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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, October 19
Santa Clara, Calif.
9 a.m.
Grand Canyon
at
Bronco Invitational
Photo by: Michael Rincon
Balsan, Lewis post top-10 times
10/19/2019 10:30:00 AM | Cross Country
GCU women finish 5th of 26 at Bronco Invitational
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Grand Canyon senior Elizabeth Balsan and redshirt freshman Jacob Lewis each posted eighth-place finishes and personal records to pace the Lopes at the Bronco Invitational on Saturday at Baylands Park.
Balsan's top-10 mark of 20 minutes, 33.1 seconds was the first among three top-15 individual finishers on the GCU women's side. Seniors Paige Hildebrandt (20:41.9) and Erika Wallace (20:42.5) finished at 13th and 14th to lead the Lopes to a fifth-place finish in a field of 26 teams.
Balsan posted her best collegiate 6,000-meter time, shaving over one minute off her finish from last year's Bronco Invitational.
The women improved last year's team average of 21:21.92 at the Bronco Invitational by 15 seconds to 21:06.74.
On the men's side, Lewis' time of 24:24.4 was a personal best that came on his birthday.
Behind Lewis' high finish, the nearest Lopes finisher checked in at No. 67 in junior Joseph Biehl (25:07.8). Freshman Rylan Stubbs was not far behind, finishing third among GCU runners for the second straight meet and 72nd overall (25:14.1).
As a team, the men posted an 11th-place finish in the 23-team field, splitting with its two fellow WAC competitors behind second-place Utah Valley but ahead of 16th-place Seattle U. The men averaged 25:04.28 as a team.
Next up for GCU is the WAC Championships in Kansas City on Saturday, Nov. 2.
Balsan's top-10 mark of 20 minutes, 33.1 seconds was the first among three top-15 individual finishers on the GCU women's side. Seniors Paige Hildebrandt (20:41.9) and Erika Wallace (20:42.5) finished at 13th and 14th to lead the Lopes to a fifth-place finish in a field of 26 teams.
Balsan posted her best collegiate 6,000-meter time, shaving over one minute off her finish from last year's Bronco Invitational.
The women improved last year's team average of 21:21.92 at the Bronco Invitational by 15 seconds to 21:06.74.
On the men's side, Lewis' time of 24:24.4 was a personal best that came on his birthday.
Behind Lewis' high finish, the nearest Lopes finisher checked in at No. 67 in junior Joseph Biehl (25:07.8). Freshman Rylan Stubbs was not far behind, finishing third among GCU runners for the second straight meet and 72nd overall (25:14.1).
As a team, the men posted an 11th-place finish in the 23-team field, splitting with its two fellow WAC competitors behind second-place Utah Valley but ahead of 16th-place Seattle U. The men averaged 25:04.28 as a team.
Next up for GCU is the WAC Championships in Kansas City on Saturday, Nov. 2.
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