15 points in a conference cross country championship, joining CBU in 2019, on the way to defending its women’s 6K team title. CBU claimed second place in the 2024 event with 63 points. Southern Utah (97 points), Seattle U (102 points) and Utah Tech (180 points) rounded out the top five finishers in the women’s 6K. In the men’s 8K, CBU picked up a fifth consecutive WAC team championship after tallying 29 points. Southern Utah secured second place with 38 points, followed by Utah Valley with 67 points. Tarleton State (151 points) and Abilene Christian (156 points) comprised the rest of the men’s 8K top five.

Anna Martin from Utah Valley captured the individual women’s 6K win for the Wolverines with a winning time of 19:51.49, earning a second straight all-conference first team certificate. Joining Martin on the all-conference first team was Utah Valley teammates Ari Trimble (second, 20:00.10), Caila Odekirk (third, 20:07.09), Oakley Olson (fourth, 20:22.92), Julie Sumsion (fifth, 20:25.60) and Allie Warner (sixth, 20:27.90), Seattle U's Azaela Groleau (seventh, 20:28.48), CBU’s Yasna Petrova (eighth, 20:32.62) UT Arlington’s Matro Jepkemboi (ninth, 20:39.71) and CBU’s Ava Dyck (10th, 20:42.42).

Mohamed Guled from Utah Valley returned to the all-conference first team and won the first men’s 8K individual championship for the Wolverines since 2019 with a time of 23:07.08. Other members of the all-conference first team were Southern Utah’s Santiago Gaitan (second, 23:16.31), CBU’s Zouhair Redouane (third, 23:20.77), CBU’s Valentin Soca (fourth, 23:21.69), CBU’s Daniel Abdala (fifth, 23:36.21), CBU’s Pedro Marin (sixth, 23:36.25), Southern Utah’s Jacob Peterson (seventh 23:38.44), Southern Utah’s Travis Feeny (eighth, 23:45.96), Southern Utah’s Hayden Harward (ninth, 23:48.68) and Abilene Christian’s Andruw Villa (10th, 23:51.72).

2024 WAC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
 
2024 WAC Women’s Cross Country 6K Team Results
 
Rank Team Points
1. Utah Valley 15
2. California Baptist 63
3. Southern Utah 97
4. Seattle U 102
5. Utah Tech 180
6. UT Arlington 182
7. Abilene Christian 189
8. Grand Canyon 190
9. Tarleton State 216
 
2024 Women’s All-WAC First Team
  1. Anna Martin, Utah Valley – 19:51.49
  2. Ari Trimble, Utah Valley – 20:00.10
  3. Caila Odekirk, Utah Valley – 20:07.09
  4. Oakley Olson, Utah Valley – 20:22.92
  5. Julie Sumsion, Utah Valley – 20:25.60
  6. Allie Warner, Utah Valley – 20:27.90
  7. Azaela Groleau, Seattle U – 20:28.48
  8. Yasna Petrova, California Baptist – 20:32.62
  9. Matro Jepkemboi, UT Arlington – 20:39.71
  10. Ava Dyck, California Baptist – 20:42.42
2024 Women’s All-WAC Second Team
  1. Elizabeth Zwahlen, Utah Valley – 20:49.30
  2. Sini-Sofia Rajeniemi, California Baptist – 20:51.75
  3. Madisan DeBos, Southern Utah – 20:55.78
  4. Jordyn Bartolomucci, Southern Utah – 21:07.80
  5. Karolina Bliujute, California Baptist – 21:15.06
  6. Lilianne Hargreaves, Seattle U – 21:17.77
  7. Diana Carmargo Solis, Seattle U – 21:18.91
  8. Kate Giles, Utah Valley – 21:28.51
  9. Ceyda Pinar, California Baptist – 21:31.70
  10. Eleonora Visnevskyte, California Baptist – 21:33.00

2024 WAC Men’s Cross Country 8K Team Results
 
Rank Team Points
1. California Baptist 29
2. Southern Utah 38
3. Utah Valley 67
4. Tarleton State 151
5. Abilene Christian 156
6. UT Arlington 167
7. Utah Tech 168
8. Grand Canyon 191
9. Seattle U 273
 
2024 Men’s All-WAC First Team
  1. Mohamed Guled, Utah Valley – 23:07.08
  2. Santiago Gaitan, Southern Utah – 23:16.31
  3. Zouhair Redouane, California Baptist – 23:20.77
  4. Valentin Soca, California Baptist – 23:21.69
  5. Daniel Abdala, California Baptist – 23:36.21
  6. Pedro Marin, California Baptist – 23:36.25
  7. Jacob Peterson, Southern Utah – 23:38.44
  8. Travis Feeny, Southern Utah – 23:45.96
  9. Hayden Harward, Utah Valley – 23:48.68
  10. Andruw Villa, Abilene Christian – 23:51.72
2024 Men’s All-WAC Second Team
  1. Victor Rosas, California Baptist – 23:52.57
  2. Coleman Cragun, Southern Utah – 23:54.45
  3. Austin Hone, California Baptist – 23:57.13
  4. Gilbert Olivas, Utah Valley – 24:01.60
  5. Gabriel Guzman, California Baptist – 24:05.59
  6. Massimiliano Berti, California Baptist – 24:06.34
  7. Ryan Hatch, Utah Tech – 24:08.30
  8. Wyatt Mortenson, Utah Valley – 24:08.41
  9. Ernesto Ruiz, California Baptist – 24:15.48
  10. Patrick Estes, UT Arlington – 24:17.52
 
 
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