Cross Country completes App State Firetower Project Run

BOONE, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne males’s & girls’s cross nation groups took half of their third race of the season on Friday, finishing the App State Firetower Project Run. The males ran an 8k whereas the ladies accomplished at 6k. 

The males completed in eleventh whereas the ladies positioned eighth. 

Finishing first for the lads was Sam Sosebee, who got here by with a time of 28:35.0, a median of 5:45 per mile. Just 4 spots behind him was sophomore Chase Bryant, ending in 28:58.1, simply 20 seconds off his private greatest. Cristian Cabascango broke the 30 minute barrier with a time of 29:45.9. Rounding out the scoring for the Bears was Paul Williams (30:17.6) and Killian Daguet (30:29.4). 

On the ladies’s facet of issues, Maria Carmona set a brand new private greatest by almost a minute and a half, ending the 6k course in 22:35.1, putting thirty third out of 109 runners. She was additionally the third Division II runner throughout the road. Not far behind her was freshman Regly Jemutai, who additionally broke the 23 minute barrier with a time of twenty-two:54.0. Finishing proper subsequent to one another was Caitlyn Christie (24.23.7) and Olivia Overholt (24:24.8), taking 82nd and 83rd, respectively. Tigist Siler (25:35.0) and Mathilde Etienne (25:58.0) closed it out for the Bears. 

Lenoir-Rhyne will probably be proper again at it once more subsequent week after they journey to Charlotte to participate within the Royals Cross Country Challenge, hosted by Queens. The race will probably be run on Friday at McAlpine Creek Park, the identical location because the Queen City Invite a couple of weeks in the past.