California State University Northridge Athletics
Saturday, October 17
Riverside, Calif
California State University at Northridge
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Highlander Classic
Photo by: Chuck Marvel
CSUN’s Divinity and Munoz Lead the Way at Highlander Classic
10/17/2026 2:03:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Adam Divinity and Nadia Munoz paced the Matadors at the Highlander Classic at the UCR Ag Ops Course hosted by UC Riverside on Saturday morning. The CSUN men finished in ninth place in the 8k while the CSUN women finished in 20th place in the 6k. Divinity posted the third fastest 8k time in school history. Steven Valadez posted the sixth fastest 8k time in school history as well.
MEN
Divinity's time of 24:26.2 is good for the third fastest 8k time in school history, beating his personal best of 24:33.8 set earlier this season at the Kim Duyst Twilight. His time earned him 28th place in the race out of 212 runners.
Valadez finished with a time of 24:29.0, his personal best as he overtook the sixth fastest time in school history. He finished in 32nd place on Saturday. Thomas Achten finished with his second personal best time in his career at 24:38.1, good for 43rd place. Elijah Stenberg was the fourth Matador to cross the finish line with a time of 24:47.0, good for 53rd place.
Erick Leal finished in 102nd place with a time of 25:21.6. Luis Torres Orrala finished in 110th place with a time of 25:25.6. Four other Matadors finished in the top 140 as CSUN finished in ninth place with a score of 215.
Cal State Fullerton ended up grabbing first place with a score of 76.
WOMEN
Munoz paced the Matador women with a time of 21:53.6, good for 84th place in the race. Brianna Torres was the second CSUN runner to finish as she ran a time of 22:12.4, good for 111th place. Next was Keona Mataalli. The junior ended the day at 133rd place with a mark of 22:32.2.
Zyanya Torres finished in 180th place with a time of 23:21.7. Ailani Valiente rounded out the runners at 206th place at a time of 24:29.6
CSUN finished in 20th place with 522 points. The winner of the meet was UC Santa Barbara. The Gauchos earned first place with 78 points. The runner up was UC San Diego with 117 points.
ACCORDING TO COACH JASON ZARB-COUSIN
"I was really happy with our performance today. We used this meet to see where we were at going into the conference races and both teams are in a good spot. We need to continue to improve fitness but really focus on the little things to help us reach our goals for the season."
UP NEXT
CSUN will head to Fullerton on Oct. 23 to race in the John Elders Invitational, the last regular season race.
MEN
Divinity's time of 24:26.2 is good for the third fastest 8k time in school history, beating his personal best of 24:33.8 set earlier this season at the Kim Duyst Twilight. His time earned him 28th place in the race out of 212 runners.
Valadez finished with a time of 24:29.0, his personal best as he overtook the sixth fastest time in school history. He finished in 32nd place on Saturday. Thomas Achten finished with his second personal best time in his career at 24:38.1, good for 43rd place. Elijah Stenberg was the fourth Matador to cross the finish line with a time of 24:47.0, good for 53rd place.
Erick Leal finished in 102nd place with a time of 25:21.6. Luis Torres Orrala finished in 110th place with a time of 25:25.6. Four other Matadors finished in the top 140 as CSUN finished in ninth place with a score of 215.
Cal State Fullerton ended up grabbing first place with a score of 76.
WOMEN
Munoz paced the Matador women with a time of 21:53.6, good for 84th place in the race. Brianna Torres was the second CSUN runner to finish as she ran a time of 22:12.4, good for 111th place. Next was Keona Mataalli. The junior ended the day at 133rd place with a mark of 22:32.2.
Zyanya Torres finished in 180th place with a time of 23:21.7. Ailani Valiente rounded out the runners at 206th place at a time of 24:29.6
CSUN finished in 20th place with 522 points. The winner of the meet was UC Santa Barbara. The Gauchos earned first place with 78 points. The runner up was UC San Diego with 117 points.
ACCORDING TO COACH JASON ZARB-COUSIN
"I was really happy with our performance today. We used this meet to see where we were at going into the conference races and both teams are in a good spot. We need to continue to improve fitness but really focus on the little things to help us reach our goals for the season."
UP NEXT
CSUN will head to Fullerton on Oct. 23 to race in the John Elders Invitational, the last regular season race.
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