BYUH Takes Second

    Turtle Bay, HI—The Brigham Young University Hawaii men’s cross country team took second place today at the Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Conference Championships.  The Seasiders finished with 49 points on the 8K course at Turtle Bay amidst the rain and mud to finish 17 points behind conference champion Hawaii Pacific.
   
    Thomas Rivers Puzey completed the course in 26:38 to claim eighth place overall for the Seasiders’ top finish.  Brendan McMaster followed him in ninth place in 26:43.  Both were honored as selectees to the All-Conference First Team for finishing in the top seven runners among the qualifying teams in the conference.  Academy of Art University, the newest conference member, did not qualify for the team championship because it is not yet a full member of the NCAA.  However, a host of would-be Kenyan artists represented the school in today’s race and took five of the top seven places individually.  Edward Taragon Kibet won the individual race for the Urban Knights.
   
    BYU–Hawaii’s Matthew Belliston finished in 16th place in 27:26 and Brand Krout came in 18th for the Seasiders with a time of 27:36.  Both were accorded All-Conference Second Team honors.
   
    Other finishers for BYU–Hawaii were Chad Nahoolewa, 24th in 27:52, Jonathan Hooke, 29th in 28:26, and Thomas Jordan, 31st in 28:40.
   
    Following BYU–Hawaii’s 49 points, UH-Hilo came in with 56 and Notre Dame de Namur finished with 97.  Dixie State was fifth with 151, followed by Chaminade at 172 and Grand Canyon with 182.
   
    Other runners receiving All-Conference First Team honors were Dany Malley, Jens Munk Nielsen, and Andreas Schwab of Hawaii Pacific and Joshua Enos and Garrett McCallister of UH-Hilo.
   
    All-Conference Second Team honors went to Brian Lindberg and Kevin Enriques of Hawaii Pacific, Stefano Barbaris and Diego Morales of UH-Hilo, and Arturo Huezo of Notre Dame de Namur.

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