RESULTS

FRESNO, Calif. -- Point Loma is the 2018 PacWest Women's Cross Country Champions after placing four runners inside the top 10 to win their first PacWest title in program history. Azusa Pacific's Eileen Stressling won the individual title with a time of 21:14.8 to lead the Cougars to a second-place finish.

For the first time in PacWest history, the women's cross country race finished with a tie in points for first place. The championship race was determined based on head-to-head results between Point Loma and Azusa Pacific. Zita Molnar was the fifth Sea Lion across the finish line, taking 13th place overall to give Point Loma a 3-2 advantage in the head-to-head comparison.

Point Loma was led by Hannah Benoit-Bucher, who took fourth place with a time of 22:17.9 to earn All-PacWest recognition. Marissa Bartello took fifth place ahead of Brianna Bartello in seventh place as all five scoring runners for the Sea Lions were named to the All-PacWest team.

Stressling won the individual title for Azusa Pacific by 49 seconds, while Elise Larson took third place with a time of 22:13.5. The Cougars' first four runners all finished inside the top 10 and each of the five scoring runners earned All-PacWest honors.

Academy of Art took fourth place as a team and was led by Hasna Kaarour, who finished in second place individually with a time of 22:04.1. Biola finished in third place as a team as McKenna Mason led the Eagles with a time of 22:21.0 to take sixth place.

Fresno Pacific took fifth place, and Concordia claimed sixth place. Hawai`i Pacific had a total time of 2:01:10 to finish in seventh place followed by Notre Dame de Namur, Hawai`i Hilo, Dominican, Chaminade and Holy Names.
 

2018 ALL-PACWEST WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
Name	School	Class	Hometown/Previous School
FIRST TEAM
Eileen Stressling	Azusa Pacific	Gr.	Huntington Beach, Calif./Marina
Hasna Kaarour	Academy of Art	Gr.	Strasbourg, France/Collége Joseph Chaumié
Elise Larson	Azusa Pacific	Sr.	St. Louis/Lafayette HS
Hannah Benoit Bucher	Point Loma	Sr.	Clovis, Calif./Buchanan
Marissa Bartello	Point Loma	Sr.	Laguna Hills, Calif./Laguna Hills
Mackenna Mason	Biola	So.	Yucaipa, Ariz./Yucaipa
Brianna Bartello	Point Loma	Sr.	Laguna Hills, Calif./Laguna Hills
SECOND TEAM
Jenna Wilson	Azusa Pacific	So.	Tulare, Calif./Central Valley Christian
Cassidy Towner	Point Loma	Sr.	Placentia, Calif./El Dorado
Mackenzie Landa	Azusa Pacific	Sr.	San Dimas, Calif./Bonita
Audrey Rosencrans	Academy of Art	Fr.	Homer, Ark./Homer
Emily Ransom	Biola	Sr.	Shoreline, Wash./Shorewood
Zita Molnar	Point Loma	Jr.	Szombathely, Hungary/Vocational School of Commerce & Marketing
Robynn Kaltenbrunn	Hawai’i Pacific	So.	Johannesburg, South Africa/Benoni
THIRD TEAM
Stevie Gaskell	Fresno Pacific	Jr.	Hesperia, Calif./Sultana
Isabelle Moran	Azusa Pacific	Jr.	Redding, Calif./Foothill
Clara Haynes	Biola	Fr.	Yuma, Ariz./Bula Ridge
Giulia McIsaac	Academy of Art	Sr.	Davis, Calif./Davis Senior
Mandy Reyes	Biola	Jr.	Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif./Crean Lutheran
Daniela Camacho	Notre Dame de Namur	Sr.	Menlo Park, Calif./DeAnza College
Rosalba Cabrera	Concordia	Jr.	Whittier, Calif./California HS