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WAC Track Championships
CBU Closes Out WAC Championships with 14 More All-Conference Finishes
5/14/2022 8:18:00 PM | Cross Country & Track
The Lancers totaled four individual championships and 25 all-conference finishes over the three-day meet. Both were improvements on CBU's previous bests at the WAC Meet, which came with three titles and 17 all-conference performances in 2021.
CBU's men took fifth place in the conference with 92 points, which was .5 of a point ahead of an Abilene Christian squad that fields a full track and field team. The women took eighth with 53 points. The Lancers did it all in a new-look WAC after the addition of as many as four new teams to the conference from a season ago: Abilene Christian, Sam Houston, Lamar and Stephen F. Austin.
Florian Le Pallec headlined the action on Saturday with his second championship run of the weekend. He won the 5,000 meter in 14 minutes, 00.55 seconds.
🏆 𝙒𝘼𝘾 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉 🏆
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Florian Le Pallec wins his second WAC title of the meet in the 5K. His time of 14:00.55 was good for more than a 13-second cushion over the runner-up. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/5wpJTFLh3F
Anneken Viljoen pulled off top-three and all-conference finishes in both the 800 and 1500 meters. She took second in the 1500 in 4:23.21, which was the top-five time in program history, and then placed third in the 800. She clocked a 2:08.30 in the 800 and 4:23.21 in the 1500, which ranked third and fifth on the program's top-10 list.
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Anneken Viljoen finishes runner-up in the women's 1500 meter. She clocks a top-10 time in CBU history, with a 4:23.31. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/hYjffDmy74
The Lancers had five in the top seven of the men's 5K. Ivo Balabanov took second place (14:13.92), Arturs Medveds came in third (14:15.46), Matias Reynaga crossed in fourth (14:19.76) and Luis Chavez took seventh (14:34.10).
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Four more Lancers finish top-eight for all-conference honors in the 5K. Ivo Balabanov (14:13.92), Arturs Medveds (14:15.46) and Matias Reynaga (14:19.76) go 2️⃣-3️⃣-4️⃣ and Luis Chavez takes seventh (14:34.10). #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/TJQJqJgLy7
A trio of Lancers placed top-eight in the women's 5K. Greta Karinauskaite was the runner-up in 16:17.60 a day after she won the steeplechase crown. Yasna Petrova (16:33.05) and Carlota Rodes (16:40.85) took seventh and eighth.
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3️⃣ Lancers finish top 8️⃣ for all-conference distinction in the women's 5K. Greta Karinauskaite is No. 2 at 16:17.60. Yasna Petrova (16:33.05) and Carlota Rodes (16:40.85) go 7-8. Karinauskaite and Petrova clocked top-10 times in CBU history. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/BXnIOxMR93
CBU started the day with the men's 1500 and put three runners in the top four. Giedrius Valincius took runner-up (3:48.59) and Rikus Van Niekerk (3:49.16) and Said Mechaal (3:50.10) placed third and fourth, respectively.
🏅 𝘼𝙇𝙇-𝙒𝘼𝘾 🏅
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) May 14, 2022
CBU places 3️⃣ in the top 4️⃣ of the men's 1500 meter. Giedrius Valincius takes second (3:48.59), Rikus Van Niekerk places third (3:49.16) and Said Mechaal comes in fourth (3:50.10). #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/nEPJiFEb7J
Mia Cabrera added another all-conference run when she took fifth in the 800 (2:12.11).
🏅 𝘼𝙇𝙇-𝙒𝘼𝘾 🏅
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) May 15, 2022
Anneken Viljoen and Mia Cabrera take top five in the 800 meter. Viljoen finishes third in 2:08.30, a top-three time in program history. Cabrera finishes fifth (2:12.11). Viljoen places top three in the 800 and 1500. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/JgkYkkstc4
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