Women’s Cross Country Gallops Into Second Place, All Seven Runners Set Personal Bests
By: Alex Kline, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – All seven runners for the Cal Poly Pomona women's cross country team set personal bests in the 5K race on Saturday morning, leading to a team runner-up finish in the Old Glory Gallop in Grand Prairie, Texas. The Broncos were the highest finisher of any Division II school in the race, losing only to Rice University.
Cal Poly Pomona was one of only two schools to average less than 18:00 in the race, coming in at 17:59.2 as a team. All seven Broncos finished in the Top 40 of the race, in a field of 420 runners.
Vivian Martinez led the team with a historic performance, running the third-fastest 5K time in school history at 17:24 – which is also the fastest time since 1986. Her pace of 5:36 per mile is also the third-fastest of any race in school history.
Jade Kingston and Galilea Jimenez also entered the CPP record book, running the ninth and 19th fastest 5K times in program history, respectively.
5K Race Results
6. Vivian Martinez – 17:24 PR
15. Jade Kingston – 17:53 PR
19. Galilea Jimenez – 18:07 PR
28. Paige Moore – 18:13 PR
34. Miranda Palacios – 18:19 PR
37. Arissa Hatcher – 18:26 PR
38. Bridget Edwards – 18:27 PR
— Cal Poly Pomona Broncos (@cppbroncos) October 5, 2024
Up Next
The Broncos will have their final regular season race on Saturday, October 19th, at the Pomona-Pitzer Invite. The CCAA Championships will take place in Fresno the following weekend on October 25th.
Bronco Bits
- All seven Broncos set a personal best in a 5K race.
- Vivian Martinez's time of 17:24 is the third-fastest in school history. Jade Kingston and Galilea Jimenez's times also rank in the Top 25 in school history.
- Both the men's and women's programs finished runner-up in the Old Glory Gallop, beating out a combined 83 teams.
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