California Baptist University’s five fall sports dominated the PacWest Conference in their final year before the school transitions into the NCAA Division I WAC in 2018. Both men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country and women’s volleyball earned the PacWest Championship in early November before the teams advanced to playoffs. Dr. Ben Gall, […]
Category: Cross Country
Cross country teams succeed in NCAA Championship
Lancers take home third and fifth place in DII. Both the men and women’s cross country teams made history as both teams captured their highest placement ever in the NCAA Division II Championship. The women earned third place and the men took fifth. The Lancers also made PacWest Conference history becoming the first teams to finish in the […]
Somogyi excels in cross country
Champion of the PacWest demonstrates versatility, talent, skill. Anett Somogyi, sophomore nutrition and food sciences major, said she never imagined running school races as a child in Hungary would transition into running races for a scholarship at a college in the United States, but that is exactly what happened. After participating in the Junior European Championship, Somogyi said she […]
Men’s cross country strives to keep streak alive
For the past six years, the men’s cross country team at California Baptist University have been the undefeated champions of the PacWest Conference. With the last season of Division II competition underway the Lancers strive to keep the win streak alive. “We want to win the conference, so there’s some pressure,” said Dennis Messmer, junior […]
Cross Country places first in home invitational
The men’s and women’s cross country teams at California Baptist University earned first place in an invitational at home on Sept. 1. Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Riverside City Cross Country Course. Dr. Ben Gall, head coach of cross country, has been training his runners for this invitational to […]
Track, field kickstarts new season
California Baptist University’s track and field will showcase their 2015-2016 Pacific Western Conference Track Athletes of the year, Valentin Robert, senior business administration major, and Berenice Cleyet-Merle, junior psychology major, for the 2017 season. Ben Gall, head coach, said last season was one of the best seasons the team has had and wants to continue […]
Somogyi wins PacWest title
Runner makes history with individual PacWest victory Anett Somogyi, freshman nutrition and food sciences major, made history by becoming the first women’s cross country runner at California Baptist University to win the individual PacWest title. Because of her performance, she became the first student-athlete in the conference to win both PacWest Runner and Freshman of […]
Cross country teams focus on PacWest title, regional championship
The Lancers’ cross country team had a career day Oct. 1 at the Capital Cross Challenge 8K in Sacramento, with six runners setting personal records, while finishing fourth overall as a team. The Lancers came into the meet ranked No. 25 in the nation and sixth in the region but outperformed many of the teams […]
Cross country conquers personal records at Capital Cross
The Lancer’s cross country team had a career day Oct. 1 at the Capitol Cross Challenge 8k in Sacramento, with six runners setting personal records, while finishing 4th overall as a team. The Lancers came into the meet ranked No. 25 in the nation and sixth in the region but outperformed many of the teams […]
Sights set on PacWest championship titles
Future looks bright after several first place finishes in invitational The men’s and women’s cross country teams at California Baptist University finished first place Sept. 2 in the Lancer Invite. Dr. Ben Gall, head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country teams, is getting his runners ready for another season and has to improve […]