SUNNYVALE, Calif. - The Cal Poly Humboldt men's cross country team concluded its regular season with two strong team performances Saturday at the Bronco Invitational, hosted by Santa Clara at Baylands Regional Park. Humboldt placed sixth in the invitational race before earning third in the open race.

The Lumberjacks finished the day with five runners among the top 100 of the invitational field and five among the top 50 in the open competition.

INVITATIONAL

Jonah Grubbs paced Humboldt in the men's 8K invitational, finishing 48th overall with a time of 24:43.9 and collecting 37 team points.

Nicholas Woolery crossed five places later in 24:47.1, while Jack Butterfield finished 57th in 24:48.9. Trevor Stewart followed in 73rd with a time of 24:57.0, giving the Lumberjacks four finishers within 13.1 seconds of one another.

Jacob Christopher completed Humboldt's scoring group in 25:18.2. The Lumberjacks' five scorers combined for a time of 2:04:35.10 and averaged 24:55.02.

Elias Wiggins finished in 25:23.9, while Daniel Shaver crossed in 25:38.1. Jared Hayes, Kees Van Der Meer and Tomas Rey-Avila also competed in the invitational race.

Humboldt totaled 244 points to place sixth among 22 teams, finishing ahead of Cal State East Bay, UC Davis, Long Beach State and 13 other programs. Chico State captured the team title with 46 points.

OPEN

Tristan Bobadilla led Humboldt to a third-place team finish in the men's open race, crossing 16th overall in 26:11.0.

Flynn Merriman followed in 36th with a time of 26:32.7, and Colin Wright placed 40th in 26:39.8. Robert Chavez crossed in 26:43.8 before Edgar Gutierrez completed the Lumberjacks' scoring five in 26:48.2.

The five scorers were separated by just 37.2 seconds as Humboldt totaled 131 points. The Lumberjacks posted a combined time of 2:12:55.50 and a scoring average of 26:35.10.

Owen Church finished in 26:51.6, while Jacob Cosio recorded a time of 27:05.6. Cristofer Velasquez-Pati and Scott Caricato also represented Humboldt in the open field.

The Lumberjacks finished third out of 17 teams, trailing only Chico State and Clovis Community College.

UP NEXT

Humboldt will turn its attention to the postseason and compete at the CCAA Championships on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Cal State San Bernardino Cross Country Course in San Bernardino.

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