Academy of Art University Athletics

The first Academy of Art women's cross country runner to win the Pacific West Conference Individual Championship since Jenny Bergren in 2012, graduate student Hasna Kaarour enjoyed the highlight of her Academy of Art career thus far at the PacWest Cross Country Championships this past weekend on Oct. 26.

In lockstep with Point Loma's Zita Molnar at the first split, Kaarour was already well on pace to break her previous 6k record (21:50.8). Molnar would move in front of her briefly down the stretch, but Kaarour was leading by 0.01 at the second split (16:44.0) and ultimately Kaarour pulled away to finish first overall with a new personal record of 21:22.85. The Landscape Architecture major paced ART U's second-place finish which tied the best in program history.