The Pomona-Pitzer men's cross country team won its sixth consecutive SCIAC Championship on Friday, October 30, at the Strehle Track in Claremont, Calif. 

The Sagehens' top-seven runners all finished inside of the top-20 of the individual standings, led by Tiernan Colby in third place, to combine for a team score of 33, beating out the runner-up Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Redlands rounded out the top-three with a team score of 97.

Caltech (111) came in fourth, followed by Occidental (121) in fifth, La Verne (144) in sixth, Chapman (207) in seventh, Whittier (241) in eighth, and California Lutheran (273) in ninth. 

Stian Asper of the Bulldogs earned the top individual finish with a time of 24:33.3 and was followed by Jerry Xu of the Stags, who came in with a time of 24:46.8. The Tigers also saw a top-five finisher in Jack Elfenbaum, who crossed the line with a time of 25:08.2. 

Both the Beavers and Leopards claimed one spot each on the Second Team All-SCIAC in Stephen Goehringer and Fernando Cortez, respectively. 

All SCIAC institutions will next compete at the NCAA Division III West Regionals, hosted in Spokane, Wash., on Saturday, November 14.