RIVERSIDE, Calif. – UC San Diego cross country wrapped the regular season on the road at the Highlander Invite hosted by UC Riverside. Team captain Sylvana Northrop won the women's 6K for a second-place team finish. Jordan Haney led the men to a second-place finish as he took sixth overall.

ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE
Leading the Triton women to a second-place finish, Sylvana Northrop won the women's 6K with a time of 20:27.7. Emma Dunmire added her support with an eleventh-place finish with a time of 21:09.4.
 
Stefania Sesock and Kelsie Yamano rounded out the top 20 finishes at 14th and 20th.

ON THE MEN'S SIDE
Finishing sixth overall with a 24:15.6 time, Jordan Haney led the Triton men to a second-place finish in a field of 30 teams. Zeno Castiglioni finished 11 seconds behind Haney in 11th place.
 
Charlie Frank and Evan Hild rounded out the top 25 with finishes at 18th and 25th.
 
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"It was a group effort today," commented head coach Nate Garcia. "Up and down the roster the group worked together to maximize their performance, and it showed in the results."

"The SDSU women ran a great race today and it is fun to continue the crosstown rivalry." Garcia added, "we look forward to getting a chance to race them again at Regionals."
 
Commenting on senior leader Sylvana Northrop, Garcia said, "she ran a great race, attaching herself to the front group and then powering away in the final 800m for the win."

There were a couple violent pile ups in the start of the men's race with a few Tritons going down and having to get up and get back into the race. Garcia commented, "It was a strong effort up front and Evan Hild and Kai Dettman tightened up our pack, and it was great to get Nathan Garderes back out with the team."

"We can't wait to be back here in a couple weeks; UCR did a great job hosting," added Garcia.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Sylvana Northrop has led the Tritons with the highest finish at all five races this season. She won the women's 6K with a time of 20:27.7.
• Jordan Haney took the men's top finish at sixth place with a time of 24:15.6.
• The UC Riverside Agricultural Operations Course will be the same course for the Big West Cross Country Championships on Nov. 2.

 
 UP NEXT
The Tritons will make their debut at the Big West Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2. UC Riverside will host the championships with the men's 8K set for 8:30 a.m. and the women's 6K at 9:15 a.m.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.