Lancers pull off perfect sweep, win four titles at 2021 WAC Championships

Riverside, Calif. (March 2, 2021) – California Baptist University cross country pulled off the perfect sweep at the Western Athletic Conference Championships on Feb. 27 in Seattle. The Lancers won both team and individual titles, a feat that had only been accomplished one other time, and produced a total of 14 all-conference finishers.

The women secured the three-peat, as they remain undefeated in their three years in the WAC with 26 points. Anna Mate led the way with a championship run in 20 minutes, 53.20 seconds in the 6,000-meter race.

CBU's men won its first conference title in the WAC as a team and an individual, with 23 points as a group. Giedrius Valincius won the first men's individual WAC title with a time of 24:28.40 on the 8K course.

Adam Tribble reaped Coach of the Year honors on both sides for the Lancers. Mate and Valincius were both named the WAC Athletes of the Year, while Greta Karinauskaite was crowned the Freshman of the Year after a third-place finish for the women.

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