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The men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to nearby UC Irvine on Saturday for their first meet of the 2007 season. Redlands fared well with strong times during this challenging meet that included over 120 women and nearly 200 men from various schools, including Cal Poly Pomona, Southern Utah, Pepperdine, and Loyola Marymount University.

For the men, the Bulldogs saw senior Raul Sevilla (Downey, CA) led the charge with a time of 27:36.30 over 8,000 meters. Freshman Jeremy Kalmus (New Orleans, LA closely followed him at 28:00.70. Senior Chris Smith (Fremont, CA) and sophomore Jake Baechle (Aurora, OH) provided the next-best times at 28:32.40 and 28:34.50, respectively. Finally, freshman Alec Fillmore (Riverside, CA) came in fifth among the Bulldogs with his time of 28:51.10.

The women gained another strong performance from junior standout Avery Kelly (Ft. Worth, TX), who completed the 5000-meter course in 19:25.80. Sophomore Stephanie Mera (Redlands, CA) finished just seconds behind her at 19:49.70 while freshman Heather Mayer (Spring Valley, CA) posted a time of 20:01.70. Sophomore Onesa Bowman (Pomona, CA) tallied a time of 20:38.30 while freshman Katie Ostrinski (Riverside, CA) came in at 20:38.30 in her college debut. Redlands was the only Division III school that competed in this heat of runners, finishing ahead of UNLV, CSU Bakersfield, and CSU Northridge.

The Bulldog cross country program looks forward to hosting the Redlands Invitational, which is the only home meet of the season, on Saturday, September 15, at 8 a.m.