Chloe Bullock has done it again. Four weeks after the University of Redlands senior broke the Women\u2019s Cross Country 5K record, she claimed the 6K title.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finishing 17 out of 256 runners with a time of 21:25.6, Bullock set the 6K record at the Oct. 19 Riverside Highlander Invitational. This was the same course where she broke the 5K record (17:45.40), at the Sept. 21 UC Riverside Invitational. Prior to this year, Maria Ramierez \u201819 held both the 5K and 6K Women\u2019s Cross Country Records with times of 17:48.7 and 21:25.8, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bullock was surprised upon breaking the 5K record, but she knew she was close to the 6K record as she neared the end of the race. After crossing the finish line, Bullock said her coach, Mike Schmidt, came over smiling and gave her a big hug as he shared the news. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reflecting on her performance, Bullock said she experimented with her racing technique and mindset. Imagining herself like a car, she said, made the effort feel more mechanical than physical and hence easier. Dominic Lopez, the assistant coach for Track & Field and Cross Country, told Bullock he thought this was her best cross country race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think this was the first time that I wasn\u2019t scared to put myself out there,\u201d Bullock said. \u201cWhen I was having a hard time, instead of falling back, I just kind of reveled in the hurt of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both of Bullock\u2019s parents, David and Wedny Bullock, have now seen their daughter set new school records. Bullock\u2019s mother watched the Sept. 21 UC Riverside Invitational while her father attended the Oct. 19 race. Bullock commended her parents\u2019 support, adding that they have alternated traveling from Oregon to her races and those of her younger brother, Jackson, a freshman on the cross country team at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UC Riverside cross country course holds a special place in Bullock\u2019s heart. It\u2019s the only course the Bulldogs race twice each Cross Country season, and with this being Bullock\u2019s eighth time, she has become very familiar with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m standing on the start line and I know what it feels like to be on that <\/em>hill and be stuck there<\/em>,\u201d she said. \u201cSo there\u2019s less shock involved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bullock was joined by several teammates in achieving new personal bests as the Lady Bulldogs placed eighth out of 24 teams. In addition to beating several Division-I schools, they placed first amongst the Division-III schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both Bullock and the coaches pointed out how this was the first time in the University of Redlands\u2019 Cross Country history that five female athletes finished under 23 minutes in the 6K race. Such a performance, Bullock said, is good preparation for the upcoming Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championships and boosts the confidence she already had in their team goal of qualifying for the Nov. 23 NCAA Championships. To do this, the Bulldogs must place 1st or secure an overall pick at the NCAA West Regional Championships, which will be held at Milo McIver State Park in Estacada, Oregon, on Nov. 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The last meet of the regular season for the Bulldogs is tomorrow, Nov. 2, with the SCIAC Championships at Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chloe Bullock has done it again. Four weeks after the University of Redlands senior broke the Women\u2019s Cross<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":1588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"The Lady Bulldogs pose for a post-race picture at the Oct. 19 UC Riverside Highlander Invitational. Their team average was 22:27, led by Bullock, third from the left in the back row. Photo credit: Greta Jursch, University of Redlands cross country assistant coach.","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[232,261],"class_list":["post-1587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports","tag-cross-country","tag-lady-bulldogs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/quygogb8.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1589,"href":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions\/1589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}