Broncos Dominate Coyote Challenge, Seven of Top Eight Finishers From CPP
By: Alex Kline, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The Cal Poly Pomona women's cross country team dominated their season opener on Saturday morning, finishing first in the Coyote Challenge on the campus of Cal State San Bernardino.
A staggering nine Broncos finished in the Top 15 of the race, not even including Lizeth DePaz, who ran unattached and finished ninth. Sophomore Jade Kingston took home the individual title with a time of 18:24.1, averaging 5:55.3 minutes per mile. That was the first individual title for CPP since Lorraine Fernandez won the Kim Duyst Invitational in 2017, and just the fifth time in program history a Bronco has claimed an individual title.
Six of the next seven finishers also donned the Green & Gold, including Arissa Hatcher (3rd), Miranda Palacios (4th), Vivian Martinez (5th), Paige Moore (6th), Chloe Alchin (7th), and Bridget Edwards (8th). Freshman Galilea Jimenez and junior Julia Butler rounded out the Top 15 for CPP, finishing in 14th and 15th place, respectively.
The team finished with a final score of 19, the second-lowest score in a race in program history. Cal Poly Pomona's average time was 18:39, over 40 seconds faster than the next closest school.
Race Results
1. Jade Kingston - 18:24.1
3. Arissa Hatcher - 18:42.3
4. Miranda Palacios - 18:42.5
5. Vivian Martinez - 18:43.3
6. Paige Moore - 18:46.7
7. Chloe Alchin - 18:56.2
8. Bridget Edwards - 18:57.4
14. Galilea Jimenez - 19:16.2
15. Julia Butler - 19:22.6
16. Lauren Jauregui - 19:23.7
21. Shelby Ortega-Hufana - 20:10.1
23. Brianna King - 20:19.8
33. Victoria Escanuelas - 21:05.1
Up Next
The Broncos will race at the UCR Ag Ops Course in the UC Riverside Invitational on Saturday, September 21st.
Bronco Bits
- This is the second straight season where the Broncos have won their first race of the season.
- Saturday was the 17th time CPP finished first as a team in program history.
- CPP's lowest score in a race came in 2016 at the CBU Invitational 5K, where CPP collected just 17 points. Saturday's 19 points is the only other time in program history where CPP finished under 20 points.
- This is CPP's second time winning the Coyote Classic as a team, having also done so in 2014.
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