ACU prevailed in the men’s eight kilometer race for the 20th consecutive year, while MSU triumphed for its third straight title on the women’s 4.5 kilometer course. The women’s race was shortened because the gator leading the runners took them in the wrong direction.
The Wildcats posted a team score of 54 points with three of the top six finishers to earn their 26th LSC cross country crown. Amos Sang was the individual medalist for the second straight year with a time of 23:49 to pace the Wildcats. Cleophas Tanui finished third (24:30), while Romain Rybicki was sixth (24:54).
Eastern New Mexico was second with 68 and East Central was third with 90. Cameron was fourth with 109, followed by Texas A&M-Commerce (124), Incarnate Word (164), Tarleton State (178), West Texas A&M (190), Angelo State (216) and Texas A&M-Kingsville (241).
ENMU’s Mohamed Noor finished second (24:28), CU’s Julius Korir fourth (24:35) and Kingsville’s Kiya Dandena fifth (24:45). WTAMU’s Luke Irwin earned Freshman of the Year acclaim in 11th place (25:21).
Brissia Montalvo led the Mustangs effort, finishing second overall in 16:19. Helping the MSU score was Sydney Cole (6th, 16:40) and Ashley Flores (9th, 16:52), who earned Freshman of the Year honors.
MSU claimed the women’s championship with 46 points. ASU finished second with 79, while ACU was third (119). ENMU (132), Central Oklahoma (145), ECU (171), UIW (175), Kingsville (177), WTAMU (186), Tarleton (225), Southwestern Oklahoma (253), A&M-C (282) and Southeastern Oklahoma (408) rounded out the rest of the field.
ACU’s Anais Belledant finished first in the women’s event in 16:07, while the Wildcats Chloe Susset was third (16:29) and Alyse Goldsmith fifth (16:35). ENMU’s Nicky Reid was fourth (16:32) to lead the Zias.
The top 10 finishers in each race were honored as All-LSC runners.
No comments:
Post a Comment