SAN DIEGO — Camryn Kozak placed 28th in the women's 6K Friday to lead the University of San Diego at the 2026 West Coast Conference Cross Country Championships, held close to home at Tecolote Shores in Mission Bay.

The Torero women scored 232 points to place ninth, and the USD men took eighth with 246.

"Our senior girl Camryn ran lights out," head coach Will Guarino said. "If you look at Camryn, her background comes from hockey, and if you look at what ice is, which is cold, the ability to cut ice is really what she did today."

Steady throughout, Kozak sat 30th at the 1K mark, 28th at 3K and 30th at 5K before finishing 28th among 86 finishers in 22:49.5.

"After having run WCCs for three years, I'm very experienced and I think being the oldest on the team really helped me pull the sophomores and the freshmen with us because we are a very young team, and I love to really lead them and set that standard," Kozak said.

Jilli Lange made the biggest move of any Torero, climbing from 72nd after the first kilometer to 59th at 3K and 53rd at 5K before crossing 49th in 23:26.6. Evelyn Cody followed in 56th (23:46.0), with Talya Sepand 63rd (24:16.5) and Madi Li 69th (24:27.8) to complete the scoring five.

Ashleigh Schein finished 0.9 seconds after Li in 70th (24:28.7) as USD's sixth runner, and Abby Huth was 77th (25:04.6). Rebecca Bronstein (80th, 25:31.1) and Rachel Biondo (81st, 25:37.9) also finished for the Toreros.

On the men's side, Will pointed to the team concept. "Cross country is about running together, it's about not being in no man's land," he said. "It's very similar to any sport, whether it's basketball, baseball, it's a team sport, and so is cross country."

Parker McAdam led the USD men in 51st, covering the 8K course in 26:45.1. He was one of four newcomers among the Toreros' five scorers, along with Joey Bronzini, Troy Turner and Bob Johnson.

"It was a tough course, and I think we all understood that, but for what it was, we showed up, we did great, all of our hearts were in it, pushed through," McAdam said. "I'm proud of this team and I can't wait to see what we do in the future."

Maxwell Gibbons climbed from 66th at the 3K mark to finish 57th in 27:14.7, and Bronzini moved from 73rd after the first kilometer to 61st in 27:18.5. Turner (67th, 27:40.3) and Johnson (68th, 28:02.9) rounded out the scoring, and Michael Ivory was 70th in 29:03.6.

"The program is in a good position in the aspect of growing with those young freshmen," Will said. "We have solid pieces."

Portland swept the individual titles, and both champions came from third at the final split. Latham West won the women's race in 20:31.2, 5.3 seconds ahead of Santa Clara's Milaina Almonte, and Nolan Turgeon took the men's race in 24:25.8, 4.4 seconds clear of Saint Mary's Joseph O'Connell.

San Francisco won the women's team title with 28 points, ahead of Portland (57) and Santa Clara (84), and placed five runners in the top nine. The Portland men claimed the team crown with 32 points, followed by San Francisco (65) and Saint Mary's (85).

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The Toreros race next at the NCAA West Regional on Friday, Nov. 13, at Arcade Creek Golf Course in Sacramento, Calif.