Westmont shares the Team of the Week honors with Biola after both squads fared very well. The Warriors finished second at the San Francisco State Invitational, only behind regional powerhouse Chico State. Biola ran in the national caliber Lewis Crossover, placing 12^th in a deep field of 27 teams.

2026 Results/Schedule
2026 USTFCCCA National and Regional Polls
 
RUNNER OF THE WEEK: Biola’s Zach Elam, Grad., Corona, Calif.                                                                                                
Biola’s Zach Elam wins his third Runner of the Week award this season after a very impressive seventh place crossing at the Lewis Crossover. The grad transfer clocked a time of 24:26 on the 8K course, competing against some of the top Division II runners in the country in a field of over 200. Only two runners from the west region finished in front of him. The race was won by Saginaw Valley’s Jacob Walker in 24:11, and Elam finished just strides behind the third to sixth place runners (four seconds).

TEAM OF THE WEEK(s): Westmont Warriors and Biola Eagles                                                                                                        
Westmont and Biola share the Team of the Week honors. The Warriors finished second at the SF State Invitational and the Eagles were 12^th of 27 teams at the 11^th annual Lewis Crossover. Biola listed fourth of all west region teams and eight of the teams that finished in front of the Eagles were nationally ranked. Behind Zach Elam (see above) the next Biola finisher in 18^th was Grant Miller (24:42). Westmont also topped a number of Division II teams from the west and was behind only perennial regional power Chico State. The Wildcats had a perfect score of 15 with the Warriors next at 59. Westmont finished ahead of UC-Merced, San Francisco State and San Jose State, among others. Phillip Contakes came in sixth, behind the five Chico State runners, in 25:10. Kaeden Anderson was the next WC runner in 12^th (25:27).
 
PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Western Washington was the winner at Lewis with 114 team points, just edging Findley (120) and UC Colorado Springs (130). Biola finished with 319 points and Concordia was 20^th with 506….Biola ran a team at Pomona-Pitzer as well, finishing fourth in the 11-team field. Vanguard was fifth. Host P-P won the race with a perfect 15 points. Samuel Ruiz was the top Eagle runner in 26:47 and Jesse O’Campo led the Lions in 15^th (26:53)…In San Francisco, Diego Montag was the top Dominican runner in 33^rd place (26:31).

LOOKING AHEAD: This coming Saturday, Hawaii Pacific will compete at Chaminade’s meet, while Jessup and Dominican will be at Santa Clara’s Bronco Invite. Biola will go to UC Riverside for the Highlander meet. To see the complete 2026 schedule, click here.