 
Coaches' Packet
High School Registration: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/253896/info
Collegiate Registration: https://www.directathletics.com/meets/xc/25726.html
RACE SCHEDULE:
Friday, September 19th
8:30 a.m. – Boys' Varsity 3 Mile
9 a.m. – Girls' Varsity 3 Mile
9:30 a.m. – Boys' JV 3 Mile
10 a.m. – Girls' JV 3 Mile
Saturday, September 20th
8:00 A.M. – Men's Collegiate 8K Invite
8:45 A.M. – Women's Collegiate 6K Invite
DATE: Friday and Saturday, September 19-20, 2025
LOCATION: Central Park, 27150 Bouquet Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita, CA 91350   
PARKING: FREE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUS DRIVERS: Please pick up and drop off teams at the team check-in area.
COLLEGIATE ENTRY FEE*: $30 per athlete; entry fee caps at $350 per gender. Payments can be made online through DirectAthletics.
HIGH SCHOOL ENTRY FEE*: $30 per athlete; entry fee caps at $350 per gender. Payments can be made online through Athletic.net.
ENTRY LIMITS: The high school varsity races will be limited to a maximum of nine runners per team. However, high school coaches may choose to enter more than one team in the varsity race (i.e. A team, B team, etc.). Coaches may enter an unlimited number of runners per team for the collegiate and JV races.
ENTRY DEADLINE: Sunday, September 14@ 11:59 P.M. PST (no race-day registration)
ENTRY PROCESS: All college entries are to be made through https://www.directathletics.com/meets/xc/25726.html and all high school entries are to be made through athletic.net by the published deadline: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/253896/info
AWARDS: Top-10 individuals from each Collegiate race will receive a top finisher T-shirt, along with the top-10 individuals from each High School race. The first-place teams of the men's and women's collegiate races will receive a plaque, and the top-3 high school teams from varsity and JV races will receive plaques.
CHIP TIMING: Your team packet will include timing chips numbered and assigned to each athlete on your roster.
RESULTS AND SCORING: Results will be available at GoMustangs.com/xcinvitational.
HISTORY
2020 Results
Men's Collegiate 8K | Results
Women's Collegiate 5K | Results
2019 Results
7:00 a.m. Race 1 – Men's Collegiate 8K | Results
7:45 a.m. Race 2 – Women's Collegiate 5K | Results
8:15 a.m. Race 3 – Boys Varsity 5k | Results
8:45 a.m. Race 4 – Girls Varsity 5k | Results
9:15 a.m. Race 5 – Boys Frosh/Soph 5K | Results
9:45 a.m. Race 6 – Girls Frosh/Soph 5K | Results
10:15 a.m. Race 7 – Boys Junior Varsity *5K | Results
10:45 a.m. Race 8 – Girls Junior Varsity *5K | Results
THE MUSTANG CHALLENGE - Men's Results
	
		
			| YEAR | MEN'S RESULTS
 | MEN'S TM CHAMP
 | PTS | MEN'S INDIV. CHAMP
 | TIME | 
	
	
		
			| 2012 | results | The Master's | 30 | John Gilbertson (Master's)
 | 25:06.2 | 
		
			| 2013 | results (D1) results
 (non D1)
 | UCLA | 20 | Sergey Sushchickh (UCLA)
 | 24:50.2 | 
		
			| 2014 | results | Cal St. San Marcos | 72 | Jacob Huston (Sacramento St.)
 | 25:46.0 | 
		
			| 2015 | results | UCLA | 38 | Myles Smith (UCLA)
 | 25:00.7 | 
		
			| 2016 | results (D1)
 results
 (non D1)
 | Cal St. San Marcos | 31 | Vahagn Isayan (Cal St. San Marcos)
 | 25:15.8 | 
		
			| 2017 | results (D1)
 results
 (non D1)
 | D1: UCLA Open: The Master's
 | 26 | Millen Trujillo (UCLA)
 | 25:01.6 | 
	
THE MUSTANG CHALLENGE - Women's Results
	
		
			| YEAR | WOMEN'S RESULTS
 | WOMEN'S TM CHAMP
 | PTS | WOMEN'S INDIV. CHAMP
 | TIME | 
	
	
		
			| 2012 | results | Westmont | 39 | Hannah Kellerman (Master's)
 | 17:44.7 | 
		
			| 2013 | results (D1)
 | UCLA | 20 | Kelsey Smith (UCLA)
 | 17:01.6 | 
		
			| 2014 | results | Sacramento St. | 49 | Karis Frankian (Master's)
 | 17:53.3 | 
		
			| 2015 | results | Loyola Marymount | 36 | Danielle Shanahan (Loyola Marymount)
 | 17:23.2 | 
		
			| 2016 | results (D1)
 results
 (non D1)
 | Cal St. San Marcos | 43 | Natalie Rodriguez (Cal St. San Marcos)
 | 17:53.4 | 
		
			| 2017 | results (D1)
 results
 (non D1)
 | D1: UCLA Open: The Master's
 | 28 | Angel Valdez (Cal St. Bakersfield)
 | 17:34.9 | 
	
THE MASTER'S UNIVERSITY XC INVITE - Men's Results
	
		
			| Year | MEN'S RESULTS
 | Men's TM CHAMP
 | PTS | MEN'S INDIV. CHAMP
 | TIME | 
		
			| 2018 | results | Biola | 73 | Gabe Plendcio (Biola)
 | 24:52.1 | 
		
			| 2019 | results | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 46 | Michael Oldach (Westmont)
 | 24:51.9 | 
		
			| 2020 | results | The Master's | 19 | Wesley Methum (The Master's)
 | 25:30.4 | 
		
			| 2021 | results | The Master's | 59 | Santiago Hardy (Antelope Valley)
 | 24:42.9 | 
	
THE MASTER'S UNIVERSITY XC INVITE - Women's Results
	
		
			| Year | WOMEN'S RESULTS
 | Women's TM CHAMP
 | PTS | WOMEN'S INDIV. CHAMP
 | TIME | 
		
			| 2018 | results | UCLA | 58 | Amber Gore (USC)
 | 17:45.8 | 
		
			| 2019 | results | Pomona-Pitzer | 73 | Ariana Anderson (Embry-Riddle Arizona)
 | 17:09.5 | 
		
			| 2020 | results | The Master's | 25 | Marissa Thompson (Vanguard)
 | 18:15.9 | 
		
			| 2021 | results | Loyola Marymount | 45 | Ariana Anderson (Embry-Riddle AZ)
 | 17:03.9 |