HOME OF BULLDOG CROSS COUNTRY- 11 Combined SCIAC Championships

The University of Redlands women’s and men’s cross country teams compiled records of 3-4 and 4-3, respectively, at the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Multi-Duals on Saturday morning in La Mirada.

Redlands’ women’s cross country team notched wins over Cal Lutheran University, Caltech and the University of La Verne while falling to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, Occidental College, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges and Whittier College.

Junior Katie Ostrinski (Riverside, CA) paced the Bulldog women in the 6K, taking 17th with a season-best time of 24:03.77. In addition, senior Kelly Luck (Boulder, CO) placed 29th with a 24:45.10, freshman Madison Smith (Redlands, CA) finished 30th with a mark of 24:47.22, senior Stephanie Mera (Redlands, CA) came in 35th (25:09.11) and junior Heather Mayer (Spring Valley, CA) clocked a 36th-place 25:10.24 to round out the team’s representation among the top 40.

The men boasted a winning record at the meet, besting Cal Lutheran, Caltech, La Verne and Whittier.

Junior Jeremy Kalmus (New Orleans, LA) covered the 8K men’s course in 28:10.03, which proved good enough for 17th overall. Following closely behind, sophomore Duncan Ashby (Goleta, CA) registered a 19th-place standard of 28:23.33. Senior Jake Baechle (Aurora, OH) rounded out the Maroon and Gray’s top performances with a 25th-place 28:35.63.

Both teams take another week off from competition before meeting up with the seven conference squads again at the SCIAC Championships in Prado Park. The meet is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Oct. 31.