Saturday, October 16
Riverside, Calif.
8 A.M.
Long Beach State University
at
Highlander Invitational
Photo by: John Fajardo
Long Beach State Returns to UCR for Highlander Invititational
10/15/2021 12:20:00 PM | Cross Country
The cross country team will compete at UC Riverside for the second time this season.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Long Beach State is staying closer to home this weekend for their fourth meet of the season, as they return to UC Riverside on Saturday morning for the Highlander Invitational.
Event information can be found HERE.
Live results can be found HERE.
The men will open up the competition with an 8K at 8:00 a.m. with the women ending things at 6K at 8:45 a.m.
The UC Riverside course is mostly flat with a few rolling hills, and hard packed dirt with pre-competition watering to reduce dust. It is run through agricultural operations center which features 100-year-old citrus trees.
The Beach is coming off a sweep of the Big West weekly awards following a great weekend at the Chile Pepper Festival in Arkansas.
Allie Scimia won the women's award, posting the seventh fastest 5K time in program history. Her time of 17:28.9 put her across the line in 22nd out of over 320 competitors. She has now led the Beach in two of their three races thus far.
Michael Phillips was awarded his second weekly honor becoming the first LBSU men's athlete to win multiple in a single-season since 2004. He posted a 24:47.2 putting him across the line in 30th overall and first on the team.
Team-wise, the women finished tenth in Fayetteville and the men came out sixteenth.
In their first time at UC Riverside this season, the men posted a tenth place finish and the women finished eleventh. Ryley Fick and Michael Phillips led the way that weekend with both entering the record books, respectively.
Event information can be found HERE.
Live results can be found HERE.
The men will open up the competition with an 8K at 8:00 a.m. with the women ending things at 6K at 8:45 a.m.
The UC Riverside course is mostly flat with a few rolling hills, and hard packed dirt with pre-competition watering to reduce dust. It is run through agricultural operations center which features 100-year-old citrus trees.
The Beach is coming off a sweep of the Big West weekly awards following a great weekend at the Chile Pepper Festival in Arkansas.
Allie Scimia won the women's award, posting the seventh fastest 5K time in program history. Her time of 17:28.9 put her across the line in 22nd out of over 320 competitors. She has now led the Beach in two of their three races thus far.
Michael Phillips was awarded his second weekly honor becoming the first LBSU men's athlete to win multiple in a single-season since 2004. He posted a 24:47.2 putting him across the line in 30th overall and first on the team.
Team-wise, the women finished tenth in Fayetteville and the men came out sixteenth.
In their first time at UC Riverside this season, the men posted a tenth place finish and the women finished eleventh. Ryley Fick and Michael Phillips led the way that weekend with both entering the record books, respectively.
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