Back At It Again

SAINT LEO, Fla. — California Baptist University returned to the NCAA Division II Championship with gusto Saturday morning, grabbing its highest placing yet.

The No. 17-ranked Lancers took 15^th overall at The Abbey Course in Saint Leo, Florida, with 377 team points, becoming one of the first PacWest teams to crack the top-20. In the previous two times CBU had competed at the championship, its highest finish was 22^nd (2013).

Valentin Robert led the Lancers in the 10K with an All-American finish, taking 24^th overall out of 242 runners with a time of 31 minutes, 00.7 seconds. The top-25 performance is the highest a Lancer has finished at the championship meet. The last time Robert competed at the D-II Championship, he took 129^th.

Jayden Emerson followed with a time of 32:06.3 for 86^th overall and Michael Lowrie clocked in at 32:19.2.

Dennis Messmer and William Ernst were neck-and-neck sprinting to the finish line, with Messmer just beating out his fellow sophomore. Messmer's time of 32:36.6 was just .3 seconds faster than Ernst's 32:36.9.

Ken Kipkorir finished in 32:49.9, while Duncan Perillat clocked in at 33:55.9 to round out the runners for the Lancers.

CBU returns home and takes time off before starting up the track season in 2017.

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Players Mentioned

Jayden Emerson

William Ernst

Ken Kipkorir

Michael Lowrie

Dennis Messmer

Duncan Perillat

Valentin Robert

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Results

Completed Event: Men's Cross Country versus Western Athletic Conference Championships on November 2, 2019 , , 2nd/8 (47)

Completed Event: Men's Cross Country at Arturo Barrios Invitational on October 19, 2019 , , 3rd/26 (172)

Completed Event: Men's Cross Country at UCR Highlander Invitational on October 19, 2019 , , NTS

Completed Event: Men's Cross Country at Roy Griak Invitational (8K) on September 28, 2019 , , 4th/14 (139)

Completed Event: Men's Cross Country at UC Riverside Invitational (8K) on September 14, 2019 , , 2nd/19 (88)