Friday, October 15
Tallahassee, Fla.
5 AM/5:35 AM
California Baptist University
at
NCAA Pre-Nationals Meet
Photo by: Andrew Shortall
CBU Tackles Toughest Challenge of the Season, Makes History at Florida State Invitational/NCAA Pre-Nationals
10/15/2021 8:05:00 AM | Cross Country & Track
TALLAHASSEE – California Baptist University cross country took on its greatest challenge of the season at the Florida State Invitational/NCAA Pre-Nationals Meet on Friday. It led to strong finishes on both sides and a new program record.
Florian Le Pallec set the Lancers' 8,000-meter record for the men with a time of 23 minutes, 29.1 seconds as the Lancers battled through the most talented fields they've seen this season on both the men's and women's side at Apalachee Regional Park.
A total of 15 teams receiving votes in the latest NCAA Division I Top-30 Poll, including 12 ranked squads were in attendance on the men's side, and there were 16 teams receiving votes and 10 ranked teams in the women's field.
CBU's men took 14th place overall with 376 points. They finished in front of three top-30 ranked teams in the process: No. 17 Wake Forest (401), No. 25 Weber State (454) and No. 30 Charlotte (496). The Lancers' women placed 19th (492) in front of a UC Davis squad (496) receiving votes in Division I and Western Athletic Conference foe Utah Valley.
The men's field was led by top-ranked Northern Arizona (64), while seventh-ranked Colorado and No. 8 Arkansas tied for second with 128 points. Fifth-ranked BYU (131) and No. 2 Notre Dame (203) rounded out the top five.
Fifth-ranked Colorado dominated for the women (54), as No. 10 Utah finished runner-up (149). Fifteenth-ranked Florida State (163), No. 14 Ole Miss (165), No. 12 North Carolina (184), No. 11 Arkansas (243) and No. 16 Northern Arizona (279) completed the top seven.
Le Pallec headlined the day with his record-setting performance on Friday. His time of 23:29.1 was good for a 30th-place individual finish and more than four seconds faster than the previous record of 23:33.5 set by Ivo Balabanov at the UNLV Battle Born Challenge last season.
Balabanov was CBU's second finisher in 23:56.3, which placed him 61st overall. It was a top-seven time in program history, as he now owns five of the Lancers' top-eight 8K times ever.
Said Mechaal and Giedrius Valincius took 72nd and 75th with times of 24:03.1 and 24:04.2, respectively. They were the 10th and 11th best times for CBU all-time. Rikus Van Niekerk was the Lancers' final scorer in 24:34.2.
The Lancers' Greta Karinauskaite and Yasna Petrova made history on the women's side. Karinauskaite took 57th overall in 20:44.8 – the 17th best 6K time for CBU – and Petrova came in 65th with her time of 20:51.1 ranking 19th for the Lancers.
Anna Mate (95th, 21:09.0); Liza Hazuchova (132nd, 21:37.5) and Anneken Viljoen (150th, 21:46.6) rounded out CBU's scoring five.
There is no time to rest for CBU, as the Lancers will be running at second squad at UC Riverside's Highlander Invitational on Saturday, October 16 at the UCR Ag Ops Course. The races are set to begin at 8 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. Live results are available through Finished Results.
It will serve as the final tune-up for the WAC Cross Country Championships, which CBU will host for the first time at the UC Riverside Ag Ops Course on Saturday, Oct. 30.
Florian Le Pallec set the Lancers' 8,000-meter record for the men with a time of 23 minutes, 29.1 seconds as the Lancers battled through the most talented fields they've seen this season on both the men's and women's side at Apalachee Regional Park.
🚨 RECORD TIME 🚨
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) October 15, 2021
Florian Le Pallec sets a new CBU record in the 8K, with a time of 23:29.1. It was more than four seconds faster than the previous record of 23:33.5 and good to finish 30th individually at the Florida State Invitational/NCAA Pre-Nationals.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/rEDNpEqjzo
A total of 15 teams receiving votes in the latest NCAA Division I Top-30 Poll, including 12 ranked squads were in attendance on the men's side, and there were 16 teams receiving votes and 10 ranked teams in the women's field.
CBU's men took 14th place overall with 376 points. They finished in front of three top-30 ranked teams in the process: No. 17 Wake Forest (401), No. 25 Weber State (454) and No. 30 Charlotte (496). The Lancers' women placed 19th (492) in front of a UC Davis squad (496) receiving votes in Division I and Western Athletic Conference foe Utah Valley.
The men's field was led by top-ranked Northern Arizona (64), while seventh-ranked Colorado and No. 8 Arkansas tied for second with 128 points. Fifth-ranked BYU (131) and No. 2 Notre Dame (203) rounded out the top five.
Fifth-ranked Colorado dominated for the women (54), as No. 10 Utah finished runner-up (149). Fifteenth-ranked Florida State (163), No. 14 Ole Miss (165), No. 12 North Carolina (184), No. 11 Arkansas (243) and No. 16 Northern Arizona (279) completed the top seven.
Le Pallec headlined the day with his record-setting performance on Friday. His time of 23:29.1 was good for a 30th-place individual finish and more than four seconds faster than the previous record of 23:33.5 set by Ivo Balabanov at the UNLV Battle Born Challenge last season.
Balabanov was CBU's second finisher in 23:56.3, which placed him 61st overall. It was a top-seven time in program history, as he now owns five of the Lancers' top-eight 8K times ever.
Said Mechaal and Giedrius Valincius took 72nd and 75th with times of 24:03.1 and 24:04.2, respectively. They were the 10th and 11th best times for CBU all-time. Rikus Van Niekerk was the Lancers' final scorer in 24:34.2.
There was more history made, as 4️⃣ Lancers logged top-11 times in CBU history at the Florida State Invitational/NCAA Pre-Nationals. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/5XjMa2CRIK
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) October 15, 2021
The Lancers' Greta Karinauskaite and Yasna Petrova made history on the women's side. Karinauskaite took 57th overall in 20:44.8 – the 17th best 6K time for CBU – and Petrova came in 65th with her time of 20:51.1 ranking 19th for the Lancers.
Anna Mate (95th, 21:09.0); Liza Hazuchova (132nd, 21:37.5) and Anneken Viljoen (150th, 21:46.6) rounded out CBU's scoring five.
There is no time to rest for CBU, as the Lancers will be running at second squad at UC Riverside's Highlander Invitational on Saturday, October 16 at the UCR Ag Ops Course. The races are set to begin at 8 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. Live results are available through Finished Results.
It will serve as the final tune-up for the WAC Cross Country Championships, which CBU will host for the first time at the UC Riverside Ag Ops Course on Saturday, Oct. 30.
Here's a look at CBU's scoring 🖐 on the women's side. Greta Karinauskaite and Yasna Petrova logged top-20 times in the program's 6K history. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/F7VVW9MB6V
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) October 15, 2021
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