Central Arizona, Mesa, run well at California cross country meet

Central Arizona, Mesa, run well at California cross country meet

  Central Arizona placed 17 and Mesa 20th among the men at the UC—Riverside Highlander Invitational cross country meet and those two were neck-and-neck in the women's division, taking 18th and 19th places respectively in the mostly NCAA Division I races.

  CAC's men were led by Raphael Kitur who covered the 8K course in 24:40.9 good for 26th place among 290 runners. MCC had Caden Resendez in 46th place, clocked in 24:57.1. Glendale was represented by three runners with Hayder Al-Anizi leading the way with a 258th place with a time of 29:00.5.

  On the women's side, Mesa's Makayla Englehardt was the top ACCAC finisher, taking 79th place among 262 runners in 22:36.9 for the 8K course. The Vaquera's Makena Thornton was123rd in 23:19.1. In addition, Glendale entered three runners with Melissa Rivera 244th with a time of 27:19.3.

  Next up for some ACCAC teams will be the Arizona Christian Invitational which will be held Saturday in Glendale.

Complete men's results

Complete women's results