TUCSON, Ariz. – Edward Cheserek won his unprecedented fourth straight Pac-12 men's cross country individual championship Friday on a sweltering Rudolph North Golf Course. Despite record temperatures in Arizona, Cheserek took the lead with 3,000 meters remaining and surged away from the pack to win comfortably in 23:58.9.
Cheserek entered the day with three career cross country titles, which was tied for the most in league history with distance legends Steve Prefontaine of Oregon and Washington State's Gerry Lindgren and Henry Rono.
Meanwhile, Katie Rainsberger staked her claim as the league's top freshman by leading the Duck women to a fourth-place finish.