GOODYEAR, AZ – California Baptist captured its
first Pacific West Conference men’s title in school history
by winning the 2011 Hawaiian Airlines PacWest Men’s Cross
Country Championship on Saturday, Oct. 29, in Goodyear, AZ.
Individually, Academy of Art senior Amos Maru (Nandi
Hills, Kenya) earned his third straight individual
championship by completing the 8K course through Estrella Mountain
Regional Park in a time of 24:04.1.
In addition to winning the race, Maru was named All-PacWest
First Team for finishing in the Top 7 of the championship event,
and he was selected by the league’s coaches in a post-race
vote as the PacWest Men’s Cross Country Runner of the
Year.
The Top 7 runners to cross the finish line during the PacWest
Championship are named All-PacWest First Team. Runners finishing
8-14 are named to the Second Team.
California Baptist claimed the team victory by placing five
runners in the Top 11 while seven of its entries earned All-PacWest
accolades. California Baptist recorded 41 points, followed by
runner-up Academy of Art with 75 and third-place BYU-Hawaii with
82. Grand Canyon (87), Hawai‘i Pacific (127), Dixie State
(134) and Chaminade (171) placed fourth through seventh, while
Notre Dame de Namur (206) took eighth and Dominican (257) claimed
ninth.
CBU earned a pair of All-PacWest First Team selections after
junior Mitchell Moore (Whittier, CA/La
Habra) claimed fifth (24:54.1) and junior
Mark Langworthy (Wildomar, CA/Calvary
Chapel) took seventh (25:05).
The Lancers’ all-star parade continued when junior
Victor Delgado (Beaumont, CA/Beaumont)
finished eighth in a time of 25:10.5, followed by junior
Sergio Rodriguez (Hacienda Heights, CA/Los
Altos) in 10th (25:21.2) and freshman
Trevor Henson (Menifee, CA/Paloma Valley)
in 11th (25:22.3). All three CBU runners earned Second Team
accolades.
CBU junior Chris Cline (Grants Pass, OR/Hidden
Valley) and senior Javier Madrid
(Yucaipa, CA/Yucaipa) also picked up Second Team
honors by finishing 13th (25:39.3) and 14th (25:42.2),
respectively.
Moore was named the PacWest Newcomer of the
Year for his outstanding race. The annual award is
presented to a sophomore, junior or senior competing in the PacWest
for the first time who posts the best finish at the conference
championship.
Henson captured the PacWest Freshman of the
Year award for recording the highest finish at the PacWest
Championship among all rookie runners.
CBU interim head coach Sean Henning
was named the PacWest Men’s Cross Country Coach of
the Year in voting by the head coaches.
Grand Canyon senior Kipkorir Mutai (Bomet,
Kenya/Kabusare) earned All-PacWest First Team honors
by taking second place overall with his stellar time of 24:24.1,
while teammate Junior Sharles Simon (Phoenix,
AZ/Central) joined him on the First Team squad after
finishing sixth in a time of 25:02.0.
Hawai‘i Pacific senior Dany Malley
(Mississauga, ON, Canda/Sainte Famille) also was a
First Team choice after he raced to third place in a mark of
24:33.0. Senior Daveson Marindich (Eldoret,
Kenya) gave the Urban Knights a Second All-PacWest
First Team selection when he finished fourth in a time of
24:38.9.
With five of the All-PacWest Second Team choices going to
California Baptist runners, the remaining two belonged to
BYU-Hawaii thanks to strong performances by junior
Spencer Deavila (Orange County,
CA/Highland), who took ninth in 25:13.2, and junior
Justin Royer (Mesa, AZ/Westwood), who
finished the race 12th with his mark of 25:36.6.
2011 PacWest Men’s XC Awards
PacWest Champion: California Baptist
PacWest Individual Champion: Amos Maru, Academy of Art
PacWest Runner of the Year: Amos Maru, Academy of Art
PacWest Newcomer of the Year: Mitchell Moore, California
Baptist
PacWest Freshman of the Year: Trevor Henson, California Baptist
PacWest Coach of the Year: Sean Henning, California Baptist
All-PacWest First Team (1-7)
1. Amos Maru, Academy of Art
2. Kipkorir Mutai, Grand Canyon
3. Dany Malley, Hawai‘i Pacific
4. Daveson Marindich, Academy of Art
5. Mitchell Moore, California Baptist
6. Sharles Simon, Grand Canyon
7. Mark Langworthy, California Baptist
All PacWest Second Team (8-14)
8. Victor Delgado, California Baptist
9. Spencer Deavila, BYU-Hawaii
10. Sergio Rodriguez, California Baptist
11. Trevor Henson, California Baptist
12. Justin Royer, BYU-Hawaii
13. Chris Cline, California Baptist
14. Javier Madrid, California Baptist