The LMU men's and women's cross country teams closed out their fall season placing 15th and 11, respectively, at the 2013 NCAA Division I West Regional Championship at Haggin Oaks Golf Course in Sacramento.
The LMU men's and women's cross country teams placed a trio of runners on the 2013 West Coast Conference All-Academic First Teams while seven additional Lions were named to their respective Honorable Mention teams, the league office announced Thursday.
Racing at Alumni Park on the campus of Pepperdine University Saturday morning in Malibu, the LMU men's and women's cross country teams placed a respective third and fourth at the 2013 West Coast Conference Championships.
The LMU men's and women's cross country teams did not disappoint in their final tune-up before the West Coast Conference Championships, as the squads clinched first place in both the men's and women's races at the Santa Clara Bronco Invite Saturday at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif.
At LMU... 2012-13...
In cross country... WCC All-Academic first team honors... placed 37th overall at the West Coast Conference Championship in a time of 25:35.21... placed 93rd overall and recorded personal best of 31:18.37 (10k) at the NCAA DI West Regional Championships... in track... set LMU record in the 10,000m with a time of 29:38.26 at Mt. SAC Relays... set LMU's third fastest and personal best in the 5000m with a time of 14:22.68 at Oxy Invitational... set LMU's fourth fastest and personal best in the 3000m with a time of 8:27.51 at Pomona-Pitzer All-Comers... personal record in the 1500m with a time of 3:56.08 at Azusa Pacific Last Chance Qualifier... along with Weston Strum became the first LMU males to advance to the NCAA West Regional Preliminary... placed 35th in the 10,000m at the NCAA Regional with a time of 31:43.39...
2011-12...
In cross country, ran four 8k races and one 10k race... Finish 6th with a 8k career best of 25:06.2 at the UC Riverside Invitational... recorded a 10k career best of 32:12 in the NCAA DI Regional championships... on the track, competed at three meets... finished 11th in the 5000m at the Ben Brown Invite in 15:03.35... at the LBSU Beach Classic, ran a 4:06.92 in the 1500m...
2010-11...
Ran three races for the Lions... ran a personal best 25:09.5 in the 8k at the UC Riverside Invitational... in track, won the Pomona-Pitzer All-Comers in the 3000m with a time of 8:40.06... had a personal best of 8:36.72 in the 3000m at the Spring Break Invitational where he finished 4th...
High School... finished 17th at the State meet in 15:33 at Woodward Park... won the DII Mt. Sac Varsity race in 15:19... in track, qualified for the State 3200m Championships, with a personal best of 9:07 at the Cerritos Masters meet... won the 5k race Camarillo Distance Classic in 15:25...
Personal... Kevin Scott Joerger was born May 17, 1992 in Santa Maria, CA to parents Bonnie Talcott and Scott Joerger... has two sisters, Melanie, who also runs for LMU Cross Country & Track, and Lexi, and one brother, Brian, who runs cross country at Thousand Oaks HS... a biochemistry major...
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