Aptos native Nikki Hiltz took third out of 12 runners in the women’s 1,500 final at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship at National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday.
Soren Groessl and Joaquin Greenberg scored in the first 23 minutes, and the UC Santa Cruz men’s soccer team beat Puget Sound 2-0 in Tacoma, Washington, on Friday.
Aptos High’s Brady Bliesner took seventh and teammate Sam Hansen was eighth at the fifth annual Jackie Henderson Memorial Cross Country Invitational at North Monterey County High on Saturday..
Jeremy Kain earned the win and Ryder Brabo took 10th to lead the Scotts Valley High boys cross country team to fifth place at the 26-team Lowell Invitational on Saturday.
Santa Cruz’s Autumn Hays won her opening heat at the World Surf League’s WRV Outer Banks Pro, a QS1,000 event on Thursday in Nags Head, North Carolina.