@UNC_TrackField XC Holds Their Own at Bronco Invite

Saturday, October 15

Santa Clara, CA

All Day

University of Northern Colorado

Santa Clara Bronco Invitational

Photo by: Ed Navarro

10/16/2016 11:55:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Cross Country

By: UNCBears.com

FINAL RESULTS

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Northern Colorado cross country teams finished out their regular season over the weekend, competing in the Santa Clara Bronco Invite.

The men's team finished 18^th with time of 131:53.3 in the 8K and the women's team came in 12^th overall with a finish of 109:45.5.

BEST FINISHES
The Bears were paced by junior, Katy East and sophomore, Cami Kennedy. East finished just outside the Top 25, coming in 26^th place out of the 129 Division I runners. East crossed the finish line in 21:28.5, close to a minute faster than she finished in the last meet.

Kennedy, who's been a staple for the women's team all season, continued to be consistent. The sophomore completed the run in 21:59.4, earning 59^th. East and Kennedy were the only two women's runners to finish with sub-22:00 times.

Young guns, Tristan Irish and Isaiah Remington clocked in with the best times for the men. Irish, who has led UNC for the majority of the season, was more of the same over the weekend.

The sophomore notched a 26:06 finish in the 8K, nearly a minute and forty seconds faster than he ran at the Rocky Mountain Shootout. His time was good for 98^th.

Remington, the true freshman wasn't far behind, coming in at 26:19. He landed 104^th on the leaderboard.

MORE TIMES
Rikki Gonzales, Cammy Sargent and Alicia Thompson all finished within seconds of each other. Gonzales, a senior, was just shy of a sub-22:00 time, breaking the tape in 22:01.9, finishing in 65th. Sargent and Thompson ended their day with times of 22:06.6 and 22:09.1. Sargent earned 69th, while Thompson placed 72nd overall.

Erin Thomas rounded out the women's team. The sophomore took 88th overall after posting a 22:45 final time.

Much like the women's team, the men's side had three runners within seconds of each other. Josh Rogerson, Jeremy Romero and Kingston Wagner all ran respectable times.

Rogerson, a freshman, came in at 26:21.2 and placed 105th. Romero and Wagner signed off on times of 26:32.8 and 26:34.3, finishing 108th and 110th.

Wrapping up the men's team was Josh Campbell. Campbell clocked in at 26:37.4, earning 113th place.

COACH ROBBINS' THOUGHTS
"We had a great weekend. It's really nice to get to see a couple conference schools so close to the championships. It's also nice to get down to sea level on a fast course and see what happens. The athletes all had great races and a ton of fun with the course. They have been working diligently all year and seeing them finish well was very reassuring to me as well as them. They know that their hard work is paying off. We are close to the taper into the BSC Championships and this young team is getting more and more excited and ready every day. It was a great weekend and it set us up really well for the final push through the season."

UP NEXT
The Bears will head to Moscow, Idaho in two weeks (Oct. 28) to compete in the Big Sky Championship, hosted by the University of Idaho.