Azusa Pacific cross country wrapped up the regular season with the Triton Classic at UC San Diego on Saturday.
The women finished second, paced by three top-10 individual finishes from senior Staci Foster (second place, 22:13.3 time), freshman Eileen Stressling (sixth place, 22:55.0 time) and sophomore Kylie Betts (10th place, 23:03.4 time).
Seniors Kristie Sikma (19th place, 23:41.6 time) and Elizabeth Lyons (25th place, 24:00.2 time) rounded out the team’s top five finishers. UC San Diego, who finished first, averaged just nine seconds better than the Cougars.
Senior Peter Buscheck (26:32.0) and freshman Alek Simpson (26:49.4) posted top-ten finishes in the eighth and 10th positions, respectively. Freshmen Jeremy Porter (27:03.0), Cody Drisko (27:51.5) and Hunter Gulino (28:29.0) finished the team’s top five ,while Michael Dondalski came in just three seconds after Drisko.
The teams have two weeks to prepare for the 2014 Pacific West Conference Cross Country Championships, which will be hosted in Fresno on Nov. 7.