Senior Pam Erickson (Golden Valley, AZ) and junior Paul Gonzalez (West Covina, CA/West Covina High School) (West Covina, CA) came across the finish line first for WNMU at the University California - Riverside on Saturday morning.  Erickson and Gonzalez have been the first to score for the Mustangs for the fourth time in a row.

On the women's side, the Mustangs finished 16th out of 22 teams.  The team averaged a time of 19:45.12 in the five-kilometer run.  Coming in first was host UCR with an average time of 17:32.92.

Erickson finished four places ahead of teammate runner Cassandra Sanchez (Acoma Pueblo, NM) who placed 69th and finished with a time of 19:04.80. 

The men ran their eight-kilometer race in an average time of 26:38.98.  Gonzalez finished strong with 24:57.90 finish time, good for 10th place.  Freshman Ryan Nez (Navajo, NM/Navajo Pine High School) (Navajo, NM) was in second for the Mustangs, placing 40th.  He completed the race in 26:13.70.

Just like the women, UCR came in first, completing the course with an average time of 24:40.16.

Both Mustang teams travel to Arizona State University next weekend to compete in their annual race.

Click here for complete women's results.

Click here for complete men's results.