CLAREMONT, Calif. – Caltech Cross Country had a strong day at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational on Oct. 10, with the men finishing third and the women fourth as teams while three Beavers achieved personal bests.
 
The Caltech men placed third out of 11 scoring teams in the 8k race with 87 points, edging fourth-place Biola by six.
 
Junior Stephen Goehringer (Wellesley, Mass. / Wellesley) led the Beavers, finishing eighth overall out of 124 runners in 25:57.1. Senior Colin La (Potomac, Md. / Winston Churchill) was next for Caltech, placing 19th in 26:56.3. Senior Ryan Fortin (Londonderry, N.H. / Londonderry) followed in 21st at 26:59.4. Sophomore Aiden Cope (Mapleton, Utah / Maple Mountain High School) took 27th in 27:09.4, and sophomore Ernest Ting (Brookings, S.D. / Brookings High School) finished 44th in 27:50.9 to round out the scoring five. Ting's time was a personal best.
 
On the women's side, the Beavers placed fourth out of 10 scoring teams in the 6k race with 148 points, 20 ahead of fifth-place Cal Lutheran.
 
Junior Katelyn Sadorf (Boca Raton, Fla. / Spanish River) was the top Caltech finisher, taking 18th overall out of 101 finishers in 23:07.1. First-year Rachel Rakower (Scarsdale, N.Y. / Scarsdale High School) was 28th in 23:47.9, shaving just over four seconds off her personal best. Junior Hypatia Hamkins (New York, N.Y. / The Brearley School) placed 36th in 24:08.0 with a personal best of her own. Junior Raquel "Rocky" Lample (Encino, Calif. / Notre Dame High School) and senior Camilla Power (Edmonds, Wash. / Saint James) finished 49th and 50th, respectively, in 24:30.1 and 24:31.7 to complete the scoring five.
 
Caltech will travel to Riverside, Calif., for the UCR Highlander Invite on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 8 a.m.