Freshmen Lead Raiders in Texas

Saturday, October 13

College Station, TX / Watts Cross Country Course

Men - 9:00am Women - 9:45am

Middle Tennessee

Arturo Barrios Invitational

10/13/2018 5:31:00 PM | Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country

Men's Results Women's Results

College Station, Tx. – Middle Tennessee's top three finishers on both teams were freshmen at the Arturo Barrios Invitational on Saturday morning. Brian Rono led the men with a 33^rd overall finish and a time of 25.14.9 while Pamela Kosgei led the women, finishing 14^th with a time of 21:03.7.

**MT Men - 21^st place (517 points)**
Place	Name	Time
33^rd	Brian Rono	25:14.9
96^th	Caden Hercules	26:10.9
112^th	Dennis Kipkorir	26:27.5
145^th	Nathan Mack	27:02.9
177^th	Tre'von Sanders	27:46.5
182^nd	Julio Acevedo	27:58.1
212^th	Alan Bowers	29:12.5

Once again, the men's team ran as one of the youngest teams in the field as Brian Rono, Caden Hercules, and Dennis Kipkorir leading the way for the Blue Raiders. Rono made his college debut on Saturday and ran the best time of any MT runner this season. Hercules and Kipkorir also improved on their personal best times from their last race in Louisville.

**MT Women - 9th place (271 points)**
Place	Name	Time
14^th	Pamela Kosgei	21:03.7
24^th	Joice Jebor	21:29.6
70^th	Rachael Kosgei	22:23.1
76^th	Rachel Kigen	22:29.9
99^th	Abike Egbeniyi	22:49.6
102^nd	Patience Aganwogba	22:51.4
172^nd	Julia Jelagat	22:59.2

The MT women ran their first race at the NCAA distance of 6K season, and the first 6K race overall for many of the freshmen. Three freshmen, the Kosgei sisters and Joice Jebor, were the top finishers for MT and the team finished in the top half of a talented field.

Up Next
The regular season is over and MT XC will travel south to the C-USA Championships in two weeks. The race will take place on Saturday, October 27th and will be hosted in Boca Raton, Florida, by Florida Atlantic.