Biola served national cross country notice with a second-place finish at the 11th annual Lewis Crossover, which hosts some of the top teams in the country. BU’s Jaina Kang finished seventh in the race and shares Runner of the Week honors with Vanguard’s Ella Murray, who won the Pomona-Pitzer Invite.
2026 Results/Schedule
2026 USTFCCCA National and Regional Polls
RUNNER(s) OF THE WEEK: Vanguard’s Ella Murray, Soph., 5-6, Westminster, Calif. and Biola’s Jaina Kang, Jr., 5-7, Langley, British Columbia
Vanguard’s Ella Murray raced to the individual title at the Pomona-Pitzer Invite, clocking a time of 21:49 on the 6K course, with an 18-second lead over the second person to cross the finish line. She helped lead her team to a second-place showing with 45 points, only behind winner and host P-P. It was Murray’s first collegiate win.
Biola’s Jaina Kang wins her third award of the season after clocking 22:11 at the Lewis Crossover. Kang was the second overall runner from the west in a race won by Winona State’s Stella Rush in 21:13.
TEAM OF THE WEEK: Biola Eagles
Biola is the Team of the Week with second-place effort at the Lewis Crossover, the best finish in school history at the event. The Eagles had 119 points to winner Colorado Christian’s 74, and in the process they topped national ranked Winoma State and regionally ranked Western Washington. Scoring points for BU in 16
th place was
Claire Lesiw (22:23),
Alyssa Lopez in 29
th (22:39),
Elizabeth Kurtz in 32
nd (22:44) and
Hailey Wurzback in 35
th (22:47). The Eagles beat four nationally ranked teams, including host Lewis.
PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Concordia finished 11
th of 26 teams at Lewis, led by
Ryann Smith in 18
th place (22:25) and
Ania Kapustka (26
th) in 22:38…Behind
Ella Murray for Vanguard at P-P was
Zoe Tavares (6
th place) in 22:24,
Madyson Nakamura in eighth (22:27) and last week’s Runner of the Week
Kaitlyn Smith in 14
th (22:58)…
Biola also ran a squad in Pomona, finishing sixth.
Serenity Fausto was BU’s top runner in 13
th place (22:25)…In San Francisco,
Westmont finished in second place with 82 points behind winner Chico State (22).
Sofia Hernandez led the way for the Warriors in sixth place (22:03). Dominican finished
seventh.
LOOKING AHEAD: This coming Saturday, Hawaii Pacific and Hawaii Hilo will compete at Chaminade’s meet, while Jessup and Dominican will be at Santa Clara’s Bronco Invite. Biola and Point Loma will go to UC Riverside for the Highlander meet. To see the complete 2026 schedule,
click here.