As has been the case all season long, senior Katie Engel and freshman Nick Heath were the top finishers for the Pepperdine women's and men's cross country teams as the Waves concluded the 2015 season at the NCAA West Regional Championship on Friday.

Select members of the Pepperdine cross country teams will run at the NCAA West Regional Championship, hosted by the University of Washington, on Friday.

Senior Katie Engel posted a career-best 28th place at the West Coast Conference Championships on Saturday to lead the Pepperdine women’s team at the league meet.

Three members of Pepperdine’s cross country teams earned West Coast Conference All-Academic first team honors, while an additional 15 student-athletes received honorable mention status, the league office announced today.

After months of training and preparation, the championship season has arrived for the Pepperdine cross country teams. The Waves will run at the West Coast Conference Championships this Saturday in Spokane, Wash.

The Pepperdine cross country teams got in one last competition before next weekend’s West Coast Conference Championships as the Waves ran against San Diego and UNLV on Sunday morning at William Mason Regional Park.