Alumni Park will be the site of the Pepperdine Invitational on Saturday, as the Waves' cross country teams will host their first large-scale meet on campus since 2007.

Many of the Waves' athletic teams took part in Step Forward Day, Pepperdine's annual day of community service. Here's what the cross country and track teams did on Saturday.

The Pepperdine women's cross country team opened up the 2013 season with an impressive second-place finish at the Mark Covert Classic on Saturday morning. Between the men's and the women's squads, 18 runners made their Pepperdine debuts.

For the second consecutive year the Pepperdine cross country team's roster will feature many new faces. The Waves return a total of 10 letterwinners from the 2012 squad (seven women and three men). The Waves open the season Saturday at the Mark Covert ...

Pepperdine Coach Robert Radnoti will welcome an enormous class of 23 new men and women to his cross country and track teams this fall, as he unveiled his list of newcomers today.