California Baptist University
WAC Track Championships
Seven Lancers Earn All-Conference Honors on Day One of WAC Championships
5/12/2022 9:49:00 PM | Cross Country & Track
SEATTLE — California Baptist University track got off to a strong start at the Western Athletic Conference Championships on Thursday. The Lancers produced seven all-conference honorees by virtue of top-eight performances at the University of Washington's Husky Track.
CBU's men scored 32 points to give it first place in front of Grand Canyon (15) and Sam Houston (10). The women are in sixth place with six points on the day. Florian Le Pallec highlighted day one with his championship run in the men's 10,000 meter. He took first place by more than five seconds with a time of 30 minutes, 56.85 seconds. The Lancers took five of the top-six places in the race.
That championship moment...
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) May 13, 2022
Congratulations to conference champion Florian Le Pallec and all 5️⃣ Lancers who took top six in the men's 10K.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/5G5smTc3Oa
🏆 𝙒𝘼𝘾 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉 🏆
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) May 13, 2022
Florian Le Pallec wins the 10K @WACsports Championship with a time of 30:56.85! #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/Q8G7af450p
Right behind Le Pallec, Matias Reynaga took second (31:02.24), Roman Zozulia came in third (31:04.61), Arturs Medveds fourth (31:08.66) and Luis Chavez placed sixth (31:11.77).
Carlota Rodes and Yasna Petrova each earned all-conference recognition in the women's 10K. Both broke what was the WAC Championship record going in, as Rodes took fifth in 34:09.21 and Petrova came in seventh (34:16.82).🏅 𝘼𝙇𝙇-𝙒𝘼𝘾 🏅
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) May 13, 2022
CBU produced 5️⃣ all-conference/top-six finishers in the men's 10K:
#️⃣2️⃣ Matias Reynaga (31:02.24)
#️⃣3️⃣ Roman Zozulia (31:04.61)
#️⃣4️⃣ Arturs Medveds (31:08.66)
#️⃣6️⃣ Luis Chavez (31:11.77)#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/cNZRl7h4D2
🏅 𝘼𝙇𝙇-𝙒𝘼𝘾 🏅
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) May 13, 2022
Carlota Rodes and Yasna Petrova secure all-conference/top-eight finishes in the women's 10K. Rodes (34:09.21) takes fifth and Petrova (34:16.82) comes in seventh. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/HBeZ7XQAkp
The Lancers qualified five runners for the 1500-meter finals, including four of five runners on the men's side. Anneken Viljoen was the lone qualifier for the women after she posted the top time of prelims, a 4:38.33.
Anneken Viljoen clocks the top time in the women's 1500m prelims with a 4:38.33 to easily punch her 🎟 to the finals. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/fgUKT2u1H7
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) May 13, 2022
Said Mechaal, Rikus Van Niekerk, Dylan Van Der Hock and Giedrius Valincius moved on in the 1500 for the men. Mechaal won his heat in 4:04.57. Valincius logged the top time of the prelims for CBU's men at 3:56.19, while Van Niekerk ran a 3:57.36 and Van Der Hock put up a 3:57.58.
Strong start 💪
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) May 13, 2022
4️⃣ Lancers: Said Mechaal, Rikus Van Niekerk, Dylan Van Der Hock and Giedrius Valincius qualify for the 1500m finals. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/EBjTH8453J
Day two of the WAC Championships will begin at 5 p.m. for CBU on Friday. The Lancers will run the 800-meter prelims and steeplechase.
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