XC Women Finish Runner-Up at C-USA Championship

Saturday, October 27

Boca Raton, FL / Burt Aaronson South County Regional Park

Women's - 8:30am Men's - 9:15am

Middle Tennessee

Conference USA Cross Country Championships

10/27/2018 6:00:00 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

Boca Raton, Fla. – Middle Tennessee's Cross Country teams competed for in the Conference USA Championships on Saturday morning. The women finished in second place for the third time in four years while the men placed sixth with Brian Rono leading the way and being named Second Team All C-USA.

**MT Men - 6^th place (160 points)**
Place	Name	Time
9^th	Brian Rono	24:46.68
28^th	Caden Hercules	25:59.59
37^th	Dennis Kipkorir	26:26.15
40^th	Nathan Mack	26:31.71
53^rd	Tre'von Sanders	27:16.86
60^th	Julio Acevedo	27:41.08
70^th	Alan Bowers	28:19.59

The three true freshmen paced the Blue Raider men with Brian Rono the top runner in just his second race for MT. The freshman was named second team all conference with his ninth place finish. The top five finishers and Alan Bowers achieved personal bests on Saturday.

**MT Women - 2nd place (48 points)**
Place	Name	Time
3^rd	Pamela Kosgei	17:00.89
4^th	Eusila Chepkemei	17:12.63
9^th	Joice Jebor	17:23.01
13^th	Rachel Kigen	17:43.15
19^th	Julia Jelagat	17:59.69
31^st	Abike Egbeniyi	18:31.45
44^th	Rachael Kosgei	18:48.25
46^th	Patience Aganwogba	18:49.86

The MT women finished just four points shy of UTEP, who took the conference title with 44 points. The Blue Raiders finished five runners in the top 20 with Pamela Kosgei and Eusila Chepkemei taking home first-team all-conference honors while Joice Jebor, Rachel Kigen, and Julia Jelagat were named second-team all-conference. Six of the seven MT runners posted personal bests; Joice Jebor finshed only two seconds behind her personal best.

Up Next
MT XC will compete in the NCAA South Regional in two weeks. The race will take place on Friday, November 9th and will be hosted in Tallahassee, Florida.