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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, September 19
Santa Clarita, Calif.
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Mustang Challenge
Cross Country Continues Season at Mustang Challenge
9/17/2015 2:50:00 PM | Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
PHOENIX – The Grand Canyon University men's and women's cross country teams will continue their season this Saturday in Santa Clarita, Calif., at the Master's College's Mustang Challenge. This marks their second straight season competing in the event. Last season, the women's team finished sixth of 17 while the men's squad placed eighth of 17.
The Lopes opened up their season at the George Kyte Classic in Flagstaff, Ariz. Both squads earned the best times in school history and placed fourth in the event.
The women's squad was led by senior Kelsi Klotter who posted the fastest time of her collegiate career at the event (15:46.2) for a 10th place finish. She was followed closely by Emily Wilkinson's 13th place (15:57.0) and Mariah Montoya's 15th place (16:07.3). Thirteen of the 14 athletes bested their times from the race last season.
For the men's team, Samuel Proctor beat his personal record by two minutes to place seventh in the race with a time of 23:27.2. Matthew Jackson was the Lopes' second finisher at 17th (24:12.3). Ten athletes earned new personal records for the 4.5 mile competition.
Both Klotter and Proctor were awarded Western Athletic Conference Runners of the Week honors for Aug. 31-Sept. 6.
A full recap of the meet will be available at www.gculopes.com.Â
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The Lopes opened up their season at the George Kyte Classic in Flagstaff, Ariz. Both squads earned the best times in school history and placed fourth in the event.
The women's squad was led by senior Kelsi Klotter who posted the fastest time of her collegiate career at the event (15:46.2) for a 10th place finish. She was followed closely by Emily Wilkinson's 13th place (15:57.0) and Mariah Montoya's 15th place (16:07.3). Thirteen of the 14 athletes bested their times from the race last season.
For the men's team, Samuel Proctor beat his personal record by two minutes to place seventh in the race with a time of 23:27.2. Matthew Jackson was the Lopes' second finisher at 17th (24:12.3). Ten athletes earned new personal records for the 4.5 mile competition.
Both Klotter and Proctor were awarded Western Athletic Conference Runners of the Week honors for Aug. 31-Sept. 6.
A full recap of the meet will be available at www.gculopes.com.Â
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