Photo courtesy of Jeff Golden
Competition heated up for the Pepperdine Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country teams this weekend as they opened their season with the annual Malibu Invitational at Alumni Park. Despite the extreme heat, the Waves were able to push through: The men topped CSUN (27-28) and Long Beach State (22-23) in the 5K, and the women defeated CSU Bakersfield (22-37), CSUN (23-24), and USC (24-31) in the 4K.
“We had some really nice competition,” Head Coach Robert Radnoti said. “We [the women’s team] beat three teams including USC which is pretty exciting, so we can use that to build momentum,” said Radnoti, who is in his 12th season at Pepperdine as the head coach of both the Cross-Country and Track and Field teams.